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In today’s featured cartoon, Nala Ponnappa hints that Chinese President Xi Jinping might have an edge over Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the venue for the informal summit between the two leaders is Mahabalipuram – a historical town with links to Buddhism and China.
Sandeep Adhwaryu weighs in on the PMC Bank crisis, critiquing the RBI’s failure to act as a watchdog of the banking system.
Kirtish Bhatt takes a dig at Union Minister Amit Shah’s reiteration of BJP’s instrumental role in the scrapping of Article 370 and bringing on the NRC in Assam.
Manjul takes a jibe at Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s shastra puja (weapon worship) ceremony for India’s newly acquired Rafale jet, imagining that PM Modi might have asked him to not go too overboard with the rituals.
Mika Aziz takes a dig at the much-awaited Modi-Xi summit as China and India have not exactly been on the best of terms in recent times.