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CutTheClutter: The waqf question: How Modi-led NDA is changing the law & why 2013 amendments are back in focus

Despite stiff criticism from the Opposition, The Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 has cleared both houses of Parliament. By government records, waqf boards are the third largest landowners in India after Defence and Railways. In Episode 1634 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains the concept of waqf, legislation governing waqf properties, besides arguments made in favour of and against the latest amendments.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apply here for ThePrint School of Journalism : https://tinyurl.com/48hdbx9d ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ThePrintPod: Amid Yashwant Varma controversy, Supreme Court judges resolve to make their assets public

Move a departure from current practice under which judges make disclosure of assets to Chief Justice of India, and may volunteer to make them public.
 

ThePrintPod: Revanth Reddy was all about lake protection last year. This year, he’s destroying them

Students of the University of Hyderabad see this beautiful lung space as central to their campus, whether or not it legally belongs to the university.
 

ThePrintAM: What’s expected at the BIMSTEC summit in Thailand?

ThePrintAM: What’s expected at the BIMSTEC summit in Thailand?

ThePrintPod: China rolled out the red carpet for Yunus. He should know Beijing offers no freebies

By inviting the Chinese companies to the Teesta River Comprehensive Management and Restoration Project, Yunus may have added an extra friction point in ties with India.
 

ThePrintPod: MHA prepares concept paper for ‘institutionalised deradicalisation programme’ for terror ‘suspects’

Evaluations by police, psychologists & psychiatrists may play role in candidate selection, it is learnt. Delhi Police Special Cell had conducted similar but informal programme earlier.
 
 

Why EPS had a change of heart & greenlit AIADMK-BJP alliance talks ahead of Tamil Nadu polls

Why EPS had a change of heart & greenlit AIADMK-BJP alliance talks ahead of Tamil Nadu polls

ThePrintPod: How disputed ‘forest’ patch has put Hyderabad university students on the warpath against Revanth govt

The Revanth Reddy govt plans to auction about 400 acres of green cover adjacent to the university. Amid intense protests, bulldozers have begun levelling the land and uprooting vegetation.

ThePrintAM: WHAT DOES CAG REPORT ON DELHI AIR POLLUTION REVEAL?

CutTheClutter: Christian 'prophet' Bajinder Singh rape conviction & Punjab’s political patronage for faith healers

Self-styled 'Prophet' Bajinder Singh was convicted in a 2018 rape case Tuesday, but the judgement did not affect his followers' trust on him. In episode 1633 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta and Associate Editor Chitleen K Sethi, uncover the rising influence of pastors in Punjab, increased conversions to Christianity and how political support and psychological beliefs keep the business going.