The Suno India Show

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May 17, 2022

Why Dalits, Adivasis and muslims have a shorter life as compared to upper caste Hindus?

Does our social identity, be it caste, religion, or tribe, affect how long we live? Two papers show that Dalits, Adivasi and Muslims have a disadvantage when it comes to life expectancy as compared to the highe...

29 mins

May 13, 2022

How the merger of national film bodies under a for-profit corporation will impact our culture

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is merging the Films Division (FD) the National Film Archives of India (NFAI), the Children’s Film Society of India (CFSI), and the Directorate of Film Festivals (DF...

41 mins

May 07, 2022

Heat Waves: What can you and the government do to beat the heat?

Now every summer, we talk about heat waves. And yet, it’s different every year. This year heat waves arrived earlier than usual in March and lasted longer than usual, going on for six weeks. And there are more...

35 mins

May 02, 2022

World Press Freedom Day: What are the many meanings of freedom?

Press freedom is increasingly endangered across the world. At least 28 journalists were killed due to their work in 2021, with India and Mexico topping the list of countries with the most media worker deaths, a...

58 mins

Apr 30, 2022

Criminal Procedure Bill- Data collection can lead to surveillance by different govt bodies

In April, the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill was passed in both houses of the Parliament. This new law allows law enforcement agencies to collect a range of private information from people arrested un...

32 mins

Apr 29, 2022

Why India and WHO are divided over how many covid-19 killed

The World Health Organisation is in the midst of coming up with COVID-19 excess mortality estimates for all the 194 countries that are its members. The Indian government has been placing objections on the way t...

21 mins

Apr 25, 2022

Why most of India's TB patients aren't getting treatment

On March 24, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released the National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey in India 2019 – 2021. The last such survey took place in 1955-58 after independence. The survey shows...

25 mins

Apr 20, 2022

Criminal Procedure Bill: Break a law and the police can store your personal information

The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 28. And by April 6, it was passed in both houses of the Parliament. This new law allows law enforcement agencies to collect...

24 mins

Mar 30, 2022

Kashmir is ground zero of press freedom clampdowns across India

India was ranked at 142 out of 180 countries on Reporters Without Borders’ World press freedom index, in both 2020 and 2021. Since 2020, journalists have been arrested while covering the Hathras gangrape, farme...

31 mins

Mar 30, 2022

The ordeal of Delhi's angry Anganwadi workers

On January 31, 2022, around 22000 Anganwadi workers and helpers associated with Delhi State Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union started their protest. They are seeking recognition as government employees, highe...

28 mins