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ThePrintAM: WHAT IS THE US-UKRAINE MINERALS DEAL?

CutTheClutter: India’s security architecture, its evolution since 1962 War & how it differs from Pakistan’s

#cuttheclutter Pakistan has a new National Security Adviser (NSA). In Episode 1652 of #CutTheClutter @ShekharGupta contrasts this with India’s reconstitution of its National Security Advisory Board, involving balanced representation from the armed forces, police, and diplomacy; he also contextualises these developments within broader civil-military relations, offering insights into two sharply divergent security architectures in South Asia. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to 'Evolution of national security structures in Pakistan' by Nasir Hafeez https://www.jstor.org/stable/48529365 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to 'The Evolution of India’s National Security Architecture' by P.S. Raghavan: https://idsa.in/system/files/jds/13-3-2019-evolution-of-india-national-security.pdf --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Produced By: Mahira Khan

ThePrintPod: Any cross-border strike by India faces a potential drawback. It may be seen as underwhelming

The response of Kashmiris has been an outcome that is a true game-changer. The present government has an opportunity to claim ownership over this final and happy chapter.

ThePrintPod: Retd Bangladeshi major general calls for ‘occupation’ of India’s Northeast if it attacks Pakistan

ALM Fazlur Rahman, who heads the seven-member commission probing the 2009 BDR mutiny, made the comment Tuesday on Facebook amid heightened India-Pakistan tension.

ThePrintAM: What's behind Centre's caste census announcement?

CutTheClutter: Pakistan's offer of neutral probe into Pahalgam attack is a tool to distract. Think 26/11, Pathankot

#cuttheclutter
Pakistan has offered to cooperate if India were willing to agree to a neutral probe into the Pahalgam terror attack. In Episode 1651 of #CutTheClutter Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at past instances of Islamabad offering cooperation in the aftermath of a terror attack in India, and explains how it might be a strategy to virtue signal and buy time.
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Produced By: Mahira Khan

ThePrintPod: How Trump factor & central bank background led Mark Carney to victory in Canadian elections

The Liberal Party's victory is a remarkable turnaround from a few short months ago when opinion polls guaranteed a total wipeout in favour of the Conservatives led by Pierre Poilievre.
 

ThePrintPod15 years after CWG ‘scam’, why a Delhi court accepted ED’s closure report against Suresh Kalmadi

As original CBI case was closed in 2016, ED noted that no 'scheduled offence' was committed by the accused. Money laundering probe fell flat as predicate offence was absent.
 

ThePrintPod: IPL expansion will kill Test cricket. Players no longer care about playing for the country

One of the founding philosophies of the BCCI has been to effectively control the game in India. The IPL has dented that control.
 

ThePrintAM: Why has SC ordered CBI probe into 'Builder-Bank nexus'?

ThePrintAM: Why has SC ordered CBI probe into 'Builder-Bank nexus'?