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They may call it anti-national-Kapil Sibbal _The Hindu July 4

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to his bhakts, alone represents the India of the future: muscular, bold, uncompromising. Those who don’t cheer are anti-national. Bhakts present demonetisation as a panacea to root out black money. The rich suffer and the poor are happy that the ‘haves’ have been targeted. Gains, they say, will be longterm. Bhakts used the electronic media with sound bites to support these perceptions. A foray across the Line of Control is presented as a bold, audacious venture never attempted before.  They call it a surgical strike. India’s past is an embarrassment, its icons inglorious and their policies the root cause of conflicts today. Internally, Hindutva and its mindset must prevail. Gau mata must be protected at any cost. Those trading in animals are suspects, and are on occasions, without proof, lynched or killed. Ironically, victims become the accused and the aggressors the aggrieved. The police, when and if present at the time of the onslaught by vi

Daily Current Affairs Update July-1 2017 to July-3 2017

1.  Mumbai’s Vikrikar Bhavan renamed as GST Bhavan Mumbai’s  ‘Vikrikar Bhavan’  was  renamed as ‘GST Bhavan’  on 2nd of July 2017 after the Goods and Services Tax regime was rolled out. ‘Vikrikar Bhavan’  is the  headquarters of Maharashtra government’s erstwhile Sales Tax department. 2.  Telangana to have separate Agriculture Budget from next year Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao , has decided to present a separate agriculture budget for the state from next year. 3.  Odisha CM Naveen inaugurates Computerisation of PACS and Rupay KCC Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik  has  inaugurated computerisation of PACS  (Primary Agricultural Cooperative Socities)and launched  RuPay Kisan Credit cards  in the state on 1st of July 2017. Odisha  is the first  state to implement an integrated Core Banking Solution Project. By converting the  PACS as One Stop Shops the government is keen to address all requirements of the farmers. 4. Punjab National Bank  (