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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/

‘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/

#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

Why did ISRO’s PSLV-C61 mission fail?

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

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/

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

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.