Modi on Saturday spoke to leaders of the US and Spain, two of the world’s most affected countries by the novel coronavirus, and conveyed condolences for the loss of lives.
Swami Dhirendra Shastri called for a meat-free Navratri in Bengal. Parties answered by invoking Shakta tradition. A restricted rite, stripped of its disciplines, has become “culture”, and Bengal uses its first taste of political freedom in decades to flaunt the very decay that helped undo it.
Moscow saw a rare confluence. CIA Director Ratcliffe to warn Putin, Vatican Foreign Minister Gallagher to stop Ukraine war, Indian Foreign Minister with a special message from PM Modi. Meanwhile Russia has destroyed "90% Warehouses" in Ukraine.
