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Monday, December 15, 2025
TopicCutTheClutter

Topic: CutTheClutter

The Kanpur lesson & how Yogi Adityanath is turning Covid -19 into an opportunity for reform

In episode 465 of CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta discusses how the law can be counterproductive sometimes, and what UP and MP govts are doing to change that.

IMD adding PoK regions to its map isn’t about the weather, it’s a message from Modi govt

In episode 464 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta looks at the tactical and strategic moves the Modi govt has been using to respond to Pakistan over Jammu & Kashmir.

Understanding the science behind Israel’s ‘breakthrough’ in search for Covid treatment

In episode 463 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta discusses about the potential Covid treatment a lab, meant to protect Israel against biological weapons, claims to have developed.

Leaked US govt report on China indicates that cold war between the two is only intensifying

In episode 461 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta talks about the growing tensions with China as US digs for details on the origin of Covid-19, and the slowing positivity rate in India.

Modi’s politics of lockdown, issue with world press rankings & ThePrint’s ‘corona warriors’

In episode 460 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta talks about the government's lockdown response, new vaccine developments and the importance of the freedom of press.

Bangladesh executes Mujib’s killer Abdul Majed and what it says about the region’s history

On episode 442 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta discusses who was Capt Abdul Majed and political turmoil that began in August 1975.

Trump, Modi and hydroxychloroquine, and why India partially lifted ban on the drug’s export

In episode 438 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta traces the chronology of events in India and US that led to partial lifting of ban on export of hydroxychloroquine.

Modi govt’s post-lockdown containment plan and the Bhilwara model that’s key to it

In episode 437 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta delves into the containment plan released by the Indian government and how Rajasthan's Bhilwara successfully curbed Covid-19.

US-China battle heats up again as coronavirus disrupts global strategic order

In episode 420 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains how coronavirus has put the world's two biggest powers — US and China — in a bitter face off.

How Trump, Johnson response shows sensible conversations on coronavirus have finally begun

In episode 417 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta talks about how Donald Trump and Boris Johnson have stopped ridiculing coronavirus. And is India testing too little?

On Camera

Why India and Oman remain among the oldest strategic partners of the Indian Ocean world

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Sultanate of Oman this month offers a good opportunity to look at India-Oman relations in a long historical perspective. 

Rupee’s turmoil has echoes of 2013

With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is extreme despondence among overseas equity investors.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.