First, Indian Express’ Udit Misra joins us to talk about the Reserverve Bank of India’s monetary policy committee and their two-day deliberation to control inflation.

Second, Indian Express’ Deep Mukherjee talks about the death of a dreaded gangster Raju Theth and how gangs and caste work into the state’s politics. (07:50)

Third, we give an update on the cyber attack on AIIMS which brought the online management system of the institute to a halt and raised concerns over the data of crores of patients being compromised. (16:57)
Link to the previous AIIMS podcast: https://indianexpress.com/audio/3-things/bjps-carpet-bombing-jan-akrosh-in-rajasthan-and-aiims-server-attack/8296950/

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Scripted and produced by Rahel Philipose, Anwiti Singh and Utsa Sarmin
Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar and Abhishek Kumar

The Indian Express has released a new history podcast show called Pages from the past. In its first season, hosts Adrija Roychowdury and Damini Jaiman explore the stories of five princely states that were reluctant to join the Indian union in 1947. You can listen to the first episode of this 5-episode season for free on indianexpress.com or download our app where all the episodes are available for free. You can find the links here:

Listen to the first episode for free on The Indian Express website: https://indianexpress.com/audio/pages-from-the-past/ep-1-travancore-the-reluctant-princes-4/8307677/

Or listen to all the episodes for free on The Indian Express app:
iOS link: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/indian-express-news-epaper/id506351833
Android link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.indianexpress.android&hl=en_IN&gl=US&pli=1

The headlines this evening from the Indian Express.

First, Indian Express’s Liz Matthew joins us to talk about the Uttarakhand government's recommendations for Uniform Civil Code or UCC, especially for population control.

Second, Indian Express’ Amitabh Sinha discusses debates and suggestions at COP-27 where a complete transformation of the international financial system was suggested to significantly scale up resources for climate action. (09:46)

And in the end, a quick update about Iran and its decision on Moral Police. (21:24)

The Indian Express has released a new history podcast show called Pages from the past. In its first season, hosts Adrija Roychowdury and Damini Jaiman explore the stories of five princely states that were reluctant to join the Indian union. You can listen to the first episode of this 5-episode season for free on indianexpress.com or download our app where all the episodes are available for free. You can find the links here:

The Indian Express Web link: https://indianexpress.com/audio/pages-from-the-past/

iOS link: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/indian-express-news-epaper/id506351833

Android link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.indianexpress.android&hl=en_IN&gl=US&pli=1

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Written and produced by Utsa Sarmin and Anwiti Singh
Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar

The headlines this evening from the Indian Express.

First, Indian Express' Shubhangi Khapre joins us to talk about the impact of Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena and Prakash Amdebkar’s Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi alliance on Maharastra’s politics in the coming days.

Second, Indian Express' Andrew Amsan discusses a botched-up track relaying project due to which the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi hasn’t hosted any track-and-field event for almost four years now. (09:22)

And in the end, Indian Express' Avinash Nair tells us about the "vote from home" initiative that has been implemented in Gujarat for the first time. (16:37)

Hosted by Rahel Philipose
Scripted and produced by Utsa Sarmin
Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar

The headlines this evening from the Indian Express.