This week’s episode of NL Hafta features an all-star panel of Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Anand Vardhan, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, and Raman Kirpal. They are joined by Banjot Kaur, health and public policy correspondent for Down To Earth magazine.<br /><br />The conversation begins with a round-up of Covid developments from the past weeks, including progress being made in India and abroad towards the production of a suitable vaccine.<br /><br />Another topic of discussion is the government’s decision to allow the JEE and NEET exams to take place as scheduled in September, and the impact this might have on the spread of Covid across India.<br /><br />All this and more, only on this week’s NL Hafta. <br />Hafta is also streaming on all leading podcast platforms: https://www.newslaundry.com/nl-hafta<br /><br />Timecodes<br /><br />0:00 - Headlines<br /><br />05:51 - Covid In India, vaccines, herd immunity<br /><br />25:24 - JEE-NEET row<br /><br />56:04 - Bihar floods and the run-up to their state election<br /><br />01:08:24 - The public outrage around Bloomsbury India and the Delhi riots book<br /><br />01:26:28 - Subscriber letters on Bloomsbury India, secularism, period leave, and more<br /><br />01:41:16 - Recommendations<br /><br />Sign up for our all-new media newsletter: https://bit.ly/StopPressNewsletter<br /><br />Support independent media and subscribe to Newslaundry: http://bit.ly/paytokeepnewsfree<br /><br />To watch this and many more videos, click on http://www.newslaundry.com/<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
