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Yesterday, the NDA Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu scripted history by becoming the country’s first tribal President by defeating Opposition nominee Yashwant Sinha. In this episode, host Shashank Bhargava is first joined by Indian Express’ Abhishek Angad to talk about her early life and the highlights of her career. Next, Indian Express’ Liz Mathew explains why the BJP picked Murmu as their nominee, and how it will electorally benefit the party. And in the end, Indian Express’ Manoj CG tells us about the lessons the Opposition, especially the Congress, needs to learn from these polls.

The headlines this evening from the Indian Express.

First, Indian Express’ Udit Misra joins host Utsa Sarmin to talk about the rupee depreciating against the dollar, what it means for the Indian economy and what the government can do.

Second, Indian Express’ Vaibhav Jha talks about filmmaker Avinash Das who was detained by Ahmedabad police for posting a photo of Amit Shah and Pooja Singhal.

Third, we give an update about Sri Lanka where the parliament voted for its next president.

The headlines this evening from the Indian Express.

First, Indian Express’ Alifiya Khan joins host Utsa Sarmin to talk about an increase in non-attendance of students in state board exams this year compared to pre-pandemic years.

Second, Indian Express’ Maulshree Seth talks about the controversies surrounding the Lulu mall in Lucknow over people offering Namaaz on the mall premises.

Third, Indian Express’ Gargi Verma talks about the Dantewada activist Himanshu Kumar who was fined 5 lakh rupees by the Supreme Court for filing a PIL against the 2009 Dantewada killings.

The headlines this evening from the Indian Express.

First, Indian Express’ Anonna Dutt talks about the two Monkeypox cases being detected in India, and how worried we should be about it.

Next, Indian Express’ Associate Editor Shubhajit Roy joins us on a call from Colombo to talk about the current economic situation in Sri Lanka, and the latest political developments.

And in the end, Indian Express’ Arun Janardhanan explains the reason why violent clashes took place between protesters and the local police in Tamil Nadu after the death of a 17 years old student.

The headlines this evening from the Indian Express.

First, Indian Express' Sohini Ghosh joins host Utsa Sarmin to talk about the allegations made by the BJP against Sonia Gandhi in which they claimed her to be the driving force behind the conspiracies against the then Gujarat government after the 2002 riots.

Next, Indian Express' Udit Mishra explains the recent Global Gender Gap Index by the World Economic Forum and how India fared in that report.

And in the end, we give a brief account of the 15th presidential election in India.

The headlines this evening from the Indian Express.