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US President Donald Trump Thursday announced the extradition of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana to India after a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House. In Episode 1541 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at his role as an accomplice to 26/11 convict David Headley, his earlier convictions, why he was not convicted for 26/11, his 2019 parole & why his extradition to India is significant.

Trump administration has made it clear that it does not support NATO membership for Ukraine, with US Defence Secy even saying that deployment of troops in Ukraine would not be covered under Article 5 of NATO charter. In Episode 1606 of #CutTheClutter ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains what statements by Trump and Putin indicate about their plans to end the war in Ukraine, and why any peace deal cannot be concluded without a third party—China.
 

The military differential between India and China is predominantly in the domains of electronic and cyber warfare, and in the quality and quantity of precision-guided munitions.
 

The ex-Congress MP was found guilty for murder of 2 Sikh men. Kumar has been behind bars for 6 yrs, serving life term in another 1984 case for burning a gurdwara & killing 5 Sikhs.
 

By leveraging the initiatives proposed under the 2025 Union Budget, India can begin to embed itself more strategically and widely in the global clean energy market.
 

Last August, the interim govt lifted ban on Jamaat-e-Islami. It has rebranded itself as 'moderate & democratic', and is advocating for peaceful transition to an Islamic welfare state.
 

West Bengal Congress leaders say Abhijit's legacy and experience will give party unit a boost.
 

Megalithic structures in India are often overlooked. There is so much waiting to be explored between these stones and their shadows. Over 3,000 megalithic sites have been documented across the Indian subcontinent—from Jammu and Kashmir to Kerala and from Nagaland to Tamil Nadu—with a heavy concentration in Central and Peninsular India.

The INDIA bloc’s unity is not based on a common ideology but the shared goal of opposing the BJP. This has historically been the formula for alliances, with temporary unity emerging to counter dominant parties, but these coalitions have often been short-lived. As Congress seeks to assert itself in this context, the bloc’s survival depends on whether it can remain cohesive through 2029. In Episode 1605 of #CutTheClutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta & Political Editor DK Singh discuss the future of a fraught INDIA bloc in the aftermath of the Delhi elections. Read 3 blunders by Indira, Rajiv, Vajpayee, Advani that changed Indian politics & here’s the worst here: https://theprint.in/national-interest/3-blunders-by-indira-rajiv-vajpayee-advani-that-changed-indian-politics-heres-the-worst/1961181/