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).
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.
12 Dec 2020
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 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9hSADKW3Cc)
Three Farm Bills and India's Rural Economy (https://thewire.in/agriculture/farm-bills-indias-rural-issues)
Explained Ideas: What are the origins of the farmer unrest? (https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/farmers-protest-talks-with-centre-amitabh-kundu-harbir-singh-sidhu-7097424/)
Explained: Are New Farm Bills Anti-Farmer? All You Need To Know (https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-the-farm-bills-and-quandary/360640)
What Modi govt proposed but farmers rejected — assurance on MSP, 7 amendments to new laws (https://theprint.in/india/govt-offers-written-assurance-on-msp-amendments-on-7-issues-to-farmer-unions/563605/)
UK PM Boris Johnson confuses India’s farmer protest with Pakistan (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/9/uk-pm-gets-confuses-indias-farmer-protest-with-pakistan)
Did You Think the New Laws Were Only About the Farmers? (https://thewire.in/rights/farm-laws-legal-rights-constitution)
Digging in: on the frontlines as farmers lay siege to Delhi (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/11/farmers-delhi-protest-india-modi)
Farm bills: Are India's new reforms a 'death warrant' for farmers? (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-54233080)
What Modi govt proposed but farmers rejected — assurance on MSP, 7 amendments to new laws (https://theprint.in/india/govt-offers-written-assurance-on-msp-amendments-on-7-issues-to-farmer-unions/563605/)
23 Nov 2020
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
7 Nov 2020
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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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
31 Oct 2020
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
16 Oct 2020
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
11 Oct 2020
B9. CRISPR and Bollywood's most iconic movie
Padh kya rahe ho, sun lo na!
Writing:
Akhil Razdan
Aniket Pednekar
Mihir Kale
Opening theme:
Abhiroop Kaginalkar
3 Oct 2020
B8. Gandhi and Trump
This episode we talk about Gandhi as a person, what he sounded like, the recent presidential debate and what that sounded like ... to us.
Writing:
Akhil Razdan
Aniket Pednekar
Mihir Kale
Theme:
Abhiroop Kaginalkar
26 Sept 2020
B7. Farmer Bills and Climate Clock
Why are farmers upset in India and what we only have 7 years before the beginning of the end?
Writing:
Akhil Razdan
Aniket Pednekar
Mihir Kale
Opening theme:
Abhiroop Kaginalkar
19 Sept 2020
B6. Umar Khalid, Facebook whistleblower, Apple update and the Kohinoor diamond
Umar Khalid's arrest, Facebook gets in trouble (again) and announcements from Apple's latest keynote.
Writing:
Akhil Razdan
Aniket Pednekar
Mihir Kale
Theme music:
Abhiroop Kaginalkar
References:
https://www.thequint.com/news/law/no-bail-in-uapa-cases-regardless-of-evidence-watali-judgment-supreme-court
https://thewire.in/rights/modi-government-umar-khalid-delhi-riots
https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2020/09/16/umar-khalid-not-named-in-first-delhi-police-charge-sheet-on-riots.html
https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/13/21435637/us-cbp-counterfeit-airpods-oneplus-buds-mixup
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-ignore-political-manipulation-whistleblower-memo
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/uk-hands-over-3-stolen-ancient-idols-to-india/story-m1JlyLBQZYraMdFtGPHyIP.html
12 Sept 2020
B5. Gender reveal parties, China, and PUBG ban
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.
Writing:
Akhil Razdan
Aniket Pednekar
Mihir Kale
Music:
Abhiroop Kaginalkar
References:
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/
2 Sept 2020
B4. Shrinking economy, JEE exams, and Neuralink piggies
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.
Writing:
Akhil Razdan
Aniket Pednekar
Mihir Kale
Music
Abhiroop Kaginalkar
References :
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
Credits :
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29 Aug 2020
B3. Congress leadership crisis, Prashant Bhushan, and coal fields
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.
Writing:
Akhil Razdan
Aniket Pednekar
Mihir Kale
Music:
Abhiroop Kaginalkar
22 Aug 2020
B2. Hate speech, fake news, and TikTok for sale
WSJ investigative report (https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-hate-speech-india-politics-muslim-hindu-modi-zuckerberg-11597423346) on Facebook and Indian Politics. For curious listeners, as promised, more information on QAnon here (https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-is-qanon.html). Mega companies Oracle and Microsoft interested in buying TikTok.
Writing credits :
Akhil Razdan
Aniket Pednekar
Mihir Kale
Music :
Abhiroop Kaginalkar
16 Aug 2020
B1. Independence day, Dhoni retires, and Kamala Harris
Key highlights from Modi's Independence day speech. Dhoni announces his retirement. Biden's VP nomination and Sushant Singh Rajput.
16 Aug 2020
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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).
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