How did India start drinking tea ? | Episode 23 (14/8/21)

How did India start drinking tea ? | Episode 23 (14/8/21)

Today, thanks to the British, India is the largest tea-producing country in the world after China. The British not only introduced tea plantations in Assam and Darjeeling but also initiated tea production in other regions in the northeast, north and south of India.

Climate change: Low-income countries 'can't keep up' with impacts | Episode 22 (12/8/21)

Organizations representing 90 countries say that their plans to prevent damage have already been outpaced by climate-induced disasters, which are intensifying and happening more regularly.

India’s godowns are overflowing. So why are people starving? | Episode 21 (11/8/21)

India was home to the largest number of undernourished people in the world even before the Covid-19 [https://indianexpress.com/about/coronavirus/] pandemic [https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/pandemic-explained-who-novel-coronavirus-covid19-what-is-a-pandemic-6309727/]. The latest edition of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report, released jointly by five UN organizations in July, reveals that the pandemic and failure on the part of state to combat its effects, has led to a significant increase in the prevalence of hunger and food insecurity in the country.

Explained: What the ‘no-patrol’ zones | Episode 20 (10/8/21)

As Indian and Chinese troops disengage from Patrolling Point (PP) 17A [https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-china-disengage-at-another-friction-point-troops-return-to-permanent-bases-7442364/] near Gogra Post, the two sides have followed the template for disengagements from previous points since last year. However, the details of a temporary no-patrol zone differs from location to location. What is a ‘no-patrolling’ or ‘buffer’ zone along the Line of Actual Control [https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/line-of-actual-control-where-it-is-located-and-where-india-and-china-differ-6436436/] (LAC) between India and China, and what is its importance in the current scenario?

Threat to human rights is highest in police stations: CJI | Episode 19 (9/8/21)

Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Sunday said police stations pose the “highest threat” to human rights and dignity, which are ‘sacrosanct’. “The threat to human rights and bodily integrity is the highest in police stations... Going by recent reports, even the privileged are not spared third-degree treatment,” the Chief Justice said. Custodial torture and police atrocities still prevail despite constitutional guarantees, he said.