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Bengal mid-day meal row, Karnataka farmers protest, and a mass poisoning plot

Bengal mid-day meal row, Karnataka farmers protest, and a mass poisoning plot

Published 13 hours ago
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First, we speak to The Indian Express’ Rinku Ghosh and Sweety Kumari about West Bengal’s decision to remove eggs from mid-day meals in Kolkata under a new pilot project with ISKCON, the nutritional importance of eggs for children, and the political backlash surrounding the move.

Next, we talk to The Indian Express’ Akram M about Karnataka’s proposed Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township Project, why farmers are divided over it, and why it has emerged as one of Chief Minister D K Shivakumar’s biggest political challenges. (22:50)

And in the end, we look at the alleged attempt to carry out mass poisoning at a Muharram procession in Mumbai, where police arrested a Pune man accused of distributing capsules allegedly filled with zinc phosphide to participants in the procession. (30:45)

Hosted by Ichha Sharma
Produced and written by Shashank Bhargava and Ichha Sharma
Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar
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