News Bites - Desi

This week we discuss how gender reveal parties turn the sky orange, the tussle between India and China and, most importantly, what to do now that PUBG is banned.

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India China border escalation : https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53062484

PUBG and ban on Chinese apps : https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/08/pubg-cuts-publishing-ties-with-tencent-games-in-india-a-week-after-ban/?guccounter=1

Wildfire numbers : https://www.brinknews.com/quick-take/most-u-s-wildfires-are-caused-by-people/

Indian economy shrinks by 23%, JEE / NEET exams to go as planned with resistance from students and help from Sonu Sood, and Elon Musk unveils Neuralink computer chips and demos it with 3 pigs. Kale and Razdan do an exaggerated Neuralink demo for our bees by reading each other's thoughts.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/world/asia/india-economy-gdp.html

https://theprint.in/india/education/no-plans-to-postpone-jee-neet-but-final-decision-lies-with-education-ministry-says-mha/489414/

https://www.edexlive.com/news/2020/aug/28/sonu-sood-offers-to-transport-students-from-flood-hit-bihar-assam-gujarat-to-neet-jee-centres-14226.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53987919

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B27WxEa97L8

License : https://creativecommons.org/licenses/

Artist: http://audionautix.com/

Congress yet again faces its leadership crisis. 

Prashant Bhushan and Supreme Court of India deal with ego issues.  

Coal fields are coming up at the expense of adivasis and jungles. 

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WSJ investigative report on Facebook and Indian Politics. For curious listeners, as promised, more information on QAnon here. Mega companies Oracle and Microsoft interested in buying TikTok.  

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News Bytes is a weekly Hinglish podcast where we Kale and Razdan bring you the top stories that we feel are important and that matter to you. Every podcast is personalized and specially curated for each of our listeners (not really).