Express 5: Walk the talk with Shekhar Gupta, IIT Bombay prof hypes cell radiation effects

An IIT Bombay professor has been flagged down for blowing out of proportion the effects of mobile phone tower radiation on humans and on the other hand promoting his family’s business of products. IIT prof ‘hyped’ cell radiation

2. Walk the Talk with Shekhar Gupta

In this Walk the Talk with The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta, Balbir Singh Senior, part of the Indian hockey team that won three Olympic gold medals, speaks about playing for the tricolour, Dhyan Chand as a role model and the decline of Punjab sports. Astro turf is very good for Indian hockey

3. Politicians flock to Twitter during polls

New ministers such as Law & Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal stepped into Twitter territory last November, Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley a month later. January 2014 saw old-school politician Lalu Prasad Yadav on this new medium as well. Veterans and newcomers in the politics of Twitter

4. Sports: Pakistan faces Sri Lanka in Asia Cup

Across formats, over the past three months, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have played against each other in 10 matches (5 ODIs, 2 T20Is and 3 Tests) and their recent record suggests no clear favourite. The T20 games were tied at 1-1, the Test series ended with a similar scoreline. Living on a prayer

5. Abdur Rezzak Mollah is the CPM muslim face in Bengal

Abdur Rezzak Mollah has rebelled at a strategic time, launching a political forum before the Lok Sabha elections, but targeting the 2016 assembly polls, and has left the party wary about taking action against him. ‘Politburo members are dalals, not of grassroots’