In episode 675 of 'Cut The Clutter', ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains why defence budget for 2021-22 has risen only marginally, 'guns versus butter’ debate & more.
The paper warns about the fast-reducing gap between US and China. For India, it means deciding whether to take sides in what could be a war in South China Sea or Taiwan.
Instead of showing the BJP boast about Budget 2021, TV channels chose to defend the ‘military zone’ at Delhi borders, and attack Rahul Gandhi and Rihanna.
French economist and professors from LSE and MIT applied a growth model on company data from France to suggest that regulatory reforms may have greater benefits than previously thought.
The Modi govt plans to merge higher education regulators into one body called Higher Education Commission, but medicine and law institutes have been left out.
In episode 674 of 'Cut The Clutter', ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains how Aung San Suu Kyi’s ruling party in Myanmar was overthrown and what this means for India.
Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.
On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
In absolute terms, five trillion is a lot of money. At a time of pandemic, we have been reminded how inadequate the 1.2% of GDP spent on public healthcare is. It should be at least 2.5%. Military planners also need to factor in the sag in economic growth rates, which is tying the FM’s hands. The saving grace is the nuclear deterrent. As a lay person, one cannot visualise how a two front war with three nuclear armed states will play out.
In absolute terms, five trillion is a lot of money. At a time of pandemic, we have been reminded how inadequate the 1.2% of GDP spent on public healthcare is. It should be at least 2.5%. Military planners also need to factor in the sag in economic growth rates, which is tying the FM’s hands. The saving grace is the nuclear deterrent. As a lay person, one cannot visualise how a two front war with three nuclear armed states will play out.