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• ThePrintPod: 58% NDA voters want Dharmendra Pradhan to quit over NEET mess, NTA dismantled—Cvoter survey 02.06.2026 3mnt

  Team Cvoter snap poll finds widespread dissatisfaction with exam governance, strong support for reform, abolition of NTA, and accountability over NEET and CBSE-related issues.
• ThePrintPod: What is the Haryana AI Sandbox launched by Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, and why it matters 02.06.2026 7mnt

  The northern state has identified five specific 'use cases'—real, existing government problems—for which solutions will be sought through Sandbox.
• ThePrintAM: NEET Leak: Why has RSS student wing ABVP slammed NTA? 02.06.2026 5mnt
• CutTheClutter: 5 Global oil shocks: How they led to energy sector reforms, changes in govts & upheavals in India 02.06.2026 40mnt

  How have global oil shocks led to energy sector reforms, changes in governments, wars, and what upheavals occurred in India? ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta traces the 5 big global oil shocks in the last 53 years, starting from 1973 Yom Kippur war. #CutTheClutter Episode 1843 also looks at how each oil shock, was followed by a slump, and the key oil indices- including BRENT, WTI.
• ThePrintPod: Retd doctor ‘sexually assaults’ 15-yr-old at Haryana govt hospital, flees. FIR filed under POCSO Act 01.06.2026 2mnt

  https://theprint.in/india/retd-doctor-sexually-assaults-15-yr-old-at-haryana-govt-hospital-flees-fir-filed-under-pocso-act/2946849/
• ThePrintAM: Did Delhi High Court uphold the ban on French liquor giant Pernod Ricard in the Capital? 01.06.2026 4mnt

  ThePrintAM: Did Delhi High Court uphold the ban on French liquor giant Pernod Ricard in the Capital?
• ThePrintPod: Pakistan’s role in West Asia conflict mirrors a familiar pattern—use and discard by the US 29.05.2026 8mnt

  ThePrintPod: Pakistan’s role in West Asia conflict mirrors a familiar pattern—use and discard by the US
• Opinion: Gujarat's Dholavira: The Harappan city that holds the solution to India’s water crisis 28.05.2026 11mnt

  Archaeology offers something increasingly rare in combating global water crisis—a long-term perspective on how human societies learned to live with drought and environmental stress.Archaeologist and ThePrint columnist Disha Ahluwalia traces how a Harappan city holds the solution to India’s water crisis.----more----Read full article here: https://theprint.in/opinion/this-harappan-city-holds-the-solution-to-indias-water-crisis/2940957/
• DefenceScope: AMCA tender out: Why is it a turning point for India? 28.05.2026 5mnt

  India has initiated what will become the biggest structural shift in its military aviation ecosystem since Independence, opening the door for private industry to move from being suppliers and vendors to becoming central players in the country’s most ambitious combat aircraft programme. Snehesh Alex Philip, Editor - Defence and Diplomacy at ThePrint explains in #DefenceScope. ----more----To Read: https://theprint.in/defence/5th-gen-fighter-amca-tender-issued-hal-sits-out-as-private-sector-takes-centre-stage/2943139/
• ThePrintPod: Kuno cheetahs tranquilised 110 times in the first two years: Exclusive details of internal documents 28.05.2026 5mnt

  India’s ambitious Project Cheetah was projected as a historic wildlife comeback story. But an exclusive document accessed by ThePrint reveals a troubling side to the conservation effort. Between 2022 and 2024, cheetahs in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park were reportedly tranquilised 110 times for management, medical interventions, and to prevent them from straying outside park boundaries. Wildlife experts warn that repeated chemical immobilisation can have long-term physiological and behavioural consequences for the big cats.----more----Link to the story:https://theprint.in/feature/kuno-cheetahs-tranquilised-project-inspection-report/2942453/
• ThePrintAM: Why did SC uphold validity of SIR? [7:39 PM] 28.05.2026 8mnt
• ThePrintAM: What has China said on Quad joint statement? 27.05.2026 3mnt
• Economix: The rupee does not need a defender. It needs an economy worth defending 26.05.2026 18mnt

  The rupee reached a value of 96.91 against the dollar on 20 May, marking a 16.1 per cent depreciation over 18 months, thereby rendering it Asia’s worst-performing major currency for two consecutive years. ThePrint Consulting Editor (Economics) Bidisha Bhattacharya argues that the rupee does not need a defender, rather it needs an economy worth defending.----more----Read full article here: https://theprint.in/opinion/economix/rupee-defender-economy-worth-defending/2941503/
• ThePrintPod:Kerala not Bengal’: Amid criticism, CM Satheesan defends state CEO Kelkar’s appointment as secretary 26.05.2026 3mnt

  Kerala not Bengal’: Amid criticism, CM Satheesan defends state CEO Kelkar’s appointment as secretary
• ThePrintOpinionPod: India must stop being the ‘gentle elephant’. Modi’s Europe tour marks a strategic shift 26.05.2026 9mnt

  ThePrintOpinionPod: India must stop being the ‘gentle elephant’. Modi’s Europe tour marks a strategic shift
• ThePrintPod: Brampton bust: 17 Indian-origin men held in Canada for ‘extortion, shooting, other crimes’ 26.05.2026 4mnt

  ThePrintPod: Brampton bust: 17 Indian-origin men held in Canada for ‘extortion, shooting, other crimes’
• Opinion: Great Nicobar Project is a necessity, India cannot ignore China’s maritime footprint 26.05.2026 4mnt

  The contentions regarding the Great Nicobar project include the tussle between ecology and security. It is something that India can't ignore against China's growing maritime footprint ThePrint's columnist, Rami Desai, breaks down the significance of the project, which goes beyond the binary choice.----more----Read full article here: https://theprint.in/opinion/great-nicobar-project-india-china-maritime-footprint/2934003/
• ThePrintAM: What do India's partnership labels for countries mean? 25.05.2026 13mnt

  What do India's partnership labels for countries mean?
• National Interest Pod: 2026 is like 1973 Indira-era oil shock plus youth anger. Modi has space, but not immunity 23.05.2026 10mnt

  An oil shock, monsoon fears, rampant unemployment, and the seeming inevitability of inflation are common to both 1973 Indira-era & 2026. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta argues that Modi govt today has space, but not immunity and if it doesn’t use the space wisely, come clean and carry out real reform—including in higher education—the space will vaporise.   
• ThePrintAM: WHAT HAS CBI PROBE INTO NEET PAPER LEAK REVEALED? 23.05.2026 1mnt

  ThePrintAM: WHAT HAS CBI PROBE INTO NEET PAPER LEAK REVEALED?