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In today’s featured cartoon, R. Prasad takes a jibe at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman who termed the shortfall of more than Rs 2 lakh crore GST dues owed to the states on the Covid pandemic an “Act of God”.
Alok Nirantar also weighs in on the Finance Minister’s comments on the economic contraction.
Sandeep Adhwaryu compares the media’s obsession with Rhea Chakraborty and the Sushant Singh Rajput case with its lack of interest in India’s unemployment and Covid crises.
Mika Aziz draws on the government’s decision to hold the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main and the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) amid the Covid-19 pandemic despite protests from students and Opposition parties.