2020, even though gone, will stay with us forever. Obviously for the pain it inflicted on many but also teachings and being a blessing in disguise in several things for humanity as well as individuals. So as we take our step into time, it will all depend on our own selves what we carry with us.   --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kajmasterclass/message

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2020, even though gone, will stay with us forever. Obviously for the pain it inflicted on many but also teachings and being a blessing in disguise in several things for humanity as well as individuals. So as we take our step into time, it will all depend on our own selves what we carry with us.  

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Controversy broke out early this week in India when it was reported that the country's apex planning body Niti Aayog's CEO Amitabh Kant had said at an event that  “tough” reforms are “very difficult in the Indian context,” as “we are too much of a democracy”. Later Mr. Kant clarified that he did not mean the way it was reported and that he was speaking in the context of reforms in India via a vis China. Whatever that was all about, the larger point I discuss here in this podcast is as to how much democracy becomes too much that it starts stalling the growth and development process in a country. Or is it that this is just an excuse used by political establishments at many places to propagate their line of thought or to hide their incompetencies and inefficiencies. India slipped 10 places to 51st position in the 2019 Democracy Index's global ranking, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit, which cited "erosion of civil liberties" in the country as the primary cause for the downtrend. Is it "too much democracy" or a "flawed" one as the index put it, that is stalling the process of reforms? Do we need more of it or less of it? Let's talk about this. Let's discuss this. Listen in! 

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Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old grandmother became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine outside of a trial in Britain on Tuesday. She enthusiastically received the Pfizer-BioNTech shot at her local hospital, a week before she turns 91. This has given realistic hopes to billions across the globe of getting the vaccine soon that can help them get back to their lives like the one they lived not so long ago.  In my part of the world - the Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine producer by volume, is close to signing a supply contract with the country’s central government and likely to fix prices at 250 rupees per dose of the vaccine, as per a report.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kajmasterclass/message

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Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old grandmother became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine outside of a trial in Britain on Tuesday. She enthusiastically received the Pfizer-BioNTech shot at her local hospital, a week before she turns 91. This has given realistic hopes to billions across the globe of getting the vaccine soon that can help them get back to their lives like the one they lived not so long ago.  In my part of the world - the Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine producer by volume, is close to signing a supply contract with the country’s central government and likely to fix prices at 250 rupees per dose of the vaccine, as per a report.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kajmasterclass/message

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Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old grandmother became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine outside of a trial in Britain on Tuesday. She enthusiastically received the Pfizer-BioNTech shot at her local hospital, a week before she turns 91. This has given realistic hopes to billions across the globe of getting the vaccine soon that can help them get back to their lives like the one they lived not so long ago.  In my part of the world - the Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine producer by volume, is close to signing a supply contract with the country’s central government and likely to fix prices at 250 rupees per dose of the vaccine, as per a report. 

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It's a rude wake-up call for us all. Brazil's environmental ministry has released preliminary figures showing that deforestation in the Amazon has hit its highest rate in a decade. Between August 2018 and July 2019, approximately 11,088 square kilometers of rainforest was destroyed, a 9.5 percent increase on the previous year.  The dense rainforests of Brazil consume an enormous amount of the world's Carbon Dioxide and release Oxygen in return. The latest data is big blow to all those who are fighting to save the environment and the planet - our only home. Faraway in India, high pollution is a big issue all around the year, especially in winters. According to the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago's Air Quality Life Index, the average Indian loses 5.2 years due to particulate pollution. India secured 168 rank in the 12th edition of the biennial Environment Performance Index (EPI Index 2020) — that measured the environmental performance of 180 countries — and was released by the Yale University in June 2020.  In 2018, India's rank was 177. Let's wake up before it’s too late... (Please do subscribe, like, comment, and share if you liked this episode/channel) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kajmasterclass/message

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It's a rude wake-up call for us all. Brazil's environmental ministry has released preliminary figures showing that deforestation in the Amazon has hit its highest rate in a decade. Between August 2018 and July 2019, approximately 11,088 square kilometers of rainforest was destroyed, a 9.5 percent increase on the previous year.  The dense rainforests of Brazil consume an enormous amount of the world's Carbon Dioxide and release Oxygen in return. The latest data is big blow to all those who are fighting to save the environment and the planet - our only home. Faraway in India, high pollution is a big issue all around the year, especially in winters. According to the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago's Air Quality Life Index, the average Indian loses 5.2 years due to particulate pollution. India secured 168 rank in the 12th edition of the biennial Environment Performance Index (EPI Index 2020) — that measured the environmental performance of 180 countries — and was released by the Yale University in June 2020.  In 2018, India's rank was 177. Let's wake up before it’s too late... (Please do subscribe, like, comment, and share if you liked this episode/channel) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kajmasterclass/message

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It's a rude wake-up call for us all. Brazil's environmental ministry has released preliminary figures showing that deforestation in the Amazon has hit its highest rate in a decade. Between August 2018 and July 2019, approximately 11,088 square kilometers of rainforest was destroyed, a 9.5 percent increase on the previous year.  The dense rainforests of Brazil consume an enormous amount of the world's Carbon Dioxide and release Oxygen in return. The latest data is big blow to all those who are fighting to save the environment and the planet - our only home. Faraway in India, high pollution is a big issue all around the year, especially in winters. According to the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago's Air Quality Life Index, the average Indian loses 5.2 years due to particulate pollution. India secured 168 rank in the 12th edition of the biennial Environment Performance Index (EPI Index 2020) — that measured the environmental performance of 180 countries — and was released by the Yale University in June 2020.  In 2018, India's rank was 177. Let's wake up before it’s too late... (Please do subscribe, like, comment, and share if you liked this episode/channel)

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As the war of words on the upcoming Film City in UP continues, in this episode I explain as to why a world-class Film City in UP is a win-win development for the people of both UP and Maharashtra. And for the country. Listen in! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kajmasterclass/message

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