The Data Point podcast takes the biggest data-driven stories and puts it into context, so you understand what these numbers mean for you. Hosted by Sonikka Loganathan and supported by experts, to bring you fresh analyses, perspectives and nuance.
Latest episodes
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14 min
War and hunger: Will the ICC’s move against Netanyahu impact the Gaza crisis?
In this episode, The Hindu Data Team delves into the severe food shortages in Gaza and the ICC’s intervention, analysing the intersection of international law and humanitarian aid.…
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33 min
Awareness or affordability: Why are cervical cancer screening levels low among Indian women?
In this episode, The Hindu speaks to doctors to understand the link between HPV and cervical cancer, and why screening rates are so low in India, compared to other countries. They…
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26 min
Arrested abroad? How does an Indian navigate international laws | Data Point podcast
Earlier this month, a Qatar court issued the death sentence to eight former Indian Navy personnel. The former officers were arrested in August of 2022, allegedly for espionage.It’s…
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34 min
Examining the 70-Hour Work Week: Insight or Imposition by Infosys' Narayana Murthy
Debating the 70-Hour Work Week: Are Long Hours the Answer for Young India? Featuring experts from diverse fields, this episode tackles the recent statement by Infosys founder N.R.…
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19 min
A discussion on Madras HC judgment: Wife can claim a share in Husband's property
On June 24th, the Madras High Court held that homemakers are entitled to an equal share in properties purchased by the husband. The Hindu talks to Shaji Paul Chaly, former Justice…
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24 min
Vital Signs Ep 4 | Has the medical profession become more commercialized over time?
Doctors and MBBS students from diverse specialisations, age groups, and geographies believe that the medical profession has increasingly come to look more like a business, rather t…
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41 min
Vital Signs Ep 3 | Does NEET's curriculum serve only as entry filter or does it offer more?
Doctors and MBBS students from diverse specializations, age groups, and geographies believe that the preparation required and done for the NEET examination, does not actually help…
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41 min
Vital Signs Ep 2 | Is medical education tailored to fill the shortage of specialists in rural India?
Doctors and MBBS students from diverse specializations, age groups, and geographies believe the notion that “rural students will naturally serve in rural areas” is flawed. Most arg…
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54 min
Vital Signs Ep 1 | Does NEET favour wealthy, urban and CBSE board students?
Doctors and MBBS students, in various fields of specialisation, across various age-groups, from diverse geographies, say they believe that while common entrance examination for med…
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29 min
How Turkey's economic and political trajectory compares to India
On May 28, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the run-off elections, extending his rule for another five years. Erdogan has been president since 2003. Over the past twenty…
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38 min
"Supreme Court's ruling on divorce does not empower women": HC lawyer Geeta Ramaseshan
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court passed a ruling that allows the apex court to grant divorce in cases of what it termed irretrievable breakdown of marriage. The decision was m…
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26 min
Unpacking trends seen in the 2023 Karnataka Assembly Elections
The Karnataka Assembly elections saw the Indian National Congress achieve a comfortable win, as they secured 136 seats out of 224, 56 more than what they won in the 2018 elections.…
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54 min
Who Will Watch the Watchers: Are CCTV cameras silent protectors or privacy invaders | Data Point podcast
India’s CCTV camera coverage has grown massively and Delhi and Chennai now have more cameras per square mile than cities in China. Generally, the public sentiment is that having CC…
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30 min
Hostile witness, doctored evidence, erring judges: Justice K. Chandru on why police are not convicted for cust…
Following a case of custodial violence in Ambasamudram in Tamil Nadu, the issue of police excess is back at the forefront. Lok Sabha data shows that 478 deaths were reported in Tam…
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30 min
When sky has a limit: The looming space debris crisis | Data Point podcast
When countries and companies increasingly send satellites and spacecraft into orbit, they face an increasingly pressing problem: a lack of space. Debris from old satellites and oth…
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38 min
What decides women's marital age — wealth, education or caste
Last month, the Assam government began an intense crackdown on child marriage. This got the debate going with social activists, who pointed out that the root of the problem — limit…
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30 min
What do poor mathematics scores in school mean for tomorrow's engineers? | Data Point podcast
The recently released Annual Status of Education Report 2022, which surveys learning outcomes of school children, revealed continued dips. In southern, central and western states,…
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31 min
What's more important to control diabetes: Awareness or money
Data from the National Family and Health Survey-5 showed that, more than the wealth of a person, awareness levels play a relatively superior role in diabetes incidence. But do grou…
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43 min
How The Hindu data team covers elections using night lights and census data | Data Point podcast
In this episode, The Hindu speaks to our own Srinivasan Ramani and Vignesh Radhakrishnan about how the data team carries out election coverage. From scraping the data to experiment…
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Denied & delayed: Is the RTI process becoming more restrictive and less pro-people | Data Point podcast
The Right to Information Act was passed in 2005, and it gives citizens access to the records of central and state governments. This act gives people the power to question the gover…