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 MAGA vs Musk’s tech bros—H1B visa is a red herring, the real fear is in the Republican Party

ThePrintAM: Who is Andhra's new chief secretary, K Vijayanand? 

Watch ThePrint Word of the Year for 2024 is ‘khatakhat’, a catchphrase coined by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during the 2024 Lok Sabha campaign which reshaped India’s political economy. Unlike PM Narendra Modi’s 2022 critique of ‘revdi culture’, which failed to gain traction, ‘khatakhat’ resonated because it was ideology-free, focused on immediate, non-controversial benefits like financial assistance and job guarantees, especially for women and farmers. In Episode 1582 of #CutTheClutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at how ‘khatakhat’ forced BJP, others to adopt populist strategies they once opposed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Watch Rahul Gandhi's Jhansi Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1sFOe2E1mo

China’s rapid military modernisation is altering the regional power balance to the detriment of India’s security. India needs to pivot toward a multi-domain defence strategy.
 
 

Annamalai has hit a rough patch after a four-year golden run in politics. It’s not entirely the former IPS officer’s fault though, ThePrint Political Editor DK Singh explains in this episode of #PoliticallyCorrect. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ThePrint Subscription: https://theprint.in/subscribe/

The community, headquartered in Dharamshala, has increasingly faced a number of challenges, especially since 2008. Falling number of Tibetans fleeing China has impacted them severely.
 
 

A paper on natural origins of coronavirus was retracted and published anew, bringing back speculation about a Wuhan 'lab leak' during experiments on samples from NY-based EcoHealth.

Exploring the background of fraud, manipulated data and reactions that led to vaccine skepticism and its mainstreaming, in ThePrint #̦PureScience. Sandhya Ramesh explains.
 

The outgoing Joe Biden administration has been unusually active in recent weeks, making significant decisions with long-term implications. These include lifting certain restrictions on Ukraine and imposing stricter trade measures on China. The structural effects of these moves will become evident in 2025 and beyond. Watch foreign policy expert Swasti Rao explain.

That India had to warm up to the West is an idea that had been brewing since Indira Gandhi’s return in 1980. Singh’s success lay in making the same shift much more decisively at the head of a Congress government. It was also audacious, in my book even more so than the 1991 reform, given how little support this had within his party and among the UPA partners. Watch this week's National Interest with ThePrint Editor-in-chief Shekhar Gupta.