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ThePrint.in is a news, analysis, opinion & knowledge media company that sharply focuses on politics, policy, government and governance.
Start your mornings with our journalists who bring you the big story of the day in ThePrintAM.
ThePrintPod offers you our special reports and opinions for when you‘re on the go.
End your day with our most popular show ‘Cut The Clutter’ by Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta.
But that’s not all. We also have Pure Science, National Interest, ThePrint Uninterrupted, Global Print, Politically Correct and PoliTricks.
Start your mornings with our journalists who bring you the big story of the day in ThePrintAM.
ThePrintPod offers you our special reports and opinions for when you‘re on the go.
End your day with our most popular show ‘Cut The Clutter’ by Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta.
But that’s not all. We also have Pure Science, National Interest, ThePrint Uninterrupted, Global Print, Politically Correct and PoliTricks.
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Jul 19, 2025 • 2min
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/

Jul 18, 2025 • 28min
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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Produced By: Mahira Khan

Jul 18, 2025 • 6min
ThePrintPod: What's behind fresh tensions between DMK & Congress?

Jul 17, 2025 • 7min
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.

Jul 17, 2025 • 9min
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?

Jul 17, 2025 • 6min
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.

Jul 17, 2025 • 16min
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.

Jul 17, 2025 • 2min
ThePrintAM: How did Uddhav react to Fadnavis’ ‘invitation’ to come over to Mahayuti?

Jul 16, 2025 • 29min
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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Produced By: Mahira Khan

Jul 16, 2025 • 12min
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.


