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No scope for double standards on terrorism, PM tells Kazan BRICS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday told the 16th BRICS Summit at Kazan, Russia that fighting terrorism and terror financing required united and firm support of all nations and there was no scope for “double standards” in dealing with the serious problem.

Shah Bano moment

Having stood its ground for nearly one and half years and resisting to succumb to the intransigence of the farmers, the last thing expected from the PM was this surprise announcement made on the day of Gurpurab and that too while the matter was very much in the radar of the Apex Court. Is the prospect of losing elections in a state such a compelling reason for abandoning philosophy and giving a signal of weakness to domestic and foreign forces that a sustained pressure by vested interests groups will force the government to capitulate?

Aluminium Association of India’s coal SOS to PMO

The current shortage due to stoppage/curtailment of coal supplies and rakes has threatened the very survival of the domestic Aluminium industry, regretted the AAI in a letter to the Principal Secretary to PM Narendra Modi.