Left, Right & Centre

On his 73rd birthday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Vishwakarma scheme - a politically crucial scheme worth Rs 13,000 crore that targets artisans, masons, jewellers and others - in a clear push to garner the support of the OBC community. This comes amid the opposition's own demand for a caste census - one that could prove to be a dent to the BJP's Hindutva politics. Tonight, on Left, Right & Centre, we ask - who will win the big political battle for the OBC community?

India-Canada FTA talks seem to have hit a pause as Canada has postponed its trade mission to India. Can relations between both countries improve?

A student from Arunachal Pradesh was found dead after he reportedly hanged himself at his hostel at National Institute of Technology at Silchar in Cachar district of Assam. This incident again shows how mental health is a major issue with students of premier institutes.

The Biden administration has promised action after India's Ambassador to the US sought prompt action after a video of a Seattle police officer laughing over the death of a 23-year-old Indian student Jaahnavi surfaced.

The Biden administration has promised action after India's Ambassador to the US sought prompt action after a video of a Seattle police officer laughing over the death of a 23-year-old Indian student Jaahnavi surfaced.

A colonel, a major of a Rashtriya Rifles unit of the army and a Deputy Superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir Police were killed in action during an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, officials said. Colonel Manpreet Singh, Major Aashish Dhonchak and Deputy Superintendent of Police Himanyun Muzamil Bhat were killed in action during the gunfight. Colonel Manpreet Singh was the commanding officer of the 19 Rashtriya Rifles (19 RR) unit. Rashtriya Rifles is the counter-insurgency force of the army that operates in Jammu and Kashmir.

Aviation has really started on its growth curve in India now and the Delhi airport will become the world's second-largest airport by the end of the year, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has said. In an exclusive interview with NDTV on Wednesday, Mr Scindia said civil aviation infrastructure in the country has expanded at a "scorching" pace under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "Delhi airport has a throughput capability of 70 million, which will go up to 109 million come December. That means that Delhi is going to become one of the largest airports in the world. We are going to be second, if at all, only to Atlanta. So that's the scale that you are looking at." Throughput capacity, in this case, refers to the number of passengers that an airport can handle in a year. 

A serious alert concerning fake medicine has been sounded across the country after key cancer and liver drugs in circulation - Adcetris and Defitelio - were found to be spurious. The counterfeits are from eight batches in circulation and have been found abroad as well. On Left, Right and Centre, we ask - how to address the big problem of spurious drugs in India?

 

NDTV presents the second part of our deep dive into China's construction activities in Aksai Chin, and how they are constructing massive military complexes underground as the Indian Armed forces countinue to build up infrastructure above ground.

After India's successful space missions Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya L1, India is set to launch Samudrayaan, a deep dive into the ocean with the submersible Matsya 6000. We decode the science and aim behind the ambitious mission.