Podcast Episodes

Bonus Episode - Has the economy improved in the NDA’s second term?

This is a crossover episode

On February 1, the BJP-led government will place its Interim Budget in Parliament, seeking a vote on account.

Has the NDA g…

2 years, 7 months ago

Australian Open 2024: A ‘Happy Slam’ for India, thanks to Nagal, Bopanna

The Australian Open likes to call itself ‘the Happy Slam’ and this year’s edition sure turned out to be a happy one for India. Rohan Bopanna became a…

2 years, 7 months ago

Can smartphone savvy be used to help India's teens fill in education gaps?

This year’s Annual Status of Education Report or ASER, ‘Beyond Basics’, surveyed over 34,000 young people aged between 14 and 18, in 28 districts acr…

2 years, 7 months ago

Why is artificial rice being distributed through India’s public distribution system? | In Focus podcast

India’s public distribution system – its ration shops – through which subsidised food grains are distributed to the poor is the largest such welfare …

2 years, 7 months ago

Decoding the widening conflict in West Asia

What began on October 7 as a conflict between Israel and Hamas seems to be spreading across the entire region. Even after 100 days of a conflict that…

2 years, 7 months ago

Multidimensional poverty in India: decoding the Niti Aayog report

A new paper released by the NITI Aayog has claimed that multidimensional poverty (MDI) has declined from 29.17% in 2013-14 to 11.28% in 2022-23, and …

2 years, 7 months ago

What do we know about India's new ICU guidelines

Having a loved one in intensive care at a hospital is an experience many of us have gone through, especially after the Covid-19 pandemic. It’s a stre…

2 years, 7 months ago

What are the implications of Maldives’ March 15 deadline to India for withdrawing troops?

Relations between India and Maldives seem to have hit a rough patch. First came some controversial remarks from Maldivian politicians on Prime Minist…

2 years, 7 months ago

Does the Telecommunications Act, 2023 bolster the government’s digital regulation powers?

The Telecommunications Act, 2023 was passed by Parliament in the Winter Session of Parliament last year. The Act consolidates much of the telecom law…

2 years, 7 months ago

What we know about the new Covid variant JN.1

For at least a year and a half now, most of us have relegated Covid-19 to the back of our minds. Cases of the virus had drastically reduced, it was n…

2 years, 8 months ago