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[Supriya Sharma @sharmasupriya]

Five independent news organisations @thecaravanindia, @newslaundry, @thenewsminute, @scroll_in and @thewire_in are coming together to bring you sharp and clear analysis on the election results from five states

Watch us on YouTube on Sunday

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[Natasha Narwal @natasha_narwal]

While in Tihar, I met several women who were in prison for years for not having anyone to stand/furnish surety for them. One woman who was accused of stealing Rs 20 during the pandemic had a bail surety amount of Rs 20,000 to furnish.
https://t.co/YYMHO4a3FF via @scroll_in

[colindaileda @ColinDaileda]

.@ikukreti's @scroll_in story about India's "ghost plantations" is also nominated for a @CoveringClimate award, and I just wanted to say that after I read it, I stared into space for an hour wondering how he did it: https://t.co/JSAYd9sWb5

[Makepeace Sitlhou @makesyoucakes]

Urgent: Rations are running out for all those stranded at homes in the hills as well as in the camps. Supplies from the valley will not be possible for a while now and what is expected to come from Mizoram (if at all) would likely be super expensive.

Please retweet this to urge @NBirenSingh to ensure all the affected districts and communities get rations.

[Sukhada @appadappajappa]

Super piece by Sharda Ugra as usual https://t.co/A4zsO07cyR

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

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Let me show you the price, me, as a clinician who care for patients and our community at large have to pay for publishing medical science to progress our knowledge regarding healthcare information and fight misinformation/disinformation.

Last year we published our brilliant report which detailed the painstaking clinical investigation that helped a young girl survive without a liver transplantation.
"Ayurvedic treatment induced severe alcoholic hepatitis and non-cirrhotic portal hypertension in a 14-year-old girl."
https://t.co/m1xklJHC3P

The girl suffered liver injury due to the Ayurvedic treatment (which she was on for seizures) leading to arsenic and alcohol poisoning over many years, which we reversed. The Ayurvedic meds were also adulterated with anti-seizure drug. This was the viral tweet on it.
https://t.co/CRBipDutYH

Now the Ayurvedic practitioner K.P. Manikandan (https://t.co/mnORhj4ApZ) has threatened legal action against ALL authors of the study.

His conditions are as follows:
1/ I have to delete the peer-reviewed scientific paper from all online sources.
2/ I have to tender an unconditional and written apology to the Ayurveda practitioner.
3/ I have to pay 1,00,00,000 INR (USD 1,21,562) as compensation...

...without which they will commence civil and criminal proceedings against me and my co-authors, for publishing a factual, well-designed, exhaustively researched scientific report on how a young girl nearly lost her life to pseudoscientific treatments and how medical science salvaged her.

The use of legal threats and law machinery against well-meaning scientific discourses has been the most important reason why doctors in India, in general, do not speak up against Ayush pseudoscience mafia tactics. There may be many doctors in India who are seeing a lot of patients harmed by Ayurveda or Homeopathy but are keeping silent because they cannot fight the irrational and hostile tactics that the alternative medicine practitioners take them through.

This has to stop.
Arguments and debates on science and pseudoscience has to be on scientific platforms.

Continued...

[Sukhada @appadappajappa]

A Few Lessons on Showing Up https://t.co/pcojNYxmTU

[Joy Bhattacharjya @joybhattacharj]

15th April 1912. The band was playing when the RMS Titanic, on its maiden voyage, collided with an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland.

[Ingrid Srinath @ingridsrinath.bsky.social @ingridsrinath]

Heartening to see a leader in Indian #philanthropy make the case for donors to invest in comprehensive support to #nonprofits rather than restricting contributions to programme costs. https://t.co/SbtrGTTZqi

[Himanshi Dahiya @himansshhi]

The return of BJP-Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) government in Maharashtra has coincided with a rise in rallies/gatherings organised by a group called the 'Sakal Hindu Samaj'. These rallies are rife with communally charged hate speech. Stay w me. + @TheQuint
https://t.co/FNytYQBT3K

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

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"There is a child being shifted from a hospital abroad," my ER doc tells me

With rapidly progressive hepatitis & signs of poor response

I keep my fingers crossed, palms sweat & heart races as I ready myself to enter Dante's innermost circle of Hell

Pediatric Hepatology.

[Nadia Jamil @NJLahori]

Beautifully written, personal poignant and political. I’m such a fan of your writing, your heart, mind and your life ⁦@natashabadhwar⁩ https://t.co/KSZ3XmuL2B

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

Don’t worry about death, pay attention, read a lot, give up control, embrace imperfection – and more timeless lessons on how to live from Montaigne, born on this day in 1533 https://t.co/6buZji3hUd

[YUVA @OfficialYUVA]

AN EXCITING COMPLEXCITY ANNOUNCEMENT:

We're partnering with @SloganMurugan to present a photography workshop for enthusiasts across the city!
Seats are limited, so register today: https://t.co/JQeX4mR2mL

#ComplexCity #photography #photoworkshop #Mumbai #navimumbai

[Makarand (मकरंद) (مکرند) @Makarand_S]

Read: @Aakar__Patel on the chilling effect in India.

With a chilling effect in play, the only people who might dare to raise their voice against injustice are either those who are fearless, or those who have been pushed to such an extreme that they may have nothing to lose.

[Srishti @seekingsrishti]

I'm proud and excited that after nine months of reporting on the death and legacy of Indian journalist Gauri Lankesh, we are ready to publish the explosive world-wide investigation. Stay tuned.

"Killing the journalist, won't kill the story."

[Doel @Doel1811]

#Mumbai folks, ComplexCity's curated walks share heartwarming and inspiring journeys of change.

Join us this weekend: https://t.co/rQBjnSekYH

[YUVA @OfficialYUVA]

How are young people growing up in #Mumbai's informal settlements and rehabilitation colonies negotiating identity, resisting injustice, working for dignity, justice and peace? Watch this short video: https://t.co/8Wbu3uKDlC

Join us this weekend for 2 walks. Link in thread.

[YUVA @OfficialYUVA]

#ComplexCity curated walks return in February and March 2023!
Join us to understand housing and identity journeys, through the voices of young leaders!
Limited seats per walk. Register today! https://t.co/13gRYAUssw
#mumbaicity #curatedwalk #housing #Identity #youngleaders

[Rituparna Chatterjee @MasalaBai]

🧵I found this inside an album. A deep sadness washed over me. This is a postcard from my grandma during my first years in Delhi. The world needs to know about my spectacular dida who desperately wanted to go to school at a time when men's education was given priority over women