June 11, 2021
Cut The Clutter: BJP high command faces rumblings in states, from Yogi’s UP to Karnataka, Goa, Gujarat, MP
Politics has come alive in India, with defections such as Jiten Prasada and Mukul Roy, and rumblings in key BJP and Congress states. More significantly, the stage has shifted to the states. Shekhar Gupta explains in episode 767 of #CutTheClutter
June 11, 2021
ThePrint Uninterrupted: Wuhan virologist hid Covid-19 virus info & how a Pune scientist connected possible lab leak dots
In this edition of #ThePrintUninterrupted, Senior Consulting Editor Jyoti Malhotra spoke to Dr Monali Rahalkar, genome scientist at the Agharkar Research Institute in Pune, who stayed up nights along with her husband during the lockdown to make some connections with a possible lab leak or an escaped animal accident at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
June 11, 2021
ThePrintPod: Nagaland bats, Wuhan’s ‘Bat Lady’, US defence funds, lost ICMR probe — India’s virus mystery
Controversial NCBS-Bengaluru study of bat viruses in Nagaland, believed to be over in 2019, continues. ICMR mum on probe. Govt doesn't want to own up either study or probe.
Read full article here: https://theprint.in/health/nagaland-bats-wuhans-bat-lady-us-defence-funds-lost-icmr-probe-indias-virus-mystery/674478/
Nestle recently acknowledged that over 60% of its food and beverage products are unhealthy. Studies have also found a link between decreased vitamin D level and frequent consumption of instant noodles.
June 11, 2021
PureScience: 24,000-yr-old worms from Arctic revived — This is how they survived extreme conditions
Scientists have managed to thaw microscopic, multicellular worms called Bdelloid rotifers, from the Siberian Permafrost ice, dating back to 24,000 years. ThePrint’s Sandhya Ramesh explains how these animals survive such long periods of dryness.
June 10, 2021
Cut The Clutter: One chapter closes, another opens as Nigeria’s Boko Haram chief Abubakar Shekau blows himself up
Amid reports that Boko Haram chief Abubakar Shekau blew himself up to avoid capture by rivals, Shekhar Gupta tells you about the Nigerian terrorist group, its increasingly powerful offshoot, and why the problem of extremism in Nigeria and the wider Sahel region is nowhere near over, in episode 766 of #CutTheClutter
June 10, 2021
ThePrintPod: Take Indian Army out of counterinsurgency. It has to tackle leaner, modern PLA
India’s defence planners need to ask themselves what the purpose of the Army is — to fight internal battles or external?
June 10, 2021
ThePrintPod: Niti Aayog index shows agriculture booming in Punjab & Haryana, but environment paying price
Punjab & Haryana are among the states that fare poorly on the use of harmful nitrogenous fertilisers and groundwater, according to the Niti Aayog India Index 2021.
Read full article here: https://theprint.in/india/governance/niti-aayog-index-shows-agriculture-booming-in-punjab-haryana-but-environment-paying-price/674710/
