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March 04, 2025 ThePrintPod: New Lancet report sounds alarm over India’s obesity crisis. Researchers call for 5-yr action plan
In 2021, 180 million Indians were either overweight or obese, second only to China. The report estimates that for India, the figure will rise to 450 million in 2050, marking a rise of 150%.
5 min
March 04, 2025 ThePrintPOD: US suspends military aid to Ukraine in dramatic escalation as Trump-Zelenskyy rift widens
The US President continues to pressure Kyiv to end the war. The decision puts the US at odds with his European allies, who have pledged to support Ukraine with further aid.
5 min
March 04, 2025 ThePrintAM: Why did Mayawati expel nephew Akash Anand from BSP?
Mayawati shows nephew Akash Anand the door as rift in BSP’s first family widens

https://theprint.in/politics/mayawati-shows-nephew-akash-anand-the-door-as-rift-in-bsps-first-family-widens/2529082/
5 min
March 04, 2025 Pure Science POD: DNA analysis uncovers identity of 1800s serial killer, Jack the Ripper
Ripperologist and author Russel Edwards has claimed that the DNA evidence from a shawl belonging to one of the victims, Catherine Eddowes, containing the DNA of the killer, has had a “100% match” with a Polish barber named Aaron Kosminski, who had moved to the UK in the 1880s. The analysis claims to have solved the long-standing mystery around the identity of one of the most brutal serial killers in history.
7 min
March 03, 2025 CutTheClutter: Reading between the lines after Trump-Zelenskyy spat & the threat to Europe's security architecture
For decades, Europe has relied on cheap gas from Russia, cheap goods from China & free security from the US to maintain its position. But Trump 2.0 threatens to upend the entire system. In Episode 1616 of #CutTheClutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks back at six weeks of tumult in world politics, Trump's maximalist stance, and what India needs to be wary of ahead of the Quad Leaders' summit.
22 min
March 03, 2025 Baloch separatist groups to fight under one unified military command to counter Pakistan & China
Baloch separatist groups to fight under one unified military command to counter Pakistan & China
3 min
March 01, 2025 Security Code: Trump’s vision for America is apartheid South Africa—Musk ignites white nationalist dreams
A group of White immigrants from Apartheid South Africa—most visible among them, Elon Musk—are key to President Donald Trump’s new America. They’ve never spoken about their experiences of White privilege under Apartheid, but their politics shows they imbibed many of its values.
12 min
February 28, 2025 CutTheClutter: Geopolitical ripples of likely UK-US deal on Chagos Islands, Diego Garcia & the stakes for India
US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer are considering a handover of Chagos Islands to Mauritius. In Episode 1615 of #CutTheClutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at the significance of Diego Garcia in the Chagos archipelago, evolving India-US relations since the Cold War, and the future of geopolitics.
----more----Read IISS article here: https://www.iiss.org/publications/strategic-comments/2024/10/the-change-in-sovereignty-for-the-chagos-archipelago/----more----Read lowyinstitute's article here: https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/strategic-consequence-chagos-islands-legal-dispute----more----Read Carnegi article here: https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2023/06/mapping-the-indian-ocean-region?lang=en¢er=russia-eurasia
18 min
February 28, 2025 ThePrintPod: DMK should wake up. Anti-Hindi politics isn’t working on Tamil Nadu voters anymore
The three-language formula suggested by NEP 2020 has become a face-saver for the DMK government to sweep all its failures under the carpet.
7 min
February 28, 2025 ThePrintPod: You know India’s GDP but do you know your city’s? Govt takes key step to boost growth of cities
The city GDP metric will help policymakers with better socio-economic and infrastructure planning and attract private investment to develop cities as “engines of growth”.
7 min