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ThePrintPOD: 14 held in Varanasi for Iftar party with chicken biryani on boat in Ganga, ‘hurting Hindu sentiments’

ThePrintPOD: Complaint filed by members of BJP Yuva Morcha after video of Muslim group on the boat went viral. Police say appropriate action will be taken.
 
https://theprint.in/india/14-held-in-varanasi-for-iftar-party-with-chicken-biryani-on-boat-in-ganga-hurting-hindu-sentiments/2882120/

ThePrintPod: Joe Kent, top US Counterterrorism official in Trump administration who resigned over Iran war

Joe Kent, who led the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation in a letter addressed to President Donald Trump and posted publicly on X on Tuesday, 17 March. In the letter, he said he could not support the war “in good conscience”. Samah Qundeel explains who he is and what his resignation means for the Trump administration.

PoliticallyCorrect: It’s both personal & political for Amit Shah in West Bengal polls. He needs this win more than ever

BJP has tamed many regional parties—both allies and adversaries. How Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry polls are a win-win for BJP in terms of its expansion plans, ThePrint Political Editor DK Singh looks at the BJP’s stakes in coming assembly polls in this episode of #politicallycorrect
 
To Read: https://theprint.in/opinion/amit-shah-wont-lose-sleep-over-kerala-tamil-nadu-puducherry-assam-bengal-is-different/2880526/

Nishikant-led House panel flags ‘regulatory gaps’ in online media & OTT, calls for more PIB fact-checks

Nishikant-led House panel flags ‘regulatory gaps’ in online media & OTT, calls for more PIB fact-checks

CutTheClutter: Iran’s most powerful leader Ali Larijani ‘killed’ by Israel: Why it’s a blow to Tehran's leadership

Israel has claimed that it killed Iran’s most powerful leader & country’s top security official Ali Larijani in overnight strikes. #CutTheClutter Episode 1804 traces Ali Larijani’s journey & his rise from a science student, philosopher to Ayatollah’s Khamenei’s closest confidant & the most significant person in Iran’s power structure. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta also explains why his ‘killing’ would be a blow to country’s leadership.

ThePrintPod: In voting math for Haryana RS seats, near-misses for BJP & hard truths for Congress—despite win for both

What began as a routine two-seat election to Rajya Sabha turned into a midnight drama of cancelled ballots, EC scrutiny and voting patterns likely to have left the Congress unsettled.

ThePrintAM: Why has TVK denied alliance talks with NDA for Tamil Nadu?

CutTheClutter: Saudi Arabia & UAE oil pipelines, & Gulf rivalries that prevented alternative to Strait of Hormuz

As Iran chokes the Strait of Hormuz, #CutTheClutter Ep 1810 looks at rivalries between gulf countries that prevented an alternative to the critical water passage. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta also explains Saudi Arabia & UAE’s oil pipelines, when they were built & limitations.

ThePrintPod: What Gulf states would say to Iran. War is temporary, geography is permanent

Iran faces a choice that is larger than the immediate conduct of war. It can continue the logic of short-term escalation, or it can think in the longer historical frame.

NationalInterest Pod: Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in Nepal, Bangladesh & SL - A sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business.  Something makes the Indian Subcontinent different. All of its nations, from the Maldives through Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan have regular elections. Of course the quality of democracy varies, let’s say from Pakistan at the lowest rung to India. Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood— from Bangladesh, Nepal to Sri Lanka. Watch this week’s #NationalInterest with ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta