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Last week in a rally in Unnao, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that a new policy will be introduced to tackle the stray cattle problem after March 10, when the Uttar Pradesh election results will be announced. In the fourth part of our special election series on UP, Indian Express’ Monojit Majumdar is joined by Harish Damodaran to talk about this issue, and the extent to which it actually affects farmers in the state.

Harish Damodaran is Indian Express’ Rural Affairs Editor, and a senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR).

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In this episode, Indian Express' Esha Roy and Tora Agarwala join host Snigdha Sharma to discuss the politics of the poll-bound state, right from the contentious merger agreement, the resulting insurgency, and how it affects the elections to the tenure of the BJP govt under CM Biren Singh.

The headlines this evening from The India Express.

First, Indian Express’ Associate Editor, Shubhajit Roy joins host Shashank Bhargava to explain the Russia-Ukraine conflict, its latest development, and what India is concerned about.

Next, Indian Express’ Sukrita Baruah shares what she found out by following a 7 years old on his first day back to school in Delhi (11:38).

And in the end, Indian Express’ Sandip G talks about India’s 16 years old Praggnanandhaa defeating the chess world No1. Magnus Carlsen (25:42).

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In this episode, Asad Rehman joins host Snigdha Sharma to discuss the extent to which the Lakhimpur Kheri incident of violence might shape the electoral choice voters in the region.

Next, Sweety Kumari discusses the details of student leader Anis Khan's alleged murder in West Bengal's Howrah.

And finally, Arun Janardhan explains the significance of the softening stance of Lankan Tamil parties towards MK Stalin and the DMK.

Back in 2008, within the span of 70 mins, 22 bombs went off at various places in the city of Ahmedabad. A total of 56 people were killed in this attack, and around 200 were injured. Recently, a special court convicted 49 people in the matter, and on Friday handed the death sentence to 38 of those.

In this episode, Indian Express’ Sohini Ghosh joins host Shashank Bhargava to discuss this unprecedented verdict, and the arguments that the court looked at to arrive at it.

We also hear from Indian Express’ Parimal Dabhi who was present in the city back in 2008, and had reported on the blasts.

The headlines this evening from The Indian Express