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An interaction with influencers V Shakti and Karthik Srinivasan

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Who will pay $8 every month to get a Twitter Blue Tick or even keep an already existing one? In India, you can get an entire Netflix monthly subscription across multiple devices for that amount!

But will people who consider the Blue Tick as a status symbol pay? Or will it encourage trolls with deep pockets?

To discuss this and the confusion unfolding within the platform, DH Radio's Rasheed Kappan speaks to social media influencer V Shakthi and Marketing & Communications Consultant Karthik Srinivasan.

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A talk on the critical link from Baiyappanahalli to the IT hub

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Almost two years have passed since the last deadline for the 15-km Namma Metro Baiyappanahalli - Whitfield extension expired in December 2020.

Trial runs have now begun on the 3.5km stretch from Whitefield to Pattandur Agrahara. While Whitefield residents are happy that at one one part will be ready soon, the entire stretch is unlikely to be opened before the second half of next year.

In this episode, DH Radio's Rasheed Kappan speaks to long-time Whitefield resident and activist, Zibi Jamal, who traces the long wait for the line, the struggles faced during the construction period and the last-mile challenges ahead.

Mobility activist Sanjeev Dyamannavar also offers his perspectives on this critiline line to one of Bengaluru's most important IT hubs.

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DH Sports Correspondents discuss the prospects of all four teams and more

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As the T20 Cricket World Cup enters the semi-final stage, the cricketing world has tongues wagging about the prospects of India, England, Pakistan and New Zealand.

In this episode, Deccan Herald's sports correspondents Sandeep Menon, Sidney Kiran and Roshan Thyagarajan discuss each of these semi-finalists in great detail, and also the perennial chokers who could not make it. South Africa.

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Activists recall the Flyover-Beda movement & why the project makes no sense now.

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Six years after the then Congress Government in Karnataka dropped the steel flyover project between Bengaluru's Chalukya Circle and Hebbal after widespread public protests, the controversial project is back again.

The BBMP has now proposed to conduct a feasibility study to build the flyover. The ruling BJP, then in the Opposition, had strongly objected to the project.

In this episode, DH Radio's Rasheed Kappan speaks to Tara Krishnaswamy, CoFounder of Citizens for Bengaluru (CfB) that had spearheaded the campaign against the project; urbanist V Ravichander and Priya Chetty Rajagopal, whose activism had amplified the voices opposed to the controversial flyover.

DH Sports Correspondents deep-dives into all things big and small at the World Cup

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The ongoing T20 Cricket World Cup has sprung quite a few surprises with little known teams like Namibia shocking established cup winners of the past.

In this episode, Deccan Herald's sports correspondents Sandeep Menon, Sidney Kiran and Roshan Thyagarajan talk about not just these surprises but also India's fielding worries and more.

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A deep-dive into the electoral dynamics of a State heading for the polling booth

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Himachal Pradesh is going to the polls on November 12. The State Assembly elections have generated a lot of heat with the BJP keen to retain its hold, and the Congress looking for a comeback. On the margins is the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

In this episode, DH Radio's Rasheed Kappan speaks to senior journalist Gautam Dheer to get a ringside view of the electoral dynamics in the State and the prospects of multiple parties.

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An interaction with AAP's Prithvi Reddy and BNP's Srikant Narasimhan

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Elections to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Council have been delayed for close to three years now. How has this impacted Bengalureans, their access to utilities and governance of the city in general?

In this first part of a series on BBMP Polls, DH Radio's Rasheed Kappan speaks to two new entrants in the political fray - the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) represented by its State Convenor Prithvi Reddy and the Bengaluru Navanirman Party (BNP), represented by its CoFounder and General Secretary, Srikant Narasimhan.

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DH sports correspondents discuss India's prospects and much more.

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The ongoing T20 Cricket World Cup is gathering a lot of steam, especially after that scintillating Indian victory over Pakistan.

Diving deeper into India's prospects and teams beyond these two rivals, Deccan Herald's sports correspondents Sandeep Menon and Roshan Thyagarajan give us a ringside view of the excitement in store.

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A driver, commuter and a mobility expert explain

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Banned by the Karnataka government for high surge-pricing, auto aggregators Uber, Ola and Rapido managed to obtain a stay from the High Court.

For commuters, these autorickshaws had offered an alternative to the high rates charged by the unattached autorickshaws.

But why don't the auto meters work anymore? In this episode, DH Radio's Rasheed Kappan speaks to urban mobility expert Ashwin Mahesh, commuter and eco-activist Dattatreya Devare and Adarsh Auto taxi Drivers Union General Secretary C Sampath to get their insights into the whole driver-commuter-aggregator ecosystem.

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Making sense of the Bengaluru Metropolitan Land Transport Authority

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Monday Mobility.

After much delay, the Karnataka government finally tabled the BMLTA Bill in the State Assembly three weeks ago.

This umbrella body will coordinate with multiple agencies on issues related to traffic and mobility and help make sense of the city's humongous vehicular population, its massive road density and ways to streamline it.

But BMLTA can do much more. To understand its role better, DH Radio's Rasheed Kappan speaks to Dr Ashish Varma, a traffic engineering expert from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Srinivas Alavilli from Janaagraha.

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