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Podcast roundup: From The Flop House to Raw Material and The Rialto Report, our pick of the best this week

Here's our lowdown on the best episodes from a selection of podcasts that deserve a listen. Ready to tune in?

Kerala, After The Flood: Water still to recede from many parts of state; people ask for clean clothes and sanitation

A bleak, uncertain future stares the nearly 13 lakh people currently taking shelter at the relief camps in Kerala. Many houses are still under water, and the ones which are not submerged have problems plaguing them.

A universal struggle: Women are asking for pockets in their clothes, while calling out sexism

With changing times, women have learnt that they deserve pockets in their clothes too and have been actively asking for it on the internet, and off it.

Watch: Mexico artisans handcraft gloves for boxing legends

Soon metal electrodes implanted in clothes to charge small electronics

Researchers have invented a way to apply metal-free electrodes to the fabric and off-the-shelf clothes so that it feels good to the touch.

Light clothes without big buttons: AIPMT retest now has a dress code to prevent cheating

CBSE has asked students appearing for the AIPMT re-test on July 25 to come in light clothes without big buttons and in open slippers only as it has barred rings, bracelet, earrings, nose pins, pendants and even watches at the examination centres.

New ink to make electronic apparel a reality

University of Tokyo researchers have developed a new ink that can be printed on textiles in a single step to form highly conductive and stretchable connections.

Now touch-screen enabled clothes thanks to a Google and Levi's tie up

Named after a Frenchman who invented a type of loom, Project Jacquard is in the hands of a small Google team called advanced technology and projects (ATAP), which is different from the Google (x) lab, which develops big-vision innovations such as self-driving cars.

Hot and happening: Marks & Spencer plans to double stores in India

Britain's biggest clothing retailer Marks & Spencer wants to convince India's young and trendy that it is fashionable too as it looks to offset slowing profit growth and declining sales overall.

Consumer forum tells railways to pay man Rs 15,000 after rats damage his bags

The forum said that the complainant "unnecessarily suffered loss during journey due to lack of proper maintenance and cleaning of compartment".<br />