India’s fourth-quarter GDP growth fell to 6.1 per cent, lower than China’s. What are the methods used to gauge GDP numbers? Are there any flaws in the whole process? Journalist & economist Mihir Sharma joins Abhinandan Sekhri, Atul Chaurasia, Anand Ranganathan and Manisha Pande as we delve into India’s GDP growth. We also discuss the fiasco in Aligarh Muslim University — the story that non-Muslim students are supposedly forced to starve. Plus, can KPS Gill be given all the credit for crushing the militancy in Punjab? The team also talks about outgoing Rajasthan High Court judge’s idea of the cow as a national animal and asexual peacocks, beef-fests in Kerala and how PSUs have always been cash machines for the government. Listen Up, there’s a song dedication too.
For reference:
- A review of #NLHafta from Edgar Theodore and Dhiraj Bhandarey
- Newslaundry: NL Interview with Mihir Sharma, part 1
- Newslaundry: Scientists at JNU achieve crucial breakthrough in treating drug-resistant tuberculosis
- Business Standard: 3 years of Modi govt: Is admitting disappointment so hard?
- Newslaundry: No AMU is not force-starving its non-Muslims student
- Newslaundry: Let’s Talk About- Kashmir, Part 1, Part 2
- Newslaundry: RTI investigations
- LiveMint.com: Why India’s growing religiosity is an economic challenge
- The Hindu: Vibrant Gujarat summit forced silence on Zika?
- The Wire: The Indian Police Does Not Need Role Models Like K.P.S. Gill
- God meets God
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