Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchOne Nation, One Election: How feasible is it and what would be its impact?
The Union government has set up a committee headed by President Ramnath Kovind to look at various aspects of implementing the ‘one nation, one electi…
2 years, 4 months ago
Why did Xi Jinping decide to skip the G-20 summit?
President Xi Jinping will not be attending the G-20 summit in Delhi. Instead, Premier Li Qiang with lead the Chinese delegation. This is the first ti…
2 years, 4 months ago
Why has attendance in Bihar government schools dipped post-pandemic?
The pandemic wasn’t kind to school children. Two years of lockdown has meant a huge setback in terms of learning outcomes. While children from privil…
2 years, 4 months ago
Does the Forest Conservation (Amendment) Act, 2023 dilute protections for forests?
The Parliament has passed the Forest Conservation (Amendment) Act, 2023. This law amends the Forest Conservation Act, 1980. While the government clai…
2 years, 4 months ago
Can India's One Health Mission help tackle the rising number of infectious diseases?
Over the past few years, we’ve heard the names of a lot of new diseases – we had the Zika virus, the Nipah virus and even an Ebola scare, while the c…
2 years, 4 months ago
Decoding Praggnanandhaa’s world-beating run to the Chess World Cup final
18-year-old chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa has finished as runner-up in the FIDE Chess World Cup held at Baku, Azerbaijan. He held world No 1 Magnus …
2 years, 4 months ago
What's behind the rising rates of childhood obesity in India?
India is staring at a strange problem: malnutrition among children has not gone away, but at the same time, there is an increasing burden of childhoo…
2 years, 4 months ago
How will the Jan Vishwas Bill impact makers of substandard drugs?
The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill was passed in Parliament earlier this month. The government says the law will help improve ‘ease of do…
2 years, 4 months ago
Sri Lanka’s economy and the impact of the IMF bailout
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) had granted a bailout of $3 billion to Sri Lanka in March this year. The IMF had imposed nine conditions for ag…
2 years, 4 months ago
Does NEET favour wealthy, urban and CBSE board students? | Bonus episode
Doctors and MBBS students, in various fields of specialisation, across various age-groups, from diverse geographies, say they believe that while comm…
2 years, 4 months ago