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).
News Bites - Desi
Claim This Podcastby Mihir Kale, Akhil Razdan
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Podcast Overview
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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December 19, 2020
B15. Deep learning wins the Protein Olympics
<p>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.</p> <p> </p> <p><br></p>
December 12, 2020
B14. Farmer's protests and Diljit
<p>This episode we focus on the Farmer reforms and ongoing protests. Diljit Dosanjh gets a special mention. </p> <p><strong>Further readings: </strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9hSADKW3Cc"><u>Farm protests, issues with MSP, APMC & India’s many Green Revolutions since the 1960s</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://thewire.in/agriculture/farm-bills-indias-rural-issues"><u>Three Farm Bills and India's Rural Economy</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/farmers-protest-talks-with-centre-amitabh-kundu-harbir-singh-sidhu-7097424/"><u>Explained Ideas: What are the origins of the farmer unrest?</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-the-farm-bills-and-quandary/360640"><u>Explained: Are New Farm Bills Anti-Farmer? All You Need To Know</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://theprint.in/india/govt-offers-written-assurance-on-msp-amendments-on-7-issues-to-farmer-unions/563605/"><u>What Modi govt proposed but farmers rejected — assurance on MSP, 7 amendments to new laws</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/9/uk-pm-gets-confuses-indias-farmer-protest-with-pakistan"><u>UK PM Boris Johnson confuses India’s farmer protest with Pakistan</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://thewire.in/rights/farm-laws-legal-rights-constitution"><u>Did You Think the New Laws Were Only About the Farmers?</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/11/farmers-delhi-protest-india-modi"><u>Digging in: on the frontlines as farmers lay siege to Delhi</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-54233080"><u>Farm bills: Are India's new reforms a 'death warrant' for farmers?</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://theprint.in/india/govt-offers-written-assurance-on-msp-amendments-on-7-issues-to-farmer-unions/563605/"><u>What Modi govt proposed but farmers rejected — assurance on MSP, 7 amendments to new laws</u></a></p>
November 23, 2020
B13. The Great COVID Vaccine Race
<p>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!</p> <p>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</p> <p>Additional info : </p> <p>To learn more about how vaccine efficacy is calculated, head on over to Wikipedia and NYT </p> <ul> <li>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine_efficacy [Formula here]</li> <li>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/20/health/covid-vaccine-95-effective.html</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Writing: </strong></p> <ul> <li>Akhil Razdan</li> <li>Aniket Pedenekar</li> <li>Mihir Kale</li> </ul>
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