Podcast Episodes

What next for Liz Truss after UK PM race win?

Liz Truss has become Britain’s third woman Prime Minister. She defeated Rishi Sunak to become leader of the Tory party – the fourth leader in six yea…

3 years, 11 months ago

Mikhail Gorbachev and his legacy

Mikhail Gorbachev, general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991, died in Moscow on August 30 after a long illness. …

3 years, 11 months ago

What was Delhi’s now-scrapped excise policy trying to do?

In November 2021, the Delhi government rolled out a new excise policy. The new policy effectively took the government out of the liquor retailing bus…

3 years, 11 months ago

What happened with the Adani and NDTV transaction?

Late last month, the Adani Group acquired Vishvapradhan Commercial Pvt. Ltd. (VCPL) which held warrants convertible to 29.18% stake in NDTV. As per S…

3 years, 11 months ago

The challenges of the Congress party presidential elections

The words Congress and crisis go together. Since losing power in 2014, the party has lurched from one crisis to the other, sending warning signals of…

3 years, 11 months ago

The diplomatic kerfuffle over a Chinese vessel in Hambantota port

On August 26, China’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong published an article in a Sri Lankan newspaper in which he drew parallels between American …

3 years, 11 months ago

Slavery in the modern world, and who is most vulnerable to it

The United Nations recently released a new report by Tomoya Obokata, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes an…

3 years, 11 months ago

How to grow cricket in the OTT age: Australia’s strategic plan

Earlier this month, Cricket Australia launched a five-year strategic plan for growing and managing the sport in the country. 

The plan, titled ‘Where …

4 years ago

A solution to the woes of State power distribution companies?

The central government had recently barred State-owned power distribution companies from buying or selling power on the spot exchanges without paying…

4 years ago

Did the Gujarat govt err in releasing the Bilkis Bano case convicts?

The premature release of these prisoners, responsible for heinous crimes, has taken place behind closed doors. It has led to some public outrage and …

4 years ago