Third Eye: Praise is the highway, leaving nothing to chance, neural oscillations

Road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari was praised highly in Lok Sabha. The surprising part was Opposition members telling Gadkari that they “missed” him last week. A visibly beaming Gadkari apologised for his absence and informed that he had been assigned by the PM to visit Iran. Trinamool Congress MP Kirti Azad even told the minister that he wished all ministers worked like Gadkari.

Having burnt its fingers with NEET-UG exam and allegations of paper leaks in several other national exams, the education ministry is leaving nothing to chance with NET-UGC, which had to be cancelled overnight amid alleged ‘Telegram’ leaks. The ministry is learnt to be taking repeated reviews with NTA to ensure a foolproof NET-UGC this time — rescheduled for the month end.

Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar said at an event, where CM Eknath Shinde and deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis were also present, that he was the senior-most MLA among the three but he lagged behind, while the other two have achieved a lot politically. As the audience laughed, Pawar said he told Fadnavis that if he had known earlier that Shinde (with just 40 MLAs) would be made the chief minister, then he would have brought the entire NCP into the government to become the CM.