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Almost a third of Nepal’s new cabinet including PM Balen Shah studied in India. Who they are

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At 35, Shah—who took the oath of office last Friday—is Nepal's youngest PM. Four of 15 Nepal cabinet members studied in India. Oldest member in the world’s youngest cabinet is Swarnim Wagle (51).

Modi’s Hindu ‘raj’ is based on false pride and superstition. It’s killing scientific temper

Hari Shankar Vyas -
Until now, politicians used to boast about the 'power' of 'gaumutra' to cure covid and 'mantras' to ward off ghosts. But now IITs are also joining in.

Modi needs a new team. Unless the PMO wants to keep running India

D.K. Singh -
When people are dying for want of oxygen and medical facilities, ministers are responding to the crisis with more praise for PM Modi.

Over 75% MPs, ministers and CMs are 50-plus, will be eligible for priority Covid vaccination

Unnati Sharma -
PM Modi said elected representatives wouldn’t be prioritised, but the age of a majority of lawmakers and CMs automatically places them in the priority bracket.

Punjab ministers, leader of opposition not to pay income tax on perks, state to pitch in

Chitleen K Sethi -
Punjab assembly passes 3 bills that exempt ministers from paying IT on perks & house allowance, finance minister says govt 'correcting anomaly'.

From Modi’s Eleven in 2014 to only NaMo in 2019, the Modi-fication of BJP is now complete

Jyoti Malhotra -
As BJP goes into 2019 polls, one man leads the army. Everyone else is a lieutenant, far diminished in stature in comparison to PM Modi.

Respected judges & ministers, policing Netflix won’t make us sanskari

Maneesh Chhibber -
It is as if our courts and govt, having rid the society of all other evils, have taken up the onerous task of cleansing it.

Not really ‘Congress-mukt’: in some states, half of BJP’s ministers are ex-Congress

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
Composition of BJP’s state cabinets leads to allegations of ‘Congressisation’, party says the ministers are now committed to its ideology and goals.

PM’s Varanasi catchment takes Union Cabinet by storm

Kumar Anshuman -
Each of the five MPs along the 300-km highway corridor on either side of Varanasi is now a Union minister.

Model village scheme: 8 Union ministers among 100 MPs who met only 20% of target

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
Reports accessed by ThePrint show that ministers like Bandaru Duttatreya, J.P. Nadda, Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Prakash Javadekar have performed poorly

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US pilot rescue in Iran must be seen more than war cost. Nation protects its warriors

Ajay Ahlawat -
A live American pilot paraded on Iranian state television would have been an intelligence windfall and a propaganda coup of historic proportions.

Iraq’s long road to FIFA World Cup qualification is a story of survival, defiance

Why nose strips and peel-off masks are an overhyped quick fix for blackheads

Economy

What to expect from China’s new 5-year plan—trade innovation, tensions with partners

WEF Team -
ASEAN is struggling against a flood of 'underpriced Chinese goods', while Brazil has imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel.

Defence

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

Keshav Padmanabhan -
French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

National Interest

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

Shekhar Gupta -
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.

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