Have you ever wondered how governments fight proxy wars? They hire mercenaries who are paid to kill. Not bound by morality or accountability, they carry out jobs that regular armies can't. On Gravitas Plus, Palki Sharma gets you the story of private armies.

Gravitas Plus | Killing for Money: The business of Private Armies

The pandemic has revealed the power of big pharma. Major drug manufacturers and suppliers have the power to set prices, influence regulators and lobby lawmakers. This power has allowed big pharma to push potentially dangerous drugs. How? Palki Sharma tells you.

Gravitas Plus: How Big Pharma pushes dangerous drugs and reaps profits

Gravitas Plus | 2022 is expected to be the year of Metaverse. A virtual universe where reality meets imagination. How safe is it going to be? Will it make our lives better or will it manipulate our perception of reality? Palki Sharma decodes.

Gravitas Plus: The Metaverse Explained

India has invited heads of Central Asian Nations as Republic Day guests. Russia sees this region as home turf. China is pumping money for clout. The U.S has stationed troops. On Gravitas Plus Palki Sharma explains why Central Asia is critical in today's geopolitical chessboard.

Gravitas Plus | Central Asia: New Global Turf War

Central Asia: New Global Turf War

Indian-born CEOs are dominating the world. But, how does their success help India? Are they building brand India or do they represent lost Indian talent? On Gravitas Plus, Palki Sharma gets you the story of the Great Indian Brain Drain.

Gravitas Plus: The Great Indian Brain Drain

In an ever-changing world order, Russia has remained 1 of India's most dependable partners. The friendship has withstood the test of time and geopolitical churns. As Vladimir Putin visits New Delhi, Palki S Upadhyay decodes the past, present and future of India-Russia ties.

Gravitas Plus: India and Russia: A time-tested friendship

Will Omicron usher in another year of lockdown? Will we lose more lives to the virus from China? Or will our vaccines be able to contain the Wuhan virus? What should you expect from 2022? Listen in to Palki Sharma

Gravitas Plus: Here's what the pandemic will look like in 2022

Gravitas Plus | Is motherhood a moral imperative for women? Today, couples around the world are choosing to stay child-free. Fertility rates have dropped. Governments are offering inducements to couples to have children. Why are they opting out? Listen in to Palki Sharma Upadhyay.

Gravitas Plus: The world's fertility rate is falling. Here's why

Gravitas Plus: India is one of the top start-up ecosystems in the World. So far in 2021, India has produced 38 unicorns. From Zomato to Nykaa, Indian startups are making stellar stock market debuts. Palki Sharma Upadhyay says if you too want to start-up, now is the best time.

Gravitas Plus: India's start-up story

Gravitas Plus | Are you being forced to buy new products because fixing the old ones is costly? Why do we prefer to replace rather than reuse? Are you being denied the Right To Repair? Apple & Microsoft have yielded. Should India join the movement? Palki Sharma Upadhyay has this to say.

Garvitas Plus: The Right to Repair movement

Gravitas Plus | 1.5 million people die every year because of diabetes. The disease has been linked to kidney failure, heart attack, Alzheimer's, depression. 642mn people will have diabetes by 2040. India is already the diabetes capital of the world. Wuhan Virus has exacerbated the problem. Could you too be at risk? Palki Sharma tells you all about diabetes.

Gravitas Plus: World Diabetes Day, 2021

Gravitas Plus | He rules 1.4 billion people. He controls a $15.6 trillion economy. He will be President for life. How did Xi Jinping become so powerful? What does he plan to achieve? Palki Sharma takes you inside the mind of the Chinese President.

Gravitas Plus: What does Xi Jinping want? | Inside the Mind of Chinese President

Climate change is ruining our agricultural fields. So, what will we humans eat in the future? Experts say traditional agriculture may collapse in 3 decades. By 2040, a lot of the food we consume will be grown in labs. Is lab food the future? Listen in to Palki Sharma.

Gravitas Plus: Is lab food the future?

Gravitas Plus: Is your child safe online? Do you know who they're interacting with? Do you know what information they're giving away? The Internet can be an unsafe neighbourhood. Palki Sharma tells you how you can protect your child.

Gravitas Plus: Protect your children from online predators | WION

The death of actor Puneeth Rajkumar has once again highlighted the risk of excess workout. The Indian actor suffered a heart attack after working out at a gym. Palki Sharma Upadhyay tells you how intense workouts, HIITs can kill you.

Gravitas Plus: Actor Puneeth Rajkumar's death highlights the risk of intense workout

20 Million Americans have quit their jobs since April. Attrition in India's tech sector is up 23%. We are in the middle of the Great Resignation. Should you resign too? What can employers do to retain talent?

Gravitas Plus: The Great Resignation

Sustainable Fashion is an oxymoron. The fashion industry accounts for 8 to 10% of the total greenhouse emission, cotton fields use 11% of the world's pesticides, 35% of the microplastics in the ocean are from clothes. Fast fashion is hitting our health, planet and wallet. Palki Sharma calls out the sustainable fashion hoax.

Gravitas Plus: Fashion houses say they are sustainable. They are lying.

Hindus in Bangladesh are under attack. Their homes & temples have been destroyed. A debate on secularism has ensued. Can Bangladesh be called a secular country? Here's what Palki Sharma has to say.

Gravitas Plus: Is Bangladesh a Secular state?

Gravitas Plus with Palki Sharma Upadhyay: India’s most popular University is cutting off students at 100%. Over 80% of DU seats have already been filled & admission has been closed in most colleges. Is this mad race even worth it? Whom does it help? Time to rethink college admissions.

Gravitas Plus: Is Delhi University being unfair to students?

The Shia-Sunni divide has torn apart West Asia for decades. What is the root cause of this conflict? Is it driven by religion or politics? On Gravitas Plus, Palki Sharma decodes the underlying tensions behind the great Islamic schism.

Gravitas Plus: The Shia-Sunni Divide: Understanding the split

Watch Gravitas Plus with Palki Sharma. 2,996 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks. 929,000 were killed in America’s wars that followed. 20 years, 2 countries ruined, many more attacked. Now Taliban rules Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda affiliates have spread to 17 countries & there is no peace.

Gravitas Plus: How America used 9/11 as a smokescreen

Pakistan wants to make Afghanistan its sixth province. The plan is to use the Taliban to take Kashmir. On Gravitas Plus, Palki Sharma tells you why Islamabad's Kashmir obsession will be its undoing.

Gravitas Plus: Why Pakistan supports the Taliban

Gravitas Plus with WION's Palki Sharma | India takes pride in its Guru-Shishya Parampara. It takes pride in being home to great teachers like Guru Dronacharya and Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. But have teachers in India lost the respect they once commanded? Has learning become a business? Who is to be blamed for it?

Gravitas Plus: Thoughts on Teachers' Day 2021

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