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#cuttheclutter China’s top military general Zhang Youxia, who was the Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission has been put under probe. He has been accused of ‘grave violations of discipline & law’. As per Wall Street Journal report, General Zhang is accused of sharing nuclear secrets with US. In #CutTheClutter Ep 1786, ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains what Xi’s military purge actually means, what next for China’s Central Military Commission & for the country’s ambitions.

Actor alleges elderly guests made obscene gestures, threw roses despite protests during stage performance at a wedding; Karnal SP says no complaint received yet----more----https://theprint.in/india/i-can-only-imagine-what-new-girls-face-actor-mouni-roy-alleges-misconduct-at-karnal-wedding/2836651/

13 Padma awards went to Tamil Nadu followed by Bengal, 11, Kerala, 8, & Assam, 5. All these states are headed to polls & so is Puducherry which had one personality in the list.----more----https://theprint.in/politics/political-messaging-in-padma-awards-poll-bound-kerala-bengal-figure-high-in-cross-party-outreach/2836514/

Ops Sindoor was a conflict that saw use of long range vectors, both air to air and air to ground along with massive use of drones, loitering munitions and air defence in play. ThePrint’s Editor - Defence and Diplomacy Snehesh Alex Philip tells us more about a report on Ops Sindoor by Swiss military think tank Centre for Military History and Perspective Studies in #DefenceScope

Trump sees any rules-based multilateralism as undermining American power and will no longer negotiate with or in a group.

The middle power phenomenon is here to stay with truth in America lost. With Germany, France, Japan, Canada, and much of Europe exploring this new world, is this time for a new NAM? 

Watch this week’s #NationalInterest with Shekhar Gupta. 

With several corporations throwing up fractured mandates & an intense tug-of-war for power, especially among Mahayuti allies, hectic parleys are on to stake claim to urban local bodies.----more----https://theprint.in/politics/unreachable-corporators-unusual-alliances-how-parties-are-scrambling-to-control-urban-maharashtra/2834261/

State IT Minister Nara Lokesh said Andhra Pradesh was studying Australia’s recent under-16 social media ban and examining the need for strong legal safeguards.----more----https://theprint.in/india/as-andhra-considers-australia-like-social-media-ban-for-kids-parents-experts-warn-against-rushed-law/2834423/

Nitin Nabin’s appointment shows that BJP is like other political parties, where party elites decide the head of the party organisation by strictly controlling the election process.----more----https://theprint.in/opinion/nitin-nabin-appointment-bjp-president-selection-not-election/2833524/