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    CutTheClutter: All about India's largest hydroelectric dam, the 2000MW Lower Subansiri Project in Arunachal Pradesh

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2025 23:35


    More than 20 years after its commissioning, the Lower Subansiri Project has begun its test run. The first of 8 units is now being wet trialled. By April-May next year, all units are expected to be commissioned, which will mean this project -- on the Arunachal-Assam border -- will produce 2000 MW of hydroelectric power, making it India's largest such project.----more----Read Moushumi Das Gupta report here: https://theprint.in/india/while-china-builds-its-mega-dam-on-brahmaputra-indias-long-delayed-subansiri-marks-key-milestone/2771548/----more----Read Ministry of environment and forest 2015 report here: https://moef.gov.in/uploads/2018/04/Volume-I.pdf----more----Watch full episode of CutTheClutter here: https://youtu.be/qSVgSN1WFJ4

    ThePrintAM: What did PM Modi say about India-ASEAN ties in his virtual address at the ongoing ASEAN Summit?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2025 4:51


    What did PM Modi say about India-ASEAN ties in his virtual address at the ongoing ASEAN Summit?

    NationalInterest: Deepfake on duty: When Shekhar Gupta asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2025 13:43


    On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole. Watch this week's #NationalInterest with @ShekharGupta --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To read this week's National Interest: https://theprint.in/national-interest/india-pakistan-op-sindoor-gallantry-awards-citations-ai-grok/2770210/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To visit ThePrint Store: https://store.theprint.in/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Produced by: Mahira Khan

    CutTheClutter: Challenges for Japan's 1st female PM Sanae Takaichi & a primer on country's politics,military policy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2025 20:24


    CutTheClutter: Challenges for Japan's 1st female PM Sanae Takaichi & a primer on country's politics,military policy

    ThePrintPod: Days after Lahore violence, Pakistan bans far-Right TLP for ‘terrorist activities', second time in 4 yrs

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2025 5:36


    Earlier this month, several TLP supporters launched a ‘Gaza Solidarity March', leading to clashes with police after they were prevented from advancing. Over 100 social media activists held.  

    ThePrintPod: Indian universities follow the same template on sexual assault—cover up, blame the victim

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2025 9:27


    'The institutional default is not the protection of students and staff, but damage control. You see it play out at SAU, IIT-BHU, RG Kar, and Durgapur. A sexual assault crisis is unfolding, across our higher educational institutions. It is bad enough that our campuses are demonstrably dangerous—as all public and private places in India tend to be. Some of the most prominent and horrifying cases of sexual violence over the last year have been reported from our colleges and universities, including the rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata and the IIT-BHU gang-rape in Varanasi.' says ThePrint columnist Karanjeet Kaur----more----Read full article here: https://theprint.in/opinion/indian-universities-follow-the-same-template-on-sexual-assault-cover-up-blame-the-victim/2767603/

    ThePrintAM: What's behind INDIA bloc's move to name Tejashwi Yadav as Bihar CM face?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2025 4:22


    CutTheClutter: Muivah's Manipur homecoming after 50 yrs & warning: Complexities & challenges of Naga peace process

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 31:16


    CutTheClutter: Muivah's Manipur homecoming after 50 yrs & warning: Complexities & challenges of Naga peace process

    CutTheClutter: Air power, artillery & BVR combat era: Op Sindoor Vir Chakra citations fill some gaps

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 29:34


    CutTheClutter: Air power, artillery & BVR combat era: Op Sindoor Vir Chakra citations fill some gaps

    EyeOnChina: In China, Ashley Tellis' arrest is proof that US-India trust was always fragile

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 9:12


    The arrest of Ashley J Tellis—long regarded as the intellectual face of India-United States strategic cooperation—has sent shockwaves through Washington and New Delhi's diplomatic and strategic circles. Many Chinese commentators interpret the arrest as part of a broader shift from “strategic altruism” to a results-driven, transactional approach. Watch Sana Hashmi explain in #ThePrint.----more----Read full article here: https://theprint.in/opinion/eye-on-china/in-china-ashley-tellis-arrest-is-proof-that-us-india-trust-was-always-fragile/2768261/

    ThePrintPod: WHY DID BELGIAN COURT REJECT MEHUL CHOKSI's PLEA AGAINST EXTRADITION?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 4:46


    ThePrintPod: PM Modi raises terrorism in call with Trump, American President reiterates Russian oil claim

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 3:53


    It's the third conversation between the two leaders since September occurred on occasion of Diwali. The American President held a celebration in the White House.----more----https://theprint.in/diplomacy/pm-modi-raises-terrorism-in-call-with-trump-american-president-reiterates-russian-oil-claim/2768334/

    ThePrintPod: Two different tunes: Owaisi's AIMIM sits out in Jubilee Hills but challenges Congress, RJD in Bihar

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 4:35


    There can be no connection, or comparison between a state election where a new govt will be formed & a by-poll with no consequences on Telangana's political circumstances, he says.----more----https://theprint.in/politics/two-different-tunes-owaisis-aimim-sits-out-in-jubilee-hills-but-challenges-congress-rjd-in-bihar/2768273/

    ThePrintAM: What are the US guidelines on $100,000 H1-B visa fee?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 6:32


    CutTheClutter: Nuke threat,Kashmir,economic envy:3 points from Munir's speech & Pakistani General's anti-India rant

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2025 24:22


    CutTheClutter: Nuke threat,Kashmir,economic envy:3 points from Munir's speech & Pakistani General's anti-India rant

    ThePrintPod: Circular finance can solve the climate action funding problem. And India can lead the way

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2025 6:03


    One reason climate finance remains stuck is that it is treated apart from fiscal policy. Yet, the two are inseparable.  

    PoliticallyCorrect: What makes Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah angry with wealth and job creators like Narayan Murthy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2025 7:23


    Siddaramaiah is acting and speaking like Amrish Puri of film Nayak but Karnataka CM will never do what Puri did-- giving up the chair even for a day, explains ThePrint Political Editor DK Singh in this episode of #PoliticallyCorrect.

    ThePrintAM: Why Uttarakhand hotels are turning away interfaith couples?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2025 8:44


    https://theprint.in/india/uttarakhand-hotels-are-turning-away-interfaith-couples-their-fear-raids-by-love-jihad-vigilantes/2765451/

    PureScience: India is losing its sunshine to cloud cover, poor air quality

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2025 4:56


    A new peer-reviewed study published in Scientific Reports shows that from 1988 to 2018, most parts of India have seen a steady decline in sunshine hours or the number of hours per day when sunlight is bright enough to be measured as sunshine.

    ThePrintPod: Another year of 'un-victory' in Russia-Ukraine war, India must rethink multi-alignment

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2025 15:33


    New Delhi does not want a humiliated Russia. While every path to a stalemate is painful, a Russian defeat would be far worse for India's interests. As China seems to be the only one gaining from the Russia-Ukraine war, India must rethink realignment.----more----Read full article here: https://theprint.in/opinion/china-russia-ukraine-war-india-multi-alignment/2765885/

    ThePrintAM: What has Singapore Police said on Zubeen Garg's death?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2025 2:31


    ThePrintAM: What has Singapore Police said on Zubeen Garg's death?

    ThePrintAM: That's behind the war of words between Nara Lokesh & Priyank Kharge?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 5:56


    ThePrintPod: Food security & wider safety net—TN planning body says govt's financial aid is making women self-reliant

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 2:50


    ThePrintPod: A futile $100 billion war. Hamas still standing, peace deal with a bad precedent

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 5:53


    Another peace deal has been sealed, with explicit Nobel Peace Prize intentions. And without Palestinians.  

    ThePrintPod: After Trump's Russian oil claim, India says energy imports ‘guided by national interest'

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 3:44


    Trump claimed PM Modi 'assured' him India would stop buying Russian oil. MEA statement notes India's 'priority to safeguard interests of Indian consumer in a volatile energy scenario'.  

    2005 Writings on the Wall:Stirrings of aspiration for a better life,signs of change & fair elections

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 17:44


    2005 Writings on the Wall:Stirrings of aspiration for a better life,signs of change & fair elections

    CutTheClutter: 'Secret files, China angle' & FBI raids: Behind US-India expert Ashley Tellis' arrest, & spy stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 34:22


    #cuttheclutter Strategic scholar & India expert Ashley Tellis has been arrested by US after over 1,000 pages of classified documents were found at his residence. This episode 1744 of #CutTheClutter with Shekhar Gupta looks at reasons behind the arrest of US State Department Advisor and the China angle in it. ThePrint Consulting Editor Praveen Swami joins in. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To read India Today article: https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/investigation/story/19950131-indian-intelligence-agencies-feud-work-at-cross-purposes-bringing-embarrassment-808334-1995-01-30 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To visit ThePrint Store: https://store.theprint.in/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Produced By: Mahira Khan

    FirstPersonSecondDraft:Everything that Dr APJ Abdul Kalam was not & why he is one of India's most loved public figures ever

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 12:54


    FirstPersonSecondDraft:Everything that Dr APJ Abdul Kalam was not & why he is one of India's most loved public figures ever

    ThePrintPod: Vijay's TVK could corner 23% vote share if it goes solo in TN polls, finds DMK's confidential survey

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 4:12


    Survey covered 2.91 lakh respondents, with average sample size of 1,245 per seat. TVK says ‘don't want validation from DMK'; AIADMK says ‘survey commissioned to keep DMK bosses happy'.----more----https://theprint.in/politics/vijays-tvk-could-corner-23-vote-share-if-it-goes-solo-in-tn-polls-finds-dmks-confidential-survey/2764036/

    ThePrintAM: Why is the surrender of Mallojula Venugopal Rao a setback to Maoists?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 3:36


    https://theprint.in/india/top-gun-contender-political-guru-a-hardcore-maoist-why-mallojula-venugopal-rao-surrender-matters/2763545/

    CutTheClutter: Silver beats gold: Behind global price surge of devil's metal & how much India uses, produces & buys

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2025 26:13


    #cuttheclutter Silver prices have hit a record hight and has surged more than gold this year. Central banks of Russia and Saudi Arabia have started buying the devil's metal & in India, some ETFs have suspended subscriptions. ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains factors behind the silver surge, and how much of it does India produce, use & buy. Watch ep 1743 of #CutTheClutter --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To watch CTC episodes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWUzhe8_IVw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fot3DjuGw4A --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To visit ThePrint Store: https://store.theprint.in/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Produced By: Mahira Khan

    PoliticallyCorrect: Politics and lies-- how they are feeding into each other and what's the endgame

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2025 9:42


    Tejashwi Yadav promises to create 2.5 crore government jobs in 20 months and Nitish Kumar is ready to give at least one lakh crore to women in six months. How ‘revdi' politics is reaching a new level in Bihar, ThePrint Political Editor DK Singh analyses in this episode of #PoliticallyCorrect. ----more----  

    ThePrintAM: WHAT'S BEHIND VIOLENT CLASHES IN LAHORE?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2025 5:48


    CutTheClutter: What Trump's Gaza peace plan means for Israel, Hamas & Middle East, & answers to 5 key questions

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 26:15


    #cuttheclutter US President Donald Trump arrived in Israel and addressed the Knesset as Hamas released 20 Israeli hostages in first phase of deal. ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains what the Gaza peace plan means for Israel, Hamas and for the future of Netanyahu. He also looks at the 5 key questions that arise post the peace plan, and what the deal means for Middle East. Ep 1742 of #CutTheClutter --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To read Fareed Zakaria Column: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/09/trump-gaza-ceasefire-middle-east/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Produced By: Mahira Khan

    ThePrintPod: Cough syrup deaths: ED searches 7 Chennai premises, including homes of TN drug control officials

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 2:44


    Enforcement Directorate investigating Sresan Pharmaceuticals, its key employees, and Tamil Nadu drug control officials after deaths of 21 children in Madhya Pradesh.  

    ThePrintPod: Kerala IT professional's suicide note alleged sexual & physical abuse in RSS camps, sparks row

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 2:49


    Ananthu Aji was made to join Sangh in his childhood by his father. The 26-year-old who was found dead in a lodge in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday evening.  

    ThePrintPod: Tejaswi Yadav's govt job promise in Bihar tells us about the real problem in India—unemployment

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 4:56


    India's playing catch up in AI & green tech. It would gain more by focusing on manufacturing to fix the job crisis.----more---- https://theprint.in/opinion/tejaswi-yadav-govt-job-promise-bihar-india-unemployment/2762674/

    ThePrintPod: PoK burns with anger against Pakistani state. You won't see it in Kashmir-obsessed Western media

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 5:14


    'While Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing high growth and a thriving economy driven by the Indian government's policies, not very far away, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is burning with anger. The contrast between Kashmir and PoK is impossible to ignore. One side protests for food and electricity, while the other talks about growth and education'- Watch this week's column for ThePrint by Amana Begam Ansari. ----more----Read full article here: https://theprint.in/opinion/pok-protest-pakistani-state-kashmir-obsessed-western-media/2761090/

    NationalInterest: CJI,IPS,IAS,Homebound: India's wake-up call on caste discrimination & issues faced by Dalits,Muslims

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2025 11:36


    Three things have come together to raise a combination of issues related to caste and minorities that India has failed to resolve even 75 years after its Constitution was born. The caste issue, of course, has persisted through centuries. The shoe thrown at the Chief Justice and, sadder still, the ‘suicide' of Haryana Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Y. Puran Kumar & the third, the somewhat counter-intuitive success among the well-heeled of Homebound, by Neeraj Ghaywan, the most prominent and powerful Dalit filmmaker in Bollywood. Education, reservations and government jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity — Watch this week's #NationalInterest with ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta.

    ThePrintPod: Why SC struck down a Rajasthan HC order, saying high courts can't recall final orders in criminal cases

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 5:13


    Rajasthan HC had transferred to CBI two illegal mining & intimidation cases in Bhilwara against Congress leader and ex-minister Ramlal Jat, after initially declining to do so.  

    ThePrintAM: What are the key takeaways from Modi-Starmer meet?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 4:17


    What are the key takeaways from Modi-Starmer meet? 

    CutTheClutter: Marshy, salty mudflats rich in oil & gas: Untangling Sir Creek problem as Rajnath warns Pakistan

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 22:58


    CutTheClutter: Marshy, salty mudflats rich in oil & gas: Untangling Sir Creek problem as Rajnath warns Pakistan

    ThePrintAM: How Chemistry Nobel winners changed definition of ‘solid matter'?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 5:01


    https://theprint.in/science/how-did-this-years-chemistry-nobel-winners-redefine-solid-matter-think-hermiones-handbag/2759730/

    CutTheClutter: Mumbai gets new airport & critical 33-km metro: A look at infra revolution in Mumbai & Maharashtra

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2025 27:25


    CutTheClutter: Mumbai gets new airport & critical 33-km metro: A look at infra revolution in Mumbai & Maharashtra

    ThePrintPod: Centre forms expert panel to review UGC draft curriculum amid concerns over ‘grave defects'

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2025 3:15


    Kerala & Karnataka govt have said they wouldn't adopt the curriculum. Over 900 academics signed petition against draft mathematics curriculum last month, urging UGC to withdraw it.  

    ThePrintAM: Punjab floods have a Delhi pollution link. How?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2025 7:05


    Punjab floods have a Delhi pollution link. How?

    CutTheClutter: Why Ladakh's angry: Understanding its importance, people, military glory & why India should care

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2025 34:11


    Quiet, peaceful Ladakh saw violent protests break out in September, killing 4 people, and the arrest of Sonam Wangchuk. In ep. 1738 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta talks of the bravery of Ladakhis, their patriotism and why they are important to India. Bismee Taskin, who reported from Ladakh, joins in to explain the insecurities of the people and why they are angry. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://theprint.in/india/behind-ladakhs-demand-for-sixth-schedule-a-decades-old-fight-for-identity-a-place-at-the-table/2757197/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://theprint.in/india/he-fought-in-kargil-but-died-by-police-bullets-family-mourns-ex-serviceman-shot-dead-in-leh-stir/2752036/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exclusive content, special privileges & more – Subscribe to ThePrint for Special benefits: https://theprint.in/subscribe/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    PoliticallyCorrect: PM Modi's silence on Ladakh violence, like Manipur & why it's a bigger blunder

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2025 12:42


    It takes a special talent in our politicians to make Leh's Tibetan Buddhists so belligerent, ThePrint Political Editor DK Singh elaborated in this episode of #PoliticallyCorrect   To read the latest column: https://theprint.in/opinion/politically-correct/modi-silent-on-ladakh-manipur/2757998/

    ThePrintAM: What is the schedule for Bihar Assembly Elections?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2025 4:16


    What is the schedule for Bihar Assembly Elections?

    ThePrintPod: Inmate's ‘birthday bash' with cake, apple garland sparks fresh row for ‘high-security' Bengaluru jail

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2025 4:04


    Viral video purportedly shows murder accused history-sheeter cutting cake to applause from other inmates. Last yr, actor Darshan, accused of murder, was seen enjoying his time in the prison.  

    ThePrintPod: ‘Professors polluting minds'—DU V-C alleges ‘urban Naxalism' in academia. Faculty, students say, ‘new low'

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2025 4:44


    V-C Yogesh Singh has drawn flak for speech referring to ‘urban Naxals' operating in university spaces, accusing student movements like Pinjra Tod of being driven by ‘ingratitude'.  

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