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NewsenseEp 20: Digital divide hampering education, EU's green pass, Fire in the Gulf of Mexico, Ukraine's independence celebrationDigital Divide in India more prominently visible due to the pandemic, EU's requisite for a green pass to travel within EU has irked many countries, 'Eye of fire' in the middle of Gulf of Mexico, Ukraine's female troops marching in heels. 2021-07-0303 minNewsenseEp 19: Regulating big tech companies, Heat wave in Canada, Singapore's future plan for COVID-19Issues on why governments seek regulation of Big tech companies; Heat waves in Western Canada- what is a heat dome; Singapore plans to treate covid as an endemic disease 2021-07-0204 minNewsenseEp 18: Fake vaccination jabs, Inter-faith marriages in Kashmir, Dowry inflation, Jacobabad records soaring temperatureFake vaccination jabs conducted in Kolkata; Controversies over inter-faith marriages in Kashmir between Sikhs and Muslims; Dowry-suicides in Kerala seen with data on evolution of dowry payments; Jacobabad in Pakistan touches 52 degree celsius. 2021-07-0104 minNewsenseEp 17: Drone attacks in J&K, CCP turns 100Drone attacks carried out on J&K airbase; Chinese Communist Party (CCP) celebrates its 100th anniversary- a brief history2021-06-2905 minNewsenseEp 16: Mangrove plantation in Odisha, Meghalaya HC on Vaccine hesitancy, Japan's 4 day work week proposal, the Kashmir context.Plans to raise mangroves in Odisha as a barrier for cyclones; Meghalaya HC holds that forcible vaccinations violate fundamental right to livelihood; Japan has proposed a 4-day working week for better work-life balance; Centre-J&K meet in the backdrop of Kashmir's history and Art.370.2021-06-2608 minNewsenseEp 15: Delta plus variant, Hong Kong cracking down on dissent, Peter Pan SyndromeDelta plus variant has been marked a variant of concern by GoI and WHO; Hong Kong government cracks down on a pro-democracy newspaper; What is Peter Pan Syndrome? 2021-06-2303 minNewsenseEp 14: Centre meeting J&K mainstream parties, Fuel prices, Ramgargh Wildlife Sanctuary notified as TRCentral government plans to meet representatives from J&K parties on June 24; Massive increase in petrol and diesel prices across the country; Ramgarh Wildlife Sanctuary in Rajasthan has been notified as a Tiger Reserve- this will the fourth TR in the state. 2021-06-2204 minNewsenseEp 13: AP Education policy, Cinematograph amendment bill, Islamic state returneesAndhra Pradesh has necessitated all degree colleges to adopt English as a medium of instruction; Revisionary powers of certification vested in Centre according to Cinematograph amendment bill; How do states deal with Islamic State returnees 2021-06-2105 minNewsenseEp 12: Mary Oliver, West Bengal CM-Governor tussle, Chinese space station, JuneteenthMary Oliver's Wild Geese as an antidote for the times, Governor and CM of West Bengal at logger heads over law & order, China in the process of setting up a space station, Juneteenth officially recognised as federal holiday in the US. 2021-06-1904 minNewsenseEp 11: CBSE ICSE evaluation plan, US-Russia Summit, Net-zero emissions, Chausa mangoCBSE and ICSE boards have put forth their assessment plans for class XII students; US and Russian presidents meet at the conclusion of G7 summit; What do net-zero emissions mean; Chausa variety and its origin story2021-06-1704 minNewsenseEp 10: Twitter v. IT rules, Bail for UAPA accused, Cheetah reintroductionUP police files FIR on Twitter for unlawful third party content, Delhi High Court grants bail to Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha accused under UAPA act last year; Cheetah will be reintroduced to India from South Africa later this year 2021-06-1604 minNewsenseEp 9: Chana pawl patriarch dies, Nagaland filovirus study, Bitcoin in El Salvador, Mao Zedong and MangoPatriarch of allegedly the largest family in the world, dies in Mizoram; Govt. flags concerns on Filovirus study undertaken by the National Centre for Biological Sciences; El Salvador makes Bitcoin a legal tender; Israel gets a new coalition ruling party; What does Mao Zedong have to do with Mangoes! 2021-06-1504 minNewsenseEp 8: Declassification policy, G7 consensus, Alphonso MangoIndia puts forth a new declassification policy; G7 countries agree upon B3W projects, future pandemic preparedness; Why an Alphonso mango is named so! 2021-06-1304 minNewsenseEp 7: Violence against Doctors, UNGA elects president, Sea snots in Turkey, Mucormycosis cases in MaharashtraMedical fraternity demands central law to stem violence against doctors; Shahid Abdullah, Foreign Minister of Maldives, elected president of UNGA; Turkey witnessing outbreak of Sea snot in the Sea of Marmara; Increase in post-covid Mucormycosis cases in Maharashtra2021-06-0905 minNewsenseEp 6: TN development council, Nigeria suspends Twitter, Global tax rate, New drug for Alzheimer'sDiversity in appointment to the TN State Policy Development Council; Twitter suspended in Nigeria after platform blocks a tweet posted by the President; G7 proposes a minimum global tax rate of 15%; US FDA approves Aducanumab2021-06-0804 minNewsenseEp 5: Intersectionality, Climate change, Vaccine accessibilityIntersectionality of caste, gender and disability; World Environment Day- commitment of G7; Self-sustaining home in Chennai; COVAX and vaccine shortage 2021-06-0506 minNewsenseEp 4: Sedition law, Tulsa Massacre, NASA Venus mission, Vaccine diplomacySC quashes FIR against journalist Vinod Dua; Biden officially acknowledges the Tulsa massacre of 1921; NASA announces two missions to Venus; Significance of Vaccine Maitri 2021-06-0405 minNewsenseEp 3: Covid-19 Vaccine strategy: Liberalised policy, Centralised procurement, Differential pricingSupreme court of India provides an explanation for its interference in implementing the vaccine policy, essentially a matter of the executive. Pulls up the Govt. to explain its rationale behind differential pricing of vaccines. This comes in the backdrop of states floating separate global tenders to procure vaccines. 2021-06-0307 minNewsenseEp 2: IT rules, Dissent in Belarus, Naomi Osaka, DRC earthquake, Indian vaccine policyIntermediary guidelines and Digital media ethics code 2021; Blogger journalist arrested mid-flight, forced to land in Belarus; Naomi Osaka withdraws herself from French Open, Earthquakes resulting from volcano eruption in Congo, Vaccine policy for COVID-19 in India- judicial lens. 2021-06-0211 min
NewsenseEp 1: Lakshadweep reforms, Centre vs. WB, Three-child policy, Truth and reconciliation commissions, Marine pollutionOngoing protests against Lakshadweep reforms; Chief Secretary of West Bengal ordered on central deputation; China has put in place a three-child policy after alarmingly low birth rates; Truth and Reconciliation commissions- France apologises to Rwanda, Germany apologises to Namibia, Canada in a state of mourning; a ship burns in the waters of Sri Lanka for 11 days. 2021-06-0111 min