Rajinikanth is set to debut on Discovery's Man vs Wild with British wildlife adventurer Bear Grylls. PM Modi had also appeared on the show in August 2019.
As natural as he may have wanted to be around nature, the Modi that came across is the Modi that he mostly is - minutely orchestrated and carefully planned.
The show has been dogged by controversy, with Grylls accused of propping up men dressed up as grizzly bears and using smoke machines to mimic an active volcano.
Russian discounts and diversified Gulf contracts managed the financial burden for India, but vulnerability remains. The situation calls for strategic policy rather than alarm.
The government told Parliament the project will be fully funded by ONGC, while work on the 4 MMT Chandikhol strategic reserve in Odisha moves to the bidding stage.
Recruitment of Nepali Gorkhas into Indian Army is on hold since 2022 with Nepal viewing four-yr tenure of Agnipath scheme, among others, as inconsistent with historical frameworks.
The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.
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