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Communal tensions in Uttarakhand, NCERT row, and El Nino's impact
First, Indian Express’ Avaneesh Mishra tells us how communal tensions have been flaring up in a town in Uttarakhand.
Next, Indian Express’ National Education Editor Ritika Chopra talks about why 33 academics are demanding to be dissociated from the NCERT textbooks that they originally helped to develop (09:50).
And in the end, Anjali Marar explains how the El Nino phenomenon affects the monsoons. Marar is a science communicator at the Raman Research Institute (Bengaluru), and reports on climate change and the weather for The Indian Express (17:38).
Further listening — Express Investigation: Deleting history from the textbooks of future
Hosted by Rahel Philipose
Produced and written by Shashank Bhargava, Utsa Sarmin, and Rahel Philipose
Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago