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News Bites - Desi Mihir Kale, Akhil Razdan
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News Bites is a weekly Hinglish podcast where Kale and Razdan bring all you busy bees the top stories (from India and across the world) that we feel are important and that matter to you in an opinionated and sometimes entertaining way. Every podcast is personalized and specially curated for each of our listeners (not really).
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B15. Deep learning wins the Protein Olympics
We discuss AlphaFold, a breakthrough deep learning system that has solved the problem of protein structure prediction - a 50 year old grand challenge of biology.
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B14. Farmer's protests and Diljit
This episode we focus on the Farmer reforms and ongoing protests. Diljit Dosanjh gets a special mention.
Further readings:
Farm protests, issues with MSP, APMC & India’s many Green Revolutions since the 1960s
Three Farm Bills and India's Rural Economy
Explained Ideas: What are the origins of the farmer unrest?
Explained: Are New Farm Bills Anti-Farmer? All You Need To Know
What Modi govt proposed but farmers rejected — assurance on MSP, 7 amendments to new laws
UK PM Boris Johnson confuses India’s farmer protest with Pakistan
Did You Think the New Laws Were Only About the Farmers?
Digging in: on the frontlines as farmers lay siege to Delhi
Farm bills: Are India's new reforms a 'death warrant' for farmers?
What Modi govt proposed but farmers rejected — assurance on MSP, 7 amendments to new laws -
B13. The Great COVID Vaccine Race
We explore the current state of the race to develop COVID vaccines. Updates from the Moderna vs Pfizer battle, what's different about these new mRNA based vaccines vs tradditional ones, etc. Also, we take calls from our busy bees!
We are also taking suggestions for themes or topics for our episodes. Let us know what you think through a message on our instagram page @newsinbites, or email us @ tadkainc@gmail.com
Additional info :
To learn more about how vaccine efficacy is calculated, head on over to Wikipedia and NYT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine_efficacy [Formula here]
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/20/health/covid-vaccine-95-effective.html
Writing:
Akhil Razdan
Aniket Pedenekar
Mihir Kale -
B12. Election Night
We bring you the action from election night and all the drama that followed.
P.S. This is in tribute to the worst software that exists on earth - Audacity. This episode was recorded after an all nighter and we lost all data when we were about to make final edits. The files were irrecoverable and we had to record it again in the morning. Excuse any recording errors and blame our sleeplessness. The one you're listening to was recorded before the final election results for the United States presidential elections were declared.
Happy election! Let us know what you think here:
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Gmail (for an even closer bond) : tadkainc@gmail.com
Thank you for supporting!
Further reads:
1. Why Electoral College is a problem https://www.minnpost.com/eric-black-ink/2012/10/10-reasons-why-electoral-college-problem/
2. Brooks Brothers riot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers
3. Bush v Gore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_v._Gore
Writing:
Akhil Razdan
Aniket Pednekar
Mihir Kale -
B11. MEDIA DRUG MAFIA SCANDAL XXX RHEA
You clicked the bait. Hope it's worth it.
Links:
Cobra Sting on DNA : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz0T8fMDtq0&t=426s
Cobra Sting on PayTM : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvj8hRD1GY4 -
B10. China & Russia in UNHRC, Baba Ramdev, and Trash Terrorism
Surprising additions to UNHRC (United Nations Human Rights Council) and a new kind of terrorism simmering in Bengaluru.
References :
Baba on Cycle : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg5SV4HG3wY
Baba on Elephant : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CCmM3A7F1Y
Writing:
Akhil Razdan
Aniket Pednekar
Mihir Kale
Theme:
Abhiroop Kaginalkar