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Why Hazaras in Pakistan have been victims of sectarianism & ethnic conflict © Provided by The Print New Delhi: Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operations commander, was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court Friday. A warrant was also issued for the arrest of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar. The Hazara tribe of Pakistan, meanwhile, has been protesting against the massacre of 11 coal miners in Machh, Balochistan last week, for which the Islamic State has claimed responsibility. In episode 6...

Text Size: A+ New Delhi: Diplomatic relations have been restored between Qatar and four Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, that imposed an embargo against the former in 2017. In episode 654 of ‘Cut The Clutter’, ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at Qatar, a tiny Middle Eastern country, which at one point was the richest country in the world and is also very friendly with Iran. Gupta noted that Qatar houses the biggest US Air Force Base in the region, shares an oil field with Iran and has a per capita income of more than $1,40,000 a year. Furthermore, the country has ...

How India self-inflicted Vodafone & Cairn humiliation over ‘bad idea’ of retrospective tax © Provided by The Print New Delhi: On Thursday, oil explorer Cairn Energy won $1.2 billion in damages after an international arbitration tribunal ruled against India in a tax dispute case. The development came three months after a similar ruling in a case over tax avoidance by telecom giant Vodafone. In episode 647 of ‘Cut The Clutter‘, ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta discussed retrospective taxation in India in view of the Vodafone and Cairn Energy cases. According to him, the comm...

Why rich countries have highest Covid fatality rates and what Sweden got very wrong In episode 639 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta analyses Sweden's failed herd immunity and why Covid has been extremely fatal in rich countries. ThePrint Team 15 December, 2020 2:02 pm IST Text Size: A+ New Delhi: The first cases of Covid-19 began emerging in Wuhan, China, almost exactly a year ago. Today, what was first identified as a “mysterious infection” has infected almost 8 crore people, and nearly 17 lakh people have died. In episode 639 of ‘Cut The Clutter’...