2If you thought CNN was the first to televise a war — the Gulf War of 1990 — think again. Tripura’s new BJP Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb claimed this week that “internet and satellite communication had existed in the days of the Mahabharata”. How else could Sanjaya give a detailed account and description of the Kurukshetra war to the blind king Dhritarashtra, far from the battle ground? “It means internet was there, satellites and that technology was there in this country at that time,” Deb went on. That is cow dung squared.Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh’s aim: double farmers’ income by 2022.

Source: Economic Times April 21, 2018 17:45 UTC