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Audio podcast: Linguistic imposition is discrimination
by admin|12 June 2021|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer June 11, 2021 PODCAST TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer On June 5, 2021, the Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research issued a circular asking its nursing staff...
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Audio podcast: How new laws are destroying workers’ rights
by admin|09 June 2021|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer June 9, 2021 44 labour laws have been condensed into four codes on wages, social security, occupational safety and industrial relations. The government claims this will allow flexibility in hiring and layoffs, and make strikes difficult. Activists say...
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Audio podcast: India’s COVID orphans
by admin|05 June 2021|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer June 5, 2021 PODCAST TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. COVID-19 has devastated families across the country, orphaning hundreds of children. Roughly 27% of India’s population is under 14 years of age...
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Audio podcast: Failure after failure on the vaccine front
by admin|02 June 2021|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer June 2, 2o21 The world’s largest vaccine manufacturer is facing a deadly shortage of COVID-19 doses. From planning to procurement and pricing, everything went wrong. Murali Neelakantan, a former global general counsel for pharma heavyweights who has worked...
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Audio podcast: India’s cryptocurrency dilemma
by admin|29 May 2021|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer May 29, 2021 PODCAST TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. An estimated 15 million Indians have invested over $2 billion in cryptocurrency. Depending on who you choose to believe, cryptocurrency is a...
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Audio podcast: Why India must get disability counts right in the census
by admin|26 May 2021|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer May 26, 2021 “Disability is a political issue,” asserts disability rights crusader Arman Ali in a special conversation with All Indians Matter. The 2011 census counted 2.68 crore disabled persons, which is more than the population of Australia....
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Audio podcast: How India messed up its vaccine strategy
by admin|22 May 2021|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer May 22, 2021 PODCAST TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. It would be comical if it wasn’t so tragic that the Narendra Modi government opened up COVID-19 vaccinations for roughly 960 million...
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When Gandhi saw the India of his dreams in Malerkotla
by admin|21 May 2021|All Indians Matter
Tushar Gandhi May 21, 2021 Not surprisingly, the Punjab government’s decision to carve out a separate Malerkotla district has upset Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The reason is obvious: Muslims make up the majority in Malerkotla. It’s enough to...
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Audio podcast: How we’re destroying our coastlines
by admin|19 May 2021|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer May 19, 2021 Unsustainable development and the disappearance of mangroves, wetlands and water bodies is destroying India’s coastlines. The damage has impacted fishing communities, their economies, fish catches and adjoining urban areas. Recurring natural disasters like cyclones and...
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Audio podcast: Rise of the ‘black fungus’
by admin|15 May 2021|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer May 15, 2021 PODCAST TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. As if the second wave of COVID-19 wasn’t bad enough, many states are reporting cases of mucormycosis, commonly known as the ‘black...
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