Aanchal Verma

[Prashant Kanojia @KanojiaPJ]

India is the world’s leading democracy in internet shutdowns, recording the highest number of internet blackouts among democratic nations and the highest cumulative total globally since 2016.

[Shankar Prakash A @shankarprakasha]

By blocking Telegram instead of fixing their own exam security, the authorities are effectively admitting they cannot stop leaks at the source!

#NEET_Paper_Leak #BANNEET #NTA

[Apurva Jain @apurvajain24]

my brother’s NEET PG notes, videos and paid study groups were all on telegram

telegram got banned. so now he’s stuck messaging pirated-content scammers just to access what he already paid for

to stop one leaked NEET UG paper, you broke access for thousands of honest aspirants

the source of the leak walks free. the medium gets banned. the students get punished

this is the solution?

[Tenzing Lamsang @TenzingLamsang]

Not a fan of Telegram but this is alarming if true.

[Parth MN @parthpunter]

The US has killed three Indian sailors.

But Al Jazeera has done far more to report and document their deaths than India's mainstream media which is normally shouting about nationalism

[naresh fernandes @tajmahalfoxtrot]

15% of Mumbai's new 130-acre Coastal Road seafront will have ticketed attractions. Why should a corporation profit from public space created with public money? https://t.co/40zbIwmS1o

[वरुण 🇮🇳 @varungrover]

Living in 100% Amrit Kaal,
driving 80% ethanol cars,
breathing 60% polluted air,
drinking 40% adulterated milk,
in an education system with 20% credibility,
to get killed with 0% dignity, by USA missiles, by mob lynchings, by a badly made bridge or a pothole, or just a stampede.

[🇮🇳 Saurabh @JunkePolitical]

A must-watch video for everyone ❤️

[Jett 🜲 @iky_fwjett]

Women have been saying for years that there is a growing backlash against gender equality, and every time the conversation comes up we’re told we’re imagining it.

Now the United Nations is saying it.

According to a UN report, nearly 1 in 4 countries reported setbacks in women’s rights and gender equality. Hundreds of millions of women and girls are living in conflict zones, violence against women remains widespread, and UN officials are warning about a growing backlash against women’s rights worldwide.

The part that stands out to me isn’t even the statistics. It’s that women have been raising concerns about misogyny, online hostility toward women, violence, and attacks on reproductive rights for years, only to be dismissed as overreacting.

If the UN Secretary-General is warning about the “mainstreaming of misogyny,” maybe it’s time to stop pretending these concerns came out of nowhere.

Do you think women’s rights are genuinely facing setbacks, or do you think organizations like the UN are exaggerating the problem?

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Photographer Alan McFadyen spent 6 years and 720,000 shots to capture the perfect kingfisher dive.. 👌

📸 IG: alanmcfadyen @AlanMcFadyen

[Doctor @DipshikhaGhosh]

The headline should read gold-digger husband murdered his wife and mother of their child.

She took a loan of 35 lakh to fund his career. They split when he had extra-marital affairs. He assaulted their daughter. He took out a loan of 2.5cr on her name. Now he’s booked under abetment to suicide.

This is murder. This is systemic abuse and murder.

[Josh Kaplan @js_kaplan]

But the big break came from the Ambani family in India, who run a sprawling energy conglomerate called Reliance.

Since the Ukraine invasion, their company had reportedly made billions in profits by buying Russian oil at a discount.

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

“How many windows did you wash today?”

“One” 😂

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Good morning.. 😊

[MUBI @mubi]

All hugs should be long and beautiful.

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[Sasikanth Senthil @s_kanth]

Congratulations to Jean Drèze on being honoured with the Global Inequality Research Award.

At a time when many study poverty from a distance, Jean Drèze chose to walk alongside those who live it every day. His work transformed research into action, helping shape landmark rights-based legislations such as NREGA and the National Food Security Act, policies that brought dignity, livelihood, and food security to millions.

What makes this recognition remarkable is not merely the scholarship behind it, but the humanity that guided it. He reminds us that the true purpose of knowledge is not to decorate institutions, but to improve lives.

A well-deserved honour for a life devoted not just to understanding inequality, but to confronting it. Awards often celebrate achievement. This one celebrates conscience. Jean Drèze showed that intellect is at its most powerful when it stands with those whom society too often leaves behind.