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In today’s featured cartoon, Satish Acharya sums up the economic situation emerging out of Russia’s war in Ukraine, from India’s perspective, and takes a dig and PM Narendra Modi’s attempt to mediate between the countries on phone calls with their presidents, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The cartoonist depicts Modi trying to prop up the falling rupee while trying to avoid slipping on oil and running away from the marauding bear, which represents Russia. This oil price surge is expected to significantly increase India’s import bill in the coming weeks.
Alok Nirantar also alludes to the Indian rupee falling to a record low against the US dollar and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman expressing concern over rising crude prices due to the Russia-Ukraine crisis.
Taking a swipe at India’s close ties with Russia, Sandeep Adhwaryu illustrates how the Vladimir Putin-led nation’s war on Ukraine will affect India’s economy. The Narendra Modi government had abstained from voting against Russia at the United Nations Security Council and the General Assembly.
Sajith Kumar links the Modi government’s much-publicised evacuation of Indian nationals from war-hit Ukraine under ‘Operation Ganga’ to the falling value of the Indian rupee amid the war.
R. Prasad comments on the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s statement condemning racism against students of several countries, including India, who have been trying to flee Ukraine.
E.P. Unny illustrates a fictional conversation with Putin, and alludes to the recently concluded assembly polls and India’s abstention from voting against Russia in the UN.