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PM Modi has shown decisive leadership in fight against coronavirus: BJP youth leader

The nationwide lockdown has united the resolve of 1.3 billion Indians to undertake sacrifices to defeat the coronavirus.

Kominer’s light-switch challenge is the puzzle to solve during the lockdown

The challenge is based on a simple approach — start by thinking small, then try to work your way up to the solution.

Coronavirus is Pakistan’s debt for lifelong rejection of Darwin

Good news: Pakistan hasn't ordered a shipload of Ajwa-Khajoor, touted as cure for all diseases by Imran Khan's staunch ally, Maulana Tariq Jameel.

Why S. Korea’s Dalgona coffee trend should remind India of its food-diplomacy potential

Three ingredients are all it takes to make Dalgona coffee, but it’s everywhere from FB to TikTok to Instagram. India must tap into its culinary soft power too.

Your coronavirus nightmares are good for you. They’ll help prepare for scary times

If your dreams are dark, it’s just the mind’s way of coping. Dreaming about the precise problem you’re trying to solve may be especially helpful.

What Omar Saeed Sheikh’s acquittal in the Daniel Pearl beheading case mean for India

In episode 435 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta analyses the 47-year-old terrorist's life & his role in WSJ journalist Daniel Pearl's murder.

Modi to Trump to Macron, everyone loves a good war analogy. But coronavirus is not an ‘enemy’

Most countries, including US and India, have been using military language to describe the coronavirus crisis. But that won’t help us tackle the pandemic.

India to Hungary, Covid-19 will make frightened people trade freedom for life

Democracies are in danger during the Covid-19 crisis as leaders like Victor Orban and Ilham Aliyev are going to execute power grabs.

What’s common to the lockdown and demonetisation? Modi govt’s lack of planning

The national lockdown should have been accompanied by more generous, universal pay-outs, starting immediately and not a week later.

Xi contained Covid-19, but suppressing rising chorus against China won’t be easy

If China’s propaganda is ham-fisted, it is the consequence of Beijing’s difficulty in understanding how a free media works and how best to shape the narrative.

On Camera

Jaipur’s havelis, bazaars are disappearing. Even UNESCO tag can’t protect heritage in India

When Jaipur continues to draw millions of tourists on the promise of its history, architecture, craft, and traditions, why is its heritage value being allowed to erode?

Strategic petroleum reserves: Why India needs bigger oil buffers & how others compare | Cut The Clutter

This is the transcript of Ep 1830 of Cut the Clutter, where Shekhar Gupta explains why strategic petroleum reserves are a national necessity & how India compares with China, US & Japan.

DRDO unveils amphibious battle platforms with crewless turrets, anti-tank missile capability

Tracked and wheeled variants, built in collaboration with Tata Advanced Systems and Bharat Forge, carry 30mm turrets, cross water using hydro jets, and are 65% indigenous.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.