18 January 2022
Issues that matter
Centre’s raids ahead of state elections: A few days after central agency raids on opposition in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, now the central government’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids premises of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi's nephew and others just days before the elections in Punjab
The emperor’s clothes are invisible: BJP furious over kids satire show that it claims has “mocked the Prime Minister”, demands Zee Tamil remove it; In another incident, a teenager was detained by the police for “objectionable post” against CM Yogi Adityanath
A growing mobile manufacturing base: Apple and Samsung are set to locally manufacture smartphones worth around $5 billion (₹ 37,000 crore) in 2021-22; The government is providing incentives of nearly ₹39,000 crore spread over five years to mobile manufacturers
Where are the PM CARES funds going?: The PM CARES funds have been out of the ambit of RTI or other government oversight; from this fund, ₹100 crore was promised to be spent on vaccine development; RTI on the potential recipient departments reveals that PM CARES has not given this promised ₹100 crore towards this cause to any of them