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BJP’s core vote bank is furious and looking for answers over Ethanol Blended Fuel. While EBP may be a great idea, it needed 3-4 years of preparation. Now, we have a sugar shortage and surging prices with the festive season upon us. To top it off, we’re bleeding foreign exchange. Watch this week’s #NationalInterest with ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta:

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10 days since the disaster in Nepal, death toll has climbed to over 1,318. Now, fresh clues offer an insight into what could have caused the flash floods. #CutTheClutter Episode 1894 looks at how a bedrock collapse took a hanging glacier down creating two landslide lakes that eventually broke. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta also explains how earlier warnings in fragile Himalayas have been ignored, and why 'climate compensation' clamour doesn't stand.

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To Read OnlineKhabar article: https://english.onlinekhabar.com/china-closes-zhangmu-port-indefinitely-disrupting-nepal-china-trade.html

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To Read USGS report: https://www.usgs.gov/programs/landslide-hazards/science/2026-nepal-debris-avalanche-and-flash-flood?utm_source=chatgpt.com#overview ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

To read Himalayan Wonders report: https://www.himalayanwonders.com/nepal/langtang-gosaikunda-10-day-trek.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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ThePrintAM: Haldwani ‘shuddhikaran’ row - Kharge seeks FIR, questions Nadda over delayed action

Geopolitics: China’s LAC Claims, Pakistan’s Iran-US mediation, G2, Turkey-Israel Tensions & rise of AfD

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The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released the GDP data this week, which said that India’s economy grew 7.8 percent in the first quarter of FY 2026-27. The growth numbers has sparked a big fight, with critics and opposition claiming that the estimates are inflated. In this special edition of #CutTheClutter, Chief Economic Adviser Dr V. Anantha Nageswaran joins Shekhar Gupta and debunks the ‘fudged data’ claim. CEA also explains the new way of calculation, and reiterates that numbers are not being used in any way to inflate the growth estimates. He also says that the growth numbers for first quarter reflect the true underlying vigour of Indian economic activity.

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To Read Bidisha Bhattacharya report: https://theprint.in/economy/why-is-modi-telling-us-to-save-when-economys-robust-gdp-growth-story-hides-cautious-household-subplot/3032106/

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To Read Duvvuri Subbarao article: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/fandd/issues/2026/09/can-india-sustain-its-rise-duvvuri-subbarao

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To Read Business Standard article: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/editorial/beating-the-odds-126083101459_1.html

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Tamil Nadu CM has much to prove as the reel-life hero has shown little originality as a real-life politician and administrator, ThePrint Political Editor DK Singh elaborates in this episode of #politicallycorrect ----more----Read the article here: https://theprint.in/opinion/politically-correct/vijay-for-pm-far-cry-he-looks-lost-even-as-tamil-nadu-cm/3029921/

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Two summits, SCO in Bishkek & G20 in North Carolina offer a glimpse into the global power play which is underway amid two conflicts. Through SCO and his Egypt visit, Xi is positioning China, ahead of his meeting with Trump later this month. On the other hand, US has irked its allies and partners by bringing Russia (its foreign minister) back to a meeting of G20 nations. #CutTheClutter Episode 1892 draws highlights from these two significant meetings, and what it says about geopolitics. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta also explains PM Modi’s message to Russia during his meeting with Putin on the sidelines of SCO summit.

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Tamil Nadu CM has much to prove as the reel-life hero has shown little originality as a real-life politician and administrator, ThePrint Political Editor DK Singh elaborates in this episode of #politicallycorrect