Arijit Mukherjee

a neutron life🌟🌟

[Ritika Chopra @RitikaChopra__]

It's been heartening to see our investigation into the inner workings of the Election Commission travel so far this week. Thank you for reading, sharing, arguing with it.

Now the harder ask.

Work like this takes months, and it doesn't happen on its own. If you believe there should be someone reading the notes nobody else reads, asking the questions nobody answers, and reporting what they find, fairly and accurately, however uncomfortable, then this is the moment to say so.

Subscribe to @IndianExpress. It costs less than your daily coffee at Starbucks ☕️.

LINK: https://t.co/nTC07oqyHi

[Sann @san_x_m]

Indian universities publish a very large number of research papers.

One man decided to actually read some of them.

What he found was papers bought and sold, fake authors, and journals that will print anything for a fee.

His name is Achal Agrawal.

He has a doctorate in applied mathematics from Paris Saclay University in France, completed in 2016. His research was on how wireless networks share resources.

He came back to India in 2018 and worked as an academic in data science.

Then he started something called India Research Watch.

To understand why it matters, you need to know how academic promotion works. A researcher's career depends heavily on how many papers they have published, and in which journals. More papers means promotion, funding and rank for the institution.

That creates a market.

If papers are what you are counting, somebody will sell you papers.

So there are now services that will write a paper for you, or sell you an authorship slot on somebody else's, or publish anything you send them in a journal that exists only to collect the fee. The industry has a name. Paper mills.

India Research Watch went looking for this in Indian institutions, and published what it found.

In 2024, Agrawal and Moumita Koley at the Indian Institute of Science raised a further problem. They flagged evidence that some universities may have been manipulating the numbers used in the National Institutional Ranking Framework, the government's official ranking of colleges and universities.

That is the list parents look at when deciding where to send their children.

In 2025 the framework changed. It began penalising institutions with high numbers of retracted papers. A retracted paper is one a journal has withdrawn after publication, usually because something in it was wrong or fabricated.

India Research Watch's work is credited with contributing to that change.

Also in 2025, the journal Nature named him in Nature's 10, its annual list of people who shaped science that year.

That list normally contains people who discovered something.

He is on it for checking.

[Abhijeet Dipke @abhijeet_dipke]

#Nashik

These kids are saying, “Nobody pays attention to us.” All they are asking for is a good road so they can get to school safely.

This Independence Day, let’s pledge to change this.

[AISA @aisa_official_]

लाठियाँ चलीं, आँसू गैस चले, पेलेट चले।
अब स्याही चली है।
तारीख़ गवाह है – जो कलम से हारते हैं, वही स्याही फेंकते हैं।

In solidarity and rage with our AISA All India President Neha Bora (@neha_aisa).

[Ashutosh Ranka @AshutoshRanka]

A delegation from @Cockroachisback has reached Ranchi.

The team will use all of its experience from Jantar Mantar to help the protesting students. The leadership will soon reach Ranchi as well.

To the students of Jharkhand - we are all so proud of you and firmly stand with all of you.

Keep fighting the good fight and stay united, the success is on its way !

[Ajit Anjum @ajitanjum]

रांची की बारिश में छात्रों के आंदोलन की रिपोर्टिंग.

[Abhinav Pandey @Abhinavpinch]

Jharkhand के छात्रों की सबसे मजबूत आवाज News Pinch ही बनेगा।

[AISA @aisa_official_]

Jab yuva sadkon par utarta hai, tab sarkaron ke press conference nahi, report card likhe jaate hain.

7 August | Ranchi Vidhansabha March

AISA All India President @neha_aisa ka aahvaan.

@HemantSorenJMM, "Yuva Sarkar" ka faisla ab Jharkhand ka yuva karega. JPSC-JSSC ka Jawab Do!

[amit kilhor @amitkilhor]

14th Jharkhand Public combined civil services exam has been leaked.
Students obviously besides studying has to protest and be beaten up also. It's a rite of passage for the admit card nowadays.

#amitkilhor #kilhor #jharkhand #jpsc

[ravish kumar @ravish_journo]

ज़िले ज़िले में थर्ड क्लास कॉलेज भरे पड़े हैं जहाँ तीन साल के लिए छात्रों को बंद कर उनकी क्षमता ख़त्म की जाती है। छात्राएँ वाक़ई मेहनत करती हैं कि किसी तरह गैप कम हो सके, दिन रात पढ़ती हैं लेकिन परीक्षा से पहले उनकी शिक्षा का घटिया स्तर बर्बाद कर चुका होता है। आप हिन्दी प्रदेश के किसी भी ज़िले के किसी कॉलेज में जाकर पढ़ाई का हाल देख लीजिए। इन बच्चों को पता ही नहीं कि अच्छा कॉलेज क्या होता है, अच्छा प्रोफ़ेसर क्या होता है। और अब तो धर्म और संस्कृति के नाम पर पढ़ाने वाले अपना विषय छोड़ कर टाइम काट रहे हैं। इस पतन को कोई ठीक नहीं कर सकता। भयानक रूप से उनके सपनों की हत्या कर दी गई है। अदाणी पूर्व NDTV में मैंने ऐसे ही कई ज़िलों की यूनिवर्सिटी और कॉलेज पर सीरीज़ की थी। आज भी कोई सुधार नहीं है। एक दिन नहीं कई हफ़्ते तक इसी पर वीडियो बनाया था जब गोदी मीडिया रिया चक्रवर्ती को अपराधी बताने के लिए हफ़्तों कवरेज करता था। अफसोस कि हिन्दी प्रदेश के बच्चों को शिक्षा ने ही बर्बाद किया हैं। मंदिर के भरोसे सपना देख रहे थे वहां चंदे चढ़ावे में ही चोरी हो गई। इनका क़सूर नहीं। काश कोई इन्हें अच्छी शिक्षा देता तो यही विद्यार्थी भारत में कमाल करते और भारत दुनिया में ।

[BBC News Hindi @BBCHindi]

झारखंड में आमरण अनशन पर बैठे देवेंद्रनाथ महतो कौन हैं, स्टूडेंट्स की क्या है मांग https://t.co/Dw4zqSTv0A

[News Pinch @TheNewspinch]

Jharkhand Paper Leak के खिलाफ प्रोटेस्ट कर रही इस छात्र ने हेमंत सरकार को आइना दिखाते हुए क्या कहा?

Watch full video here:
https://t.co/6BHpD6LSMr
@Saurabh_Pinch

JPSC Paper Leak | JPSC | Jharkhand Paper Leak | News Pinch

[AISA @aisa_official_]

"Yuva Sarkar" ka asli report card ab Jharkhand ka yuva likhega, @HemantSorenJMM.

7 August | Ranchi Vidhansabha Gherao

AISA President Neha Bora (@neha_aisa) bhi is janandolan mein shamil hongi.

JPSC-JSSC ka hisaab do... warna agla naara hoga: "Hemant Soren Istifa Do!"

[Gems @gemsofbabus_]

It’s raining heavily here in Ranchi, but even the rain can’t stop Jharkhand’s students.

We will keep fighting until we win. 🙏

[Sarthak Goswami @sundaysarthak]

Paper Leak Or Worse? 😳

[Abhinav Pandey @Abhinavpinch]

झारखंड के युवाओं की आवाज देश तक मजबूती से पहुंचेगी। CM @HemantSorenJMM और LoP @RahulGandhi से हैं ये सारे सवाल।

[Abhinav Pandey @Abhinavpinch]

ये बात गलत है कि रविशंकर प्रसाद ने कहा था कि कुत्ता बिल्ली को जिता देंगे। उनके बयान को कांटा-छांटा गया था। उन्होंने ऐसा नहीं कहा। हमसे गलती हुई,जिसके लिए माफी माँगते हैं। गलती से सीखेंगे। पुरानी पोस्ट सभी प्लेटफ़ॉर्म से हटा दी है।

मगर ये बात सही है कि Prashant Kishor बड़ी जीत की ओर अग्रसर हैं। तमाम बड़े नेताओं के इलाक़ों में BJP की हार हुई है

[The Quint @TheQuint]

Hundreds of #students hit the streets in #Ranchi over alleged irregularities in the 14th #JPSC examination, JSSC-CGL and other recruitment tests. The protesters are demanding the cancellation of the 14th JPSC Combined Preliminary Test held on April 19, an independent investigation by central agencies, including the #CBI and Enforcement Directorate (ED), and reforms in the state's recruitment bodies. Watch this report to understand why students have taken to the streets, the allegations surrounding the recruitment exams, and what they are demanding from the #Jharkhand government.

Footage courtesy: Jitan Kumar

[Saurabh Tripathi @Saurabh_Pinch]

दिल्ली हो या झारखंड…
सवाल सबसे पूछेंगे🫡

Watch Full video on @TheNewspinch YouTube Channel