Prime minister Modi visited Russia in his first visit after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The visit saw Modi hugging Russian president Vladimir Putin-a move that has generated outrage from the US and Ukraine. In Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district five soldiers were killed on July 8 after a militant attack. Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi visited Manipur earlier this week-his third visit since the violence began in the northeastern state in May, 2023 and has urged Modi to pay a visit. BSP’s Tamil Nadu president K. Armstrong’s murder has raised questions of law and order failure under the DMK government.
The Wire’s Sravasti Dasgupta is joined by Siddharth Varadarajan, founding editor at The Wire and Sushant Singh, consulting editor at The Caravan to discuss all of this and more.
