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ThePrint.in is a news, analysis, opinion & knowledge media company that sharply focuses on politics, policy, government and governance. Start your mornings with our journalists who bring you the big story of the day in ThePrintAM. ThePrintPod offers you our special reports and opinions for when you‘re on the go. End your day with our most popular show ‘Cut The Clutter’ by Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta. But that’s not all. We also have Pure Science, National Interest, ThePrint Uninterrupted…
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ThePrintCutTheClutter: Decline & self-destruction of India's Left in 100 yrs,& how its economic ideology still rules nation
The Left has lost power in India over the 100 years since the Communist Party of India (CPI) was founded in 1925 in Kanpur. #CutTheClutter Episode 1785 looks…
ThePrintThePrintPod: Iran protests — why India cannot be a mute spectator
New Delhi should realise that an unstable Iran, or a pro-American regime in Tehran, is not in India’s interest.
ThePrintThePrintPod: EU-India FTA set to be inked on 27 January after years of negotiations. Here’s why it’s important
The European Union is India’s single-largest trading partner when exports and imports with all 27 member-states are calculated. The deal has been almost two…
ThePrintThePrintPod: Higher education institutions must immediately report student suicides, unnatural deaths to police—SC
Supreme Court bench issues guidelines to tighten higher education institutions' response to student suicides, invoking its power to do absolute justice.
ThePrintThePrintPod: How SC’s Tiger Global-Flipkart ruling on tax treaties sets crucial precedent
The Supreme Court has ruled that capital gains from Tiger Global’s 2018 exit from Flipkart are taxable in India, even though the investment was routed through…
ThePrintThePrintPod: Lawyer who fights for orphans’ rights enters SC fray for stray dogs. ‘Last line of defence’
Advocate Poulomi Pavini Shukla told the Supreme Court that homeless children would be ‘orphaned twice’ if stray dogs were removed. She says the case should not…
ThePrintThePrintAM: What's the row over indelible-ink-based marker pens in Maharashtra civic polls?
https://theprint.in/politics/why-marker-pens-in-bmc-polls-voters-opposition-complain-indelible-ink-getting-erased-cm-responds/2827604/
ThePrintCutTheClutter: Why Iran’s enemies & Trump’s Gulf allies don’t want US, Israel strikes, & complexities of Arab world
After multiple threats of a possible intervention amid protests in Iran, Trump today said Iran ‘has not plan’ for executions. His statement came, as US’ gulf…
ThePrintThePrintPod: Chinese commentary on Iran protests — serious but not regime-threatening
US President Donald Trump on Monday announced on Truth Social a 25 per cent tariff on Iran’s trading partners. In Chinese analyses, the move is viewed as…
ThePrintThePrintAM: What's the controversy over DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran remark?
https://theprint.in/politics/dmks-maran-in-soup-for-saying-north-indian-women-told-dont-work-be-in-kitchen-bear-children/2826755/
ThePrintCutTheClutter: Allies compete, rivals unite: Significance of Maharashtra civic polls, & India's miserable cities
The high-stakes Maharashtra civic polls will be held on 15 January. 29 municipal corporations, including Mumbai (BMC), Thane, Nashik, Pune, Nagpur will go to…
ThePrintThePrintPod: Rs 10 meals to AI pursuit of infiltrators, what parties have promised Mumbai in race to win BMC polls
In a city without elected corporators since 2022, all competing parties have attempted to solidify their core bases through their manifestos, with infra…
ThePrintThePrintPod: Declared ‘non-Indian’ & sent to Bangladesh, a Muslim widow takes her fight to Supreme Court
Aheda Khatun is currently in Bangladesh. She is among those whom the authorities have termed 'foreigner' & deported. She is now challenging the claim before…
ThePrintWorldViewPod: Iran protests: Economic crisis, Ayatollah regime's 'misplaced' priorities & will Trump intervene
Iran is witnessing widespread protests as citizens rise against the Ayatollah regime amid a deepening economic crisis, political repression, and systemic…
ThePrintThePrintAM: What's behind the row over NCERT’s teacher training manual on gender?
https://theprint.in/india/education/why-ncerts-teacher-training-manual-on-gender-has-sparked-a-controversy/2826119/
ThePrintCutTheClutter: Economic crisis, plunging currency & Trump factor: Iran protests & what's next for Ayatollah regime
Iran has witnessed widespread protests since 28 December, triggered by economic crisis, plunging currency & unemployment. #CutTheClutter episode 1782 looks at…
ThePrintThePrintPOD: After ThePrint report on 9-yr-old paraplegic boy’s court battle for dad’s transfer, ray of hope from HC
ThePrintPOD: After ThePrint report on 9-yr-old paraplegic boy’s court battle for dad’s transfer, ray of hope from HC
ThePrintThePrintPOD: Why Ajit Pawar’s battle in Pune brings up flashbacks of 2017 BJP-Shiv Sena fight in Mumbai
ThePrintPOD: Why Ajit Pawar’s battle in Pune brings up flashbacks of 2017 BJP-Shiv Sena fight in Mumbai
ThePrintThePrintPOD: $20 mn gold heist: Canada submits extradition request for Mohali man, another held at Pearson Airport
ThePrintPOD: $20 mn gold heist: Canada submits extradition request for Mohali man, another held at Pearson Airport
ThePrintThePrintPod: 'Mustafizur’s removal from KKR isn’t the same as boycotting match with Pakistan'
Mustafizur Rahman was not representing Bangladesh; he was representing Kolkata. Singling him out simply because of his nationality shows a selective and…
ThePrintThePrintPod: Life of Aldrich Ames: Double agent who crippled CIA, sold secrets to Soviet's KGB & damaged US secret ops
Thirty-six years after he was arrested and convicted, the most successful double-agent to ever work inside the Central Intelligence Agency died this week at…
ThePrintThePrintAM: WHY DID ISRO's FIRST MISSION OF 2026 FAIL?
ThePrintAM: WHY DID ISRO's FIRST MISSION OF 2026 FAIL? https://theprint.in/science/isro-2026-mission-pslv-failure/2824748/
ThePrintCutTheClutter: Trump’s pick for India Sergio Gor takes charge: Youngest US Envoy to Delhi & how he’ll navigate ties
Sergio Gor formally takes charge as US Ambassador to India today. Watch Episode 1730 of #CutTheClutter where ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta explained…

ThePrintOpinionPod: Venezuelan economy did not collapse overnight. 4 decades of stagnation is the cause
The United States, on 3 January, executed an unprecedented international intervention by conducting a military operation in Venezuela, which resulted in the…
ThePrintNationalInterestPod: Thank you Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of free trade and spur reform
This week’s #NationalInterest looks at Trump’s tariffs, his trade deal antics and how these have pushed reforms in India . ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar…
ThePrintThePrintAM: How did the row over Vijay's 'Jana Nayagan' play out in Madras HC?
https://theprint.in/judiciary/friday-blockbuster-nail-biter-that-played-out-in-madras-hc-over-vijays-movie-jana-nayagan/2823046/
ThePrintCutTheClutter: Why allies Saudi Arabia & UAE are fighting in Yemen,& how it's linked to influence contest in Africa
Allies Saudi Arabia and Yemen have turned rivals in Yemen. From 2 December, 2025 when UAE-backed STC forces started taking over key provinces to now- Saudi-led…
ThePrintThePrintPod: Row over Vijay's movie 'Jana Nayagan': How the nail-biter played out in Madras HC
The Madras High Court cleared the release of actor-politician Vijay’s film Jana Nayagan on Friday morning, holding that the CBFC acted without jurisdiction in…
ThePrintThePrintPod: 'Tipping cannot replace fair pay for India’s delivery gig workers. It’s only moral comfort'
Every time India’s delivery workers surface in the news — whether for earning Rs 762 after a 15-hour shift and 28 deliveries, or for being forced to walk…
ThePrintOpinionPod: ‘Curbing China and Russia’s influence’—how the Chinese view the US invasion of Venezuela
The new year had barely begun when the United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, an event that immediately drew global…
ThePrintThePrintPod: What are Trump's goals after Venezuela and does the Donroe Doctrine benefit India?
What lies ahead for Venezuela—and could Cuba be next? In this episode of Worldview with Swasti, Consulting Editor Swasti Rao speaks with Latin America expert…
ThePrintThePrintAM: Why did demolition drive in Delhi turn violent?
ThePrintAM: Why did demolition drive in Delhi turn violent?
ThePrintCutTheClutter: Parole saga of rape & murder convict 'Lovecharger Baba', Ram Rahim's clout & Haryana's law change
Rape and murder convict Ram Rahim's time spent out of jail is set to cross the 400-day mark. ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta breaks down the cases…