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ThePrintAM: What has Karnataka CM said on heart attack deaths in Hassan?

SecurityCodepod: Why 1969 USSR-China conflict has crucial lessons for Iran & Israel

In 1969, 270,000 Soviet troops massed on China’s borders, backed by batteries missiles with 500 kiloton nuclear warheads. The Chinese nuclear programme seemed set to be cracked apart, like an egg. But the Soviets held back. The lessons of that crisis showed it’s almost impossible to bomb a nuclear programme out of existence—but diplomacy can guide powers away from an apocalyptic showdown.

ThePrintPod: Musk vows an ‘America Party’ if mega spending bill passes, Trump says he’d be back in SA without govt help

Bill is scheduled to be passed on 4 July. In a social media post, the US President said said that the bill 'is moving along nicely!'

Opinionpod: Pakistan suffers violence of its own making. West’s refusal to learn is even more tragic

The suicide bombing in North Waziristan, claimed by the Hafiz Gul Bahadur faction of TTP, is the latest manifestation of a fatal logic that has long guided Pakistan’s suicidal statecraft and self-delusion.

ThePrintAM: Why did Telangana MLA Raja Singh resign from BJP?

ThePrintPod: All about INS Tamal, the last overseas-built frigate set to guard India’s western waters

Although built abroad, the Indian Navy's warship incorporates at least 26% homegrown components, including the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile. It will be commissioned on 1 July.
 

ThePrintPod: Why India needs to play hardball on UNSC reform

When the powerful are not willing to open the gates for the deserving, it is time to gatecrash and make oneself heard.
 

US trying to seduce Asim Munir to get troops to hold up Pax Americana in Middle East. It won’t work.

Ever since Field Marshal Asim Munir’s White House lunch, many in India are fearing the United States is tilting towards Pakistan. That isn’t true. Even as it develops its relationship with India, Trump hopes Munir will be able to supply cheap troops to garrison the expensive ring of bases that today protect the Middle East. That would save Trump billions, but the Field Marshal knows it would open his country to the poisonous political tides of the Middle East—Praveen Swami in Security Code.

ThePrintPod: What does the FIR in Kolkata law student rape case say?

CutTheClutter: Trump brokers DR Congo-Rwanda truce: How resource curse fuelled unending conflict in heart of Africa

#cuttheclutter Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda on Friday signed a peace deal, marking the end of decades-long fighting in eastern DRC that upended millions of lives. In Episode 1689 of #CutTheClutter ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta traces DRC’s roots, from being a Belgian colony till 1960 to Mobutu’s rule and the 2009 pact that led to the birth of Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group; he also explains how large reserves of tantalum and cobalt have brought the ‘resource curse’ tag upon DRC and Rwanda.
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