The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately.
In today’s featured cartoon, R. Prasad comments on Thursday’s meeting between External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Moscow in the wake of escalating border tensions between the two countries. Here, Prasad alludes to the historic Panchsheel peace agreement signed by India and China in 1954.
Alok Nirantar takes a swipe at US President Donald Trump being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 2021 by a far-right Norwegian MP, with a simultaneous dig at North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un.
Kirtish Bhatt’s comments on Paresh Rawal being appointed the new chairman of National School of Drama, and how he could start a course for TV news anchors who ‘overact’.
Sajith Kumar draws on the induction ceremony of French-made Rafale fighter jets into the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Squadron No. 17, in Ambala, Thursday.
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