Shekhar Gupta

@ShekharGupta

Founder, ThePrint. Politics, governance, non-hyphenated journalism. And typos are my fingerprints.

Joined June 2014

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Shekhar Gupta@ShekharGupta · Jul 20

Strategic partner one day, political nightmare the next: India is learning Trumplomacy the hard way… #NationalInterest for the week theprint.in/national-inter…

ShekharGupta's tweet card. Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.

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Shekhar Gupta@ShekharGupta · 7 h

'Thailand-Cambodia clash is more than a border fight—it’s a new front in Cold War 2.0' Consulting Editor (International and Strategic Affairs) Swasti Rao @swasrao writes #ThePrintOpinion theprint.in/opinion/thaila…

ShekharGupta's tweet card. The Southeast Asian theatre is central to the Great Power contest between the US and China. It’s also a landscape where middle powers—France, the UK, Turkey—are shaping the strategic environment.

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Shekhar Gupta@ShekharGupta · 8 h

Because ThePrint believes in free enterprise… We run #TrueLiberalMatter series… Socialism doesn’t deliver prosperity or produce equality. Does it give freedom? Of course not' A 1966 essay by former Lok Sabha MP Minoo Masani theprint.in/opinion/indian…

ShekharGupta's tweet card. ‘If socialism does not serve the purposes for which it was intended, that is, moving towards a freer and more equal society, is liberalism the alternative?’ wrote Minoo Masani in 1966.

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Shekhar Gupta@ShekharGupta · 8 h

'ISRO and NASA’s billion-dollar baby is ready to launch. NISAR will watch every inch of Earth' Soumya Pillai @soumya_pillai writes ThePrint #NewsmakerOfTheWeek theprint.in/opinion/nisar-…

ShekharGupta's tweet card. NISAR satellite, a groundbreaking NASA-ISRO collaboration, launches July 30 from Sriharikota. This Earth observation mission will scan the planet every 12 days using advanced SAR technology.

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Shekhar Gupta@ShekharGupta · 8 h

'Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim' Deep Halder @deepscribble writes #ThePrintOpinion theprint.in/opinion/mahara…

ShekharGupta's tweet card. While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.

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Shekhar Gupta@ShekharGupta · 42 m

The starkest evidence of India’s Test decline came with 0-3 to NZ at home. The Test team needs an entirely new management team. Gill is 25 and will evolve.

SSanjay Dixit ಸಂಜಯ್ ದೀಕ್ಷಿತ್ संजय दीक्षित@Sanjay_Dixit · 4 h

Shubman Gill is a clueless, timid captain. Gautam Gambhir's brain fog makes it worse. We are now witnessing the beginning of a period of India's decline in Test cricket. #INDvsENG #INDvENG

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Shekhar Gupta@ShekharGupta · 2 h

What does VP Jagdeep Dhankhar's resignation mean? In our weekly show #ShekharSeSawaal, where I answer your questions in Hindi with @MandhaniApoorva Watch full episode: youtu.be/QcqeMJXZWng x.com/messages/media…

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Minimum government this… Bitter pill: Pharmacists upset over Delhi govt’s advisory making CCTV cameras ‘mandatory’ Mrinalini Dhyani @mrinalinidhyani reports #ThePrintHealth theprint.in/health/bitter-…

ShekharGupta's tweet card. After citywide crackdown in June, Delhi govt is moving to curb illegal sale of dual-use and prescription-only drugs. It's an advisory, not mandatory, not all can afford, say pharmacists.

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Shekhar Gupta@ShekharGupta · 4 h

Mamata Banerjee launches 'language movement'… Will the Bengali asmita card help her retain power in 2026? Watch Sourav Roy Barman @Sourav_RB & Neelam Pandey @NPDay in conversation with Snigdhendu Bhattacharya @snigspeak ThePrint #PoliticalAdda youtu.be/vI81pfNwxS0

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Shekhar Gupta@ShekharGupta · 6 h

Since Gurugram is also a city that never sleeps…

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Shekhar Gupta@ShekharGupta · 7 h

Golden Temple to Taj, bomb hoax wave sparks manhunt by 18 states… Their only clue is a ‘DMK obsession’ Chitleen K Sethi @ChitleenKSethi reports for ThePrint theprint.in/india/golden-t…

ShekharGupta's tweet card. Hundreds of hoax threat mails have been received by establishments across country over past 2 years. VPN & encryption have made it difficult for cops to find the culprits.

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Shekhar Gupta@ShekharGupta · 7 h

Ladakh gets an AMC upgrade... Nippon India sets up shop as Lieutenant Governor also planning an investment summit Antara Baruah @antarabaruah__ reports for ThePrint theprint.in/india/ladakh-a…

ShekharGupta's tweet card. “This is a good step, taken for the national integration of our border areas, and the financial inclusion of Ladakh’s people,” said General Ved Prakash Malik, former Chief of Army Staff.

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Shekhar Gupta@ShekharGupta · 7 h

Shabash…yeh huyi na baat… Mohali man on ED radar for Canada’s ‘biggest gold heist’ used money to ‘fund wife’s debut Punjab film’ Mayank Kumar @mayankreports exclusive.. theprint.in/india/mohali-m…

ShekharGupta's tweet card. Agency officials says Simran Preet Panesar, a former Air Canada manager, allegedly received Rs 8.5 crore through hawala channels. Movie production got derailed as ED launched probe.

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Shekhar Gupta@ShekharGupta · 7 h

Why POCSO court granted bail to Mumbai teacher arrested for ‘sexually assaulting’ her teen student Ruchi Bhattar @ruchichic reports for ThePrint theprint.in/judiciary/why-…

ShekharGupta's tweet card. Court decides relationship was 'consensual' and as teacher had resigned from school, teacher-student relationship did not exist anymore, so 'allegation of influence was diluted'.

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Shekhar Gupta@ShekharGupta · 7 h

'It became important that I should be able to show the humanity of the characters I play' .. @TillotamaShome speaks to @dastina2191 about her debut, learning Nagamese for 'Paatal Lok' and how experiences shaped her acting Watch #ThePrintUninterrupted youtu.be/h9vW9jY9gls

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Shekhar Gupta@ShekharGupta · 7 h

'Taliban regime is becoming another Iran. This is an emergency', says Afghan-Canadian Tech CEO @SaraWahedi… She speaks to @debdutta_c on how her start up is empowering women in Taliban ruled Afghanistan Watch #ThePrintUninterrupted youtu.be/mMfDB2j_fdo

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Shekhar Gupta@ShekharGupta · 7 h

Gurugram teen’s AI device helps stroke, Parkinson’s patients speak. It understands Hindi Akanksha Mishra @Akanksha_mish27 reports #ThePrintWeekendFeature theprint.in/feature/gurugr…

ShekharGupta's tweet card. Pranet Khetan, a Class 11 student at Shiv Nadar School, used AI and machine learning to develop the prototype and database for the Hindi-language ASR he named ‘Paraspeak’

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Shekhar Gupta@ShekharGupta · 9 h

Pakistan FM Dar meets Rubio in Washington, Munir with Wang Yi in Beijing… Complex push after Op Sindoor… Why India is watching warily… #CutThrClutter with me. Episode 1701 youtube.com/watch?v=K2f0fN…

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Shekhar Gupta@ShekharGupta · 10 h

Modi's Bharat vs Indira's India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism… #NationalInterest for the week theprint.in/national-inter…

ShekharGupta's tweet card. As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.

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Shekhar Gupta@ShekharGupta · 22 h

UPSC candidate caught cheating, barred from future exams for 3 years Nootan Sharma @Nootan98 reports for ThePrint theprint.in/india/upsc-can…

ShekharGupta's tweet card. Individual was caught red-handed with incriminating material during the exam. Such measures are essential to preserve the sanctity of the selection process, says UPSC.

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