Third Eye: Eyes on the stars, oath-taking faux pas and China’s Xi takes different route

Eyes on the stars
A three-star General who had his eyes set on a promotion had to retire recently after completing his service tenure. Word on the field is that the officer is not yet ready to hang up the uniform and may be eyeing an even bigger prize in the coming months to add the coveted fourth star.

Oath-taking faux pas
In Madhya Pradesh, Congress MLA Ramniwas Rawat took oath as minister in the BJP government on Monday. However, he took oath as minister of state by mistake. After 10 minutes the error was realised and Rawat was asked to take oath as Cabinet minister again.


China’s Xi takes different route
Chinese President Xi Jinping had aunique gesture in store for India at the SCO summit. While various heads of state sent condolences for the Hathras tragedy through separate individual messages, Xi chose the platform of SCO summit on July 4 to send condolences to India. Interestingly, Xi also did not publicise various China-led global initiatives that focus on Sino-centric world order during the course of his speeches at the summit, taking the gathering by surprise.