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No, it's not a laughing matter. Livestock emit more greenhouse gases than vehicles. The methane burped out by cows traps 25 times more heat than carbon dioxide accelerating global warming. Raghavendra Bhatta, director, National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology shares Indian scientists' innovative battle against cow belch.

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As an indication that the new promoters of Jet Airways have set in motion the process to start operations again, the company has invited applications from experienced pilots. After its grounding in April 2019, this is the first time the airline has issued a job posting recently.

Rahul Gandhi met members of fifteen Opposition parties on Tuesday and they decided to build pressure on the govt to discuss the Pegasus spyware issue and the ongoing farmer protests.  Meanwhile, in the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chastised the Opposition for disrupting the Parliament.

With the ruling BJP and the Opposition sticking to their respective stands, will the Monsoon session become a washout? Listen in.

In this episode of BL Podcast, Harsh Mariwala, the chairman of Marico Industries talks about his new book Harsh Realities that chronicles the struggles of running a family business and the making of a homegrown FMCG multinational.

Who owns science? Who funds science?

Grim realities that will have to be confronted as the “IP waiver” proposal, put forward by India and South Africa, gets discussed at the highest level at the World Trade Organization.

In this week's episode of the pulse podcast, Leena Menghaney, South Asia Head, MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières) Access Campaign, helps breakdown the complex maze of intellectual property rights (IPR), funding of research, and the final impact on access to medicines, vaccines, diagnostics, and other medical tools, during the pandemic and beyond.

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India's largest fertilizer co-operative IFFCO has begun the mass production of nano urea invented by a 33-year-old Indian scientist Ramesh Raliya.  In this episode of Field Notes, Raliya tells TR Vivek how the nano urea could save India billions of dollars and protect its ecology, and why he offered Indian farmers his lucrative invention for free.  For feedback and comments write to: [email protected]

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala has set the bull among the aviation pigeons by announcing the launch of a new low-cost airline called Akasa. K Giriprakash, BusinessLine's aviation expert decodes the chances of his success in a country that's proved to be the graveyard of many such ambitions.

Twitter is losing its status as the go-to communication tool for many Indian government departments. Recently, several Union Ministers have switched to Koo, the home-grown rival of the US-based social media giant. But, why are Indian ministers promoting Koo? Listen in.

The Union Cabinet has approved the amendment in the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972 to facilitate privatisation of one general insurance company in the public sector. How would this impact the insurance space? 

Listen to this episode of News Explained by Shishir Sinha.

The Covid-19 pandemic exposed several issues like the state of the public health system, food security and employment. India had a stringent lockdown and the impact was felt the most by labourers and low-wage earners. Millions of migrant labourers decided to go back home in 2020 as they lost their jobs. This had lead to a big question: how to address the problem of urban unemployment?

Swati Dhingra, Associate Professor of Economics, from the London School of Economics, talks to us about how policymakers can address the issue.