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TopicJanmashtami

Topic: Janmashtami

‘Will learn to live in harmony from Krishna,’ says Bangladesh army chief Gen Zaman on Janmashthami

As Bangladesh armed force chiefs jointly attended event in Dhaka, Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman presents military’s presence as part of a broader pledge to defend country's pluralist identity.

How BJP govt in Madhya Pradesh mobilised state machinery for big Janmashtami push

Govt instructed all district administrations, schools & colleges to organise cultural programmes. Divisional commissioners & collectors were also directed to have Krishna temples cleaned.

Maharashtra declares ‘Dahi Handi’ an official sport, ‘Govindas’ to get jobs, insurance

Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said the state would introduce the sport ‘Pro Dahi Handi’; participants would be eligible for Rs 10-lakh insurance.

Mathura’s Janmashtami kicks off—Ayodhya-Kashi ‘river’ has reached here

For local residents and annual visitors, Mathura’s Janmashtami is unmissable. But it’s the shopkeepers who are most elated about the ‘mad rush’ as businesses pick up after Covid.

‘Alvida’ to Rahat Indori, Sitharaman’s offering to Krishna & Biden-Harris’ lesson for India

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Republic on Sushant ‘murder’, Times Now ‘super stunner’ letter, tribute to Rahat Indori

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

Floods unfortunate but cancelling dahi handi not solution, say Mumbai Govindas

Govindas of Mumbai feel dejected as many politicians, organisations pull out of celebrations due to recent floods in several parts of Maharashtra.

Again, PETA strikes a wrong note through petition to save cows on Janmashtami

The animal rights group urged people to use vegan ghee to ‘keep cows happy too’, drawing flak from all sides of the ideological spectrum.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.