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Political parties are intensifying their outreach to Gen Z voters through campus programmes, digital campaigns and interactive events ahead of upcoming elections. Congress has planned youth-focused engagements, while the Samajwadi Party is using AI content, memes and short videos to appeal to young voters in Uttar Pradesh. The BJP and central government are also exploring creator-style content and a proposed ‘One Day One University’ campaign for direct student engagement. The push comes amid growing youth concerns over jobs, education and governance, with parties increasingly recognising Gen Z’s influence on online narratives and voting decisions.
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00:00Hello and welcome. I'm Sonal Mayrothra Kapoor. Welcome to 5 Live.
00:04On the program today, four stories that are the ones that deserve your attention.
00:09We'll start with what's happening in UP.
00:11The race for 2027 UP polls have begun.
00:14We spoke about it earlier on how Gen Z was becoming the focus of how political strategies were being formed.
00:20And now it looks right. From Samajwadi Party to BJP, they're all aligned and they're all saying one word.
00:27Gen Z.
00:28What exactly are the strategies? How do they differ from previous times?
00:32We'll decode that on the program.
00:33Then we've got the Bar Council Chief facing Lawyer Stur.
00:38Remember the cockroaches, the legal cockroaches as they are now being called,
00:42who said that they don't want to invite in the CGI.
00:48Then that led to a lot of back and forth.
00:50Where exactly is that protest at?
00:52We'll take you through that over the course of the program.
00:54And then, raid after raid, cockroaches, ants, rats, this time being found in public restaurants and places.
01:04And this time, interestingly, the reports are not just from Maharashtra, not just from Karnataka,
01:10but they're spreading all the way to UP.
01:11So we'll bring you the gory reality of how food is cooked in our country.
01:17And then, to the good news, it's not all doom and gloom.
01:21The world's first personalized cancer vaccine has cleared phase 3 human trials.
01:29The magical word there is mRNA.
01:32What does this mean for melanoma, a very deadly kind of skin cancer?
01:37What does this mean for the future of vaccines coming in as cure for cancer?
01:42All of that, we'll decode it for you and ensure how you get to benefit from this news.
01:49But first up, as always, let me take you through the headlines on Top of 5.
01:55Home Minister Amit Shah hit out at Congress over its decision to sing only two stanzas of Vande Mataram,
02:01accusing and alleging that Congress spilled the National Song in 1937 for Muslim appeasement.
02:09And a move, he claims, laid the foundation for partition.
02:12Congress has hit back, saying it has followed the two stanza version for over 90 years,
02:17calling Vande Mataram an emotional part of its freedom struggle legacy.
02:21K. Subhina Kapal has now accused BJP of politicizing the issue.
02:27Rahul Gandhi's big attack on Prime Minister Modi, according to Congress sources.
02:32Rahul told the CWC, that is the Congress Working Committee,
02:36that Prime Minister Modi was politically finished
02:38and had come to his knees while claiming the government's time was over
02:44and urging party workers to remain confident in the Congress ideology.
02:49BJP, based on those remarks, has hit back,
02:51calling Congress the Islamabad National Party
02:54and the CWC, the Congress Whitewash Committee.
03:00Another Congress, Tharoor Flashpoint, is brewing
03:03after party chief Mr. Kharge raised concerns over leaders not following the party line.
03:08Congress sources say, Kharge told CWC that some leaders who receive significant media attention,
03:13insinuating you know who, had not spoken out on key issues that did not name any leader.
03:21Southern chief ministers have raised series of key concerns
03:24during that meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah from NEET and delimitation to the Kaveri dispute
03:30and funding for the South.
03:31Tamil Nadu chief minister Vijay sought exemption from NEET
03:34and said that South must not be penalized for population control in future delimitation.
03:40Karnataka chief minister D.K. Sivkumar pushed for the Mikaru project
03:44and resolution to the Kaveri issue.
03:50Tamil Nadu chief minister Vijay has called for safeguards
03:54for the state's political representation during delimitation,
03:58saying that Tamil Nadu should not be penalized for population control.
04:05Student protest over alleged irregularity.
04:08In this time, Andhra Pradesh's DSC exams has entered their third day
04:13with the YSRCP backing the Gen Z protests and questioning the recruitment process.
04:18The Naidu government has hit back, alleging irregularities in Group 1 exams
04:22under the previous YSRCM regime.
04:26Naidu has called the process illegal and changed the former CM Jagan to face the Assembly.
04:34Lawyers protested outside the Bar Council of India office in Delhi,
04:37demanding the resignation of the BC.
04:39The Bar Council of India chief Manan Mishra
04:43and citing the Nalsar episode as an example of alleged high-handedness.
04:48Protesters are seeking greater accountability and reforms.
04:54A family disputed Lucknow has now ended in a triple death
04:57with a man allegedly shooting his wife and his ailing sister before dying by suicide.
05:03The incident is being linked to a divorce dispute.
05:06The man had also posted online, allegedly claiming he had killed his wife
05:11over alleged withdrawal and would take his own life as well, which he did.
05:17And experimental, personalised cancer vaccine developed by Merck and Moderna
05:24has met key goals in the large phase 3 melanoma trial,
05:29marking what the company says is the first positive late-stage readout
05:34for an mRNA-based vaccine and a cancer therapy there.
05:38The result could strengthen the case for use of personalised vaccines like mRNA
05:43for other cancer-related tumours as well.
06:08For political parties, the battle for young voter is no longer being fought only from the stage.
06:16or at the booth.
06:18It is being fought on the phone.
06:21Ahead of crucial state elections, next year and after the Gen Z protests
06:26that brought youth anger into sharp focus,
06:29the Modi government now appears to be stepping up its push to connect
06:32with the generation that consumes politics very differently.
06:36One reel per day, per hour, per minute, per second perhaps.
06:41And now there is even a report card.
06:44The government sources have told India today that the social media performances of union ministers
06:49was assessed and a report card was presented at the cabinet meeting.
06:54The parameters included the number of posts they did, the kind of engagement they got,
06:58the likes, follow accounts across Instagram, ex-Facebook,
07:02and at the top, Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
07:05But this is not simply about who has the biggest following.
07:11This comes as the BJP and the government took, you know, took some time perhaps,
07:18but are now looking to speak to Gen Z in its own language.
07:22They want to make it shorter.
07:23They want to make it faster, more visual, and increasingly more personal as well.
07:28But there is a catch.
07:30Getting Gen Z to watch is one thing.
07:32Getting Gen Z to believe and trust, well, that's something entirely different, right?
07:38So let's try and understand that and decode this.
07:41Here's Piyush and Himanshu with a story on how
07:44there has been an entire shift in the thinking of the Modi government
07:49and their approach towards Gen Z.
07:52And it all starts with Instagram.
08:02Some events leave a lasting impact.
08:06And Delhi's Janthar Mantra protest last month
08:09appeared to have triggered a rethink within the BJP's digital strategy.
08:14An eye-opener in many ways.
08:17With the focus now shifting firmly on Gen Z,
08:20Instagram and short-form content.
08:23From PM Modi's familiar Hello Friends videos
08:27to more casual Instagram reels.
08:31Hi friends.
08:33Today I'm going to be happy to talk about you.
08:39And a wider digital rejig within the party.
08:43The message is clear.
08:45Politics is now chasing the Gen Z like.
08:50Sources have told India Today that the overall social media performance
08:54ranking of ministers was presented at the cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
08:58And this was not just a ministers versus ministers popularity contest.
09:04The assessment looked at the traction generated by political leaders
09:07across Instagram, X and Facebook.
09:11From the country's top political faces
09:17The report covered social media activity between May 1st and August 15th, 2026.
09:24The ranking took into account average daily posts,
09:28total engagement, average engagement per post,
09:32likes, average likes, and the follower count across all platforms.
09:38And at the top of the list, Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
09:42He has a following of 106 million on Instagram
09:46and has good reach on other social media platforms as well.
09:50Over the years, he used the platform for short videos.
09:54Behind-the-scenes moments, travel visuals, festival greetings and more personal,
10:03less formal interactions, content that often looks very different
10:08from his traditional political speeches.
10:11But Prime Minister's recent Instagram presence has seen unnoticeable shift,
10:18shorter videos, more casual styling, creator-style formats
10:23and content designed for quick consumption.
10:28Just like how the Gen Z likes it.
10:31Prime Minister's social media avatar is changing.
10:35The Prime Minister wants his ministers to slay too.
10:39Sources say after the protest,
10:41Prime Minister Modi asked union ministers to get more active on platforms
10:45popular with younger audiences,
10:48with content that feels natural, less scripted and less heavily edited.
10:54And the Gen Z outreach isn't stopping at Instagram.
10:58It is learnt that the Modi government is now preparing
11:00a major university outreach push,
11:03where the ministers will be travelling across the country
11:06to meet students, hear their concerns and explain government schemes.
11:11Under the One Day, One University initiative,
11:14ministers will engage directly with students
11:17taking the government's message from the real suite
11:20to the campus floor.
11:22Because, after all, a vibe check is a must.
11:26In the digital age,
11:28building a connection on social media is important.
11:30But IRL interactions matter too.
11:35Because getting Gen Z's attention may be easy.
11:40Earning their trust,
11:41that's the real challenge.
11:44With Piyush and Himanshu Mishra,
11:47Bureau Report, India Today.
11:52Alright, so everybody's after trying to tap in
11:56and get clocking with Gen Z.
11:58But at the end of the day,
12:00their attention matters why.
12:02Because they are increasingly becoming the largest voter base.
12:06Think of UP, for example.
12:08The battle for UP's 2027 may still be months away,
12:12but the political parties are already preparing
12:14for a very different kind of voter.
12:16A young voter.
12:17The generation that is more digitally connected than vocal,
12:21increasingly winning to take its grievances
12:23straight to the streets,
12:25and that is forcing political parties to rethink
12:28how they listen, respond, and even communicate.
12:33From Mahoba, where school children came out on the highway
12:37over a broken waterlogged road,
12:39to students' protests over education-related issues
12:42in several other districts,
12:43young discontent,
12:46or youth discontent,
12:48let me call it that,
12:49is becoming harder to ignore.
12:51The response from the UOB government
12:53has been, you know,
12:55to put accountability and monitoring
12:58at the centre of its approach.
12:59Now, what is it that the UP Chief Minister is doing?
13:02The UP Chief Minister has ordered accountability
13:04for negligence, immediate action on teachers,
13:08shortages, administrative lapses,
13:10along with tighter monitoring of educational institutes,
13:14special focus on educational institutes.
13:17The Chief Minister's Office officials
13:18have also been appointed as nodal officers
13:21to keep a closer watch
13:23on how schools are functioning
13:25and whether these concerns are actually being addressed.
13:27And the focus on schools is also visible in Ayodhya,
13:32where the administration has now moved to
13:35restrict access to government-run schools.
13:38Outsiders, including some YouTubers,
13:41and people associated with the social media,
13:43will need prior permission now
13:45to enter their schools.
13:47Unauthorised photography, remember,
13:49because so many reels are doing the rounds,
13:51media is there,
13:52talking about all these protests as well.
13:55All these unauthorised photography,
13:57as they've called it,
13:58and videography,
13:59has also been banned
14:01with the district education authorities
14:03directing schools
14:04to strictly enforce order.
14:08And,
14:09there's another side to this entire political recalibration,
14:13remember, the fight for young voter
14:15that is moving from classroom to the smartphone.
14:18The Smajwadi Party
14:19is building a Gen Z-focused digital campaign
14:22ahead of the assembly polls.
14:24The focus is very clear.
14:25Build a youth-focused digital campaign
14:27ahead of 2027 polls,
14:28with the 18 to 29 age group
14:31accounting to around 21% of the electorate.
14:36Now, that's a huge vote.
14:39Will it be a swing vote?
14:40Will it be something that will vote in tandem?
14:43That's going to be interesting,
14:45especially in a state like UP.
14:47Now, the strategy includes
14:48AI-generated content,
14:50memes, short-form videos
14:51to present the party's policies,
14:53issues, achievements
14:54in a format designed
14:55for young, restless audiences.
14:59The larger objective
15:00is to broaden
15:01their traditional support base
15:02while putting jobs,
15:04development, opportunities
15:06at the centre of the pitch
15:07to young voters.
15:08And this is where
15:09the larger political contest
15:10is really taking place
15:11because from BJP
15:13and the government,
15:14the challenge is to
15:15turn administrative action
15:17into youth confidence
15:18with a bit of tightening
15:19on who gets to report
15:20and who does not.
15:21And for the opposition,
15:22it is to turn digital engagement
15:24into electoral support.
15:26What's common?
15:28Gen Z.
15:29Because Gen Z
15:30is not simply another vote bank
15:32to be addressed
15:33during the election campaign.
15:35They are a generation
15:36that can question the system,
15:38say, you know,
15:38go ahead and shape
15:40the entire online narrative
15:41and also influence
15:42the political conversations
15:44long before polling,
15:45even inside their homes
15:46with people who are voting
15:48inside the family.
15:49Change their mindset as well.
15:51And in a state
15:52as electorally crucial,
15:55as divided as well
15:57as Uttar Pradesh,
15:58the race to win
15:59that conversation
16:01has already begun.
16:05Semajwaadi Party
16:06Gen Z.
16:06Go Saadhanor
16:07Gen Z.
16:08this is a
16:12dirhahara
16:15regime.
16:23Gen Z.
16:32Gen Z.
16:34foreign
17:10All right, and let's get a perspective, an on-ground perspective on the story with my colleague Ashish Srivastav joining
17:16us from UP.
17:17Ashish, when we talk about Gen Z, it's a difference between Delhi and UP's Gen Z.
17:23You know, we cover UP and we can tell you that their mindset is a very different, their demands are
17:30a different,
17:30they are very different, they are very different, they are very different, but the attitude is common.
17:35This is a whole policy and strategy, this is the same, UP's Gen Z, which are you looking for?
17:46Thank you very much.
18:16IMPRESS होता है और यह मैसिज कहीं ना कहीं समाज़दी पार्टी के पास है कि लॉंग जो पहले लंबे-लंबे
18:22भाषण होते थे ट्रेडिशनल जो पिस्पीचस होती थी उसमें अब पढ़ने वाला नहीं है तो वह कहीं ना कहीं वह
18:27अपना एक फंड़ा अपनाते हुए उसी दि�
18:46लगातार जो प्रियास कर रही जाए यह अधितनात हो चाहिए पिर यहां का अडमिस्टेशन हो यहां चीफ सेक्रेटरी हो वह
18:53लगातार ऐसा और कर रहे हैं कि जो जैंजी को लेकर जो स्कूल्स हैं वह पूरे प्रापर किये जाएं उनकी
18:58सुबिधायें दी जाएं किसी तरी
19:12मतलकि लिए उनके अज़ुकी सिस्टम कि बात हो रही है यूपी और डैली में बहुत इफरेंस है हाला कि इसको
19:19लेकर यह पार्टी आप जूला यह कर रहे है बादरेंस बूटारें
19:42Yeah, I have told you a lot about it.
19:44I have told you a lot about it.
19:46That the Gen Z is the U.P.
19:49probably not on the first time.
19:52Who clock is doing it?
19:54Who does it?
19:55Who does it?
19:57This is a very big thing.
20:01U.P. for the cast to set aside,
20:04only on the job to vote,
20:06It's a very big thing.
20:09If you want to vote,
20:15you can't vote,
20:16you can't vote.
20:28You can't vote.
20:30The vote.
20:31The vote.
20:31The vote.
20:34You can vote.
20:48।
21:06foreign
21:44Thank you so much for joining us with those insights.
22:01But we are not done with Gen Z just yet, because what about the Congress party?
22:05We spoke about BJP, we spoke about the principal opposition in UPSP, but what about Rahul Gandhi?
22:12Well, the opposition's Gen Z outreach is taking a more direct route with him, because
22:16continuing his engagement with students, every day there is a new statement that comes out.
22:21Now, the Pune police have cleared Rahul Gandhi's Chhatro Ki Goonj program, but with a detailed
22:27set of conditions focused on crowd control and law and order.
22:30The organizers, you know, organizers who are holding this, the Congress party really, have
22:35been told to prevent overcrowding, maintain order at the venue and ensure that there is
22:39no situation that develops that could create a law and order situation.
22:43What is the background to the story?
22:44Rahul Gandhi wanted to have this Chhatro Ki Goonj in that city and the administration, and
22:50they could not come on the same terms on where and when will this be given?
22:55There were permission issues and a lot of other stuff that followed, but objectionable images
22:59and banners have also been prohibited while the organizers have been made responsible
23:05directly for any untoward incident linked to the program.
23:08But Rahul Gandhi's larger pitch is going beyond the event itself and directly into the
23:13political battle over who understands young India better.
23:16Now, in the latest attack on the RSS and the BJP, Rahul Gandhi accused them of believing
23:22they understand students, while in his words, controlling the system and attacking the system
23:28is what they know best.
23:30And that is the message at the heart of his student outreach, not speaking for students,
23:35he says, but listening to them.
23:37With parties increasingly competing for Gen Z attention, like we just told you, Rahul Gandhi
23:42is seeking to position that direct student contact as a political advantage.
23:50The real fight is that a group of people have suddenly decided, because they have control
23:59of the system, that they know the truth of everybody in this country.
24:09When Mr. Narendra Modi says, I forgive the students.
24:15Yeah, please, I forgive you.
24:18Meaning what?
24:19You are a bunch of jokers.
24:21I am very smart.
24:22I know everything.
24:24You don't understand everything.
24:26And I forgive you.
24:34Then suddenly they got scared.
24:37And Mohan Bhagwadji says, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, we should not attack the students.
24:41You are attacking the students every day because you believe you know the truth.
24:47All right.
24:47So that was Rahul Gandhi in Pune.
24:49Let's again get a ground perspective there with my colleague Omkar Wable joining us with
24:54the very latest.
24:55Omkar, help me understand this.
24:58Rahul Gandhi's entire event, you know, they've been a series of them now in different places.
25:03He's had live interactions.
25:04Every speech has run into some controversy.
25:08It could be the hug incident.
25:09It could be in this case about, you know, forgiving, etc.
25:13But when an event like this, a political event like this, which is not a rally,
25:18which seems like an interaction is set up, who are the kind of people in the audience?
25:22I've always been curious.
25:24When rallies are held, it's mostly party workers.
25:26And we all know, you know, in a country like India, people are paid to go and attend that rally.
25:30How are, what is the setup behind these meet and greets that Rahul Gandhi is really holding?
25:39Well, nowadays Congress is urging youngsters to enroll for this program.
25:43And that is how the enrollment process is going on right now.
25:46But the interesting thing is, it is very clear.
25:49Every politician wants to encash the votes of Generation Z and that is how they are approaching this generation.
25:57That is why even Rahul Gandhi has organized Chhatro Ki Gul.
26:01It will be an interactive program in Pune.
26:03So, interesting part of it is, when Pune Congress tried to approach local police for the permission,
26:10police have given the permission along with 30 different terms and conditions.
26:14So, there are different conditions regarding mob and organizing program.
26:20But now it is very clear that there should be no derogatory or any provocative remarks made by the speaker
26:32during this program.
26:33So, every time controversial, Rahul Gandhi says something.
26:37So, now Congress, all Congress leaders are seriously alleging that government is using the shoulder of the police to shut
26:45us down.
26:45And even now, Gandhi is saying there is one system, there is one man who is handling everything,
26:51and there is no parallel line, they are not allowing us to speak, and they are killing freedom of speech.
26:57So, even when it comes to Pune, because Rahul Gandhi is going to deliver his speech and he is going
27:01to interact just on upcoming weekend.
27:04So, before that, this controversy erupted when Gandhi said something.
27:08Again, the police said, we will allow you, but there will be 30 different terms and conditions.
27:14You will have to follow all those.
27:15Otherwise, we will take action because there could be a situation of law and order for us.
27:20And that is how everything is happening. Back to you.
27:22All right. So, Rahul Gandhi facing a tough challenge there by the Pune administration.
27:28Some 30 different, you know, rules that he has to abide by if he wants that event to happen.
27:33But interesting how these events are taking place and perhaps, you know, getting more focus to the events
27:38than they would have otherwise by bringing in all these restrictions in place.
27:42But we leave it there, Omkar. Thanks so much for joining us.
27:47Move on now.
27:48Now, when the body meant to regulate legal profession itself comes under the scanner,
27:55the questions are bound to be sharper.
27:57Who am I talking about?
27:58Well, the confirmation or perhaps, you know, the entire confrontation that happened
28:04that is playing out outside the Bar Council of India headquarters in Delhi
28:08with lawyers taking to the streets and demanding the removal of BCI chairman, Manan Kumar Mishra.
28:14Now, what's the background? Remember the protests that are at the, you know, has its roots in the Nalsar controversy,
28:21where the BCI decision to restrict enrollment of university's 2026 graduating batch of lawyers
28:28triggered a backlash before the order was, you know, really enforced or even it had to be withdrawn eventually.
28:36The protesters are now citing that episode as an example of what they call arbitrary decision-making
28:42and are demanding accountability, institutional reform and greater protection for lawyers.
28:48The centre of the protest is one demand, the resignation of BCI chief Manan Mishra.
28:54But the protesters are seeking more than a change at the top.
28:59They want a protection framework for advocates, insurance and welfare measures as well for lawyers
29:03and wider reforms within the legal profession.
29:06The protesters allege that notices are being issued at the discretion of the BCI chairman,
29:12that orders have been passed against lawyers and that the council's office and letterheads are being used
29:18for what they describe are political agendas.
29:22These remain allegations made by the protesters, remember.
29:27But what about the Cockroach Janta Party?
29:29The Cockroach Janta Party has now backed the demonstrators.
29:33CJP spokesperson Saurabh Das has called the protesters legal cockroaches,
29:38supported their demand for Mishra's resignation and described the protest as a peaceful effort to seek accountability.
29:45Now what began as a dispute over one university's graduating batch has now widened into a larger confrontation over power,
29:54accountability and the independence of the institution that regulates India's lawyers.
30:05We are outside the Bar Council of India office where advocates have gathered protesting,
30:10seeking resignation of BCI chairman Manan Kumar Mishra.
30:14We will try and speak to these lawyers trying to find out exactly what they are seeking.
30:21As we can hear slogans are being raised seeking resignation where they clearly stating that Manan Kumar Mishra should resign.
30:31They are questioning that they are representing everyone.
30:35Who is representing them?
30:37When will Manan Kumar Mishra speak up for the lawyers?
30:41Is what they are questioning?
30:44Sir what's your primary allegation?
30:49Primary concern?
30:50Why are you seeking his resignation?
30:52Why are you seeking his resignation?
31:18Is what she is seeking?
31:23foreign
31:31foreign
31:33foreign
31:34foreign
31:34foreign
31:41foreign
32:23we will be standing here hands in hands with all the lawyers the fraternity is here and we will
32:31make sure we will make sure that we stand here till the time manan mishra resigns and it is an
32:38unconditional demand we do not want anything else we want his unconditional resignation
32:44all right let me cut across to anisha mathur now joining us for a perspective on this story
32:48now anisha needless to say that the lawyer community is perhaps the most political community
32:53in the country every time all great politicians have come out of you know being lawyers some
32:59journalists have come out of being lawyers or of das who is now the chief spokesperson for the
33:04kokro janta party also has a you know law background over there but and we know that within the lawyer
33:11communities there are always groups anti somebody you know pro someone and there are lobbies that
33:16exist the protests that we see right now do you see them as genuine lawyer anger as genuine you know
33:24anger against what mr manan did or do you think this is just yet one of those lobbies who are
33:29just
33:30you know having their day in the sun because of you know the comments made see uh honestly the answer
33:37to that is both there are lobbies and everybody knows that as you just mentioned but there is very
33:43much uh anger against the bar council against mr manan mishra even within the bar council of india
33:50and the state bar councils themselves because you know some of we heard some of these lawyers who
33:56were talking to our reporter srishti oja this morning at the same time let's also look at what
34:01has happened in the country over the last few days when the initial letter had gone out from
34:07the bar council of india with mr manan mishra's signature to the nalsar authorities and to the state
34:13bar councils we spoke to several representatives of state bars we spoke to several senior lawyers
34:19from across the political spectrum all of them had the same question how can the bar council violate
34:25the right to protest freedom of expression of students in this manner if you see what is happening
34:32not just at nalsar but also nls bangalore for example and nujs kolkata nlsar jodhpur all these law
34:40schools which are the premier law schools of the country their teachers their students have also raised
34:45the same question that students in this country every citizen in this country has the right to
34:51protest so why did the bar council issue the kind of letter it did interestingly sonal when i called
34:56mr mishra and i called multiple members of the bar council of india on the day that this letter was
35:02issued some of the persons i spoke to said well that letter this kind of order should not have been
35:08passed within a two-hour period sonal look at the timeline also 6 15 the let initial letter goes out
35:15eight o'clock the second letter comes out and says this is now endorsed by the executive committee
35:22that no action will be taken against the students but inquiry will continue so within two hours within
35:28the bar council itself people had raised the question of what exactly was done so when there
35:34are questions being asked about mismanagement of the bar council uh whether mr mishra did what he did
35:40could he have done what he did in the first place this is not a political question it was not
35:45a lobby
35:45raising this question it is something that is being asked across the board that are we uh losing sight of
35:53what the law what the constitution allows us to do back to you interesting indeed but whenever it comes
35:58to lawyers there's always a twist to the story there's always a hidden meaning that perhaps none of us are
36:04looking at so perhaps we'll wait for anisha to get us what exactly is happening over there in the next
36:08one
36:08for the moment thanks so much for joining us
36:12all right uh let's move on to the latest when it comes to crackdown on food safety the maharashtra
36:19food and drug administration crackdown on food safety is widening another day another raid after fda
36:25turned its attention to advertising and celebrity endorsements in which you know we've already
36:29reported the story ajay devgan, sharuk khan, tiger shawf have been served notices by the maharashtra
36:34fda over an advertisement for miwemal elaichi the fda now alleges the advertisement amounts to
36:40surrogate advertising and has raised concerns over what it calls potentially misleading promotion
36:46the crackdown continues on the ground with the hotel kitchen in the mumbai's malad shut
36:51after an fda inspection found rats cockroaches food stored amidst dust and grime and other serious
37:01hygiene lapses over there the findings from the kitchen include let me repeat that for you not
37:06just cockroaches we've seen that in the past this time there were rats they were open drains a toaster
37:11placed on an open dustbin grease and stagnant water you know what stagnant water does and what kind
37:17of flies come in and what kind of illnesses follow the foods up license of that hotel has been now
37:24suspended and under maharashtra fda commissioner tukaram mundi the message from the department seems to
37:29be fairly clear the scrutiny is moving from what is sold to how it is prepared and even how food
37:36related
37:36products are advertised and for consumers the question is simple if the food is being watched shouldn't the
37:44claims selling it be watched as well and some updates coming in on that story big decision
37:57of the maharashtra fda the sale of open edible oil has been banned in maharashtra shopkeepers will no
38:04longer be able to sell loose oil misbranded wrongly labeled unregistered oil companies are under the scanner
38:11they have already picked up some 1247 samples that were tested back in 2025 13 were found to be unsafe
38:2077 substandard oil was found which is why the sale of unbranded loose edible oil or those that are sold
38:31without the label will no longer be allowed to sell in maharashtra that's a big decision there coming in
38:39from maharashtra fda
38:46upon compliance order as issue
39:16country
39:17you
39:18Out of 1247, substandard samples were found in 77 cases.
39:2413 samples were found unsafe.
39:26So that's a quite big number.
39:28And misbranded were found 15.
39:32And a lot can happen as you can see in the story with just one man.
39:36Just one IAS officer.
39:38One IAS officer in Maharashtra has put a spotlight on food across the country,
39:43questioning what we eat, how it is made, and what finally reaches our plates as well.
39:48And here is the uncomfortable reality playing out across the country now.
39:51From school children falling sick after midday meals,
39:54to detergent being served as salt,
39:56to a five-year-old girl losing her life after suspected food poisoning,
40:01and even a dead rat found inside a packet of unbranded Namkeen.
40:07All of this happened in just 24 hours in India, across the country, in different parts.
40:13And these are not isolated concerns, remember?
40:15They raise a much bigger question.
40:18When it comes to food that we feed our families,
40:21who's making sure that rules are followed?
40:25Who's making sure that it is safe?
40:36Food is supposed to nourish us, not make us sick, not put our children in danger.
40:42But across India, a string of disturbing food safety incidents are exposing a worrying trend,
40:49one of no food safety.
40:52In Himachal Pradesh's Kullu, 39 school children fell ill after eating kheer served under the midday meal scheme.
41:00Samples of the rice and sugar are now being tested.
41:06The rice was rather backward at midday meal, we should be giving up our children's poor children.�
41:57The sub-divisional magistrate is probing the incident and authorities have assured action
42:02if negligence is established.
42:29A civil incident in Bihaz, Nalanda, where a shocking mix-up turned a school
42:34meal into a health care.
42:35Detergent powder was used instead of salt.
42:42The audience said that the time of the life is consumed by people, the case of the age of the
42:46child, which is the same?
42:46The examiner is in the middle school.
42:47How many children have been sick?
42:5510-15 children
42:58Some children have been reduced.
43:01They have been reduced.
43:03They have been reduced.
43:04After a while, they have been reduced.
43:20Nearly 40 students complained of stomach pain and nausea and had to be rushed to hospital.
43:25The principal has been suspended and the probe is on.
43:58But in Surat, the consequences were devastating.
44:02Five members of her family fell critically ill after eating food ordered from a restaurant.
44:08And among them was a five-year-old girl.
44:11She did not make it.
44:36And then comes another shocking case from Kanpur, Dehat.
44:40A consumer opened a packet of branded namkeen, bought for children and found a dead baby rat inside.
44:50In the city of Raja Purkesha, someone bought a packet of vikano-namkeen.
44:56After opening, she got a dead baby rat.
45:00This was also a great deal.
45:03And today, I'm going to bring the team to Shetri Khad-e-Sulachhya.
45:06We will send our team to our team.
45:08We will send them to our team.
45:10And we will send them to our team.
45:12We will send them to our team.
45:15We will send them to our team.
45:19Children falling sick and innocent life lost
45:22and countless exposed to food-related illness.
45:27Food safety cannot remain a rule written on paper.
45:32Bureau Report, India Today.
45:38Now to a story that could redefine how the world fights cancer.
45:44Pharma giants Merck and Moderna have announced
45:47that their personalized mRNA cancer vaccine
45:50that has cleared phase 3 human trials for melanoma.
45:53And this will be the first time an individualized cancer vaccine
45:59built entirely from the patient's own tumor
46:01has succeeded at its final stage of testing.
46:04combined with the immunotherapy drug, which is Keytruda.
46:08The vaccine has shown it can delay cancer from returning
46:12and also stop it from spreading to other organs.
46:16But what exactly does it do?
46:19How does it do it?
46:20And why should it matter to people even beyond the melanoma?
46:26Why is Moderna's own CEO calling this the biggest moment as big as COVID vaccine?
46:32Let's break it down.
46:34Now, four letters, four letters that could change how cancer is treated in this country.
46:41And those are MRNA.
46:43This is the tech, which is not to remember.
46:46But, you know, we've seen this before in the COVID vaccines and some other cases as well.
46:50But this is now being used by Moderna and Merck for melanoma.
46:54And this could change the way the world treats cancer.
46:57So, what exactly is this technology?
46:59Let's break it down because it's genuinely fascinating.
47:02Now, imagine somebody who has just had a tumour, surgically removed it.
47:07And that tumour goes for a biopsy.
47:10From that biopsy, the doctors take out the sample and read its mutations,
47:14a specific genetic marker unique to that person's cancer.
47:18Those markers are then coded into a vaccine.
47:21And that vaccine is injected back into the patient's body.
47:25Not to attack cancer directly with chemicals,
47:28but to train your own immune system and recognise and fight it.
47:34It's personalisation of medicine in the truest sense.
47:39It's like your own personal AI,
47:41fighting the cancer that your body otherwise could not.
47:45This is built entirely around one person's own tumour.
47:49Combined with Ketruda, remember, the immunotherapy drug
47:51already used in melanoma treatment,
47:53this vaccine does two things, like I said.
47:56It helps delay the cancer from returning
47:59and it also helps stop it from spreading to other organs.
48:03Now, does this sound like a game-changer?
48:06Well, it does.
48:07But let's look at what the actual trial data tells us.
48:11The trial has been done on 1,137 high-risk melanoma patients
48:17who were part of the phase 3 trials,
48:19all the way spanning from stage 2b, all the way to stage 4.
48:23The results have been promising,
48:25but the exact percentages have not been made public yet.
48:29The company is saving those for presentations before medical peers
48:32and regulatory bodies.
48:34But what about side effects?
48:36Well, the company's not saying anything major so far.
48:40They've reported fatigue, chills and pain at the injection site
48:44as one of those side effects being reported.
48:47And the markers have already reacted.
48:52Now, the Moderna's shares there have jumped over 100% in a single day of trade
48:59right after the announcement was made on the successful phase 3 trial of this Maxine.
49:04The biggest day gain that we've seen in the company's history,
49:10is a sign of just how significant investors believe this breakthrough could be.
49:15And now, here is why this matters to all of us.
49:20Even those whose cancer goes beyond melanoma.
49:24Moderna CEO has called this as big as the moment of Covid vaccine breakthrough.
49:28And that is because scientists believe that if this technology works on melanoma,
49:33works for melanoma, the same could be used in other kinds of cancers as well.
49:38For example, lung, for example, kidney, for example, bladder cancer as well.
49:43The possibilities are endless.
49:46And that is what makes this breakthrough so exciting.
49:50Especially when you consider that the American Cancer Society has already estimated the numbers.
49:56Let me jog your memory there.
49:58According to the American Cancer Society,
50:00every second man and every third woman is likely to develop cancer in their lifetime.
50:07And that's a number that is a scary one.
50:10So this entire vaccine comes as a huge ray of hope.
50:14With numbers like this and a personalized vaccine approach now showing great results,
50:19this space is worth watching out for.
50:22And some great breakthroughs are only in the pipeline.
50:30Alright, with that, it's a wrap on today's Five Live.
50:34Hope we've managed to bring you an episode that was filled with lots of information
50:38that really gets you going through the day.
50:40But don't go anywhere.
50:41Because after this very short commercial break,
50:43we come back with Health Wealth.
50:45Another quick anecdote that will make you smarter.
50:51Unfortunately, people are not looking at this as a medicine.
50:53They're looking at it as some kind of vanity drug, right?
50:56Yeah.
50:56I think that's where also all the backlash comes from.
50:59Because you had all these like celebrities and actors and stuff
51:01suddenly taking JLP
51:03and then getting what you call the Olympic face and stuff, right?
51:06So you start like thinking that this is some kind of vanity drug.
51:10When it's not a vanity drug, it's a really powerful medicine, right?
51:13And you got to treat it like a medicine.
51:15I mean, you don't go to OTC and buy an insulin shot, right?
51:17And say, okay, everybody takes so much of insulin.
51:20So I'm going to take so much insulin over the next three months
51:22and then I'll stop and I'll be okay.
51:24Doesn't work like that, right?
51:25So this is a metabolic problem as well.
51:28And you've got to treat it as such.
51:29You know, you go through so much, right?
51:31And even after you've lost all the weight, right?
51:33So there are people that have been obese for like 30-40 years
51:38and they have a whole new body
51:40and they don't know how to like react to that
51:41and how to feel in that, right?
51:43So, yeah.
51:44See you soon.
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