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ThePrintAM: Why has ED arrested former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel’s son?

https://theprint.in/india/ed-arrests-bhupesh-baghels-son-in-chhattisgarh-liquor-scam-ex-cm-alleges-conspiracy-by-modi-shah/2694295/

CutTheClutter: US designates TRF ‘terror organisation’ for Pahalgam attack:Why it’s a blow to Pakistan, & what next

#cuttheclutter In Episode 1699 of #CutTheClutter ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta breaks down US ban on The Resistance Force (TRF), a front for Lashkar-e-Taiba, after Pahalgam attack; Pakistan’s terror rebranding; and renewed risk of its return to FATF grey list. He also explains why this could trigger a global push against Pakistan, even China may struggle to block.
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ThePrintPod: What's behind fresh tensions between DMK & Congress?

ThePrintPod: India’s solar ambition needs financial vision – ISA must move from commitments to execution

The ISA should champion a Global Solar Asset Registry for standardised project information, and establish a Solar Credit Guarantee mechanism to mitigate political and currency risks.
 

ThePrintPod: Judging a joke: How courts are navigating free speech space in age of social media

With increasing cases of online satire, impersonation, and hate speech, courts face a dilemma: Where does right to free speech end and criminality begin?
 

ThePrintPod: Long before Op Sindoor, Marathas first carried out ‘surgical strike’. NCERT Class 8 book is proof

NCERT introduces the Delhi Sultanate, Marathas & Mughals in Class 8 Social Science textbook, highlighting differences between Shivaji and Babur or Akbar.
 

ThePrintPod: India’s ‘triple anxiety’—What Chinese media sees in Jaishankar’s Beijing visit

Chinese media and online commentators are wondering why India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar suddenly moderate his tone during his recent China visit. On his first visit to China in five years, and the first since the 2020 Galwan clashes, was ostensibly for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. The mood across Chinese policy circles and online platforms suggests that Beijing sees this as more than symbolic.

ThePrintAM: How did Uddhav react to Fadnavis’ ‘invitation’ to come over to Mahayuti?

CutTheClutter: AAP law proposes life for blasphemy in Punjab: How sacrilege became central to Sikh religion, politics

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Sacrilege has remained a central political issue in Punjab since the theft of a Guru Granth Sahib in Faridkot in 2015. The Akali Dal-BJP govt and Congress both proposed bills to strengthen Section 295A of IPC. Now, AAP has introduced a bill imposing 10 years to life imprisonment for sacrilege. In Episode 1698 of Cut The Clutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta and Associate Editor Chitleen Sethi discuss the issue at the heart of Punjab politics: sacrilege.
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ThePrintPod: A letter to Defence Minister, with lessons from American fighter pilot John Boyd: Jaithirth Rao

India’s next defence leap needs American fighter pilot John Boyd’s ‘do something’ philosophy.