Podcast Episodes

Explaining the science behind this year’s Nobel Prizes (Part 2) for Chemistry and Physics | The Hindu In Focus podcast

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In this second part of a two-episode series on the Nobel Prizes, we go into the Chemistry and Physics 2020 awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna, for discovering one of gene technolog…

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Published on 5 years, 2 months ago

Explaining the science behind this year’s Nobel Prizes (Part 1) for Medicine | The Hindu In Focus podcast

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In the first of two episodes, we look at this year‘s Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice for their discovery of the Hepatitis C viru…

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Published on 5 years, 2 months ago

India’s drug laws (Part 2) — the debate on legalisation | The Hindu In Focus podcast

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In the previous episode, we went into the origin and evolution of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act to understand India’s drug laws in relation to our attitudes towards punishment an…

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Published on 5 years, 2 months ago

India’s drug laws (Part 1) — the case for a more rational approach | The Hindu In Focus podcast

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The Sushant Singh Rajput case — more particularly, its coverage in some instances — has thrown up issues concerning the use of drugs and the attitudes of the law and the media on the subject. In this…

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Published on 5 years, 2 months ago