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In today’s featured cartoon, Alok Nirantar takes a swipe at the Narendra Modi government, in light of the controversial Rafale deal, as French media reports of “suspicious payments” made to a middleman who had previously been arrested by India’s Enforcement Directorate.
Kirtish Bhatt takes a dig at Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for telling people that they are not required to wear masks as Covid-19 is “gone” from the state, amid the assembly elections there.
Manjul illustrates the ongoing “second wave” of the Covid-19 pandemic in India and its possible impact on the economy.
R. Prasad on the controversy surrounding the discovery of an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in a car that belonged to Krishnendu Paul, a BJP candidate in Assam, amid the assembly elections in the state.
E.P. Unny on the Maharashtra government’s announcement of a night curfew due to the spike in Covid-19 cases in the state.