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ThePrintPod: The Chester Hills ‘benami’ land row & how it’s exposed a rift in Himachal Pradesh bureaucracy

It started with a police complaint alleging violations of Section 118—which restricts transfer of agricultural land to non-agriculturists—of the HP Tenancy and Land Reforms Act.
 

ThePrintPod: India needs nuclear to meet its energy ambitions. Thorium is the answer

An important scientific achievement for India in the past week was the ‘going critical’ of India’s indigenously designed nuclear reactor in Kalpakkam.
 

ThePrintAM: Why are workers protesting in Noida?

ThePrintPod: Two weeks after Amit Shah’s deadline, ‘last active Telugu Maoist cadre in Bastar’ killed in encounter

Rupi is the 28th Maoist cadre to have been killed in an encounter in Bastar. Just this year, nearly 400 Maoist cadres have surrendered in the region.
 

ThePrintPod: Information warfare, space & cyber expert Lt Gen Susan Coyle is Australia’s first woman army chief

Coyle will take over from Gen Simon Stuart following his retirement. Australian navy chief Mark Hammond, a submariner, will now head nation’s Defence Force.
 

Opinion: Can an outsider ever truly belong in Goa? New book grapples with this question

Is there a version of belonging to Goa that is not predicated on consumption and extraction? 'Appetite'- a new anthology of 36 stories, poems, essays—and even a graphic piece—is interested in capturing what happens to a place when everyone’s busy wanting it. Published by Penguin Random House earlier this year and edited by Shivranjana Rathore and Tino de Sa, the collection brings together original pieces from members of the Goa Writers Group, a community of over a hundred writers based in the state or connected to it by ancestry. Watch this week's column by Karanjeet Kaur

NationalInterest: The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

The world is distracted with multiple wars, shifting and fraying alliances and the return of hard power is only a greater reason for India to refocus within. It’s another crisis not to be wasted. We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun. Watch this week’s #NationalInterest with Shekhar Gupta.

ThePrintAM: What has BJP promised in its West Bengal manifesto?

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CutTheCLutter: Tracing the highs & lows of Pakistan-America transactional alliance as Islamabad hosts US-Iran talks

As Islamabad hosts Iran-US ceasefire talks, #CutTheClutter looks at the bumpy & transactional alliance between Pakistan and America over the years, from 1950s to now. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta also explains how & why Pakistan manages to take centre stage despite setbacks.

SharpEdge: Trump’s fanboys in BJP are now proved wrong. Lesson here is to never personalise diplomacy

SharpEdge: Trump’s fanboys in BJP are now proved wrong. Lesson here is to never personalise diplomacy