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In today’s featured cartoon, R. Prasad draws on Ernest Hemingway’s Old Man and the Sea to depict the Congress party’s flailing electoral fortunes in the backdrop of party leader Rahul Gandhi’s ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Kirtish Bhatt alludes to how the Congress presidential elections have been dominating headlines and conversations in political circles. In the illustration, the leader of a non-Congress party can be seen pointing to his colleagues and telling the party chief: “Ignoring the speeches of our leaders, they are taking more interest in the presidential elections of that party [Congress]. Disciplinary action must be taken.”
Nala Ponnappa gives his take on External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar raising the issue of long wait times for visas with his American counterpart. The wait time for a visitor visa to the US for New Delhi is 833 days, while the same for Beijing is two days.
E.P. Unny, while referring to the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade earlier this year, lauds the Supreme Court of India for its landmark ruling on abortions, allowing all women, including those who are unmarried, to get an abortion up to 24 weeks. The apex court also ruled that survivors of marital rape are entitled to get an abortion.
Alok Nirantar draws on the Reserve Bank of India’s decision to hike the repo rate — rate at which RBI lends to commercial banks — by 50 basis points and how it is expected to lead to a hike in home loan EMIs.