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.