Podcast Episodes

Steroids and COVID 19: All you need to know | The Hindu In Focus Podcast

In this episode we get deep into the use of steroids, in medicine more generally and in the treatment of Covid-19. Steroids like dexamethasone seem to have a very positive effect on people who have C…

Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on virus variants, vaccinations and the undercounting of fatalities | The Hindu In Focus Podcast

Among the key voices of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Soumya Swaminathan with her clarity of thought, articulation and deep awareness of the Indian context, has emerged as a reliable voice…

Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

The roots of the latest Israel-Palestine violence | The Hindu In Focus Podcast

We’re talking today about the big international story that’s dominated this week and that's the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Palestine. There is very little that I need to say by way of intro…

Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

The China border crisis one year on: What a live LAC means for India's two-front challenge | The Hindu In Focus Podcast

The border crisis with China in eastern Ladakh that began in early May 2020 is nowhere near resolution after one year of tensions, even if the stand-off along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) has fad…

Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

Why India’s population may overtake China’s sooner than expected | The Hindu In Focus Podcast

On this episode we discuss China’s once-in-a-decade population census, the results of which were released today (May 11). The numbers show that China has recorded a slowing population growth rate tha…

Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

Understanding banking reforms in India after the Narasimham era | The Hindu In Focus Podcast

Hosted by G. Sampath

The Covid-19 crisis continues to dominate our news coverage, as it rightly should, and while we’ve doing many episodes on the pandemic, a couple of deep dives into policy issues, …

Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

What works in COVID-19 treatment and what doesn't | The Hindu In Focus Podcast

The second wave of the coronavirus pandemic is raging in India. Hospitals are overflowing, oxygen is in short supply in some parts of the country, patients are prescribed with a number of drugs and p…

Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

How good is the data the government is using to predict coronavirus trends? | The Hindu In Focus Podcast

On this news update podcast today, we discuss various aspects of the coronavirus crisis that the country is still very much in the grip of. We focus particularly on the quality of data that the gover…

Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

What post poll numbers tell us about the elections, and how our politics is evolving | The Hindu In Focus Podcast

We recorded this episode to coincide with a series of articles that we will carry in The Hindu over the course of this week explaining the verdicts in the four States — West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Keral…

Published on 4 years, 8 months ago

Does India have adequate fire safety regulations for public buildings? | The Hindu In Focus Podcast

In this episode we’re discussing fire safety rules in public buildings, including hospitals. Over the past few weeks there have been deadly fires in hospital buildings, including those treating COVID…

Published on 4 years, 8 months ago