3 Things

First, we talk to The Indian Express’ Jayprakash Naidu about a controversial legal case in Chhattisgarh involving the arrest of two Catholic nuns from Kerala on charges of human trafficking and forced religious conversion. 

Next, we speak to The Indian Express’ Anonna Dutt about ICMR’s announcement of AdFalciVax, a new malaria vaccine candidate and what makes it different from existing options. (11:18)

And in the end, we talk to The Indian Express’ Sukrita Baruah about Kaziranga National Park’s first ever grassland bird census. (20:56)

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The headlines of the week by The Indian Express

Firstly, we talk to the Indian Express' Amitabh Sinha about ISRO and NASA successfully launching a joint Earth observation satellite called NISAR.


Next, The Indian Express' Nikhil Ghanekar talks about the Supreme Court-appointed committee on the Great Indian Bustard that has submitted its recommendations, aiming to reconcile India's green energy push with the urgent need to protect this critically endangered bird. (16:28)


And finally, just as India celebrated its trade deal with the UK, a new challenge has emerged across the Atlantic. US President Donald Trump has announced a 25% tariff on Indian goods, citing India’s high import duties and its growing ties with Russia. (26:16)


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The headlines of the day by The Indian Express

In the third episode of our five part series in association with Mobile Creches, we bring to you a conversation about the reforms that are needed in order to make the Right to care a universal right.

In this conversation, Niharika Nanda is joined by Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, the Principal Adviser at the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for the National Tuberculosis Elimination Program. She was the Former Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research and a Chief Scientist at WHO. She is also the chair of the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation.

Dr. Soumya shares how we need to provide care and holistic development to children during the age of 0-6 years to provide a foundation for better emotional and physical growth that in the long-term makes them better contributors to economic growth.

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Links for previous episodes:

Episode 1
Episode 2

Firstly, The Indian Express’ Ravi Dutta Mishra talks about India’s newly signed Free Trade Agreement with the United Kingdom and how it impacts labor-intensive sectors, agriculture, mobility of workers, and why it might be premature to label the deal a success.

Next, we talk to The Indian Express’ Aiswarya Raj on the latest in a series of stampedes at religious sites, this time at Haridwar’s Mansa Devi Temple which claimed eight lives. (17:58)

Lastly, we talk about a midnight mob intrusion in Pune’s Chandan Nagar, where a Muslim family, whose members have served in the Indian Army, was accused of being Bangladeshi immigrants. (23:40)

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The headlines of the day by The Indian Express

First, we talk to The Indian Express' Divya A about the new developments between India and Maldives. She shares that PM Modi recently visited the Maldives and attended their Independence Day celebrations, even though almost since the last two years the relationship between the two countries hasn't been at its best.

Next, we talk to The Indian Express' Amit Kamath about 19-year-old Divya Deshmukh becoming the FIDE Women's World Cup Champion and defeating the Indian Chess Giant Koneru Humpy. He shares her journey and the significance that it holds for Indian Chess. (10:17)

Lastly, we talk about Tata Consultancy Services or TCS announcing that it will be laying off 2% of its workforce and how this might impact the Indian IT industry. (22:47)

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The headlines of the day by The Indian Express

Firstly, The Indian Express’ Parul Kulshreshtha discuss the collapse of a government school roof in Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district, which killed seven students and injured several others.

Next, we talk to The Indian Express’ Narayanan S about the Kerala’s film industry, where producer Sandra Thomas has filed her nomination for the presidency of the Kerala Film Producers’ Association. (15:13)

And in the end, we discuss Operation Mahadev, a recent counterinsurgency operation on the outskirts of Srinagar in which three militants were killed. (22:19)

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