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Cut the Clutter Pod: How CIA lost a nuclear device at Nanda Devi in Himalayas & the fascinating story of Cold War espionage

In 2021, floods in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli brought back to the fore concerns that the disaster may have been caused by a nuclear device lost close to the Nanda Devi peak during a joint IB-CIA operation. The New York Times has now examined fresh evidence to piece together the sequence of events that ended in the CIA losing a portable “beach-ball-size nuclear device” on the roof of the world. In episode 683 of #CutTheClutter, first published on 15 February 2021, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta recreates this fascinating story of espionage, subterfuge, and mystery in the Cold War.

ThePrintPod: India wasn’t always like this. Things have never been as bad as they are today

ThePrintPod: India wasn’t always like this. Things have never been as bad as they are today

ThePrintPod: How China reads US National Security Strategy—a return of America First in new language

ThePrintPod: How China reads US National Security Strategy—a return of America First in new language

National Interest Pod: IndiGo’s greatest ‘crime’ is letting Indian govt appear as private sector’s saviour

IndiGo crisis & how it was handled is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. There’s much to blame IndiGo for, but its greatest crime is to have made the government appear as a saviour in the face of furious public opinion. Watch this week’s national interest with Shekhar Gupta. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read here: https://theprint.in/national-interest/indias-top-airline-just-handed-sarkar-the-keys-thats-indigos-real-crime/2804627/  [https://theprint.in/national-interest/indias-top-airline-just-handed-sarkar-the-keys-thats-indigos-real-crime/2804627/] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ThePrintAM: Why has Vinesh Phogat announced her return to wrestling?

https://theprint.in/india/18-months-after-olympic-heartbreak-vinesh-phogat-announces-return-to-the-mat-the-fire-never-left/2804475/