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#cuttheclutter Armenia & Azerbaijan last week signed joint declaration in the US, agreeing to respect each other's territorial integrity. The highlight of the ‘peace' move brokered by Trump is the creation of the 43-km Zangezur corridor, which will be developed by American companies and called Trump Route For International Peace & Prosperity. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains what the Trump-brokered peace agreement means, significance of Trump corridor, why it has Iran fuming & the shift in geopolitics in the South Caucasus. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Watch Episode 580 of Cut The Clutter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW4j2MP29ns --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Watch CTC on Diego Garcia : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBIzjMJv2t4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To visit ThePrint Store: https://store.theprint.in/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Produced By: Mahira Khan

Mohd Wasi alleges his adopted son's case is stuck as India's adoption agency was dragging its feet even though laws give High Commission the power to issue visas or OCIs.  

In this edition of Geopolitics with Swasti, ThePrint Consulting Editor Swasti Rao discusses what India-US trade looks like and how India can navigate Trump . She also discusses the Israel-Gaza war and what lies next.

Delhi minister Ashish Sood hits out at the previous AAP govt over delays in implementing the National Education Policy and accuses it of politicising education and dismantling systems. Speaking to ThePrint's senior associate editor, Neelam Pandey, Sood also speaks at length on the SC order over removal of stray dogs.

Trump's love affair with Asim Munir is driven by his plans to rebuild the Middle East security

US had earlier designated BLA as Specially Designated Global Terrorist group & has now upgraded it to Foreign Terrorist Organisation, adding its militant wing Majeed Brigade to SDGT separately.

https://theprint.in/judiciary/sc-hits-pause-on-coercive-action-against-owners-of-end-of-life-petrol-diesel-cars-in-delhi-ncr/2719727/

#cuttheclutter Pakistan's former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on 11 August, issued a warning over India's action on the Indus Waters Treaty following the Pahalgam terror attack. Calling India's decision to pause the Indus Waters Treaty an attack on Indus Valley Civilisation & Culture, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said that Pakistan would have 'no choice but to consider war if India's action continues'. Watch Episode 1164 of Cut The Clutter, originally published on 31 January 2023, where ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains the facts and details of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty

UP CM Yogi Adityanath is under siege from within, with his ministers targeting him with impunity. What's making BJP a ‘party with differences', ThePrint Political Editor DK Singh elaborates in this episode of #PoliticallyCorrect----more----Read this week's Politically Correct here: https://theprint.in/opinion/politically-correct/bjp-vs-bjp-constitution-club/2718524/

Mohammed Siraj is an exceptional Indian cricketer, and as a Pasmanda Muslim, Siraj is also being pulled into symbolic service. Known for his climb from modest beginnings, 31-year-old Siraj has become one of the most reliable fast bowlers in Indian cricket — across formats, conditions, and pressure. His exceptional performance has placed him to be a de facto mascot for Pasmanda Muslims.----more----Read full article here: https://theprint.in/opinion/in-mohammed-siraj-the-pasmanda-muslims-have-a-hero/2716534/

#cuttheclutter ThePrint Exclusive newsbreak on Sunday detailed the nuclear threat & statements by Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir in US. He was speaking at a black-tie dinner in Tampa, US. He said, 'We are a nuclear nation, if we think we are going down, we will take half the world down with us.' India responded to Munir's threats and said that nuclear sabre-rattling is Pakistan's “stock-in-trade”. In Episode 1711 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta makes sense of Asim Munir's speech with 9 possible reasons behind it, the Pakistan Army Chief's objectives & a lesson for India. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Watch Praveen Swami's Exclusive Newsbreak here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bIAwNI9Ebw To read article: https://theprint.in/world/pakistan-army-chief-field-marshal-asim-munir-florida-speech-nuclear-threat-india/2718095/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read TheEconomist piece here: https://www.economist.com/asia/2025/08/03/pakistans-army-chief-is-cosying-up-to-donald-trump --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To visit ThePrint Store: https://store.theprint.in/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Produced By: Mahira Khan

India's industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.  

Pharma firms are pouncing on opportunity as patents on world's second-bestselling drug, which goes by brand names Ozempic and Wegovy, are expiring in nearly 100 nations.  

Trump's 50% tariffs will hit the farmers, artisans, spices growers, & fishing & dairying communities. Speaking at the M.S. Swaminathan centenary commemorations PM Modi vowed to protect them whatever the risks or costs, & whatever price he might have to pay for it personally. The question: what is the price he & the country may have to pay? – Watch this week's #NationalInterest with @ShekharGupta

CutTheClutter: Palantir, the $400bn tech 'upstart' with Indian CTO, & why Trump trusts it for security,defence,data

India's crude oil trade has evolved from a purely economic exchange into both a geopolitical test of strategic autonomy and a measure of the constraints in its energy policy. Over the past three years, India has gone from being a marginal buyer of Russian crude to one of its largest importers, carefully balancing ties with the US, Europe, and shifting global energy markets. That balance is now under pressure from Donald Trump's 50 per cent tariff offensive, aimed selectively at India and leaving little ambiguity about his objectives—and in Trump's world, what he wants, he usually gets. So what will define India's next energy strategy? ThePrint Consulting Editor (International & Strategic Affairs) explains, in this week's column.

Similar schemes are already in operation in neighbouring Telangana & Karnataka, both Congress-ruled states. ‘Stree-Shakti' scheme is expected to cost AP govt Rs 1,942 cr each year.  

Thirteen Allahabad HC judges have urged their Chief Justice to convene a full court meeting & refuse compliance with the SC order against Justice Prashant Kumar.  

CutTheClutter: Trump's trade war in numbers: Which Indian sectors will be worst-hit & why some exports are exempt

Jains are protesting a decision of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to shut down all 'kabutarkhanas' in Mumbai & penalise those feeding pigeons.  

Variety has been developed by Peru's International Potato Center and its genetic material shared with Indian Council of Agricultural Research's Central Potato Research Institute.  

ThePrintAM: Why has Trump announced additional tariffs on India?

CutTheClutter: Strike India, target Russia: Behind Trump's trade war & geopolitics at play as Doval lands in Moscow

CutTheClutter: Trump's escalating tariff threats, & India's 5 foreign policy moves since '91 that brought US closer

All industries are still facing an acute shortage of skilled manpower despite thousands of crores spent on skilling schemes.

MEA highlights double standards imposed over trade with Russia and maintains that India will take all necessary measures to protect its economic interests.  

Six years after the abrogation of Article 370, Kashmiris continue to wait for the restoration of statehood, says journalist and analyst Zafar Chaudhary. While street protests, stone-pelting, etc. seem to be a thing of the past in J&K, the stripping away of statehood is a sore point for most.

BRS leader Kavitha has been hurting ever since her letter to KCR, in which she questioned her father for being soft on the BJP, was 'leaked'.

CutTheClutter POD:  How the Oval Test, 2-2 series with England show the width & depth of India's pace 

In 2 yrs, MP has met only 12% of its target of training 1 lakh students annually. Jobs were given to relatives, cornered by fraud companies, overage candidates & existing employees.  

Doctors contend that current system limits growth opportunities & drive fellow colleagues to private sector. They have set 15 August deadline to implement the policy.  

ट्रम्प के लगाए गए टैरिफ और आप सिन्दूर पर पार्लियामेंट में डिबेट लेकर भारत पाकिस्तान क्रिकेट मैचों पर ओवैसी के बयान तक --- दिप्रिंट के शो #ShekharSeSawaal में दिप्रिंट के एडिटर-इन-चीफ शेखर गुप्ता दे रहे हैं आपके सवालों का जवाब अपूर्वा मंधानी के साथ.

Psychoanalysing US President Donald Trump is a booming global business. India has to find a way of surviving him for about two more years. To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy on social media, we must first introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse. – Watch this week's #NationalInterest with Shekhar Gupta----more----Read this week's National Interest here: https://theprint.in/national-interest/modi-trump-india-washington-bipolarity/2710611/----more----Read 'Rahul has forced Modi to change his policies' National Interest here: https://theprint.in/national-interest/caste-census-is-a-bad-idea-whose-time-has-come-much-worse-lies-ahead/2613185/----more----Watch 'Rahul has forced Modi to change his policies' National Interest here: https://youtu.be/DexXw-PLmAQ

Why did a Bengaluru court convict former MP Prajwal Revanna?----more---- https://theprint.in/politics/how-videos-recorded-by-prajwal-revanna-himself-sealed-his-fate-in-rape-case/2710671/

#cuttheclutter Pakistan's been chasing oil since the 1950s. Trump is now exploring this decades-old oil fantasy to troll New Delhi. He knows this kind of hyphenation with Pakistan triggers India—and it's all to gain leverage in the ongoing trade talks. In episode 1705 of #CutTheClutter ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekar Gupta talks about decades of failed exploration in Pakistan and how Trump is weaponising this ‘fantasy' for negotiation --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To read Alex Kimani article: https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Why-No-Major-Oil-Company-Is-Rushing-To-Drill-Pakistans-Huge-Oil-Reserves.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To read Dawn Reports: https://www.dawn.com/news/1857415/massive-oil-gas-reserves-found-in-pakistani-waters-senior-security-official https://www.dawn.com/news/1861990/striking-oil-a-crude-endeavour --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To read New York Times reports: 1959 - https://www.nytimes.com/1959/10/22/archives/new-oil-field-found-in-north-pakistan.html 1960 - https://www.nytimes.com/1960/01/12/archives/pakistan-sees-oil-as-prosperity-key-search-pressed-with-british-and.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apply here for ThePrint School of Journalism : https://tinyurl.com/48hdbx9d --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Produced By: Mahira Khan

Bhalla breaks down what Trump's tariff decision reveals about India's trade vulnerabilities. From agricultural inefficiencies to a protectionist mindset driven by what he calls the “deep state,” Bhalla argues that India has failed to open up to competition, and as a result, has lost credibility as a negotiating partner. He discusses why India's economic policies remain unchanged despite different political regimes, how resistance to global integration hurts Indian producers and consumers, and what India must do to be seen as a serious economic force.

From arrest of BJP MP Pragya Thakur to agency turf wars and retracted testimonies, 2008 Malegaon blast trial has seen many twists. Special NIA court is set to deliver its verdict.  

Win-win negotiations are always about give and take, a deft combination of assertion and acquiescence. A mutually acceptable trade deal would do a lot of good to both countries.  

Hepatitis D or HDV, which only affects individuals infected with hepatitis B, is associated with a two- to six-fold higher risk of liver cancer compared to hepatitis B alone.  

For days now, Gurugram's society WhatsApp groups and Reddit forums have buzzed with a slow-rising panic. The domestic workers have vanished. The cooks, the nannies, the food delivery executives, the sanitation workers—the invisible army that keeps Gurugram functioning—have fled in terror of the crackdown on “illegal” Bangladeshi immigrants. As kitchen countertops remain dirty and impromptu garbage dumps appear on abandoned plots, the city's residents are discovering what their gleaming towers are actually worth, in the absence of the people who have summarily been branded as threats.   https://theprint.in/opinion/no-other-city-is-like-gurugram-so-mismanaged-yet-so-highly-spoken-of/2705567/

Though India has built a robust domestic biosimilar market, its international presence and the ability to lower prices as compared to small molecule generics remain limited.  

In a written reply to a Parliament query, health ministry cited heavy patient load as the reason, adding that critical & emergency surgeries are being prioritised & conducted without delay.