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In today’s featured cartoon, Sandeep Adhwaryu alludes to politicians resorting to name-calling to put down their opponents. The illustration is a take on the EC’s show-cause notice to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for remarks directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The illustrator draws on the Queer Pride Parade held in Delhi against the backdrop of a report by The Washington Post suggesting that OTT platforms are under pressure from the Government of India to censor content involving political or religious sentiments.
While referring to fuel and LPG prices, Satish Acharya delivers his take on PM Modi taking a sortie on the IAF’s light combat fighter aircraft Tejas in Bengaluru last week.
R. Prasad uses his canvas to emphasise how deepfakes have emerged as a clear and imminent threat in the post-truth era.