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May 20, 2025 • 14min

Politics post-Operation Sindoor—how the Modi government has outplayed the Congress

Trump’s claims, IMF bailout package for Pakistan—how Opposition is seeking to puncture PM Modi’s Vishwaguru narrative and how it’s messing up again, ThePrint Political Editor DK Singh explains in this episode of #PoliticallyCorrect Read the column here: https://theprint.in/politics/excluded-by-congress-shashi-tharoor-says-honoured-by-govts-invitation-to-join-all-party-delegation/2628989/
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May 20, 2025 • 4min

ThePrintAM: Why has SC ordered SIT probe into MP minister Vijay Shah’s remarks on Col Qureshi?

‘Entire nation ashamed’—SC orders SIT probe into MP BJP minister Vijay Shah’s remarks on Col Qureshi   https://theprint.in/judiciary/entire-nation-ashamed-sc-orders-sit-probe-into-mp-bjp-minister-vijay-shahs-remarks-on-col-qureshi/2630554/
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May 19, 2025 • 30min

CutTheClutter: 25 bailouts since 1958: Pakistan as IMF’s biggest client & strict conditionalities it must fulfill

#cuttheclutter Pakistan has a long and recurring reliance on International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailouts—25 times since 1958. IMF continues to support Islamabad and suggests that Pakistan’s economy is showing signs of recovery. In Episode 1664 of #CutTheClutter Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta breaks down the latest $7 billion Extended Fund Facility and stringent conditionalities IMF has imposed on Pakistan, including tax reforms, subsidy cuts, agricultural & power sector overhauls. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To read Pakistan media's coverage on the IMF bailout & conditionalities https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2025/03/29/agri-income-tax-collection-to-begin-july-2025-with-retrospective-effect-from-january/ https://www.dawn.com/news/1872430 https://www.dawn.com/news/1845301 https://www.brecorder.com/news/40352324 https://www.brecorder.com/news/40352324 https://www.dawn.com/news/1730732 https://www.dawn.com/news/1847797 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To watch CTC on Pakistan's 24th bailout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzAPl00DlVo --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To watch CTC on Pakistan's economic condition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITcmCa-O-wI --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To read IMF reports on Pakistan: https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/profile/PAK https://www.imf.org/-/media/Files/Publications/CR/2025/English/1pakea2025001-print-pdf.ashx https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2025/05/17/Pakistan-First-Review-Under-the-Extended-Arrangement-Under-the-Extended-Fund-Facility-567021 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To visit ThePrint Store: https://store.theprint.in/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Produced By: Mahira Khan
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May 19, 2025 • 5min

ThePrintAM: Why did ISRO’s PSLV-C61 mission fail?

Why did ISRO’s PSLV-C61 mission fail?
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May 17, 2025 • 16min

National Interest: Pakistan has a 7-year terror itch. Here’s what India should do to cure it

National Interest: Pakistan has a 7-year terror itch. Here’s what India should do to cure it
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May 17, 2025 • 11min

SecurityCode: 'Trump’s Kashmir fixation is dangerous for India, New Delhi must begin preparing'

In 1962, a war-battered India caved in to pressure from President John F Kennedy to negotiate a Kashmir deal with Pakistan. The results were disastrous. Emboldened by what he read as Western support, Field Marshal Ayub Khan began preparing plans for the 1965 war. That pattern has played out time and again----more----Read full article here: https://theprint.in/opinion/security-code/trump-kashmir-fixation-dangerous-india-must-begin-preparing/2625158/
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May 17, 2025 • 4min

ThePrintAM: WHAT'S THE CONTROVERSY OVER MP DEPUTY CM JAGDISH DEVDA'S COMMENT?

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May 16, 2025 • 32min

CutTheClutter: 50 yrs of Sikkim integration: How it became Indian state & Indira Gandhi's Himalyan borderlands plan

CutTheClutter: 50 yrs of Sikkim integration: How it became Indian state & Indira Gandhi's Himalyan borderlands plan
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May 16, 2025 • 5min

ThePrintPod: J&K police, security forces on alert as Pakistan-linked sleeper cells rear head in Kashmir

Technical intel reveals sleeper cells are in contact with Pakistan-based handlers, leaking sensitive info about security forces and key installations via WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal.
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May 16, 2025 • 10min

SecurityCode POD: Pakistan Army will not end conflict with India as war is performance of its nationhood

Even though Pakistan has suffered repeated military defeats, its Army understands that sustaining the conflict is key to sustaining its chokehold on power. India needs to look beyond the platitudes about deterrence that have become an opiate for its policy-makers, and think about long-term strategies to undermine the Pakistan Army and the ideology that sustains it.

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