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In today’s featured cartoon, R. Prasad comments on the statement made by the Centre that labels same-sex marriages as an ‘urban-elitist’ concept. Broader views to be considered for any changes to the definition of marriage would have to include voice of all rural, semi-rural and urban population among others, it had contended.
Sandeep Adhwaryu alludes to the death of 13 people, who had attended the Maharashtra Bhushan award ceremony Sunday. Lakhs of people sat under a scorching sun for over five hours as they attended the programme in which Union Home Minister Amit Shah presented the award to social activist Appasaheb Dharmadhikaris.
Neelabh portrays fear among the anti-social elements after a series of encounters carried out by the Uttar Pradesh Police under CM Yogi Adityanath’s rule.
Alok comments on the ongoing political storm in Maharashtra as Ajit Pawar, a senior leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), claims that rumour of him joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is false.
Kirtish Bhatt comments on India’s Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation declining to a 29-month low of 1.34 per cent in March. WPI measures the changes in the prices of goods sold and traded in bulk by wholesale businesses to other businesses.