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August 01 NationalInterest:India’s Gen Z has opened a breach, for BJP to fill or Opposition to widen
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Depending on where your politics comes from you might see Jantar Mantar as a revolution, or as a passing sandstorm. My arguments won’t change any minds. I shall try, however, to say what’s happened and what hasn’t. The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.Certainly, what’s happened is the first public, in-your-face defiance and ridiculing of the Modi government. If they responded with such alacrity after the violence of 20 July, it was essentially because they realised that well over 95 percent of the protesting youth, or mostly children, were from the Hindu middle and upper-middle classes. Watch #NationalInterest with Shekhar Gupta: To read this week's National Interest: https://theprint.in/national-interest/cjp-student-protest-bjp-modi-govt-opposition/3002473/

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10 min
July 31 CutTheClutter: Vindication of Manmohan Singh,2 yrs after his death with SC clean chit: Coal scam case & intricacies
#cuttheclutter
Nearly two years after his death, the Supreme Court has given a clean chit to former PM Manmohan Singh in coal scam case, and has accepted CBI’s closure report. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains the intricacies of the case as well as SC order, and why this is a vindication of former PM. #CutTheClutter Ep 1872

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To read National Interest articles: https://theprint.in/national-interest/national-interest-coal-vs-coalition/544065/ https://theprint.in/sg-national-interest/jantar-chhu-mantar/544304/ To watch Walk the Talk: https://www.ndtv.com/video/walk-the-talk-with-kiran-karnik-192826
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20 min
July 30 CutTheClutter: Munir's crackdown in PoK during elections: Region's politics, complexities & Pakistan's 'Kashmir' pretence
#cuttheclutter
Elections in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) have been marked by violence and bloodshed. Pakistan's armed forces have countered protests in the region, unleashing a brutal crackdown, claiming 37 lives in 3 days. #CutTheClutter Episode 1871 looks at the latest developments in India's neighbourhood, and why they are significant. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta also explains the complexities & politics of PoK, and why Pakistan's 'Azad Kashmir' pitch is a pretence. Watch #CutTheClutter on the killing of Chinese engineers here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UDiAHdhp14 Watch 2025 #CutTheClutter on PoK protests here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFjg7OuAw2c Watch 2024 #CutTheClutter on riots in PoK over electricity, inflation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrcKDDViOss

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22 min
July 30 ThePrintPod: Keep WhatsApp out, add kill switch for long video calls—amicus tells SC on digital arrest suo motu case
Amicus curiae has told SC that WhatsApp suppressed facts, should not be heard. She also files chart showing most of her earlier recommendations to ministries are yet to be acted on.----more----https://theprint.in/india/keep-whatsapp-out-add-kill-switch-for-long-video-calls-amicus-tells-sc-on-digital-arrest-suo-motu-case/3000549/
3 min
July 30 ThePrintPod: Prayagraj student who attended CJP protest was held for 24 hours by police, family alleges
CJP flagged Saif's case in an X post, saying 'photographing a peaceful protest is not a crime'. Police have denied taking him into custody.----more----https://theprint.in/india/prayagraj-student-who-attended-cjp-protest-was-held-for-24-hours-by-police-family-alleges/3000584/
5 min
July 30 ThePrint TPAM: Nearly 2 yrs after his death, SC gives Manmohan clean chit in coal scam case, accepts CBI closure report
The Supreme Court accepted the CBI's closure report in the Hindalco coal allocation case, setting aside the 2015 trial court order summoning former PM Manmohan Singh and closing the case on merits.
36 min
July 29 CutTheClutter: Rahul Gandhi’s attack on Amit Shah,RSS over NEET protest & why it may set the tone for Oppn politics
#cuttheclutter
The Anti-Paper Leak Bill was passed in Parliament amid uproar over Rahul Gandhi’s comment on Amit Shah. #CutTheClutter Ep 1870 looks at the takeaways from Rahul Gandhi’s speech, and how his attack was focused on Amit Shah & RSS. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta also looks at how the NEET protest, and crackdown may rewire Opposition politics ahead of key Assembly Elections in UP, Punjab.
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To watch Rahul Gandhi speech in Lok Sabha: https://youtu.be/3fU2Qo-Aew4
To watch Rahul Gandhi full press conference: https://youtu.be/-YLuhhMf3K0
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26 min
July 29 ThePrintPod: Misir Besra, the last remaining Maoist leader, arrested in Jharkhand
With Besra now in custody, both the central committee & politburo of CPI (Maoist) are defunct. In other words, it marks the end of the Maoist movement in the country.
35 min
July 29 ThePrintPod: New US study explains how dementia risk in Indians differs from the West
Published in the Alzheimer’s & Dementia Journal, the study said that even though India’s ageing population faces a ‘dementia burden’, data on what its risk factors actually are is still quite limited.
36 min
July 28 CutTheClutter: Pellet guns in Delhi to AK-47 in Bihar:Claims, facts, & questions over crackdown on youth protesters
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As Parliament debates the Anti-Paper Leak Bill and issues emerging from youth stir as well as action against the protesters, #CutTheClutter details how the events unfolded in the national capital on 20 July. Episode 1869 explains the instances of lathicharge, tear gas shelling & pellet firing in Delhi during the CJP ‘Sansad Chalo’ Marg, the claims & what the probe has revealed so far. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta also looks at RAF protocol, and the questions that have emerged over crackdown on protesters.
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To read National Interest- https://theprint.in/national-interest/indian-education-nta-neet-cjp-protest-pradhan-resignation/2996076/
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24 min