ThePrintAM: Who are the strongmen of Mokama & why do they have such heft in Bihar politics?

National Interest: Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

https://theprint.in/judiciary/delhi-riots-case-delhi-police-cite-regime-change-bid-plot-to-draw-eyes-to-caa-during-trump-visit/2773760/

Pakistani economy has collapsed over the last 15 years, especially in comparison with India and also Bangladesh. In episode 1750 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains how Pakistan’s economy has fallen far behind. He also looks at the key turning points, how Bangladesh grew under Hasina & where India’s growth took off. ----more----Read Financial Times’ article here: https://www.ft.com/content/9fb7dc91-0678-452f-8865-05ee0a1c0704----more----Read ThePrint #Economix by Bidisha Bhattacharya: https://theprint.in/author/bidisha-bhattacharya/----more----Watch ThePrint #Economix by Bidisha Bhattacharya on Bangladesh’s economic crisis: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfa0eRI2uIaRNr_WoYa9Ey60TTpJyN-QJ

LDF eyes hat-trick win in 2026 assembly elections, with Kerala also set to witness local body polls in December. For the new steps, the govt will incur expenditure of Rs 10,000 cr.----more----https://theprint.in/politics/polls-on-horizon-pinarayi-govt-makes-big-moves-hikes-in-pension-asha-workers-honorarium-new-schemes/2773403/

The 3 leaders say they have vowed to bring back legacy of MGR & Jayalalithaa. OPS says they are not against party, only against EPS. EPS hits back saying traitors can't harm AIADMK.----more----https://theprint.in/politics/his-call-for-aiadmk-unification-ignored-ex-minister-sengottaiyan-joins-hands-with-rebels-ops-ttv/2773635/

Last week, a clean chit arrived for Rhea Chakraborty, five years after a poisonous witch-hunt shredded her life on live television. Led by a group of news anchors, who found common cause with an army of anonymous X warriors that mushroomed overnight, Chakraborty’s life turned into a free-for-all Bacchanalia — and we shot it straight into our veins. Now, more than a thousand days after losing her partner, actor Sushant Singh Rajput, the CBI has found no evidence of abetment to suicide, no financial misappropriation, no emotional manipulation or kala jadoo. Nothing.----more----Read full article here: https://theprint.in/opinion/what-does-india-owe-rhea-chakraborty/2771907/

ThePrintAM: What's the controversy over PM-SHRI schools scheme in Kerala?

From Russia-India oil trade to defence partnership between two countries & Trump's sanctions to Ukraine war- Watch Denis Alipov, Russia’s Ambassador to India, in conversation with ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta & Editor (Defence & Diplomacy) Snehesh Alex Philip. This edition of #ThePrint #OffTheCuff was held at The Quorum, Gurugram. Associate Partner: Global PR Connect --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Camera By- Sabika Syed, Saqiba Khan, Mahira Khan Produced By: Shekhar Tiwari --------------------------------------------------------

https://theprint.in/environment/delhi-govt-claims-cloud-seeding-trial-a-success-but-dont-expect-rain-just-yet-its-not-like-magic/2772199/

As Bihar poll campaign gathers momentum, the Mahagathbandhan has released a joint manifesto. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta takes you back to 2010 when #WritingsOnTheWall described how Bihar's traditional political equations were changing. The two-part series from November 2010 also predicted Nitish's win in the Assembly elections & read the message of socio-economic change on Bihar's walls.----more----Read the two-part #WritingsOnTheWall from 2010 here: https://theprint.in/sg-writings-on-the-wall/a-mandate-for-nitish-hope-kumar/544132/----more----https://theprint.in/sg-writings-on-the-wall/when-lonely-lalu-misses-gentleman-sonia-and-a-muslim-calls-nitish-sher-ka-bachcha/544130/

ThePrintAM: Who is Lakhwinder Singh, Lawrence Bishnoi aide deported from US?

More than 20 years after its commissioning, the Lower Subansiri Project has begun its test run. The first of 8 units is now being wet trialled. By April-May next year, all units are expected to be commissioned, which will mean this project -- on the Arunachal-Assam border -- will produce 2000 MW of hydroelectric power, making it India's largest such project.----more----Read Moushumi Das Gupta report here: https://theprint.in/india/while-china-builds-its-mega-dam-on-brahmaputra-indias-long-delayed-subansiri-marks-key-milestone/2771548/----more----Read Ministry of environment and forest 2015 report here: https://moef.gov.in/uploads/2018/04/Volume-I.pdf----more----Watch full episode of CutTheClutter here: https://youtu.be/qSVgSN1WFJ4

What did PM Modi say about India-ASEAN ties in his virtual address at the ongoing ASEAN Summit?

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole. Watch this week's #NationalInterest with @ShekharGupta --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To read this week's National Interest: https://theprint.in/national-interest/india-pakistan-op-sindoor-gallantry-awards-citations-ai-grok/2770210/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To visit ThePrint Store: https://store.theprint.in/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Produced by: Mahira Khan

CutTheClutter: Challenges for Japan's 1st female PM Sanae Takaichi & a primer on country’s politics,military policy

Earlier this month, several TLP supporters launched a ‘Gaza Solidarity March’, leading to clashes with police after they were prevented from advancing. Over 100 social media activists held.  

'The institutional default is not the protection of students and staff, but damage control. You see it play out at SAU, IIT-BHU, RG Kar, and Durgapur. A sexual assault crisis is unfolding, across our higher educational institutions. It is bad enough that our campuses are demonstrably dangerous—as all public and private places in India tend to be. Some of the most prominent and horrifying cases of sexual violence over the last year have been reported from our colleges and universities, including the rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata and the IIT-BHU gang-rape in Varanasi.' says ThePrint columnist Karanjeet Kaur----more----Read full article here: https://theprint.in/opinion/indian-universities-follow-the-same-template-on-sexual-assault-cover-up-blame-the-victim/2767603/