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Latest episodes

May 9, 2025 • 4min
ThePrintPod: Calls for deferring CUET-UG exam grow as India-Pakistan tensions escalate
Scheduled to begin on 13 May, several parents & students enrolled for the entrance exam in border states & UTs are now requesting NTA to consider postponing it citing safety concerns.

May 9, 2025 • 6min
ThePrintPod: Dharamshala hoteliers recall chaos after IPL cancellation—BnBs deserted, bookings cancelled
The Indian Premier League has been suspended by the BCCI following strikes in a host of cities –– Amritsar, Pathankot, Jaisalmer, and Jammu.

May 9, 2025 • 3min
ThePrintPod: Amid rising India-Pakistan tensions, Dehradun’s Doon & Welham schools allow students to return home
While the schools will continue to function, concerned parents are allowed to take their children home. The decision was taken after multiple requests from the students’ kin.

May 9, 2025 • 7min
ThePrintPod: Neither strong Pakistan nor weak Pakistan is in India’s interests
India’s priority should be to take suitable actions, military and otherwise, to reiterate the fallacy of the two nation theory. Nothing else will end terrorism.

May 8, 2025 • 7min
CutTheClutter: As India downs Pakistan missiles,drones & degrades air defences, making sense of 3 conflict keywords
As tensions spiral between India and Pakistan following the tragic Pahalgam attack, three key concepts—escalatory ladder, kinetic response, and off-ramp—have come to define the unfolding crisis. In episode 1656 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta breaks down how the conflict has escalated: from diplomatic fallout and airspace closures to drone strikes and the tactical use of SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defence).

May 8, 2025 • 10min
ThePrintPod: Decades-long terror trail of Lashkar & Jaish, the bullseye of India’s Operation Sindoor
Lashkar offshoot The Resistance Front claimed the Pahalgam attack in an online post before withdrawing the claim while attributing its initial post to a 'cyber attack'.

May 8, 2025 • 5min
ThePrintPod: Pakistan PM says ‘blood spilt of civilians’ will be avenged, India accused of harbouring terror proxies
Meanwhile, director general of Pakistan's Inter-Services Public Relations says its military is 'responding in kind' to LoC firings, inflicting significant losses, destroying checkposts.

May 8, 2025 • 6min
ThePrintAM: How have world leaders reacted to India's Operation Sindoor?
https://theprint.in/world/how-world-leaders-have-reacted-to-indias-operation-sindoor/2618043/

May 7, 2025 • 7min
CutTheClutter: Op Sindoor: Surprise, optics, audacity, & how India utilised 2 weeks after Pahalgam to strike
The discussion dives into India's bold military strategy against Pakistan, highlighting the significance of surprise and the decision to wait two weeks before striking. It navigates the complexities of political narratives in the region, revealing how messaging influences public perception and response. The analysis of Operation Sindoor underscores its strategic implications, particularly in preventing communal unrest and the potential international response, making it one of the riskiest moves by the Modi government yet.

May 7, 2025 • 3min
ThePrintPod: Modi’s tri-nation visit to Croatia, Norway & Netherlands postponed after Operation Sindoor
PM was set to land in Croatia for a bilateral visit, while he was due to attend India-Nordic Summit in Oslo and then visit the Netherlands.