This week on NL #Hafta, it’s the in-house panel of Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kripal, Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam, and Mehraj D Lone.<br /><br />They discuss #TamilNadu’s bill exempting state board students from the national medical entrance test #NEET, and what led to the government bringing it. Jayashree and Mehraj explain how and why standardised tests such as NEET tend to disadvantage students from poor and marginalised communities.<br /><br />The discussion then moves to last week’s #IncomeTax “surveys” targeting #Newslaundry and #Newsclick. Abhinandan provides a brief account of the day the ‘survey’ happened at Newslaundry and kickstarts a discussion about how the institutions of state operate in India and how they wield the power they have over the public.<br /><br />Listen to the audio podcast: https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/09/18/hafta-346-newslaundry-tax-survey-and-tamil-nadus-neet-bill<br /><br />---<br /><br />Timecodes<br /><br />2:42 - Headlines<br />14:25 - Tamil Nadu’s NEET bill<br />32:09 - IT ‘surveys’ at Newslaundry and Newsclick<br />56:55 - Subscriber mails<br />1:18:43- Recommendations<br /><br />---<br /><br />Subscribe to Newslaundry: https://www.newslaundry.com/subscription?ref=social<br /><br />Follow and engage with us on social media:<br />Facebook: https://facebook.com/newslaundry<br />Twitter: https://twitter.com/newslaundry<br />Instagram: https://instagram.com/newslaundry
