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News Bites - DesiB15. Deep learning wins the Protein OlympicsWe discuss AlphaFold, a breakthrough deep learning system that has solved the problem of protein structure prediction - a 50 year old grand challenge of biology.
2020-12-1909 minNews Bites - DesiB14. Farmer's protests (Part 2) and DiljitThis 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-Farmer? All You Need To Know
What Modi govt proposed but farmers rejected — assurance on MSP, 7 amendments to new laws
UK PM Boris Johnson confuses India’s farmer...2020-12-1211 minNews Bites - DesiB13. The Great COVID Vaccine RaceWe 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 our instagram page @newsinbites, or email us @ tadkainc@gmail.com
Additional info :
To learn more about how vaccine efficacy is calculated, head on over to Wikipedia and NYT
https...2020-11-2300 minNews Bites - DesiB12. Election NightWe 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 recording errors and blame our sleeplessness. The one you're listening to was recorded before the final election results for the United States presidential elections were declared.
Happy...2020-11-0700 minNews Bites - DesiB11. MEDIA DRUG MAFIA SCANDAL XXX RHEAYou 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
2020-10-3100 minNews Bites - DesiB10. China & Russia in UNHRC, Baba Ramdev, and Trash TerrorismSurprising 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 Kaginalkar2020-10-1600 minNews Bites - DesiB9. CRISPR and Finland PMPadh kya rahe ho, sun lo na!
Writing:
Akhil Razdan
Aniket Pednekar
Mihir Kale
Opening theme:
Abhiroop Kaginalkar2020-10-1100 minNews Bites - DesiB8. Gandhi and TrumpThis 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 Kaginalkar2020-10-0300 minNews Bites - DesiB7. Farmer Bills and Climate ClockWhy 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
2020-09-2607 minNews Bites - DesiB6. Umar Khalid, Facebook whistleblower, and Apple updateUmar 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-umar-khalid-delhi-riots
https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2020/09/16/umar-khalid-not-named-in-first-delhi-police-charge-sheet-on-riots.html
https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/13/21435637/us-cbp-counterfeit-airpods-oneplus-buds-mixup
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-ignore-political-manipulation-whistleblower-memo
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/uk-hands-over-3-stolen-ancient-idols-to-india/story-m1JlyLBQZYraMdFtGPHyIP.html
2020-09-1908 minNews Bites - DesiB5. Gender reveal parties, China, and PUBG banThis 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 apps : https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/08/pubg-cuts-publishing-ties-with-tencent-games-in-india-a-week-after-ban/?guccounter=1
Wildfire numbers : https://www.brinknews.com/quick-take/most-u-s-wildfires-are-caused-by-people/
2020-09-1205 minNews Bites - DesiB4. Shrinking economy, JEE exams, and Neuralink piggiesIndian 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
Abhiroop Kaginalkar
References :
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/world/asia/india-economy-gdp.html
https://theprint.in/india/education/no-plans-to-postpone-jee-neet-but-final-decision-lies-with-education-ministry-says-mha/489414/
https://www.edexlive.com/news/2020/aug/28/sonu-sood-offers-to-transport-students-from-flood-hit-bihar-assam-gujarat-to-neet-jee-centres-14226.html
2020-09-0207 minNews Bites - DesiB3. Congress leadership crisis, Prashant Bhushan, and coal fieldsCongress 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
2020-08-2907 minNews Bites - DesiB2. Hate speech, fake news, and TikTok for saleWSJ 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
2020-08-2206 minNews Bites - DesiB1. Independence day, Dhoni retires, and Kamala HarrisKey highlights from Modi's Independence day speech. Dhoni announces his retirement. Biden's VP nomination and Sushant Singh Rajput.2020-08-1604 min
News Bites - DesiNews Bites - IntroNews 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). 2020-08-1601 min