S M Krishna,the ‘designer’

In the tightly-buttoned,image-conscious environment of the MEA,anything remotely non-serious is liable to be dismissed as "un-diplomatic"...

In the tightly-buttoned,image-conscious environment of the MEA,anything remotely non-serious is liable to be dismissed as un-diplomatic,and therefore unworthy of attention. Even if the matter relates to a well-known hobby of its new minister,S M Krishna. The former Karnataka chief minister lists designing clothes for men among his hobbies. His profiles everywhere,including on the Karnataka government website,make a mention of this. But not on the website of the MEA. Somebody in the ministry seems to have decided that designing clothes,that too for men only,wasnt diplomatic enough and therefore needed to be excluded from his profile.

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PM Modi announced the rollout of new GST rates, calling it a "GST bachat utsav" and promising cheaper prices for medicines, insurance, and daily essentials. He emphasized that these reforms would ease doing business, attract investment, and benefit the poor, middle class, MSMEs, farmers, women, traders, and youth. He urged citizens to promote swadeshi goods.

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