This year, Jawan and The Kerala Story both won National Awards. The irony was impossible to miss. One critiqued the system, the other endorsed its narratives. The dichotomy says more about India’s cultural schizophrenia than any film review ever could.
New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.
The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
5Rs per toilet usage is too much for poor India, when 60% earn less than 220Rs per day. India median income is only 100Rs/day.
How can anyone only visit toilet once a day? Any normal one will need at least 5x per day, which work out to be 15~30% of their income, 104x more than the wealthy one paid for using home toilet.
Its higher than taxation for the rich. How ridiculous as the article has pointed out.
5Rs per toilet usage is too much for poor India, when 60% earn less than 220Rs per day. India median income is only 100Rs/day.
How can anyone only visit toilet once a day? Any normal one will need at least 5x per day, which work out to be 15~30% of their income, 104x more than the wealthy one paid for using home toilet.
Its higher than taxation for the rich. How ridiculous as the article has pointed out.
Modi has made a beginning by bringing cleanliness into focus. It will improve with experience.
At least something is better than nothing.