Chitra

RA@PovertyandEquity @WorldBank| Moonlighting policy student @UCBerkeley(MPP)| Former Research Associate @JPAL_SA | she/her/hers

[cecfee @cecfee]

The India Sustainable Growth Hub (ISGH) - a collaboration between @cecfee and the @The_IGC & @LSEnews is organising a virtual public lecture titled 'Green Innovation and the Energy Transition', as part of ISGH Environment Day 2025.

The virtual lecture will be delivered by Dr. Philippe Aghion, 2025 Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences, and Professor at the Collège de France, INSEAD, and the LSE. He is a leading scholar of innovation and growth, and pioneered the Schumpeterian Growth Theory, transforming how economists understand creative destruction, market dynamics, and technological progress.

We are privileged to be joined by Mr. @suman_bery, Vice Chairperson of @NITIAayog, who will be chairing the lecture.

📅 17th December 2025
🕐 1:30 - 2:45 PM IST
📍 Zoom

Register here: https://t.co/2U2F5y07x2

@ShrutiBhimsari4 @lovemyindiaaa

[My Right To Breathe @MRTB_India]

We rise while we choke 💔
Our children deserve #CleanAir, not gas masks.
Join us at India Gate, Sunday 9 Nov,
5 PM
Together, let’s demand the right to breathe.
Join the WA group⬇️
https://t.co/u2ioXh0TAQ

#HelpUsBreathe #RightToBreathe #SwachhHawaBachonKaAdhikar

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Thousands gather in Washington, DC, to protest against Israeli PM Netanyahu’s visit to the US Congress — in pictures.

🔗: https://t.co/LiifSGxbz9

[Rashida Tlaib @RashidaTlaib]

I will never back down in speaking truth to power.

The apartheid government of Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians. Palestinians will not be erased. Solidarity with all those outside of these walls in the streets protesting and exercising their right to dissent.

[Fairfax County Police @FairfaxCountyPD]

#Missing 19yo Amadou "Niko" Diop, was last seen on July 14, at 10:15pm in the 10000 block of Akhtamer Drive in Great Falls. He is 6'1", 150lbs, w/ brown hair & brown eyes. Unknown clothing description. Endangered due to mental &/or physical health concerns. Call 911 w/ info.

[Hartosh Singh Bal @HartoshSinghBal]

For those messaging in support, asking what they can do to help after the govt told us to take down our cover story on torture & murder in poonch:
a) subscribe, it helps us report stories that matter.
b) buy a newsstand copy of the current print issue, which carries the story.

[Kamala Thiagarajan @Kamal_t]

For NPR, I wrote about the often rocky lives of the women seaweed harvesters in India's Pamban Island, and the many challenges they face. I'm very grateful to the folks @pulitzercenter whose unstinting support helped me report in this remote area.
https://t.co/4N9s2ykbJk

[Aditi Roy Bhowmick @AditiBhowmick18]

The 3rd chapter for the @WorldBankSAsia Economic Focus report launched today focuses on inequality of opportunity + intergenerational mobility across & within SA countries. We've been working hard w @MaurizioBussolo & team to bring this to you this past spring. Takeaways 🧵1/6

[Asjad Naqvi @AsjadNaqvi]

This paper is just wow!

"Global High-Resolution Estimates of the United Nations Human Development Index Using Satellite Imagery and Machine-learning"

Even though there are many authors, I am a huge fan of anything written by Solomon Hsiang.

https://t.co/Ld39cy9XPg

[D. Yanagizawa-Drott @YanagizawaD]

🚨 New Working Paper! 🚨

How Are Gender Norms Perceived?

NBER WP:
https://t.co/gJt6IS48Ul
Ungated paper:
https://t.co/qP4CzEpOaY

1/ Why we should care and why the answer is (literally) surprising… A thread: 👇

[Hindenburg Research @HindenburgRes]

NEW FROM US:

Adani Group – How The World’s 3rd Richest Man Is Pulling The Largest Con In Corporate History

https://t.co/JkZFt60V7f

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[Chitra @chitrab3]

@WorldBankSAsia @BIGD_bracu @AditiBhowmick18

[Chitra @chitrab3]

📢CALL FOR PAPERS - The Office of the Chief Economist @WorldBankSAsia & @BIGD_bracu are hosting the 11th South Asia Economic Policy Network conference on "Social Progress in South Asia" from May 9-10 in Dhaka. Submission deadline-15 Mar, 2023. Learn more: https://t.co/M9Pz0PBZLX

[Martin Raiser @MartinRaiser]

As #COP27 convenes, the @WorldBank, @third_pole & @icimod explore ways to strengthen #climateresilience. Climate extremes undermine development & hit poor people in #SouthAsia the hardest. This timely blog explores cooling solutions for all: https://t.co/WCePT5hD4y

[ammb @ammboud]

Last minute, but if you are working on Pakistan (or South Asia) on social norms and gender, deadline for submissions got extended for the next SDPI conference on Dec 5-8. Send your abstract by Nov 15! https://t.co/U01edrWDTW #gender #sustainabledevelopment #pakistan #socialnorms

[Chitra @chitrab3]

@TeeChhatwal I have institutional access through the WBG library. If such a page exists or you set it up, let me know. I’m happy to be a part of it and share papers/articles with a paywall.

[Chitra @chitrab3]

@pinguicula_ ngl this flavor palette feels off lol.

[meghnad (Nerds ka Parivaar) @Memeghnad]

How BJP IT cell is using a sophisticated app to target people on social media and manipulate trends.

This app also allows 'hijacking' WhatsApp numbers in order to spread propaganda.
https://t.co/JU0ME1rmGa

[simoni jain @simonijain56]

#Coverified is now in 6 states, & @VasanthiSwetha just made it easier for you to find high-frequency verified Covid resources for #Bihar #Jharkhand #MP #UP #TamilNadu #Odisha all in one place! Please help amplify 🙏

Link to our website - https://t.co/Qf2KHcs6Aa

[kritarth jha @kritarthjha]

I am once again asking you, if anyone has doctors who'll agree to talk to Mukhiya's in Bihar, and can speak Hindi, Maithili, Magghi, Bhojpuri etc. Please connect with me.