Readouts issued by the White House and Kremlin of a phone call between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin hint at attempts to stitch up some kind of peace in Ukraine. In Episode 1625 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at the fine print of the proposed ceasefire deal, what Russian establishment is signalling to Kyiv and how Iran figured in Trump’s phone call with Putin.

Even after the spate of anti-Hindi agitations of the 1960s and 1970s in neighbouring Tamil Nadu, Kerala was open to the prospect of Hindi becoming the ‘national’ language.----more----https://theprint.in/opinion/kerala-konnect/why-kerala-is-at-peace-with-hindi-its-not-like-tamil-nadu/2553207/

Delays, battery failures & a risky return—Indian-origin astronaut Williams and her colleague Wilmore endured it all. They splashed down off the coast of Florida Wednesday at 3:27 am IST.----more----https://theprint.in/science/splashdown-stranded-for-9-months-astronauts-sunita-williams-butch-wilmore-back-on-earth/2553932/

https://theprint.in/politics/how-vhp-bajrang-dal-protests-over-aurangzebs-tomb-spiralled-into-a-night-of-mayhem-in-nagpur/2553304/

A protest by VHP-Bajrang Dal, demanding the demolition of Aurangzeb's tomb, turned awry, leading to communal clashes in Nagpur. In Episode 1624 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta discusses the polarising legacy of the last consequential Mughal Emperor and the politics around his tomb and super-hit Chhaava with political editor D.K. Singh.----more----Watch Political Adda full episode here: https://youtu.be/-jWR9duUEc8

Former King Gyanendra Shah’s supporters see him as a ray of hope. They believe he can bring back political stability to the country, which has remained a distant dream for 17 years.----more----https://theprint.in/opinion/why-gyanendras-return-sparked-monarchy-chatter-nepal/2551561/

Gold was seized from a residential flat belonging to a stock broker's son. Jewellery weighing 19.66 kg, fitted with diamonds and other precious metals, also recovered.----more----https://theprint.in/india/90-kg-gold-smuggled-into-india-recovered-by-gujarat-ats-dri-during-raid-on-ahmedabad-residence/2552165/

After backing out on land acquisition law in the first term and farm laws in the second, Modi government is showing little interest in bold initiatives and reforms in the third term, ThePrint Political Editor DK Singh analyses in this episode of #PoliticallyCorrect