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Song: Wake Up Now
00:05:20 - Headlines
00:17:02 - Electoral bonds
00:38:28 - Tamil Nadu, Bihar seat-sharing
00:53:15 - Adani sponsoring Ramnath Goenka Awards
01:13:55 - Letters
01:35:11 - Recommendations
References
HM Amit Shah cited wrong data to underplay BJP’s share of electoral bonds
7 firms that failed drug quality test gave money to political parties
Rs 45 cr in bonds by infra firm founded by BJP MP, a hydropower project, and curious case of U-turns
Sonam Wangchuk on Ladakh stir, failed talks with Centre
Recommendations
Dhanya
The costs of Reliance’s wildlife ambitions
The Assamese: A Portrait of a Community
Anand
The Oxford Companion to Politics in India: Chapter - Politics and Business
Raman
Adani’s Dharavi redevelopment: New dreams or nightmare?
The curious case of Sosamma Iype and the Vechur cow
Abhinandan
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