Best How Indian Politics Work Podcasts (2025)

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ThePrintAM: WHAT'S BEHIND PUBLIC FACE-OFF BETWEEN RAO INDERJIT SINGH & HARYANA CM SAINI? 7:50

2h ago7:50

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By ThePrint

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Silicon Valley Wants ‘More Everything Forever’ 55:10

12h ago55:10

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Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.com The futures of the past have curdled into the nightmares of the present. The richest and most powerful people the world has ever known want to colonize mars, live forever, and digitize human consciousness. To make these technological miracles come to pass, they say, will require p…

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CutTheClutter: Iran, Pakistan & myth of Ummah: Why no Muslim country is coming to Tehran’s aid amid Israeli strikes 20:19

10h ago20:19

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CutTheClutter: Iran, Pakistan & myth of Ummah: Why no Muslim country is coming to Tehran’s aid amid Israeli strikesBy ThePrint

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ThePrintAM: What has FATF said on Pahalgam terror attack? 4:44

1d ago4:44

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By ThePrint

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CutTheClutter: The Op Sindoor 'tadka' for defence stocks & arms makers powering India’s military-industrial complex 31:45

1d ago31:45

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CutTheClutter: The Op Sindoor 'tadka' for defence stocks & arms makers powering India’s military-industrial complexBy ThePrint

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ThePrintPod: India faces its most dangerous decade while Modi is wasting his political capital on elections 10:37

1d ago10:37

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PM Modi must ask himself a simple question: what is the use of all my prestige and political capital if it ultimately does not get things done for the country?By ThePrint

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ThePrintPod: MP govt hits ‘like’ on tribal influencers, grooms them to be its digital messengers 6:28

1d ago6:28

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Madhya Pradesh, which has the largest tribal population in India, launched the digital literacy drive after spike in social media misinformation following Pahalgam attack & Op Sindoor.By ThePrint

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ThePrintPod: At Ahmedabad crematorium, myriad of eyes brimming with tears & sea of people lining up to pay respects 4:14

1d ago4:14

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The last rites of 4 victims of the Air India crash were held Sunday at the Thaltej electric crematorium in the city, three days after the fatal incident.By ThePrint

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'Question nobody’s asking on Meghalaya murder: Why is inter-caste love a rebellion in India?' 4:59

1d ago4:59

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'Question nobody’s asking on Meghalaya murder: Why is inter-caste love a rebellion in India?'By ThePrint

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Anything that weakens Iran’s proxies is a win for India. Even Israel’s Operation Rising Lion 14:38

2d ago14:38

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In the wee hours of 13 June, as whispers of a second-generation nuclear agreement between Iran and the US were poised to emerge from the mediation by Oman, Israel acted with stunning finality. It did not wait for diplomacy to meander its hesitant path. Instead, it launched Operation Rising Lion, striking deep into the heart of Iran’s military and n…

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Some Bell Island lobster fishermen find WWII ordnance on sea floor + Shipwreck Preservation Society president says the shell that was discovered was rare, and likely live! 18:32

2d ago18:32

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Tara Saunders, wife of the fisherman who got in the water to retrieve shell, says luckily it didn't go off + Neil Burgess of the Shipwreck Preservation Society has theories about the origin of the shell.

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ThePrintAM: How aspiring doctors are left in limbo as admin crisis hits Delhi Medical Council? 9:48

2d ago9:48

9:48

Medical professionals are lining up for registration at DMC, which has been proposed for dissolution. Members allege procedural delays by Delhi govt.By ThePrint

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WorldView: Israel’s Operation Rising Lion: Trump, Tehran & India's response 49:48

3d ago49:48

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In this episode of WorldView with Swasti, Dr Swasti Rao, Consulting Editor and Foreign Policy Expert, discusses Israel’s bold new offensive, Operation Rising Lion, against Iran. Joining her are Professor Ehud Manor, renowned Israeli historian and expert on regional affairs, and Kabir Taneja, Deputy Director at the Observer Research Foundation. Toge…

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True integration of Kashmir has to be built on stone and steel, not soldiers and guns 12:46

3d ago12:46

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For more than a hundred years, engineers fought to find ways to cut through the Pir Panjal mountains, to link Kashmir’s agricultural markets with industrial powerhouses in India’s plains. The easiest routes were through Lahore, but even before Independence, leaders had begun to dream of road and rail routes over Banihal to Jammu.…

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NationalInterest: H-word, M-word & fading K-word. India-Pakistan alphabet soup, with a side of Trump 16:22

4d ago16:22

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#nationalinterest The dreaded H-word is back with us. H, as in hyphenation with Pakistan. Its return is dreaded because our successive governments have laboured for three decades to rid us of what we see as the equivalence the big powers (read the US) used to draw between us and Pakistan. If ally Washington sees the region through an India-Pakistan…

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SecurityCode: The Los Angeles riots show the American melting pot is also a racial tinderbox 12:11

4d ago12:11

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Ever since the first Hispanic and Black settlers arrived in the 18th century to settle in Los Angeles, the city has seen repeated rioting, with communities feeling themselves cornered using violence to assert their identity and rights. Like in other large cities, American culture has slowly evolved to accommodate growing demography. But Donald Trum…

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ThePrintAM: What is Trump’s warning to Iran after Israeli strikes? 5:26

4d ago5:26

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Trump’s warning for Iran after Israel’s Op Rising Lion—make a deal to avoid further ‘slaughter’ https://theprint.in/world/trumps-warning-for-iran-after-israels-op-rising-lion-make-a-deal-to-avoid-further-slaughter/2656885/By ThePrint

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CutTheClutter: 7 reasons why Israel struck Iran: A look at Op Rising Lion & how it brings Middle East back in focus 27:03

4d ago27:03

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In the early hours of 13 June, the Middle East came back into focus with Israel launching Operation Rising Lion, striking key military personnel and nuclear targets in Iran. It deployed 200 combat fighters & used over 300 different weapons. US President Donald Trump warned Iran that what comes next could be worse and urged it to negotiate a deal fo…

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ThePrintPod: Israel launches ‘pre-emptive strikes’ on nuclear sites in Iran, ‘top military official killed’ 5:40

5d ago5:40

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The strikes under Operation Rising Lion targeted, among other sites, Iran’s main nuclear enrichment complex at Natanz, Israeli PM Netanyahu confirmed in a video message.----more----https://theprint.in/world/israel-launches-pre-emptive-strikes-on-nuclear-sites-in-iran-top-military-official-killed/2656304/…

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ThePrintPod: Tea, food and crowd control—RSS cadres aid families, relief work after Air India plane crash 3:26

5d ago3:26

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Scores of RSS cadres spread out across incident site & at BJ Medical College, keeping crowds organised, providing families of victims with food and water as they navigate a tragedy.----more----https://theprint.in/india/tea-food-and-crowd-control-rss-cadres-aid-families-relief-work-after-air-india-plane-crash/2656177/…

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ThePrintPod: From retrieving black box to setting up ‘court of inquiry’, how probe into Air India crash will unfold 5:25

5d ago5:25

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An aviation safety firm's CEO says a team from the Indian aviation regulator & those from every regulator where the aircraft is operated are expected to visit the crash site soon.----more----https://theprint.in/india/from-retrieving-black-box-to-setting-up-court-of-inquiry-how-probe-into-air-india-crash-will-unfold/2656314/…

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People who live close to the abandoned fish sauce plant in St Mary's are relieved that the site will finally be cleaned up + Sea turtles full of plastic, meet a Memorial University scholar studying microplastics ... 18:44

5d ago18:44

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Juliette Lee and Murial Whelan say that living next to the old Atlantic Seafood Sauce plant often meant keeping the windows closed to keep out the stench + Banting post-doc scholar Alice Zhu is studying how plastic moves through the ocean, and how it affects marine life such as turtles.

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CutTheClutter: Ahmedabad Air India crash:Frantic 31 secs on Dreamliner, Boeing’s guilt & cash-for-crime to cover up 29:38

5d ago29:38

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#CutTheClutter #airindiaplanecrash London-bound Boeing 787-8 aircraft operated by Air India crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport, killing all on board with the exception of one survivor. In Episode 1680 of #CutTheClutter Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at what could’ve transpired in the 31 seconds between takeoff and the crash, …

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ThePrintPod: Decade after City Kinara fire, some closure for victims’ kin as HC makes ‘grossly negligent’ BMC pay 3:05

5d ago3:05

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On 16 October 2015, 8 people including 7 students were at the Hotel City Kinara in Mumbai’s Kurla (West), when a blaze engulfed the restaurant that harboured several fire hazards.By ThePrint

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Was a NL fisheries advocate banned from Facebook for posting a Ray Guy quote? + More crime on the high seas in season two of the Outlaw Ocean podcast 19:50

6d ago19:50

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Ryan Cleary says he was banned forever from Facebook after posting a Ray Guy quote + From problems with China's distant water fleet to human rights abuses in seafood processing, Ian Urbina talks about the second season of the Outlaw Ocean podcast.

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ThePrintAM: Why is govt mulling guidelines to cap AC temperatures? 5:18

6d ago5:18

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Modi govt faces heat over ‘one nation, one AC temperature’ proposal https://theprint.in/india/governance/modi-govt-faces-heat-over-one-nation-one-ac-temperature-proposal/2654562/By ThePrint

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CutTheClutter: Complex, noisy & divisive Israeli politics as Netanyahu faces key vote that may trigger early polls 19:09

6d ago19:09

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Israel’s parliament (Knesset) is set to vote in the first of four votes needed to dissolve itself, in what is being seen as a preliminary step that could trigger an early election. In Episode 280 of #CutTheClutter (first published on 1 Oct, 2019) ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta untangles Israel’s complex political system and explains how the…

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ThePrintPod: Hindutva grouse returns to haunt an MF Husain auction in Mumbai. Latest row & past controversies 7:22

6d ago7:22

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Hindu Janajagruti Samiti has submitted a memorandum to Amit Shah, Devendra Fadnavis and CP Deven Bharti, warning of a public agitation if they refused to meet its demand.By ThePrint

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ThePrintPod: How politics spilled over into business as Kitex vs LDF govt in Kerala enters 2nd round 7:14

6d ago7:14

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Sabu Jacob lays out Kitex Garments' plans for Telangana day after Kerala minister said those making insinuations about ease of doing business in the state will have to answer to the youth.By ThePrint

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ThePrintPod: Don’t count countries above India in per capita GDP. Look at the population instead 10:57

6d ago10:57

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While it is certainly a reason to celebrate that India has become the world’s fourth-largest economy, this economic milestone is only part of the story.By ThePrint

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What Ram Vilas Paswan did to Lalu in 2005 must haunt Nitish in 2025 as Chirag enters poll fray 8:27

7d ago8:27

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There are many reasons why Bihari politicians see PM Modi’s Hanuman Chirag’s tail on fire as he enters the poll fray, ThePrint Political Editor DK Singh elaborates in this episode of #PoliticallyCorrectBy ThePrint

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An outspoken fisherman is accusing some seafood producers of market manipulation + Should ocean temperature play a larger role in stock assessments? 19:32

7d ago19:32

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Fish harvester John Efford says the ASP is manipulating the crab market + Research scientist Frédéric Cyr on how ocean condition cycles can affect groundfish recovery.

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ThePrintAM: What’s behind Canada’s move to boost its defence spending? 5:26

7d ago5:26

5:26

Trump factor looms large as Canada pledges 2% of GDP on defence spending by end of fiscal year https://theprint.in/world/trump-factor-looms-large-as-canada-pledges-2-of-gdp-on-defence-spending-by-end-of-fiscal-year/2652696/By ThePrint

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WritingsOnTheWall: The story of beautiful & quiet Meghalaya as Indore man’s murder drags state into sordid media focus 34:52

7d ago34:52

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With the murder of Indore businessman Raja Raghuvanshi in Meghalaya, a great many stereotypes about the state have been thrown around by TV media, overlooking the state’s largely peaceful past. In this edition of #WritingsOnTheWall ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta narrates chapters from his days as a reporter covering the Northeast.----more--…

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ThePrintPod: 16 Indians still missing after joining Russian army, families to travel to Moscow for answers 4:31

8d ago4:31

4:31

For nearly 18 months, 16 are classified as missing by Russians with little info shared to families. At least 12 have perished in frontlines of Ukraine, while 96 returned home.By ThePrint

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ThePrintPod: India’s myopic view on tax policy hurts FDI. Fix it before it breaks the camel’s back 7:21

8d ago7:21

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It is time for more proactive thinking on tax policy, which can no longer be guided only by the limited objective of revenue maximisation or hawkish enforcement to meet steep internal targets.By ThePrint

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ThePrintPod: How Bihar is ramping up AB-PMJAY health infra to keep patients from turning to Delhi, Vellore 3:58

8d ago3:58

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Bihar spent a third of Ayushman Bharat budget for hospitalisations outside state last year. Efforts on to change that in election year.By ThePrint

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ThePrintAM: WHAT IS THE AXIOM-4 MISSION? 5:28

8d ago5:28

5:28

By ThePrint

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Meet some temporary foreign workers at St. Mary's Bay Fisheries + From 2023, why the Atlantic Seafood Sauce plant became such a stinky hazard + MHA Sherry Gambin-Walsh on what the province is doing to ... 17:56

8d ago17:56

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We'll meet some workers from the Philippines who are processing crab in St. Mary's + From 2023 we'll hear some of CBC Investigates coverage of the rotting fish sauce plant in St. Mary's + MHA Sherry Gambin-Walsh on why it's taken so long to help St. Mary's with the abandoned seafood sauce plant.

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CutTheClutter: LA riots, immigration, politics:Behind Trump move to bypass Democrat governor, deploy National Guard 30:04

8d ago30:04

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Over the weekend, US President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to subdue pro-immigration protests in the city of Los Angeles, which he claimed were out of control. It puts the president in direct confrontation with the Democratic leadership of one of the country's largest states. In Episode 1679 of #CutTheClutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief …

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Northern cod was discussed today in the House of Commons + Does NL do enough to promote seafood within the province? + The late Jack Troake on fishing and politics 25:08

9d ago25:08

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MP Clifford Small has questions for minister Joanne Thompson on Northern Cod + Nancy Bowers says Maritime provinces do a lot to promote their seafood industries, why can't NL? + From our archives: The late Jack Troake of Twillingate talks about the recreational fishery and more

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ThePrintAM: What’s behind fresh tensions in Manipur? 5:09

9d ago5:09

5:09

What’s behind fresh tensions in Manipur?By ThePrint

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How crab processing is going in St. Mary's + Abandoned fish sauce plant will finally get cleaned up + Canadian Food Inspection Agency has detected a parasite in NL oyster farm sites 21:35

9d ago21:35

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St. Mary's mayor Steve Ryan says crab season hitting its stride + Steve Ryan with an update on St. Mary's abandoned fish sauce plant + Greg Ferrara of the CFIA says oyster dermo is not harmful to humans.

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America’s Favorite Gunfighters and the Birth of the Old West 58:10

11d ago58:10

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Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.com America loves the Western. Stories about frontier towns, outlaws and lawmen, and—most of all—killing. How did the myth and legend of the gunfighter come to permeate the U.S.? Were there rules to gunfights? How did you become famous by killing people? Did Texas, yes Texas, make all…

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NATIONAL INTEREST: Op Sindoor is the first battle in India’s two-front war. A vicious pawn in a King’s Gambit 12:23

11d ago12:23

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The Chinese use Pakistan as a cheap instrument to triangulate India between them. It is safer to presume that the Chinese now see Pakistan as an extension of their Western Theatre Command. A two-front war is on. Except, the Chinese see no need to fight it directly. They have an able and willing proxy in Pakistan. Watch this week’s #ThePrint #Nation…

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ThePrintAM: WHAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF KASHMIR RAIL LINK INAUGURATED BY PM MODI? 4:31

11d ago4:31

4:31

By ThePrint

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CutTheClutter: Indira to Modi, why it took 42 yrs to build Kashmir rail link & how it links Valley to rest of India 19:52

12d ago19:52

19:52

CutTheClutter: Indira to Modi, why it took 42 yrs to build Kashmir rail link & how it links Valley to rest of IndiaBy ThePrint

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ThePrintPod: Anubrata Mondal threatened a police officer & may go scot-free. It’s a blot on TMC 5:38

12d ago5:38

5:38

Mondal’s foul comments are legendary. But in the leaked audio clip of a phone conversation that went viral last week, his language crossed too many Lakshman Rekhas.By ThePrint

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ThePrintPod: How Rajasthan bank employee ‘duped’ 41 villagers of Rs 4.5 cr over 3 yrs, to fuel ‘stock trading addiction’ 4:46

12d ago4:46

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Sakshi Gupta, 26, a relationship manager at ICICI Bank’s Kota branch, turned financial inexperience of her mostly elderly customers into personal opportunity. She's now in judicial custody.By ThePrint

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Macrosutra: What do GDP numbers say about the Indian economy? 20:00

12d ago20:00

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The Q4 GDP numbers for financial year 2024-25 were released by the government last week, and they indicated an overall GDP growth rate of 6.5%. Which sectors helped push this ahead, and which did not perform as strongly? Watch Economist Radhika Pandey with Correspondent Akanksha Mishra in ThePrint Macrosutra to find out.----more----Rear this week's…

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