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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B15. Deep learning wins the Protein Olympics
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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.
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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 Three Farm Bills and India's Rural Economy Explained Ideas: What are the origins of the farmer unrest? Explained: Are New Farm Bills Anti-Far…
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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 o…
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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 …
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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
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B10. China & Russia in UNHRC, Baba Ramdev, and Trash Terrorism
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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…
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B9. CRISPR and Bollywood's most iconic movie
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Padh kya rahe ho, sun lo na! Writing: Akhil Razdan Aniket Pednekar Mihir Kale Opening theme: Abhiroop Kaginalkar
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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
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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
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B6. Umar Khalid, Facebook whistleblower, Apple update and the Kohinoor diamond
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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-uma…
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B5. Gender reveal parties, China, and PUBG ban
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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…
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B4. Shrinking economy, JEE exams, and Neuralink piggies
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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 Abhiro…
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B3. Congress leadership crisis, Prashant Bhushan, and coal fields
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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
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B2. Hate speech, fake news, and TikTok for sale
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WSJ investigative report on Facebook and Indian Politics. For curious listeners, as promised, more information on QAnon here. Mega companies Oracle and Microsoft interested in buying TikTok. Writing credits : Akhil Razdan Aniket Pednekar Mihir Kale Music : Abhiroop Kaginalkar
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B1. Independence day, Dhoni retires, and Kamala Harris
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Key highlights from Modi's Independence day speech. Dhoni announces his retirement. Biden's VP nomination and Sushant Singh Rajput.
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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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