In Episode 1824 of Cut The Clutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains why a supposed ceasefire in West Asia coexists with continued fighting in Lebanon.
India & US have seen an uptick in high-level exchanges in last few months as ties improve following conclusion of trade deal talks. Rubio to visit India for first time as US State Secy.
Pakistan defence minister calls Israel ‘evil’ over aggression in 'Gaza, Iran & now Lebanon'. Netanyahu says it is ‘not a statement that can be tolerated from any govt’.
Despite a 14-day US-Iran ceasefire tied to reopening Hormuz and Tehran allowing transit, shipping through the key maritime chokepoint remains largely halted.
In the latest episode of CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta lifts the layers of the conditional ceasefire, what proposals by US & Iran said, and what the continuing attacks mean.
He had posted that the delegation was coming ‘despite skepticism of Iranian public opinion due to repeated ceasefire violations by Israeli regime to sabotage the diplomatic initiative.’
Israel launched a wave of strikes against Lebanon hours after US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan, with Tehran committing to re-opening the Strait of Hormuz.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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