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ThePrintPod: Pakistan’s role in West Asia conflict mirrors a familiar pattern—use and discard by the US

Archaeology offers something increasingly rare in combating global water crisis—a long-term perspective on how human societies learned to live with drought and environmental stress. Archaeologist and ThePrint columnist Disha Ahluwalia traces how a Harappan city holds the solution to India’s water crisis.----more----Read full article here: https://theprint.in/opinion/this-harappan-city-holds-the-so...

India has initiated what will become the biggest structural shift in its military aviation ecosystem since Independence, opening the door for private industry to move from being suppliers and vendors to becoming central players in the country’s most ambitious combat aircraft programme. Snehesh Alex Philip, Editor - Defence and Diplomacy at ThePrint explains in #DefenceScope. ----more----To Read: h...

India’s ambitious Project Cheetah was projected as a historic wildlife comeback story. But an exclusive document accessed by ThePrint reveals a troubling side to the conservation effort. Between 2022 and 2024, cheetahs in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park were reportedly tranquilised 110 times for management, medical interventions, and to prevent them from straying outside park boundaries. Wildl...

The rupee reached a value of 96.91 against the dollar on 20 May, marking a 16.1 per cent depreciation over 18 months, thereby rendering it Asia’s worst-performing major currency for two consecutive years. ThePrint Consulting Editor (Economics) Bidisha Bhattacharya argues that the rupee does not need a defender, rather it needs an economy worth defending.----more----Read full article here: https://...

Kerala not Bengal’: Amid criticism, CM Satheesan defends state CEO Kelkar’s appointment as secretary

ThePrintOpinionPod: India must stop being the ‘gentle elephant’. Modi’s Europe tour marks a strategic shift

ThePrintPod: Brampton bust: 17 Indian-origin men held in Canada for ‘extortion, shooting, other crimes’

The contentions regarding the Great Nicobar project include the tussle between ecology and security. It is something that India can't ignore against China's growing maritime footprint ThePrint's columnist, Rami Desai, breaks down the significance of the project, which goes beyond the binary choice.----more----Read full article here: https://theprint.in/opinion/great-nicobar-project-india-china-mar...

What do India's partnership labels for countries mean?

An oil shock, monsoon fears, rampant unemployment, and the seeming inevitability of inflation are common to both 1973 Indira-era & 2026. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta argues that Modi govt today has space, but not immunity and if it doesn’t use the space wisely, come clean and carry out real reform—including in higher education—the space will vaporise.   

ThePrintAM: WHAT HAS CBI PROBE INTO NEET PAPER LEAK REVEALED?

#cuttheclutter The Cockroach Janta Party has drawn millions of followers in less than a week. It gained widespread attention following comments by CJI Justice Surya Kant, who compared people moving towards journalism or activism with cockroaches. #CutTheClutter Episode 1842 looks at the Cockroach Janta Party phenomenon, why it has gained popularity amid youth anger and concerns over unemployments....

Special PMLA Court in Chennai last month dropped proceedings linked to ED case against Singapore-born Buhari, heir to Dubai-based Coal and Oil Group.----more----https://theprint.in/india/energy-empire-heir-who-landed-in-eds-crosshairs-ahmed-buharis-road-to-glory-and-the-tumble/2937457/

As political debate on social media is increasingly shifting towards education & jobs, Samajwadi Party appears to be taking Gen Z voters seriously as a decisive force in 2027.----more----https://theprint.in/politics/from-laptop-scheme-to-support-for-cockroach-janta-party-akhileshs-playbook-for-the-gen-z-in-up/2938184/

https://theprint.in/politics/vijay-expands-cabinet-with-23-ministers-congress-gets-a-tamil-nadu-berth-after-decades/2937307/

The political approach adopted by Tamil Nadu CM Vijay has been measured and strategic. He isn't interested in confrontation and wants to work within the system.  

SC’s contradiction over bail in terror cases has revived questions over whether the stringent Watali test or the liberty-focused Najeeb ruling should guide UAPA jurisprudence.

https://theprint.in/india/in-2nd-cabinet-meet-satheesan-led-udf-govt-scraps-pinarayis-pet-k-rail-project/2936307/

The US Department of Justice this week dropped criminal fraud charges against Gautam Adani. On Monday, the US Treasury Department said that it had sealed a $275 million settlement with Adani Enterprises over alleged violations of sanctions on Iran. These developments followed last week’s announcement by SEC on Gautam Adani & Sagar Adani paying $18 million to settle another separate civil case....

From Vijay Dahiya and Jaivir Singh Arya, who spent weeks in jail only to be discharged, to Ashok Khemka and the officers linked to the Faridabad Municipal Corporation scam, here’s the state’s Section 17-A record.----more----https://theprint.in/india/governance/at-least-8-haryana-ias-have-skirted-legal-troubles-in-last-3-yrs-after-govt-refused-prosecution-nod/2935488/

People have repeatedly reposed faith in the BJP in elections. Telling them the truth about ‘falling rupee’ will only help it, ThePrint Political Editor DK Singh argues in this episode of #PoliticallyCorrect

ThePrintAM: WHAT HAS SC SAID OVER DENIAL OF BAIL TO UMAR KHALID & SHARJEEL IMAM?