DH Evening Brief: March 18, 2022

Primary and Secondary Education minister B C Nagesh told media persons on Friday in Bengaluru that the 'Bhagavad Gita' will be made mandatory for state-syllabus schools provided the government approves the idea.

. G-23 leader Ghulam Nabi Azad is likely to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday, while members of the dissenting group in the Congress Thursday held a flurry of meetings where they insisted they will fight for revamping the party while staying within its fold.

. Film director Vivek Agnihotri, who has kicked up a political storm with his movie 'The Kashmir Files' based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir Valley due to terrorism, has been given 'Y' category security with CRPF commando cover.

. To India and many other developing countries, Western powers and the institutions they dominate appear to have different standards for conflicts close to home.

. Followed by a gap of two years during which the Covid-19 pandemic marred festive celebrations, Holi was celebrated across the nation with great zeal and fervour as people stepped out of their homes with 'pichkaris' and colours and kept the traditional fervour and essence of the festival alive. Take a look at the pictures...

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. India's legitimate energy transactions should not be politicised and countries self-sufficient in oil or those themselves importing from Russia cannot credibly advocate restrictive trading, government sources said on Friday.

. Making his first public appearance after over two years since the outbreak of Covid, the Dalai Lama on Friday said that he is in good health and can "even play boxing with the doctor".

. Japanese actor Akira Takarada, who starred in the original 1954 "Godzilla" and several later films featuring the city-wrecking monster, has died in Tokyo aged 87.

DH Evening Brief: March 18, 2022

After Gujarat, Karnataka mulls introducing 'Bhagavad Gita' in state schools

Sonia Gandhi, Azad to meet today as G-23 pushes for overhaul

Vivek Agnihotri, 'The Kashmir Files' director, gets 'Y' security with CRPF cover across India

Why India is losing faith in the West

Holi celebrated with great fervour across India; See Pics

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