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Nelson John 360
Hosted by Nelson John · EN
The world is full of fascinating stories, but they're rarely told with the depth they deserve. I'm here to fix that.
I'm Nelson John, and welcome to my show. You might know me from "Top of the Morning" at Mint/Hindustan Times .
Each episode, I take one topic and go deep. Whether it's geopolitics, innovation, the future of our planet, or simply a story that restores your faith in humanity. I don't just tell you what's happening. I explain how and why it works.
If you're curious about the world and want to understand what's really going on beneath the surface, you're in the right place.
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Inside The Pill That Doubled Pancreatic Cancer Survival
4d ago00:11:01Tap to summarizeFor years, pancreatic cancer offered patients very little. A new drug could be changing that, nearly doubling how long patients live. But is it a cure, and who can actually get it? Today, Nelson breaks it down for you in plain, easy to understand language, no medical jargon needed.
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The Trade Deal That Could Reshape ₹ for a Generation
5d ago00:16:25Tap to summarizeThis week, in three days of negotiations in New Delhi, India and the United States are finalising the first tranche of their Bilateral Trade Agreement the most consequential trade pact between the two nations in over a decade. In this episode of Nelson John 360, we walk through the full story: from the Liberation Day tariffs of April 2025 to the 50 percent combined duty of August, the February 2026 framework that brought it down to 18 percent, and the three-day window that began on June 2, 2026 to formalise the deal.We cover what is in the agreement, what India has agreed to in exchange, the contested DDGS and GM crops question, who in Indian industry gains, and what the second tranche will likely look like. Grounded in verified data from the Ministry of Commerce, the US Trade Representative, the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance, and the Reserve Bank of India.
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The CBSE and NEET Storm: How Two Exams Shook India in 2026
5d ago00:23:00Tap to summarizeThe summer of 2026 broke two of India's most trusted examination systems at once. The CBSE rolled out On Screen Marking for 17 lakh Class 12 students and watched it collapse into wrong answer sheets, blurred scans, and the lowest pass percentage in seven years. The NEET-UG paper leaked ten days before exam day, the test was cancelled, and the CBI began arresting an organised network of professors and coaching teachers stretching from Pune to Latur. Both crises landed at the same address: the Union Ministry of Education, headed by Dharmendra Pradhan. In this episode of Nelson John 360, we walk through every angle of the story, the OSM tender that handed a multi-crore contract to Coempt EduTeck, a firm previously known as Globarena Technologies and tied to past examination disasters in Telangana, the teenagers who turned investigators and exposed the security gaps themselves, the CBI's arrests in the NEET leak, the political demands for the minister's resignation, the Supreme Court's pending hearings on the National Testing Agency, and the human cost behind every percentage point. No sides taken, no spin, just the full 360 on what happened, what's contested, and what comes next.#CBSEOSM #NEET2026 #NelsonJohn360 #IndiaEducation #ExamCrisis #DharmendraPradhan #NEETLeak
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Cockroach Janta Party: How One Supreme Court Remark Built India’s Most-Followed New Party in Six Days
2w ago00:08:01Tap to summarizeIn six days, a satirical political party went from zero to nearly fifteen million Instagram followers ahead of the BJP and the Congress. It started on May 15 when CJI Surya Kant called some unemployed youth “cockroaches” from the bench of the Supreme Court. By May 21, the project’s X handle had been withheld in India by legal demand. In this episode, we trace the rise of the Cockroach Janata Party from a courtroom soundbite to a full-blown political moment the founder, the manifesto, and the underlying frustrations that made it travel this fast.
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5 States, 824 Seats, One Verdict: India’s 2026 State Elections Explained
Apr 700:08:23Tap to summarizeIndia's 2026 state assembly elections are the biggest political event before the 2029 general elections and this time, you get to watch me break it all down.5 states. 824 seats. 174 million voters. One verdict on May 4th.In this episode, I cover: 🔹 Kerala — Can the Left pull off an unprecedented third consecutive term? 🔹 Assam — BJP's decade of dominance under Himanta Biswa Sarma 🔹 Tamil Nadu — Actor Vijay's TVK party contesting all 234 seats solo, threatening the 60-year DMK vs AIADMK duopoly 🔹 West Bengal — Mamata Banerjee's fiery campaign over voter roll deletions and the SIR controversy 🔹 Puducherry — 30 seats, one clean NDA vs INDIA fightEvery alliance. Every issue. Every number. No spin. No speculation. Just the facts you need before the results drop.Follow @nelsonjohn360 on Instagram
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Is India's Tech Dream Ending? What Oracle's Layoffs Really Mean
Apr 200:18:44Tap to summarizeOn March 31, 2026, Oracle executed the largest layoff in its 48-year history. Up to 30,000 employees worldwide were terminated via a five-line email at 6 AM. India was the hardest hit, losing an estimated 12,000 workers 40% of Oracle’s Indian workforce in a single day. Engineers, architects, senior managers, and 20-year veterans were all let go. Performance was not a factor. In this episode, Nelson John unpacks the financial logic behind Oracle’s decision: $58 billion in new debt, a $156 billion AI infrastructure commitment, a stock that’s lost half its value, and a company that still managed to post $6.13 billion in quarterly profit. We explore what this means for India’s five million strong IT sector, why the traditional outsourcing model is under threat, and how the AI economy is reshaping who gets hired, who gets fired, and who gets left behind.[Oracle debt AI, tech industry restructuring, India IT workforce, Oracle cloud infrastructure, AI data centre costs, Wall Street tech layoffs, Oracle stock crash, global tech job cuts]#IndiaTechDream #OracleIndia #AIvsIndia #FutureOfWork #NelsonJohn360
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126 Unicorns, ₹390 Billion. But Can India’s Startups Actually Create Jobs?
Mar 2100:17:37Tap to summarizeIndia has 126 unicorn startups worth over ₹390 billion. In 2026, companies like Flipkart, PhonePe, Zepto, OYO, and Razorpay are all heading to the stock market in what could be the biggest IPO year in Indian startup history. But beyond the billion-dollar valuations, there’s a story most people are missing: India’s startup ecosystem has created over 22 lakh direct jobs, nearly 48% of startups are in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities, and women-led ventures are generating 17 lakh jobs.In this episode of Nelson John 360, we break down the unicorn landscape, the IPO pipeline, the jobs revolution, and what it all means for investors, job seekers, and the Indian economy.[India startups 2026, Indian unicorn startups, Flipkart IPO, PhonePe IPO date, Zepto IPO, India startup ecosystem, Indian startups job creation, startup jobs India, OYO IPO 2026, Razorpay IPO, India IPO pipeline, startup India scheme, unicorn companies India, billion dollar startups India, India venture capital, SEBI startup IPO, how many unicorns in India 2026, Flipkart IPO valuation 2026, India startup jobs tier 2 cities, Zepto founders age, PhonePe SEBI approval, India startup ecosystem size, women led startups India jobs, India startup job creation statistics]
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Three Satellites Left: India’s Navigation Crisis Is A National Security Emergency
Mar 1600:10:36Tap to summarizeOn March 13, 2026, the last atomic clock on India's IRNSS-1F satellite stopped working. NavIC, India's sovereign navigation system built after America denied GPS during the Kargil War dropped to just three operational satellites. The minimum needed is four. Over 10,400 Indian trains, 40,000 fishing vessels, and the military's precision systems all depend on a constellation that's barely alive. Imported Swiss clocks failed across the board the same clocks that also failed on Europe's Galileo. A brand new replacement satellite got stranded in space because of a loose wire. And while India struggles with three satellites, China's BeiDou has over 45, embedded across Belt and Road nations, potentially guiding Iranian missiles. Nelson John breaks down every angle what went wrong, who pays the price, and whether ISRO can pull off a rescue before the next satellite dies.
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Tax Holidays for Big Tech, But a Tax on Your Internet?
Mar 1100:16:20Tap to summarizeIndia’s cheapest in the world mobile data built UPI and Digital India. Now the government wants to study taxing it. Here’s what’s at stake.[India internet tax, mobile data India, cheap data India, UPI digital payments, data consumption tax, India telecom policy, digital inclusion India, Modi telecom review]Hashtags: #InternetTax #CheapDataAtRisk #DigitalRevolution #IndianTelecom #NelsonJohn360
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Can a ₹340 Crore Startup Build AI for 1.4 Billion People? The Sarvam AI Story
Feb 2300:18:28Tap to summarizeA professor lied about a Chinese robot dog on national TV. The internet exploded. But at the same AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, Sarvam AI quietly launched 105-billion parameter models trained in 22 Indian languages, AI smartglasses PM Modi tested, and a platform that runs on Nokia feature phones. This is the real India AI story sovereign AI, multilingual AI models, Indian language technology, and the startup challenging Google Gemini and ChatGPT from Bengaluru. Nelson John 360 breaks down the Sarvam AI story, the founders from IIT and Carnegie Mellon, the $41 million funding, and why India's AI future isn't about copying Silicon Valley it's about building for a billion people who don't speak English. #SarvamAI #IndiaAI #AIImpactSummit2026 #NelsonJohn360 #MadeInIndiaAI #SovereignAI #IndianStartup #AIForBharat
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