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The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) cleared a long-pending proposal to procure 114 Rafale jets from France. The DAC also cleared the procurement of six additional P8I aircraft, anti submarine warfare aircraft & other acquisition projects. #CutTheClutter Episode 1796 looks at what this move to upgrade India's military means. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta also explains the significanc...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, under chairman Tarique Rahman, has won the 13th National Parliamentary Election. 'Now, with the BNP coming to power and the Jamaat decisively defeated, India and Bangladesh can hope to begin again and reset the Delhi-Dhaka ties', argues ThePrint Columnist & Author Deep Halder. 

Pakistan's Khawaja Asif said,'US used & dumped us like toilet paper'. He was speaking about Pakistan's terror problem and the country's involvement in Afghanistan conflict. #CutTheClutter Episode 1795 looks at Pakistani Defence Minister's comments in detail, and the country's Afghanistan dilemma, in the backdrop of escalating tensions. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta also takes you back...

Factsheet says India intends, not pledges, to buy goods worth $500 billion from the US, Swadeshi Jagran Manch co-convener Ashwani Mahajan claims.----more----https://theprint.in/india/us-india-deal-will-benefit-farmers-traders-rss-affiliates-come-out-in-govt-support-amid-oppn-attack/2852520/

The Chief Minister said his government will increase living standards in Kerala to match that of developed nations. "It's not impossible."----more----https://theprint.in/politics/eye-on-polls-vijayan-rolls-out-rs-800-crore-infra-projects-says-his-govts-vision-is-for-nava-kerala/2852550/

The United States has dropped reference to 'certain pulses' in the factsheet on the trade deal with India. Episode 1794 of #CutTheClutter looks at data of India's pulses output and imports over the last ten years. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta also explains how and why India is the biggest producer as well as the largest importer of pulses, and the efforts made by Modi govt to become self...

The video post, apparently recorded by one of three bike-borne assailants who shot at group of migrant labourers in Moga, names the attackers & claims link to Bambiha gang.  

https://theprint.in/politics/in-a-first-since-1987-oppn-seeks-to-remove-speaker-accuses-om-birla-of-being-blatantly-partisan/2851018/

US & India have reached a framework for an interim agreement on trade. #CutTheClutter Episode 1793 looks at India’s agriculture sector and possible effect of the trade deal on farmers. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta also explains India’s agriculture trade data- exports, imports and surplus.

PM Modi didn’t find it safe to come to the Lok Sabha, based on Speaker Om Birla’s ‘credible information’. The Speaker must order a high-level inquiry as it concerns the PM’s security, ThePrint Political Editor DK Singh weighs in on this issue in this episode of PoliticallyCorrect----more----Read this week's Politically Correct here: https://theprint.in/opinion/politically-correct/narendra-modi-rah...

FirstPersonSecondDraft: Remembering General K. Sundarji & how he rewrote India’s military doctrine

What does the India-US joint statement on trade actually say, and what does it leave unsaid? In this episode of ThePrint Worldview, Consulting Editor (International & Strategic Affairs) Dr Swasti Rao speaks with Ambassador Mohan Kumar, India’s ex–lead negotiator at the WTO and GATT, to decode the fineprint of India-US trade understanding. From India’s purchases of Russian oil and the much-talk...

NationalInterest: Dear Narendrabhai, Bangladesh polls give India space to hit reset button

https://theprint.in/diplomacy/agenda-for-modis-malaysia-visit-upi-potential-dornier-order-asean-india-trade-pact-review/2847827/

CutTheClutter: Manipur's complex politics & challenges as new govt with a Meitei CM & Kuki Deputy faces protest

Mishra has served twice as UP BJP president, and three terms as Rajya Sabha member. He was a Union minister from 2014 to 2017, and has been governor of Himachal and Rajasthan.----more----https://theprint.in/politics/kalraj-mishra-how-the-bjp-old-timer-brahmin-flag-bearer-is-stirring-the-political-pot-in-up/2847146/

Hyderabad’s International Arbitration and Mediation Centre has been mired in controversy since 2022. At centre of row is free allotment of govt land that was quashed by HC last year.----more----https://theprint.in/judiciary/not-inclined-to-interfere-sc-upholds-telangana-hc-order-junking-iamc-land-grant-all-about-the-row/2847335/

Billionaire Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos owned The Washington Post has laid off over 300 journalists, including most of its international correspondents. #CutTheClutter with ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at the significant development, the missteps leading up to sacking of almost a third of its newsroom & why it’s a tragedy for global news media. Episode 1791----more----Read David...

Manipur has got a new Chief Minister- Y. Khemchand Singh, almost a year after N Biren Singh's resignation. In ThePrint #InstantAnalysis, Moushumi Das Gupta explains what it means for the state.

In big development, HAL is out of the AMCA prototype development plan. ThePrint's Editor - Defence and Diplomacy Snehesh Alex Philip explains the significance of this in @DefenceScope.   To visit ThePrint Store: https://store.theprint.in/

How Yogi government has laid the groundwork to make UP a major investment destination and what’s the outcome so far, ThePrint Political Editor DK Singh elaborates in this episode of #PoliticallyCorrect