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In today’s featured cartoon, Satish Acharya — while recalling the Opposition’s dare that PM Narendra Modi should show his “red eyes” to China, a reference to remarks the Prime Minister made in election speeches — draws on Modi’s informal interaction with Chinese premier Xi Jinping Wednesday on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Indonesia.
Alok Nirantar, alluding to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s remarks about the Indian rupee weakening against the US Dollar, comments on Congress’s decision to exclude MP Shashi Tharoor from the list of the party’s star campaigners in Gujarat. Tharoor, who has a reputation for having an extensive vocabulary, had first used the word ‘floccinaucinihilipilification’ (estimating something as worthless) in 2018 while promoting his book, The Paradoxical Prime Minister.
Alluding to what PM Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this year (“this is not the era for war”), Nala Ponnappa gives his take on the missile that struck Poland Tuesday.
Sandeep Adhwaryu uses his canvas to depict the Supreme Court judgment upholding 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) in the backdrop of assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat.
Sajith Kumar alludes to the United Nation’s projection that India will surpass China to emerge as the most populous country in the world in 2023.