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Thursday, November 7, 2024
TopicPranab Mukherjee

Topic: Pranab Mukherjee

President Mukherjee promotes Modi’s flagship Ujjwala Scheme in son’s LS constituency

It is unusual for the President of India to promote or take part in the promotion of government schemes anywhere in the country. But when it comes to the constituency of his son, the current President seems to have made an exception. Kumar Anshuman

Being Sharad Pawar

In politics, whether of power or cricket, Pawar takes no prisoners, but if he occasionally does, follows no Geneva Convention.

Pranab, we presume

If Pranab Mukherjee wants the job of being the president, he is not only the natural front-runner, he should have the right of first refusal on it.

Decide on the doctor

Congress must make sure the prime minister’s writ runs, or people will choose another prime minister. People now have choices, and no patience.

A week in politics

Pranab Mukherjee's budget marks the UPA-2 government's coming of age, as it backed its own convictions amid pressure from the opposition as well as from within the Congress party.

On Camera

Show me a bigger irony than those who garland rapists hailing Iran’s Ahoo Daryaei as a ‘hero’

A daring stunt, emanating from insult and frustration, immediately became a reason for entertainment, political jibes, and Islamophobia.

How Adani halving power supply to Bangladesh could land the country in ‘dire straits’

Bangladesh is already reeling from low coal-fired power production & inability to import enough coal, gas. Now, Adani has cut supplies over unpaid dues. However, this could hurt Adani too.

India, Bangladesh Army chiefs discuss issues of ‘mutual interest’

Video call between two Army heads is their first interaction after political upheaval in Bangladesh forced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India in August.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.