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26 innocent civilians were killed in the terror attack in Kashmir's Pahalgam on this day, last year (22 April 2025). In today's edition of #CutTheClutter, ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains the 10 lessons we have learned, a year since the brutal attack - From Pakistan Army's self generated hype to their Kashmir obsession & Munir's strategy.

Recent conflicts have proven why satellites are the new instruments of war. As per reports, Iran acquired a Chinese spy satellite, giving the country necessary capabilities to target US bases in the Middle East. #CutTheClutter Episode 1827 explains the role of satellites in modern warfare- from Op Sindoor to the war in Iran. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta also explains where India stands o...

Spain under Pedro Sánchez has become a curious case—taking on Trump, clashing with Israel, and redefining its role in NATO. Why is Donald Trump so angry at Spain? What’s driving Sánchez’s bold foreign policy and can he afford it? ThePrint Consulting Editor (International & Strategic Affairs) Dr Swasti Rao explains:

https://theprint.in/judiciary/justice-sharma-wont-recuse-from-liquor-policy-case-against-kejriwal-politician-cant-cross-boundary/2909725/

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals. Watch this week’s #NationalInterest with Shekhar Gupta. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To read this week's National Interest: https://theprint.in/national-inter...

For all the talk of Trump’s ‘warmongering’ and the US Congress’s failure to rein him in, the Iran conflict recalls a familiar trajectory. It is an evolving continuum of great power behaviour.

Intelligence Bureau has been tasked with overseeing preparation of agenda for conference, proposed weeks after new law on deputation of IPS officers was cleared.

Court was hearing plea of woman whose husband, an army officer, is in a vegetative state following an accident. She pled for extraction & cryopreservation of his genetic material.

Russian Embassy in Pakistan posts article by retd Russian ambassador extraordinary calling Islamabad an 'effective player in resolving external problems not directly related to its interests'.----more----https://theprint.in/world/after-us-china-russia-praises-pakistans-effective-role-as-peace-broker-in-west-asia-war/2906138/

Concerns around law and order or anxieties over religious conversion must be weighed against the developmental reality that the State cannot, on its own, meet the scale of India’s needs - Explains Bhargavi Zaveri-Shah in this week's column for #ThePrint----more----Read full article here: https://theprint.in/opinion/indias-non-profits-are-in-a-regulatory-hell-state-surveillance-to-confiscation-of-a...

Recent evidence from Mohenjo Daro does not suggest that urbanisation at the site is dated to 3300 BCE. Rather, it indicates that the site is rooted in a much earlier, pre-urban phase. Some media outlets also claimed that the city of Mohenjo-daro is the earliest in the world—older than the Egyptian cities—which is a misleading, wrong claim. Watch this week's column for ThePrint by Archaeologist Dis...

In February, MMRDA earmarked Rs 400 crore for Ambedkar memorial at Indu Mill in Mumbai’s Dadar. Part of the project is a 350-feet tall bronze statue of Dr Ambedkar.

This special edition of #CutTheClutter from Siliguri corridor details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to rest of India. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta also explains why Siliguri Corridor has dominated West Bengal election campaign, & what India is doing to secure it.

In Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak’s Lucknow Cantt, deletion over 34%. Among top 15 seats with deletion rates exceeding 25 percent, 13 are represented by BJP and two by SP.

No matter what some Pakistani experts might say, India's gap is not the same as Pakistan's disconnect when it comes to the tax base. Start with the latest official numbers.

What is the status of the current war in the Gulf? On one plane, the war persists with unabated brutality; on another, it appears momentarily paused under a fragile ceasefire. At yet another level it is about keeping energy supplies to the world open, anxiously tracking the prices of Brent Crude and Natural Gas amid deteriorating investor confidence as US puts blockade on Hormuz for Iranian Ships....

It started with a police complaint alleging violations of Section 118—which restricts transfer of agricultural land to non-agriculturists—of the HP Tenancy and Land Reforms Act.  

An important scientific achievement for India in the past week was the ‘going critical’ of India’s indigenously designed nuclear reactor in Kalpakkam.  

Rupi is the 28th Maoist cadre to have been killed in an encounter in Bastar. Just this year, nearly 400 Maoist cadres have surrendered in the region.