Asma

Journalist @AFP | Previously @BBCIndia

[Asma @asma_hafizz]

With India's marathon general elections set to start on April 19, critics say BJP has co-opted the vast youth fan bases of hugely influential social media stars to push their political message. Read here.

https://t.co/MAKEZB72Ub

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How a viral post sparked a Genz-Z movement in India.

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'Pathano se kehna Chauhaan aa raha hai.' 'Pellet guns, limited damage.' Seriously?
Thousands in Kashmir were blinded by pellet guns. Turning that into a throwaway line is shameful. And 'Pathans'? Maybe fact-check before writing painfully ignorant scripts.

[Frontline @frontline_india]

NEW | As disturbing as the censorship of Joe Sacco’s book is the fact that it erases the incidents of sexual violence against Muslim women, making the Muzaffarnagar riots look like an equal battle between the Jat and Muslim groups.

Ajaz Ashraf writes.

https://t.co/HHQD0TVcNz

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@BronGotGame Because he is the GOAT!

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@SamreenRazz Me toooo 😭😭

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CRAZYYY!!!

[UFC Español @UFCEspanol]

💢 ESTE COMBATE PASARÁ A LA HISTORIA 💢

🏆 NUEVO CAMPEÓN 🏆

Después de un brutal combate, 🇺🇸 @Justin_Gaethje se lleva la mejor victoria de su vida en la Casa Blanca

#UFCWhiteHouse | Estamos en vivo por @PPlusDeportes | Presentado por @cryptocom @RamTrucks

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Wood, river, prayer, memory.

Few buildings tell Kashmir’s story like the Khanqah. 🥺

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Hiring a detective for your child’s spouse can cost up to $2000 depending on the extent of surveillance.

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Sharing an old story that we did on how a branch of the Indian private detective sector which investigates potential children-in-law ahead of the big day is seeing a boost in business.

Watch here:
https://t.co/ddXlfBaER9

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A quiet day in Odisha.

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

Millions of tapentadol tablets from India are helping drive a deadly opioid epidemic ravaging the region, with officials and researchers telling AFP that they are also being added to the "zombie drug" kush.

The cheap pills are so strong that no regulatory authority in the world has approved them

AFP INVESTIGATION : https://t.co/QSDdkHCLr6

[Nithya Shri @Nithya_Shrii]

Unpopular opinion: People need to understand that once you go through your worst times alone you really don't care who stays in your life anymore.

[Asma @asma_hafizz]

Each year, thousands endure scorching heat in Gujarat's remote desert salt pans. With global temperatures soaring, we explore how these workers survive India's harshest climate. With @UzmiAthar1

Watch here: https://t.co/jZHp5tlrgH

[Jalaluddin Mughal @Jalalmughal]

The coffin was brought to the eastern bank of the Neelum River in Keran village, on the Indian-administered side of Jammu and Kashmir, only to be shown from a distance to part of the family living on the western bank, in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir. 1/2

[Sana Saeed @SanaSaeed]

Key here in this part of the interview is not just how Carlson pushes back against the propaganda of “Israel has the right to exist” but that we clearly get his worldview and thus political project: to continue to push the supremacy of “western civilization” — Israel is the aberration not the landing point, not even the symptom.

He says here that “eastern civilization” believes in collective punishment — as though collective punishment of the global south and the global working class doesn’t underpin the history of western civilization of over the last few hundred years.

Nevertheless, the dam is broken.

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

🇧🇷 Brazil's Lula urges Trump to treat all countries equally

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urges Donald Trump to treat all countries equally after the US leader imposed a 15% tariff on imports following an adverse Supreme Court ruling.

[Samreen Razzaqui @SamreenRazz]

They may not get the opportunity to play in their own country any time soon but the Afghanistan cricket team carries their culture everywhere they go.

From sabz tea to dry fruits and dastarkhwans🇦🇫✨

https://t.co/iHuqKR1t89

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VIDEO: 🇮🇳 🤖 Rural India helps to shape global AI models

Tending crops by day then logging on for a night shift of data labelling, 27-year-old Chandmani Kerketta is part of a rising rural Indian workforce helping power an artificial intelligence revolution

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Tending crops by day then logging on for a night shift of data labelling, 27-year-old Chandmani Kerketta is part of a rising rural Indian workforce helping power an AI revolution.

With @parvaizbukhari @aishwaryak03

https://t.co/HqRWh4tZWg

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Grab your HT copy and read these wonderful pieces by @SamreenRazz who worked very hard and churned out some really good stories during the women’s World Cup!

[Samreen Razzaqui @SamreenRazz]

#CWC25

From Moga to Sangli, Agra to Rohtak — India’s World Cup dream was born far beyond the metros. 🌾🏆

https://t.co/a7tX5DZWUo