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In your evening news brief, From The Newsroom, The Supreme Court refuses to consider a plea by Centre against proposed tractor rally; a ward boy at a government hospital dies a day after receiving Covid-19 vaccine jab; Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa lashed out at his Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray for raking up the border dispute between the two states and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that the world was on the brink of a "catastrophic moral failure" on distributing vaccines.

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In this episode of The Lead from DH Radio, Author Aakar Patel tells DH about his latest book "Our Hindu Rashtra: What It Is. How We Got Here" published by Westland Publications.

Shemin Joy: Akar Patel needs no introduction. He is a well-known author, columnist, journalist. He has edited a number of English and Gujarati dailies. He was the executive director of Amnesty India till 2019. Recently his book, "Our Hindu Rashtra: What It Is. How We Got Here" hit the stands. Welcome to the podcast

Aakar Patel: Thank you very much.

Shemin: Does Hindutva differ from what see as the right wing?

Aakar: When we speak of Right-wing globally, we tend to think of a particular party that holds on to specific ideological impulses...

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In your evening news brief, From The Newsroom, Covid-19 vaccination drive begins; RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said the central bank remains steadfast to take any further measures as may be required to support growth without compromising on financial stability and A farmer union has requested the Supreme Court to remove the remaining three members of the committee

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In your evening news brief, From The Newsroom, India and Nepal undertake review of all aspects of bilateral ties; farmers and Centre decided to meet again on January 19 and Erdogan says he wants to find a solution to Turkey's suspension from the F-35 fighter jet programme with the new US administration

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In this episode of The Lead from DH Radio, we discuss "The Comeback Summer: When Smith and Stokes got the Magic Back" by Geoff Lemon, "India's Most Haunted: Tales of Terrifying Places" by K Hari Kumar and the trouble of slow reading.

Ahmed Shariff: Hi this is Ahmed Shariff and welcome to DH Radio. Today I am joined by my colleague L Subramani to discuss the books we have read last week.

Hi sir and welcome to another episode of Read of the week.

L Subramani: Hi Ahmed, thank you. It's always a pleasure to join you. How is it going for you? What book have you read this week?

Ahmed: Last time, my TBR (To Be Read) was for "...100 years war on Palestine" and the book seems jinxed to me. Every time I open it, something comes us and am not able to finish this particular book...

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In your evening news brief, From The Newsroom, IISc’s Professor Rohini Godbole honoured with French Ordre National du Merite; Bharatiya Kisan Union President Bhupinder Singh Mann recuses himself from the Supreme Court-appointed panel and Union Budget  to go digital this year.

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In this episode of The Lead from DH Radio, former director, Indian Institute of Science G Padmanaban tells us how IISc came into existence and the people who made it into an edifice.

Ahmed Shariff:  Bangalore is the hub of technology and science in India. How did this city come to this? Who were the people behind this and what was the role of the Indian Insititute of Science (IISc) in this? We will get to know the answers in today's episode. Hi, this is Ahmed Shariff and joining us today is former director of Indian Institute of Science G Padmanaban. Listen in.

Ahmed: Hi sir and welcome to DH Radio.

G Padmanaban: Thank you.

Ahmed: Sir, my first question to you is: When did the thought of IISc come into being?

G Padmanaban: I think the seed was sown when Swami Vivekananda accidentally met J N Tata. In a steamer, they were travelling from Japan and to Vancouver...

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In your evening news brief, From The Newsroom, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa expanded Cabinet;  government approves procurement of 83 indigenously-developed light combat aircraft Tejas for the Indian Air Force; IT major Infosys has clocked a growth of 16.6% in its net profit and Google says it would support Joe Biden's efforts to pass a new US immigration law.

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In this episode of The Lead from DH Radio, Nutrition and Wellness Consultant Sheela Krishnaswamy reveals the secret on nutrition.

Ahmed: My first question to you is how should one look at diet and nutrition. Can you tell us what are the consequences if we don't maintain proper diet and nutrition?

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In your evening news brief, From The Newsroom, Supreme Court stays implementation of farm laws; the first consignment of Covid-19 vaccines were rolled out of the SII facility and Aditya Alva held from Chennai.

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