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#cuttheclutter Pakistan's former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on 11 August, issued a warning over India's action on the Indus Waters Treaty following the Pahalgam terror attack. Calling India's decision to pause the Indus Waters Treaty an attack on Indus Valley Civilisation & Culture, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said that Pakistan would have 'no choice but to consider war if India's action continues'. Watch Episode 1164 of Cut The Clutter, originally published on 31 January 2023, where ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains the facts and details of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty

UP CM Yogi Adityanath is under siege from within, with his ministers targeting him with impunity. What’s making BJP a ‘party with differences’, ThePrint Political Editor DK Singh elaborates in this episode of #PoliticallyCorrect----more----Read this week's Politically Correct here: https://theprint.in/opinion/politically-correct/bjp-vs-bjp-constitution-club/2718524/

Mohammed Siraj is an exceptional Indian cricketer, and as a Pasmanda Muslim, Siraj is also being pulled into symbolic service. Known for his climb from modest beginnings, 31-year-old Siraj has become one of the most reliable fast bowlers in Indian cricket — across formats, conditions, and pressure. His exceptional performance has placed him to be a de facto mascot for Pasmanda Muslims.----more----Read full article here: https://theprint.in/opinion/in-mohammed-siraj-the-pasmanda-muslims-have-a-hero/2716534/

#cuttheclutter ThePrint Exclusive newsbreak on Sunday detailed the nuclear threat & statements by Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir in US. He was speaking at a black-tie dinner in Tampa, US. He said, 'We are a nuclear nation, if we think we are going down, we will take half the world down with us.' India responded to Munir’s threats and said that nuclear sabre-rattling is Pakistan’s “stock-in-trade”. In Episode 1711 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta makes sense of Asim Munir’s speech with 9 possible reasons behind it, the Pakistan Army Chief’s objectives & a lesson for India. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Watch Praveen Swami’s Exclusive Newsbreak here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bIAwNI9Ebw To read article: https://theprint.in/world/pakistan-army-chief-field-marshal-asim-munir-florida-speech-nuclear-threat-india/2718095/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read TheEconomist piece here: https://www.economist.com/asia/2025/08/03/pakistans-army-chief-is-cosying-up-to-donald-trump --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To visit ThePrint Store: https://store.theprint.in/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Produced By: Mahira Khan

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.  

Pharma firms are pouncing on opportunity as patents on world’s second-bestselling drug, which goes by brand names Ozempic and Wegovy, are expiring in nearly 100 nations.  

Trump’s 50% tariffs will hit the farmers, artisans, spices growers, & fishing & dairying communities. Speaking at the M.S. Swaminathan centenary commemorations PM Modi vowed to protect them whatever the risks or costs, & whatever price he might have to pay for it personally. The question: what is the price he & the country may have to pay? – Watch this week's #NationalInterest with @ShekharGupta