First, The Indian Express' National Legal Editor Apurva Vishwanath talks about Uttar Pradesh government's decision to withdraw a case against those accused in the 2015 Dadri lyncing incident.

Next, we speak to the Indian Express' Diplomatic Affairs Editor Shubhajit Roy who discusses the death sentence handed to former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and the diplomatic dilemma it poses for India. (10:40)

In the end, we take a look at the deportation and arrest of Gangster Anmol Bishnoi, the alleged mastermind behind the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique. (24:40)

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First, we talk to The Indian Express' Soumyarendra Barik about artificial intelligence and the concerns that it is raising regarding government officials using it for getting information for formulating policies, writing speeches, and other similar tasks.

Next, we talk to The Indian Express' Jayprakash S. Naidu about one of the most feared maoist battlefield commanders Madvi Hidma being killed in an encounter in Bastar. He shares the impact he had on the maoist movement and the significance of his death. (14:49)

Lastly, we talk about Prashant Kishor publicly admitting defeat and taking responsibility for his party losing in the Bihar election. (25:17)

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First, The Indian Express' Sweety Kumari talks about a large organized cybercrime network that the West Bengal police says it has uncovered.

Next, we talk to The Indian Express' Kanchan Vasdev about the growing rift between the AAP led Punjab government and the Centre over flood relief funds. (09:10)

Lastly, we take a look at India’s first ever LPG import deal with the United States, a move that could reform the country’s energy strategy. (21:08)

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First, we talk to veteran journalist and The Indian Express' contributing editor Neerja Chowdhury about the results of the Bihar elections and what is in store for Nitish Kumar and the NDA now that they have defeated the Mahagathbandhan in the assembly elections.  

Next, we talk to The Indian Express' Anonna Dutt about the current status of TB cases in India according to the Global TB report 2025. She talks about India's target to eliminate TB entirely from the country and how close we are to that target and the challenges that India faces in achieving that goal. (17:12)

Lastly, we talk about an explosion that happened in Nowgam police station on the outskirts of Srinagar that killed 9 people and left 29 injured. (27:09)

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First, we speak to The Indian Express' Rinku Ghosh who talks about how air pollution affects two of the most vulnerable groups: newborn babies and pregnant women.

Next, The Indian Express' Parul Kulshresthe discusses Rajasthan’s move to roll back its decades-old two child rule for local elections, and why women rights groups in the state are critical of the move. (14:45)

Lastly, we take a look at Punjab where the police have busted a Pakistan backed grenade attack module operating out of Ludhiana. (23:22)

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First, The Indian Express’ Deeptiman Tiwary talks about how Bihar’s liquor ban has affected the state and why reactions to it are sharply divided along gender lines.

Next, The Indian Express’ Raakhi Jagga explains why stakeholders in Punjab are protesting the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2025, and why the state government has stayed silent on the issue (11:06).

And finally, we bring you updates on the Delhi Red Fort blast case and hear from The Indian Express’ Naveed Iqbal about the ongoing crackdown in Jammu and Kashmir (20:16).

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We begin with discussing the blast near Delhi's Red Fort that claimed at least 13 lives joined by The Indian Express' Alok Singh who also explains what investigators believe may be its link to a terror module busted in Faridabad.

Next, The Indian Express Mohomed Thaver talks about a nationwide ticketing scam that has exposed how illegal software networks are gaming the railway booking system. (10:55)

In the end, we also take a look at the Supreme Court’s latest verdict in the 2006 Nithari case acquitting Surendra Koli of all charges in the case. (21:10)

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First, The Indian Express’ Udit Misra joins us to discuss the state of Bihar’s economy and how it compares with other states in the country.

Next, The Indian Express’ Amitabh Sinha explains why COP30 has set a rather modest goal for itself, and what that means for global climate action (14:10).

And in the end, The Indian Express’ Pritish Raj talks about the government’s plan to dismantle the iconic Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi to make way for a sports city (24:02).

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Every year, thousands of ambitious students across India prepare for one of the most challenging MBA entrance exams in the country: the Xavier Aptitude Test. And at the heart of this exam is one of India’s most respected Business schools-XLRI – Xavier School of Management.

In our first episode in association with XLRI, we talk about XAT and how it evaluates future leaders. In this conversation, we will be joined by Professor Rahul K. Shukla, Convenor, XAT & Admissions - XLRI Jamshedpur, who has spent years guiding students through not just the exam, but also the journey that follows.

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First, we talk about Maharashtra, where The Indian Express' Alok Deshpande discusses the controversy over a 40 acre land parcel has triggered political tremors that have reached the doorstep of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.

Next, The Indian Express' Kanchan Vasdev talks about why a government bungalow in Chandigarh has become the latest flashpoint between the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party. (13:30)

In the end, we also discuss the political row brewing in West Bengal, where the BJP and Trinamool Congress are clashing over the legacies of Rabindranath Tagore and Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. (22:40)

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First, we talk to The Indian Express' Asad Rehman about Rahul Gandhi’s latest allegations of large scale voter manipulation in Haryana’s 2024 Assembly elections and why he’s calling it the biggest case yet of what he describes as vote chori.

Next, The Indian Express' Jayprakash Naidu talks about a train crash in Chhattisgarh that killed 11 people and what the initial inquiry has revealed about what went wrong. (16:40)

In the end, we talk about why the ED has attached assets belonging to cricketers Suresh Raina and Shikar Dhawan in a money laundering probe linked to a betting platform. (21:38)

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