Amidst the mounting death toll in the deadly encephalitis outbreak, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister, Sushil Kumar Modi's misplaced priorities have created a political stir.
Sushil Kumar Modi on his Twitter pages posted pictures of him meeting the Miss India United Continental 2019, Shreya Shankar, who hails from Bihar.
The pictures have sparked anger against the deputy chief minister and the government of Bihar which is already under heavy criticism for failing to deal with the encephalitis crisis in the state.
In our 'Get Real India' segment, watch this story about how a farmer in Maharashtra's Chintaraj village in Dharashiv district set his entire onion stock of six hundred sacks on fire after traders offered a price of just one rupee per kilo for the produce.
After an eleven-day deadlock, the Congress high command has appointed a new Chief Minister for Kerala, ending intense lobbying and factional disputes.
The edition of India First covers significant global and domestic developments. At the BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting in Delhi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar emphasised the necessity of unimpeded maritime flows through the Strait of Hormuz and criticised unilateral sanctions.
The Congress party has resolved its leadership crisis in Kerala by selecting a new Chief Minister after eleven days of deliberations. The decision comes after a legislature party meeting, which saw the attendance of most elected representatives, though a senior leader skipped the gathering due to disagreement with the high command's choice.
