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[Dr. PM Dhakate @paragenetics]

In this video, a tiger chewing a plastic bottle shows how plastic pollution has breached core wildlife habitats. This is not simple litter; it is a threat to biodiversity. Data shows macro-plastics cause internal blockages, while microplastics contaminate the food chain from the soil up. Through biomagnification, these toxins accumulate inside apex predators, causing severe health issues. As apex predators, tigers anchor the food chain and sustain the entire ecological balance. To protect their habitats, we must remain mindful of plastic pollution and stop throwing waste into the wild.
VC: Anil Vohra (sultanofthejungle)
#SaveTheTiger #PlasticPollution #WildlifeConservation #BeatPlasticPollution #Microplastics

[Lightman74 @lightman74]

@WesternRly @MCF_WR someone is feeding grains to pigeons on platform 5, Bandra railway station.
This could lead to serious health problems to passengers and the railway employees.
Kindly investigate and take urgent action

[St John Baptist Road ALM @ALM105StJBRoad]

@mybmcWardHW Stall on footpath outside Nirmala Colony. Stall kept outside Mona Lisa CHS, leaves in the evening @ 18.54pm, returns 11.20pm. License Dept informed Thursday 25 June. Owner from Pimpleshwar Wadi.
https://t.co/pnKiwxHZOM

[Lillian Pais @lillianpais]

On 18 June @ 1.46 am the next political banner is put up! Same photo evidence taken so BMC absolutely aware of every banner. License Dept shedule removal of banners according to dates. @mybmcWardHW @mybmc

[Kapil Sibal @KapilSibal]

MEA
June 24, 2026 :

“A passport is a travel document, and not a document of citizenship.”

Which document then is proof of citizenship?

BLO can doubt my citizenship
Deprive me of my vote

Result

BJP wins the election

Over to Supreme Court !

[Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep]

I have a VOTER ID card, but NO, it is not proof of citizenship.
I have a AADHAR card but NO, it is not proof of citizenship
I have a PAN Card, but NO, it is not proof of citizenship.
I have a PASSPORT but NO, it is not proof of citizenship.
So who will give me a CITIZENSHIP CERTIFICATE? A govt bureaucrat?
My question is simple: is the problem with the citizen, or with the Mai Baap State itself?😡

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

The tradition of Japanese fans cleaning stadiums—often seen at major international sporting events like the FIFA World Cup—is not a staged PR effort but a reflection of deeply ingrained cultural values and upbringing.

The practice is driven by several interconnected factors:

Early Education (Souji): From a young age, Japanese students are responsible for cleaning their own classrooms, hallways, and school grounds. There are no janitors in most Japanese elementary or middle schools; instead, cleaning is part of the curriculum (souji) to teach children that maintaining a shared environment is a collective responsibility. 

Leave “No Trace": There is a traditional Japanese saying, "Tatsu tori ato o nigosazu" (literally: "A bird does not foul the nest it leaves behind"). It reflects the importance of leaving a place at least as clean—if not cleaner—than you found it. 

Meiwaku (Avoiding Inconvenience): A core tenet of Japanese social behavior is not to be a nuisance or cause trouble for others. Leaving trash behind is seen as inconsiderate to the staff who would have to clean it and to the fellow attendees who have to use the space. 

Gratitude and Pride: Many fans view the act as a way to show gratitude for being allowed to use the stadium and for the event itself. It is a humble gesture of thanks to the hosts and an expression of pride in their own cultural identity.

In essence, for these fans, cleaning the stadium is a natural extension of the civic discipline they practice in their daily lives, transforming a public event space into an extension of their own personal responsibility. 🇯🇵

[माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC @mybmc]

पिण्याच्या पाण्याच्या संरक्षणासाठी बृहन्मुंबई महानगरपालिकेतर्फे अतिरिक्त उपाययोजना लागू.

#Savewater

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

कॉकरोच जनता पार्टी के प्रदर्शन में शामिल भीड़ को नकली भीड़ बताते हुए एक तस्वीर खूब शेयर की जा रही है. कहा जा रहा है कि उनके प्रदर्शन में असली भीड़ नहीं थी. ये सच नहीं है. असली तस्वीर को एडिट किया गया है ताकि ये झूठा दावा किया जा सके. | @HereisKinjal

https://t.co/cof6GaKlIw

[Save SGNP @SaveS31560]

@MahaForest @SGNPNIC why is a wall being built in the middle of the forest? This is yeoor stretch, a little ahead of Air Force. How would animals move? How many trees were cut? Are you carving out forest for someone? What's this?

[Puyangan Adiyan @Puyangan5]

Yet another #GSTHorror story.

A highly reputed business family running one of the most popular shops in a town for generations. Monthly turnover must be in crores. They get a notice for a tax demand for petty amount. A few thousands. They respond to the notice disputing the claim. The tax officer sends orders to the banks to freeze the businesses' bank account. The bank manager immediately calls up the family to inform them and helplessly tells they have no choice but to comply. The family is shell-shocked. The reputation they had built up over decades would be in tatters when their cheques don't get honoured. All for a few thousand rupees when they pay millions as GST every month. Shaken, they settle the demand.

Dear @nsitharaman @narendramodi this is the kind of tax terror that goes on in the name of GST - the 10th year of the Good and Simple Tax.

Few things to note:

- neither the bank manager nor the bizman knows whether the tax officer has the powers to do this.
- but that doesn't matter. It's the asymmetry in power and outcomes. Look at what the bizman gets to lose (and it is immediate) vs what the tax officer would lose (after a long drawn out process) if he is shown to have broken rules.

High time we curtail the discretionary powers of this parasitic, bloodsucking babudom. When is Modi going to get this?

[ALM 112 @JyothiN80124205]

This eatery has come up overnight adjoining the wall at Dhavalganga, 1 Carter Road, Bandra west. Who gives these people licenses? @mybmcWardHW @mybmc @AshwiniBhide @BandraPS @MumbaiPolice @CPMumbaiPolice @Asif_Zakaria @ShelarAshish @CommunityBandra @bandrabuzz @bandrainfo

[Laila Khalid @LailaKhalid19]

@mybmcWardHW why are hoardings like these being allowed? Deface our city and totally unnecessary. Jn. of MG Road and Almeida Park road. Please remove and take action

[Lillian Pais @lillianpais]

@ECISVEEP @SpokespersonECI @mybmc @mybmcWardHW the exercise of Mapping is a waste of time. People are being mapped if their names are on both the 2002 and 2024 list but in actual fact they are dead or no longer Indian citizens. There is no intent to clean up the electoral rolls.

[Laila Khalid @LailaKhalid19]

@mybmcWardHW @traffic_mumbai @CPMumbaiPolice hoardings put up in Bandra W for Maharashtra Day are all over the place. dangerous for pedestrians and car drivers too. 1st May is done and over. Please remove these 👇🏽this one in particular. Blocking the pavement. MG Road/ Hill Rd Jn

[Mahua Moitra @MahuaMoitra]

The will of the people is supreme. If Bengal wanted BJP then Bengal has got BJP. We respect that. We fought the good fight against unimaginable odds on an uneven pitch and for that I am proud of my leader & my party. We will continue to stand & fight for a secular country where the constitution, not brute majoritarianism, is the last word. Jai Hind.

[Commissioner of Police, Greater Mumbai @CPMumbaiPolice]

Every Tuesday at 3:30 PM, @MumbaiPolice Headquarters remains open for citizens to meet me directly and discuss their complaints, concerns, suggestions, or queries.
No appointment. No prior permission. Just open dialogue.

Together, we continue building accountable and citizen-centric policing.

दर मंगळवारी दुपारी ३.३० वाजता @MumbaiPolice मुख्यालयास भेट देऊन तुम्ही तुमच्या शंका, समस्या आणि तक्रारी माझ्याकडे मांडू शकता.

या भेटीसाठी तुम्हाला कोणत्याही पूर्वपरवानगीची आवश्यकता नाही. तुमच्या शंका, समस्या तसेच तक्रारींचे निरसन करणे, हे आमचे प्राथमिक कर्तव्य आहे.

#MeetCPOnTuesday
#MumbaiPolice4All

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Every bird screaming outside at 4 AM is doing it on an empty stomach, after a freezing night, while burning 2.5 times more energy than sleeping. And they've been holding it in for hours.

Scientists call it the "dawn chorus." It kicks in 30 to 60 minutes before sunrise, and every species joins at its own exact moment. Robins and thrushes go first. Wrens and warblers come in a few minutes later. Sparrows hold off until there's enough light to actually see. Bird researchers at Cornell say the entrance timing is precise down to the minute.

In 2025, a lab working with zebra finches cracked it. In complete darkness, hours before dawn, a bird's body starts flooding with hormones that build the drive to sing. But it's too dark to make a sound, so the pressure keeps rising. The second that first sliver of light appears, it all fires at once. Researchers called it "rebound singing," the bird version of finally getting to talk after being stuck on mute all night.

Dawn air is cool and still. Wind dies down and background noise practically disappears. Birdsong carries up to 20 times further in those conditions than it does at noon. For a male bird announcing "I survived the night and this is still my spot," dawn is the best time to be heard.

I love this part: it doubles as a morning workout. Some sparrows start singing at lower speed and narrower pitch, then gradually sharpen up over an hour or two of practice. One species, the Red-eyed Vireo, was recorded singing 22,000 times in 10 hours. Just constant repetition until the voice is dialed in.

Only the strongest, best-fed males can keep this up. Females are paying attention. A loud dawn concert is a live audition, the bird proving it has enough energy to spend on music instead of just staying alive.

City lights have thrown the whole thing off. When researchers tracked over 60 million bird calls across 583 species, they found artificial light adds 50 minutes to a bird's singing day. The birds start 20 minutes earlier and keep going 30 minutes past when they'd normally stop. American robins in heavily lit areas sometimes begin two full hours before sunrise. Some European robins have given up on mornings entirely and just sing at night to avoid competing with traffic.

Those birds at 4 AM are staking out territory, auditioning for a mate, warming up their voice, and proving they made it through the night. All before breakfast.

[Clandestine @WarClandestine]

Eyes on 👀

Hegseth just hosted Indonesian counterpart and announced a “Major Defense Cooperation Partnership”.

The Strait of Hormuz is 2nd highest volume oil chokepoint on Earth.

What’s the 1st? The Strait of Malacca, INDONESIA (80% of China’s oil imports pass through here).

Global oil shipping chokepoints are being secured by the US MIL and their partners. Trump is securing the board!

It’s happening.

[Zoru Bhathena @zoru75]

Another day
Another Pipe Burst

At Un-Lucky Junction
SV Rd / Hill Rd, Bandra W