Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBihar elections: What are the key factors that will decide the outcome?
Bihar will go to the polls in November. There are 243 seats, and three major players. The NDA Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is facing 20 years of incum…
5 months, 1 week ago
Decoding the 2025 Nobel in Economics: How new ideas crush the old and fuel growth
In a paper in 1992, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt explained how economic growth is propelled by a cycle of innovation, in which outdated technolog…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
In Focus-Weekend | So you think your kid can be a chess champ?
They travel with boards in their backpacks and cameras in their faces. Praggnanandhaa, Gukesh, Vaishali, Divya now play before millions online. For p…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Can Indian women turn talent into wins at the Cricket World Cup?
India’s World Cup has been a mix. Some matches went well. Others, not so much. The regular batters haven’t quite clicked. The bowling still lacks var…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Should India host the 2030 Commonwealth Games and the 2036 Olympics?
India has big plans — and even bigger dreams — to host the 2036 Olympics. But before that, the country will look to prove its ability to do so, by ho…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
In Focus-Parley | Is landlockedness the reason for Bihar’s underdevelopment?
It is election season in Bihar. While the Opposition often speaks about the lack of development and industrialisation in the State, in its campaigns,…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Decoding the paracetamol-autism controversy
A few weeks ago, U.S. president Donald Trump made a startling announcement: he said using the common painkiller paracetamol, or acetaminophen, known …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
What's driving India's renewed engagement with the Afghan Taliban regime?
In a significant diplomatic development, a Taliban delegation led by Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister recently visited New Delhi for official talks, th…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Why the challenge against Securities Transactions Tax in the Supreme Court?
The Supreme Court is set to take up a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the Securities Transaction Tax (STT). This is a direct tax levi…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Is GPT-5 a revolution or hype?
Another upgrade, another round of applause. OpenAI’s GPT-5 has arrived—sleeker, quicker and kind of the talk of the town. But peel back the glitz and…
5 months, 3 weeks ago