20 episodes
Newsense Roopika Lakshmipathy
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- News
Lately, news and the way we consume it has drastically changed. While the avenues for consumption have increased, so have the overtones on issues. Sometimes they are driven by ideology, sometimes by business. Claiming no objectivity, this is a little experiment to present news without stripping it of its context.
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Ep 20: Digital divide hampering education, EU's green pass, Fire in the Gulf of Mexico, Ukraine's independence celebration
Digital Divide in India more prominently visible due to the pandemic, EU's requisite for a green pass to travel within EU has irked many countries, 'Eye of fire' in the middle of Gulf of Mexico, Ukraine's female troops marching in heels.
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Ep 19: Regulating big tech companies, Heat wave in Canada, Singapore's future plan for COVID-19
Issues on why governments seek regulation of Big tech companies; Heat waves in Western Canada- what is a heat dome; Singapore plans to treate covid as an endemic disease
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Ep 18: Fake vaccination jabs, Inter-faith marriages in Kashmir, Dowry inflation, Jacobabad records soaring temperature
Fake vaccination jabs conducted in Kolkata; Controversies over inter-faith marriages in Kashmir between Sikhs and Muslims; Dowry-suicides in Kerala seen with data on evolution of dowry payments; Jacobabad in Pakistan touches 52 degree celsius.
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Ep 17: Drone attacks in J&K, CCP turns 100
Drone attacks carried out on J&K airbase; Chinese Communist Party (CCP) celebrates its 100th anniversary- a brief history
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Ep 16: Mangrove plantation in Odisha, Meghalaya HC on Vaccine hesitancy, Japan's 4 day work week proposal, the Kashmir context.
Plans to raise mangroves in Odisha as a barrier for cyclones; Meghalaya HC holds that forcible vaccinations violate fundamental right to livelihood; Japan has proposed a 4-day working week for better work-life balance; Centre-J&K meet in the backdrop of Kashmir's history and Art.370.
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Ep 15: Delta plus variant, Hong Kong cracking down on dissent, Peter Pan Syndrome
Delta plus variant has been marked a variant of concern by GoI and WHO; Hong Kong government cracks down on a pro-democracy newspaper; What is Peter Pan Syndrome?