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As the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos got underway on Monday, several Indian states announced that they had signed memoranda of understanding – with Indian companies. This led to a barrage of criticism from social media users.They asked why Indian chief ministers had spent tax payers’ money to travel to Switzerland to hold meetings and sign agreements with Indian entities.Nearly 3,000 delegates representing global businesses and governments from around the world are attending the event.Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced on Tuesday that Indian entities Lodha Developers, Surajgad Ispat and K Raheja Corp were among the companies with which the state had signed MoUs.The managing director of the Lodha Group, Abhishek Lodha, is the son of Mangal Prabhat Lodha, a minister in the Maharashtra government.Congress MP Varsha Gaikwad from Mumbai was not impressed. She said that deal could have been sealed at the state guesthouse in Mumbai.“Like every year, this year too a whole entourage has accompanied the CM to Davos only to sign MoUs with majority Indian companies,” Gaikwad said on X. “Last year too, MoUs with Hiranandani and Raheja group were signed in Davos, both operate out of Mumbai. Why is taxpayer money being wasted this way?”This could have been signed at Sahyadri or Mantralaya or even the fancy office Mangal Prabhat...Read more

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday edited the policy address delivered by Governor Rajendra Arlekar to the Assembly, The Hindu reported.After Arlekar left the Assembly, Vijayan returned to the House and said that the governor had changed three paragraphs in the policy speech.A governor is required to address the first session of the Assembly held in a year. As per convention, the governor reads a speech written by the state government.Vijayan said on Tuesday that while Arlekar omitted some portions of the text, he had made certain additions elsewhere in the speech.Paragraphs 12, 15 and 16 “as approved by the Cabinet will prevail”, Vijayan said. The English and Malayalam copies of the speech distributed to the MLAs retained the versions approved by the government, The Hindu reported.Speaker AN Shamseer also said that the deletions and additions made by the governor will not be recognised, Onmanorama reported.In the speech approved by the Cabinet, paragraph 12 said that despite social and institutional achievements, Kerala continues to face severe fiscal stress “arising from a series of adverse Union government actions that undermine the constitutional principles of fiscal federalism”.The speech read by Arlekar said that the state was facing the fiscal stress “arising from curtailment of advances”, Vijayan was quoted as saying.The governor omitted a portion of paragraph 15 that...Read more

L'affiche d'aujourd'hui confronte le PSG au Sporting CP, pour la 7ème journée de ligue des champions.

Pris dans des jeux de posture, obnubilés par leur propre image, les députés ne sont pas parvenus au compromis sur le projet de loi de finances, contraignant le premier ministre, Sébastien Lecornu, à faire appel à l’article 43.3, lundi. Une séquence dont tout le monde sortira perdant.