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- ThePrintPod: Punjab chief secy ‘intentionally’ hampering probe against CM Mann’s OSD, associates—CBI tells SC · 4 min · Episode 9780Agency alleged top court’s direction for cooperation in probe into 'organised transfer-posting syndicate' operating at behest of OSD Rajbir Ghuman was not being followed by the…
- CutTheClutter: Pranab’s PM ambition & contradictions:How Sonia Gandhi’s memoir portrays it & ex-President’s account · 25 min · Episode 9779Sonia Gandhi’s account of Pranab Mukherjee’s PM ambition and him pushing for a ‘change at the top in 2010’ has sparked debate. Sonia Gandhi has shared this in her recently…
- PoliticallyCorrect: Toxic air, falling buildings, gang rapes-Who is to blame for Delhi’s triple-engine govt’s failures? · 9 min · Episode 9778From selling the artificial rain idea to challenging Rahul Gandhi for a debate-- Delhi CM Rekha Gupta is doing a lot for optics and very little by way of governance…
- ThePrintAM: Why has Vijay written to PM Modi over Mekedatu site? · 3 min · Episode 9777Mekedatu reservoir has long been opposed by Tamil Nadu on the grounds that it could alter the quantum and timing of water releases to the downstream state.
- NationalInterest: Farm laws to Agnipath: Modi govt’s two big reforms that failed · 12 min · Episode 9776#NationalInterest You can find a more diplomatic, or politically convenient description for it, but the Modi government’s latest move on the Agniveer scheme, brought in with such…
- SharpEdge: Modi isn't Trump: Why India's electoral math makes BJP harder to defeat · 10 min · Episode 9775Donald Trump's midterm setbacks have sparked political debate, but can the same electoral dynamics play out in India? Despite anti-incumbency and opposition challenges, the BJP's…
- CutTheClutter: India owes nearly 6 times more than Pakistan,but carries a lighter burden: External Debt & Economics · 22 min · Episode 9774#cuttheclutter The World Bank's International Debt Report 2026, released on 5 November 2026, gives insights into what countries owe and to whom. Pakistan’s total external debt…
- ThePrintAM: Why has Akhilesh Yadav decided not to contest UP election? · 6 min · Episode 9773Why has Akhilesh Yadav decided not to contest UP election?
- CutTheClutter: End of 'Hum Do, Humare Do'? SC questions 2-child norm relevance amid India's declining fertility rate · 24 min · Episode 9772#cuttheclutter The Supreme Court, on 4 November 2026, said that laws disqualifying people with more than two children from contesting local body elections have lost their…
- ThePrintPod: Exclusive: Oman confirms Mahadev promoter’s extradition covers CBI cases, clears way for prosecution · 3 min · Episode 9771Sourabh Chandrakar’s counsel had argued that extradition order was based on government undertaking that his client would not face trial in any case other than ED’s money…
- PoliticallyCorrectPod: Why Indian Gen Z-Alpha movement has more in common with those in Bangladesh & France than Serbia · 12 min · Episode 9770How Indian Gen Z protests are different from those in Serbia and most other countries and why it’s comforting to PM Modi, ThePrint Political Editor DK Singh explains in this…
- ThePrintAM: What's behind ED raids on AAP’s Moga MLA Amandeep Kaur Arora? · 3 min · Episode 9768https://theprint.in/india/ed-raids-on-aaps-moga-mla-a-land-grabbing-probe-that-started-from-a-forged-signature/3090250/
- CutTheClutter: Defeated, lame-duck, dangerous: What Trump’s Midterms setback means for India, West Asia & the world · 11 min · Episode 9769#cuttheclutter The midterms whitewash is proof that even in the US, Trump’s support has collapsed. He is now defeated, dangerous and a lame-duck President. ThePrint…
- ThePrintPod: Karnataka tech startups raise $4.6 bn in first nine months of 2026, early-stage funding dips · 4 min · Episode 9767The increase in overall funding was largely driven by late-stage investments, which rose 32 percent to $2.7 billion from $2 billion during the same period in…
- Opinion: Israel must now decide what kind of democracy it wants to be · 14 min · Episode 9766Israel has voted, but it has not decided who should govern or how. Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud has emerged as the largest party, projected to win 53 seats, yet his…
- CutTheClutter: CRPF’s journey & role in India’s security as it completes a year with zero operational fatality · 29 min · Episode 9765#cuttheclutter CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) completed a year without any operational fatality, for the first time in 47 years. #CutTheClutter Episode 1930 looks at CRPF’s…
- ThePrint Pod: Delhi HC stays JNU order terminating Congress MP and professor Bimol Akoijam · 2 min · Episode 9764Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani issued notice to JNU on Akoijam's plea challenging his termination; matter to be heard next in January 2027.
- CutTheClutter: The strategic Siang dam project, why Arunachal’s Adi tribe is protesting against it & China factor · 21 min · Episode 9763#cuttheclutter Protests against the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose project in Arunachal Pradesh have escalated. The Chief Minister, Monday, in an open letter said that all…
- eMudhra appoints KPMG to review compromised certificate keys; browser makers await root-cause report · 3 min · Episode 9762Development comes after Internet Freedom Foundation sought independent audit by a company eMudhra had not previously engaged.
- NationalInterest: Netanyahu changed Israel fundamentally, the new govt will be a coalition excluding Arab parties · 12 min · Episode 9761Israel's longest-serving PM Benjamin Netanyahu has won only because he hasn’t been defeated. He’s also changed Israel fundamentally. Any ruling alliance now will have to be a…
- NationalInterest: The three PM avatars of Indira Gandhi: Decoding India's Iron Lady on her 42nd death anniversary · 12 min · Episode 9760#NationalInterest Indira Gandhi had two spells in power, yet she was not one prime minister, but three. Each tenure, it was the same personality in office but a different Prime…
- ThePrintPod: Rising food prices put Tamil Nadu households under pressure amid festive season · 9 min · Episode 9759Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay has written to the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs seeking approval to impose stockholding limits on rice, pulses, edible oils and onions.
- ThePrintPod: Ebola outbreak outpaces Congo’s response: No vaccine, 10,000+ cases—80% outside known networks · 8 min · Episode 9758Infections have spread to 66 health zones across eight provinces—from just three when the outbreak was first declared—and reached five countries, including Kenya and Nigeria.
- CutTheClutter: India’s Rs 10,000 crore nudge to build container capacity & counter China · 21 min · Episode 9757The Union Cabinet has approved a Rs 10,000-crore shipping container manufacturing scheme, with the idea to increase India’s container building capacity 10 times from the current…
- CutTheClutter: ThePrint in Israel: Netanyahu's election edge, Eisenkot's challenge, Arab kingmaker & future of war · 29 min · Episode 9756Israel's election -- seen as a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu's national security strategy -- appears to have thrown up a hung verdict with neither Bibi nor his challenger Gadi…
- Two Meitei groups move SC against ‘highway blockades & extortion’ amid Manipur conflict. What PIL says · 7 min · Episode 9755The groups seek judicial intervention to ensure safe, free & non-discriminatory movement of people, passengers, goods and essential supplies along national highways in the state.
- CutTheClutter: Serbia election: How a canopy collapse triggered a student protest & ended strongman Vučić's rule · 23 min · Episode 9754Serbia has witnessed a remarkable political shift as a student-led movement challenged the politics of strongman President Aleksandar Vučić, defeated him in the elections & wiped…
- ThePrintAM: Why did Vijay-led govt arrest DMK ex-minister Poyyamozhi? · 4 min · Episode 9753The Greater Chennai Police’s Central Crime Branch (CCB) arrested the DMK leader hours after the Madras High Court dismissed his anticipatory bail petition in the case…
- CutTheClutter: Lula wins Brazil: His stunning return, Trump setback & what it means for India · 21 min · Episode 9752Brazil’s presidential election has delivered a dramatic comeback for 81-year-old Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who overturned a 2.2-million-vote deficit in the first round to defeat…
- ThePrintAM: Why is Hyderabad struggling for drinking water? · 8 min · Episode 9751Only three of 16 mandals in Hyderabad received sufficient rainfall during the monsoon, leaving the Telangana capital's 1.5 crore residents scrambling to buy water through…
- NationalInterest: India needs more Jamnagars. Anti-business, knee-jerk anti-Americanism hurt national interest · 10 min · Episode 9750Anti-Americanism is chronic, deep-rooted and instinctive in India. We only undermine our national interest by not shedding it, and by dismissing our entrepreneurs as exploiters…
- CutTheClutter: ITBP chief talks of China 'face-off': Himalayan force evolves from border patrol to drone warfare · 34 min · Episode 9749ITBP chief Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor, speaking at the Himveer Sammelan in Alwar, highlighted continuing face-offs with China along the Arunachal Pradesh border. While these…
- CutTheClutter: France protests & riots: What it means for politics,economy & why Macron’s fuming at Trump,Netanyahu · 27 min · Episode 9748French President Macron has warned that protests not organised by legitimate groups will be banned in the country. Violent protests have engulfed several parts of France since 17…
- ThePrintPod: From IIT Bombay to Shaheen Bagh to jail and a UAPA case—who is Sharjeel Imam, & what's his politics · 16 min · Episode 9747More than six years after his arrest, Sharjeel Imam, the former IIT Bombay student and JNU research scholar who became one of the most controversial faces of the anti-CAA…
- CutTheClutter: Energy,trade,capital: What Rubio's Mumbai, Jamnagar visit tells us about geopolitics & India-US ties · 22 min · Episode 9746US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is on a two-day visit to India. On 20 October, Marco Rubio met External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar, and both also held a meeting with…
- CutTheClutter: RSS Chief delivers the most pro-govt speech on Dussehra:Significance & a message to BJP via Dhankhar · 20 min · Episode 9745RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat delivered his Dussehra address today in Nagpur. He ruled out any regime change in India, and said, 'A storm has come from the West, which is against every…
- Opinion: Neha Bora, Ratna Singh and a new summer of women’s discontent · 7 min · Episode 9744'In just a couple of months, Bora has radicalised even the “apolitical” who were sitting on the fence. The 29-year-old has captured the nation’s imagination so completely that a…
- NationalInterestPod: 64 yrs since 1962 India-China war: Few moments of military glory & the story of defence of Ladakh · 18 min · Episode 974320th October marks 64th anniversary of India-China war. Watch #NationalInterest on camera, where ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta details the few moments of military glory…
- ThePrintPod: ‘We won’t be silenced’: Canadian journalists lash out at Punjab Police FIR over social media posts · 6 min · Episode 9742Controversy around Punjab Police FIR on posts related to real estate company GB Realty comes in runup to Prime Minister Modi’s icebreaker December visit to…
- OpinionPod: Ukraine’s Starlink troubles show why military communications need sovereign control · 16 min · Episode 9741Starlink’s recent controversy over its proposed entry into India makes this more than a theoretical concern, even though there is no direct military component involved. Watch…
- NationalInterest: Rahul Gandhi must answer 12 questions if he wants to go from street fighter to challenger in 2029 · 11 min · Episode 9740BJP followers are dismissive of Rahul. For them, he’s an object of derision. But Modi has always held the opposite view. He sees Rahul, and the Gandhis, as the only potential…
- CutTheClutter: Bangladesh economy in crisis mode as it seeks IMF loan again, for $5 bn: How it reached here & why · 19 min · Episode 9739Bangladesh has sought yet another loan from IMF for $5 Billion. This would be the 16th loan for the country, if the IMF approves the latest request. #CutTheClutter Episode 1920…
- CutTheClutter: Significance of Modi govt approval of IDBI bank sale to Canada's Fairfax & why it's a reformist move · 37 min · Episode 9738#cuttheclutter Modi govt has approved the sale of 60.72% stake in IDBI bank to Canada's Fairfax, that will acquire the stake for 528.78 billion rupees. #CutTheClutter Episode…
- Congress challenges Amit Shah’s ‘infiltrator’ argument for SIR—‘how many detected, deleted or deported’ · 3 min · Episode 9737On Tuesday, Home Minister Shah accused Rahul Gandhi of seeking to ‘protect infiltrators’ by opposing SIR. He had said public was aware of the Congress leader’s ‘strategy’.
- CutTheClutter: Complexities and politics as Nagas add new dimension & long-standing conflict in Manipur escalates · 23 min · Episode 9736#cuttheclutter The Manipur conflict that started with Meitei-Kuki tensions in May 2023, has escalated with the conflict between Nagas and Kukis. Shekhar Gupta explains the…
- ThePrintPod: Why BJP ally Chirag Paswan is targeting Pasi voters in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the 2027 state elections · 5 min · Episode 9735Understanding with BJP likely now that it has lost a substantial part of the non-Jatav Dalit votebase; Pasis are 9% of electorate, and their numbers matter in 100 constituencies.
- ThePrintAM: Why has Vijay govt relaxed Tamil Nadu temple mobile phone rules? · 6 min · Episode 9734Why has Vijay govt relaxed Tamil Nadu temple mobile phone rules?
- CutTheClutter:Limitations of Saudi Arabia despite enormous defence spending as the isolated country fights Houthis · 21 min · Episode 9733#cuttheclutter An isolated Saudi Arabia is fighting Houthis on its own soil and in Yemen. On Tuesday, the Saudi-backed coalition forces launched strikes on Houthi targets in…
- CutTheClutter: Munir uses Pakistan’s old playbook of power grab,ousts Imran Khan’s PTI,imposes emergency in KPK · 28 min · Episode 9732#cuttheclutter Pakistan ousted Imran Khan’s PTI, imposed Governor’s rule as well as emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. #CutTheClutter 1916 looks at the big picture of these…
- ThePrintAM: Why has Pakistan imposed emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa? · 5 min · Episode 9731Why has Pakistan imposed emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
