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In today’s featured cartoon, Satish Acharya alludes to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s advice to the BJP against giving the impression that credit for Indian cinema’s success at the 95th Academy Awards rests solely with PM Narendra Modi.
Referring to BJP’s IT cell, Sajith Kumar lends focus to reports about Nagpur Police asking homeless people and beggars to clear the streets ahead of a G20 meeting in the city.
Kirtish Bhatt gives his take on the collapse of two American banks — Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank. In the illustration, a man tells his wife: “There is one such thing as people’s bank balance, and then there is the bank’s own ‘balance’.”
Alok Nirantar captures mounting concern over the State Bank of India’s decision to hike its base rate and Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (BPLR) on loans effective from 15 March, in the backdrop of the BJP demanding an apology from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on the state of Indian democracy during an interaction in London.
E.P. Unny uses his canvas to poke fun at former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan amid reports that police fired tear gas and water cannons as hundreds of his supporters gathered outside the PTI leader’s Zaman Park residence in Lahore to protest the order for his arrest.