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‘Gaslighting’ is associated with ‘disorientation’. It is also closely related to “fake news”, and conspiracy theories. It is “the act or practice of grossly misleading someone or a group of people for one’s own advantage.” Like filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri, who stands accused of gaslighting Indians into believing that there was a Kashmir Pandit “genocide”, and exodus from the Valley!

Last week Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren got a relief from the Supreme Court with it setting aside a high court order upholding the maintainability of a public interest litigation (PIL) for a probe against the chief minister in a mining lease case but Hemant is not content with this gain instead he is contemplating to resort to political action against the manoeuvrings of the BJP which has been planning to implicate him in the case and make him lose membership of the assembly.

In Darjeeling Hamro Party (HP) leader Ajoy Edward has revived the call for a separate Gorkha state in the North Bengal hills, accusing the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) of backing ‘dubious elements’ like Anit Thapa, current head of the Gorkha Territorial Authority (GTA).

BHOPAL: Despite being the BJP’s bastion, Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra is getting a good response in Madhya Pradesh. The most enthusiastic welcome was accorded by Indore whose corporation is controlled by the BJP. Besides majority of MLAs and Lok Sabha seats is represented by the BJP. The Rahul yatra entered Indore in the morning of November 27 from Mhow which happens to be the birthplace of Dr. B R. Ambedkar.

The conclusion of India’s pre-budget consultations on November 28, 2022 have left the Union Ministry of Finance in such a worried state of mind that it lost its temper on the demand and boycott by the joint forum of 10 Central Trade Unions. A government official of the Ministry of Finance has even been quoted as saying that their demand was “mischievous, politically motivated, and deliberate attempt to politicize the meeting”.

French high-level delegation led by the French Minister of Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu visited the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant today. The delegation interacted with Vice Admiral MA Hampiholi Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command onboard Vikrant. The French Minister acknowledged India's indigenous potential and self-reliance. The discussions ranged from enhancing cooperation in areas of mutual interest to the maritime challenges in the Indian Ocean Region. The visit further consolidates the strategic bilateral relations between both the countries.

India may rank lowly at 104th position on the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) men’s table, dropped from 94th in 1996, its enthusiasm over the game is probably among the highest in the world. Over 300 million Indians, numbering close to the entire population of the United States, are watching on the electronic media the ongoing FIFA World Cup games in Qatar. All FIFA World Cup 2022 matches are telecast live on Sports18 and Sports18 HD TV channels in India. Viewers are also subscribing to the channels with their respective DTH providers. The live streaming is available on the Jio Cinema app and website for free. Jio Cinema is offering live streaming of matches, highlights and other FIFA World Cup 2022 content in five languages - English, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, and Bengali. The FIFA World Cup is bringing a huge business for these channels by way of advertising and subscription while making Qatar a household name in India.

The trainees of Naval Oreintation Courses were awarded in a spectacular Passing out Parade (POP) held at Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala, on Saturday the 26 November, this year.

With the assembly elections in Gujarat reaching its last leg, the BJP Chanakya Amit Shah took to the trusted lane of communalism, this time with the precise goal to communalise the Gujarati youth. With this mission he even dug up the past and did not hesitate in telling the people that the Narendra Modi government established peace in the state and “taught lesson” to the anti-social elements or rioters in 2002.

Twenty-seven years of BJP rule and the Gujarat electorate is in two minds. To vote BJP, or not vote BJP? Also, there are happy people, and there are unhappy people, both lots linked to Modi, and Modi’s doings, past and present. Again, for the first time in years, top Delhi-based anti-Modi journalists of the pre-2014 era are camping and supping in Gujarat hotels, expecting an overthrow of ‘Modi’, but at the same time reluctant to announce their presence and premise.