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The Modi governments have been soaking the middle class and giving away to the poor. The middle class will keep complaining and still stay loyal because they like Modi and his call to Hinduised nationalism too much. They are happy that Muslims are so effectively sidelined and, in any case, if not Modi, who? Watch this week's #NationalInterest with ThePrint Editor-in-chief Shekhar Gupta

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin has come out with a report by the state Department of Archaeology which cites results from labs around the world, including a particularly reputed lab in Florida, to say that the Iron Age in Tamil Nadu dates back to 4th millennium BCE. In Episode 1595 of #CutTheClutter ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta along with Political editor DK Singh and ICHR fellow & archaeologist Disha Ahluwalia, looks at what these archaeological findings mean and the politics behind it.
 

The budget and the RBI monetary policy committee need to work in tandem in the next two weeks to rescue India's flagging growth story, Economist Radhika Pandey and Deputy Editor TCA Sharad Raghavan discuss in ThePrint #MacroSutra. 

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Argentinian President Javier Milei, in his address at the Davos World Economic Forum, spoke about his allies in the far-Right & how he revived Argentina’s economy through a capitalist agenda. In Ep 1594 of CutTheClutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta discusses key takeaways of his speech, his rebuke of socialism and ‘woke-ism’ in the backdrop of the global rise of the far-Right.

No more 'goli maaro saalon ko' slogans from BJP leaders in Delhi polls this time. How BJP changes electoral tactics and strategies after every setback and why Congress sounds like a broken record, ThePrint Political Editor DK Singh analyses in this episode of #PoliticallyCorrect

#cuttheclutter With a flurry of executive orders and dramatic pardons, Donald Trump’s approach in the early days of his presidency makes him appear increasingly like a monarch, consolidating power in ways that could redefine the office of the US president. In Episode 1593 of #CutTheClutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at Trump’s reasons for taking these decisions and approach to power. Apply here for ThePrint School of Journalism : https://tinyurl.com/48hdbx9d --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To read report by Axios: https://www.axios.com/2025/01/22/trump-presidency-biden-pardons-cryptocurrency --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To read report by The New Yorker : https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/donald-trumps-plan-to-make-the-presidency-more-like-a-kingship --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To read report by The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/us/politics/trump-plans-2025.html

Born in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district, Chalapathi joined the Maoists sometime in the 1980s and first rose to become east division secretary of banned outfit around 2010.