Podcast
Newsense
Hosted by Roopika Lakshmipathy · EN
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
Jul 3, 202100:03:37Tap to summarizeDigital 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.
Transcribe →Ep 19: Regulating big tech companies, Heat wave in Canada, Singapore's future plan for COVID-19
Jul 2, 202100:04:48Tap to summarizeIssues 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
Transcribe →Ep 18: Fake vaccination jabs, Inter-faith marriages in Kashmir, Dowry inflation, Jacobabad records soaring temperature
Jul 1, 202100:04:49Tap to summarizeFake 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.
Transcribe →Ep 17: Drone attacks in J&K, CCP turns 100
Jun 29, 202100:05:30Tap to summarizeDrone attacks carried out on J&K airbase; Chinese Communist Party (CCP) celebrates its 100th anniversary- a brief history
Transcribe →Ep 16: Mangrove plantation in Odisha, Meghalaya HC on Vaccine hesitancy, Japan's 4 day work week proposal, the Kashmir context.
Jun 26, 202100:08:26Tap to summarizePlans 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.
Transcribe →Ep 15: Delta plus variant, Hong Kong cracking down on dissent, Peter Pan Syndrome
Jun 23, 202100:03:26Tap to summarizeDelta 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?
Transcribe →Ep 14: Centre meeting J&K mainstream parties, Fuel prices, Ramgargh Wildlife Sanctuary notified as TR
Jun 22, 202100:04:44Tap to summarizeCentral government plans to meet representatives from J&K parties on June 24; Massive increase in petrol and diesel prices across the country; Ramgarh Wildlife Sanctuary in Rajasthan has been notified as a Tiger Reserve- this will the fourth TR in the state.
Transcribe →Ep 13: AP Education policy, Cinematograph amendment bill, Islamic state returnees
Jun 21, 202100:05:52Tap to summarizeAndhra Pradesh has necessitated all degree colleges to adopt English as a medium of instruction; Revisionary powers of certification vested in Centre according to Cinematograph amendment bill; How do states deal with Islamic State returnees
Transcribe →Ep 12: Mary Oliver, West Bengal CM-Governor tussle, Chinese space station, Juneteenth
Jun 19, 202100:04:30Tap to summarizeMary Oliver's Wild Geese as an antidote for the times, Governor and CM of West Bengal at logger heads over law & order, China in the process of setting up a space station, Juneteenth officially recognised as federal holiday in the US.
Transcribe →Ep 11: CBSE ICSE evaluation plan, US-Russia Summit, Net-zero emissions, Chausa mango
Jun 17, 202100:04:52Tap to summarizeCBSE and ICSE boards have put forth their assessment plans for class XII students; US and Russian presidents meet at the conclusion of G7 summit; What do net-zero emissions mean; Chausa variety and its origin story
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