Petrol and diesel prices on Thursday were hiked by 35 paise per litre each, the second consecutive day of increase that took pump rates across the country to record high levels.
Politics derail serious vaccination drive
There are several citizens of the country for whom it still hasn t sunk in that there is no shortage of oxygen cylinder for patients and facilitating one on social media can invite the all-encompassing National Security Act.
After the security of the nation found a new context, now insensitivity has been redefined by Karnataka Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs minister Umesh Vishwanath Katti.
As per an audio gone viral, after a farmer questions the minister over reduction in free rice quota, he is contemptuously told to die. Let alone a statement falling on the wrong side of diplomacy, but it erred on the grounds of humanity as well.