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INDIA DOSSIER


WHAT’S IN THE BAG, MR MANN?
Bhagwant Mann went to Paris to showcase Punjab’s agricultural produce. He returned with an unexpected souvenir: a ₹50,000 Customs penalty

THE MEETING YOU DARE NOT MISS
Delhi’s bureaucrats have apparently been given a reminder that should need no circular: when Chief Minister Rekha Gupta calls a

THE SAMOSA SUMMIT
Rahul Gandhi’s high tea for INDIA bloc leaders at his Sunehri Bagh Road residence in New Delhi on October 13

‘India is failing its youth. The protests are real’
India must invest in its young people, rethink its strategic dependence on Washington and work with Beijing to shape a

Rupee under pressure: What is behind the RBI’s $80 billiondefence?
Reuters reports that the RBI has deployed an estimated $75–80 billion through dollar sales and currency swaps since June, after India mobilised more than $140 billion through special foreign-exchange measures.

Why does US want Reliance to refine Venezuelan oil?
First, to expand the market for Venezuelan crude. Venezuela possesses enormous petroleum reserves, but US sanctions and restrictions have complicated its access to international buyers.

Nine honours and counting: Shobhita Thakur’s Khilawadi wins inIstanbul
Independent filmmaker Shobhita Thakur’s debut fiction short, The One Who Plays (Khilawadi), has won the Best Short Film Award at the 15th Golden Bridge Istanbul Short Film Festival in Turkey and been selected for the Short Fusion Competition Programme at the 45th Cambridge Film Festival in the UK.



