Newslaundry Podcast

Dense smog engulfed the capital of India leading to accidents and posing a health hazard for children and the elderly. Environmental journalist Nitin Sethi joins us to discuss the pollution emergency. Is there a long term solution to this? Madhu Trehan, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Anand Ranganathan and Manisha Pande talk of the pollution levels in the city. Can the odd-even rule help in any form? Anand Ranganathan says it’s been a failure. They also talk about the new angle that has come up in the Ryan International School Gurugram murder case where the CBI has claimed that a Class 11 student killed Pradhuman Thakur. Apart from this, they discuss #ParadisePapers, Rahul Gandhi's Oped against Modi government, Kamal Haasan’s imminent entry into politics and more. Listen up, there is a song dedication in the end too. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.