First, Indian Express' Sanath Prasad joins us to talk about how the Hijab row in Karnataka impacted Muslim students' education as they have been dropping out of government PUCs or pre-university colleges and enrolling in private PUCs.

Second, Indian Express' Arun Sharma tells us why civilians in Jammu and Kashmir are demanding to be armed to take on militants just like in the mid-1990s when armed civilians, part of Village Defence Committees (VDCs) used to fight militancy. (10:35)

And in the end, Indian Express' Rupsa Chakraborty explains the reason behind medical students in Mumbai readily paying 10 lakhs rupees fine instead of going for compulsory rural posting after completing MBBS. (21:08)

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Produced by Utsa Sarmin, Shashank Bhargav, and Anwiti Singh
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