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The headlines this evening from The Indian Express.

In this episode, Indian Express' Executive Editor Ritu Sarin, joins host Snigdha Sharma to discuss the Pandora Papers. Ritu, who is a part of the international team of journalists that carried out this investigation, talks about how they went through the millions of documents, what the papers revealed about the global rich, how they the ensured security of the investigation, and a lot more.

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The headlines this evening from The Indian Express.

In this episode, Mohammed Thaver joins host Snigdha Sharma to discuss how the NCB raid on a Mumbai cruise ship unfolded and why the NCB is facing heat for its choice of witnesses.

Next, Asad Rehman joins the show from Lakhimpur Kheri to give us the latest updates including what came out of Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi's visit to the victims' families. (11:21)

And finally, we go over details of the government's decision to open the country to tourists after one and a half years. (19:05)

The headlines this evening from The Indian Express.

After the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, around twenty-five thousand farmers had gathered at the site of the violence, and they had been extremely angry. Many were allegedly carrying swords, sticks and licensed guns. But the state government somehow managed to disperse them, without letting the situation escalate. How did it manage to do that? The answer is Rakesh Tikait.

In this episode, Bhupendra Pandey, Indian Express’ resident editor from Lucknow, talks about how the prominent farm leader and spokesperson for the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) was roped in by the UP government, and how he managed to become a savior for them.

The headlines this evening from The Indian Express.

First, Indian Express’ Asad Rehman talks about the video of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident going viral, its political fallout, and the latest developments in the case.

Next, Indian Express’ Gopal B Kateshiya talks about India’s biggest heroin bust in which the authorities seized more than 3000 kgs of the highly addictive opioid (11:05).

And in the end, Indian Express’ Karunjit Singh explains why India is experiencing an unprecedented fuel shortage, and what the government is doing about it (19:20).

The headlines this evening from The Indian Express

In this episode, Asad Rehman joins host Snigdha Sharma to discuss the violent clashes in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri that left 8 dead, including four farmers.

Next, Amil Bhatnagar joins the show to discuss the 5000 pages-long chargesheet filed by the UP STF in the Siddique Kappan case. (9:48)

And finally, we go over the latest updates on the NCB raid in Mumbai. (23:14)