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3 Things
Our flagship daily news show, where hosts Shashank Bhargava and Arun George talk to in-house experts about what is going on and why you need to care about it
Why sugarcane farmers are protesting, bird flu worries, Covid cases fall
First, Harish Damodaran, Indian Express’ rural affairs editor, talks about why sugarcane farmers are protesting near the Delhi-UP border, and how their concerns are different from the Punjab and Haryana farmers.
Next, Parthasarthi Biswas talks about the current bird flu outbreak, and explains how the flu affects birds, the way it spreads, and how concerned we should be about it (11:00).
And in the end, a quick look at how the number of active COVID-19 cases are falling in cities (22:48).
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