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Jul 31, 2022

Why are we opening Asia’s largest coal mine while promising to phase down coal?

The West Bengal government is working on opening a coal mine in the district of Birbhum. The mine in the Deucha Pachami area will be the largest in Asia and the second largest in the world. It will displace aro...

38 mins

Jul 30, 2022

Should I be worried about monkeypox?

The World Health Organisation has declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern. Nearly 70 countries have reported cases of Monkeypox so far. In July, India had its first known case of...

22 mins

Jul 29, 2022

Seizing mobile phones has become part of routine policing, here is why it needs to change

From Hyderabad police snatching phones on streets to check for ‘ganja’ to Delhi police seizing journalist Mohammed Zubair’s devices for a tweet, such seizures have become a routine part of policing. After all,...

37 mins

Jul 26, 2022

How the India’s booster dose scheme subverted drug approval procedures

In celebration of 75 years of Independence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced free booster doses at government vaccination centres for 75 days from July 15 to September 30, 2022. A few days after this anno...

37 mins

Jul 13, 2022

Trust in news decreasing globally and India is one of the exceptions says Reuters Digital

The Reuters Digital Report 2022 which surveyed 46 countries around the world to find out what is the state of news consumption today. It has several interesting findings. For example: Trust in news has decrease...

19 mins

Jul 06, 2022

Talking Right - How well did India communicate about COVID-19?

The episode, part of a mini-series sets context about why it is important to communicate well during a pandemic like COVID-19 and features discussions between Suno India editor-in-chief DVL Padma Priya and Prof...

37 mins

Jun 30, 2022

In our opinion - What marital rape judgement means to women

In May 2022, the Delhi High Court delivered a verdict on several petitions seeking to remove the marital rape exception in the rape law. Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code excludes sexual intercourse between...

58 mins

Jun 20, 2022

How to curb hate speech while protecting the right to free speech

In light of cases against Nupur Sharma for her comments about Prophet Mohammed on Times Now and against Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair for his comments about Hindu seers, we look at how to define the right...

41 mins

Jun 14, 2022

Supreme Court order on sex workers’ rights – what it means

On May 19, the Supreme Court passed an order observing that sex workers have the right to live with dignity under Article 21 of the Constitution. They came up with several directives to ensure that sex workers...

38 mins

May 31, 2022

Sex Ed Influencers: A growing community of Indians talking about sex online

In this episode of The Suno India Show, host Suryatapa Mukherjee speaks to Karishma and Leeza behind the Instagram handles @talkyounevergot and @leezamangaldas. Karishma has almost 50,000 followers and Leeza ha...

46 mins