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In today’s featured cartoon, Manjul weighs in on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to light candles and diyas Sunday to “defeat the despair” brought by the coronavirus pandemic.
Alok Nirantar comments on the spread of fake news and misinformation through WhatsApp after PM Modi’s speech asking Indians to light candles.
Kirtish Bhatt weighs in on the incidents of attacks on doctors and health workers in different parts of the country.
Sajith Kumar comments on the several unscientific theories that started doing the round of social media after PM asked people to light candles for 9 minutes at 9 pm Sunday.
Satish Acharya sheds light on the fact that while PM Modi has urged people to light diyas, there seems to be no ray of hope for migrant daily wagers as they are out of work due to the nationwide lockdown.