TOI Bharat Abroad: ‘Trump-Modi friendship is real’

Today’s edition looks at the personal chemistry anchoring India–US ties, an Indian-origin doctor caught in America’s culture wars, and the passing of a cartoonist whose work quietly carried an IIT reference into global pop culture. Let’s go.  THE BIG STORY Trump–Modi friendship is real, says US envoy Sergio Gor, the US ambassador to India, has…

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Oh! Kolkata

Major Akhill Pratap Major Akhill Pratap has been working as the Social Media Consultant of Ministry Of Defence (Govt of India), Jury Member of Ministry of Culture (Govt Of India), Award Winning FilmMaker, TV Anchor, Radio Storyteller, Newspapers Columnist, Copywriter, Author, Littérateur and an Army Officer, at various times for around last two decades. …

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After the applause

It was a perfect Charles Dickens moment…A Tale of Two Kings and a third one demonstrating from afar who actually wears the crown. By the time the plates were cleared, the evening had been neatly explained. Dickensian, as many said — ticking a box. A grand table, a hint of disorder, two very different men…

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How a humane law on dogs went to dogs in Telangana

Sarpanches who gave contracts for poisoning strays and some poisoners have been identified by cops. But there’s little political will in Congress-led govt to pursue these cases, even though the accused have violated Supreme Court-mandated rules & are booked under two laws Just to put the Supreme Court case on stray dogs in context, as…

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Regulatory collapse in all aspects of medical care in India

The new year starts with the health sector staring at regulatory collapse in most facets related to medical care. Bodies meant to regulate healthcare professionals are either nonexistent or in shambles. Several deaths and injuries from contaminated drugs have laid bare the state of drug regulation. Fraud perpetrated on Ayushman beneficiaries has caused several deaths…

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