Peerzada Ishtiyak

Forestry & Development Professional-Ohne Grenzen | Author| Explorer| Passionate about Nature & Peace | Opinion Strictly Personal | RTs & likes not Endorsements.

[Peerzada Ishtiyak @peerzis]

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[Mr Sharma @sharma_views]

THIS IS ABSOLUTE BELT TREATMENT 🔥

ANJANA: YouTube star teachers have two-paise knowledge. They chase views and make money.

SUMAN MA’AM 🎯: You put chips in ₹2000 notes, declare people dead, run fake WhatsApp chats and fake GDP numbers.

ANJANA: Online teachers are fake.

SUMAN MA’AM ⚡️: Every slide, every line is watched by students. We work 100 times harder.

ANJANA: They mislead students.

SUMAN MA’AM 🔥: You ignore paper leaks and unemployment. We raise students’ issues. Without teachers, there are no doctors, engineers or journalists.

[Dr Nazir A Ganai @naziraganai]

SKUAST K’s Student Rural Exploration Program…. The largest COMMUNITY CONNECT program of any University in the world… we are adopting 300 Panchayats, each by a group of 7 students for next 5 to 10 years ….

[Pragnya Gupta @GuptaPragnya]

A Russian student who disappeared in the Himalayas in 2021 during a solo trek was discovered four years later by National Geographic journalists as the guardian of a high-altitude Buddhist monastery in Nepal.

24-year-old Alina Vetrova left Annapurna Base Camp and never returned. A rescue operation lasted three weeks, but an avalanche left her presumed dead. Her parents held a symbolic funeral in Novosibirsk.

In early 2025, however, a crew filming a documentary about lost monasteries discovered a young European-looking woman dressed in monastic robes and speaking fluent Tibetan and Nepali in a remote mountain temple at an altitude of 4,800 meters.

It turns out that Alina, who had lost consciousness from altitude sickness, was found by hermit monks, who cared for her for several months with herbal infusions. When she regained consciousness, the passes were already covered in snow - the descent was impossible until summer. During these months, she began to study Tibetan medicine and meditation.

According to the abbot, Alina had developed a rare gift - she could accurately recognize medicinal mountain herbs by their aroma, which the monks took as a sign of a reborn soul. She was given the name Tenzin Dolma and began training to succeed the monastery's apothecary, a position not held by anyone for 40 years.

Alina is now in charge of a collection of over 600 species of high-altitude plants. She wears a traditional burgundy robe, her head is shaved, and on her wrists she wears ritual yak bone bracelets, which she is allowed to wear as a sign of status. A dot of saffron paste is applied to her forehead daily during the morning ceremony.

When journalists ask her if she wants to return, Alina replies in Russian with a strong accent: “I’m already home. The mountains do not let out those they choose.”

Her parents have flown to Kathmandu. The meeting is scheduled for the end of the month.

(Via Shiv Kar
Courtesy Rajiv Tyagi wall from Facebook)

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

The global wildlife trade—especially in illegal and live-animal markets—is fueling the spread of diseases from animals to humans, according to a new study in Science.

The findings show that traded mammals are more than 40% more likely to harbor human-infecting pathogens, with species accumulating more shared pathogens the longer they remain in the trade.

Learn more: https://t.co/9GsERoW0We

[Roshan Rai @RoshanKrRaii]

Arnab Goswami becoming an overnight hero in Iran 🇮🇷 for his Trump bashing wasn’t something i ever expected to witness.

Crazy times, this video is viral across Iran

[Dastan-e-Ishq🕊️ @Dastan_e_ishq_]

"Har Mushkil Aasan hoti hai,
jab tak zinda Maa hoti hai."

~ Maa.

[Peerzada Ishtiyak @peerzis]

@dhyani_shalini Wonderful, congratulations 🎊

[Kashmir Times @KashmirTimes_]

From Saffron to Cement: Kashmir's Deadly Wasteland https://t.co/zOZ8iF96aj @AnuradhaBhasin_ @prabodhjamwal @JKNC_ @iftikhargilani @raofarmanali3 @sultan1913 @JKPCOfficial @jkpdp @Apnipartyonline @INC_Television @parawahid @cpimlliberation @cpimspeak @KashmirScholars @KASHMIRUSA

[Kashmir Times @KashmirTimes_]

From Saffron to Cement: Kashmir's Deadly Wasteland https://t.co/zOZ8iF96aj @kashmirglobal @kashmirsaffron @mobyshah @kashmircenter @JKPI_ @AITCofficial @kashmirchamber @KashmirSCampign

[Anuradha Bhasin @AnuradhaBhasin_]

Cement factories within a 10-kilometre radius have turned the sublime saffron fields into a condemned wasteland. Farmers find themselves trapped in a cycle of debt.
From Saffron to Cement: Kashmir's Deadly Wasteland https://t.co/wTv4uS9CVU

[PrashantAdvait Foundation @Prashant_Advait]

Every night at 9:30 PM, a train quietly leaves Bathinda in Punjab.

Its destination? Bikaner, Rajasthan.

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻.

It is grimly known as the “Cancer Train.”

Because nearly 𝟳𝟬% 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.

Every night, these patients 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟯𝟮𝟱 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 to reach the Acharya Tulsi Regional Cancer Institute in Bikaner.

One of the few institutions in India that offers 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 to patients and their attendants.

Cancer cases are rising across India.

But one state that has witnessed a particularly 𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲 for years is 𝗣𝘂𝗻𝗷𝗮𝗯.

Experts trace the 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 back to the 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

A movement that once turned Punjab into India’s “food bowl” and helped the country 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿.

But that success came at a cost:

unchecked use of 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀.

The widespread use of these chemicals 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗶𝗹, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿, and ultimately harmed the very farmers who fed the nation.

Yet, this tragedy rarely makes it to primetime debates.

𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘂𝘀? Perhaps not.

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝘂𝘀? Absolutely.

Because this isn’t just Punjab’s crisis.

These hazardous chemicals, many 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁,
are still widely used across Indian states.

And the common citizen remains completely unaware.

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This is why Acharya Prashant keeps reminding us:

"The c𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 to such realities.

Until that happens, we will continue to be poisoned, silently, in the name of '𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀' 𝗮𝗻𝗱 '𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁'."

Because in a democracy, power ultimately lies with the people.

If the people begin to question, 𝗶𝗳 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝗮𝗶𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀, then the leaders will have no choice but to care.

[IUCN @IUCN]

“Conservation is strongest when science and traditional knowledge work hand in hand.”

Next week is #WorldWetlandsDay, watch IUCN Director General, Dr Grethel Aguilar's message for this important day.👇#WWD2026 @RamsarConv

[✒ @Aarzaai_Ishq]

End of an Era🎶🔥 Good Bye Arijit❤️

[Peerzada Ishtiyak @peerzis]

@ahmedalifayyaz It is quite unfortunate that the forestry technocrats are forced to work on meager wages for decades now. Present dispensation must take an immediate call for their regularization. Even DPL get regularized after due time.

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

Dear friends, I have something important to tell you.

In December 2024, 'researchers' from multiple Indian Government Homeopathy institutions along with 'researchers' from Israeli Homeopathy institutes, published a randomized controlled trial that concluded that use of Homeopathic formulations in children during first 24 months of life reduced infections and antibiotics use compared to 'standard of care.' This was published in the prestigious European Journal of Pediatrics.

The study was viral. It was all over the media and news here in South India and also in some National media and was Whatsapp 'proof' of Homeopathy being better than modern medicine in infants. The study was used to promote anti-vaccine sentiments and Homeopathy products in South India. Homeopaths hailed the study as 'path breaking' - also because the Ayush Ministry and Government Homeopathy practitioners were study authors involved in it.

I read the study. I am trained in advanced statistics and research writing.

The study was utter nonsense. And fraud. It looked like the authors did not even actually perform the study. I really doubted whether any patients were involved at all.

I wrote a letter to the editor of the journal, asking him to kindly review the paper and investigate 'scientific integrity' and ethics.

And after nearly 10 months of investigations by the Journal, Publisher and Research Integrity Team, we were proven correct.

The paper was fraud and now it has been RETRACTED. @RetractionWatch

The lesson here is that, if people really did understand what Homeopathy is and what its practitioners are, it is easy to find that it is clearly fraud. There is nothing in Homeopathy that works. It is unscientific utter nonsense. Every positive study on Homeopathy is mostly published in 'Homeopathy' journals. Sometimes, it infiltrates a real, valid journal (like in this case) and then it gets retracted because the scientific community is always alert.
There are many such instances: See - https://t.co/JHC3anPss3 and https://t.co/iDRNha2Yw5 and https://t.co/84S02zuxv3

The worst part here is that all these Homeopathy practitioners who are authors of the study are working in Indian Govt. public health sector - meaning, their salary is paid from public funds and citizens taxes. These wastrels are eating away our hard earned money and using it to fund fraud. Who will stop these criminals?

Even worse, the fraud, now retracted study was published as 'open access' in the European Journal of Pediatrics - which means, the authors paid £3090.00 GBP or $4990 USD, or €3990 EUR equivalent in INR to publish fraud. Where did they get this money from? Yes. Indian public tax money.

Homeopathy needs to be booted out of this country. Parents, do not send your children to study Homeopathy even though India offers a 5 year course and gives them a "Dr." title at the end of it. They are not doctors. They are legitimized frauds and legalized quacks, as you can see from this retraction.

"Homeopathy is a lively relic of the prescientific era. Not healthcare."
@arifhussaintm

Link:
https://t.co/0CxLrVMHDj

[Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD @acagamic]

Universities weakened their PhD screening process.

Then added mandatory publication to compensate.

But the fix created a worse problem: legitimizing predatory journals and teaching students that speed matters more than rigour.

[Planta_Journal @Planta_Journal]

Therapeutic potential of medicinal plant sprouts: emerging opportunities and challenges in phytochemistry.

Melegova, D., Babelova, A. & Selc, M. Planta 262, 146 (2025).
➡️https://t.co/2XBNDE2QkA

[Peerzada Ishtiyak @peerzis]

@skvdst Correct Sir, may be that is the reason "Sab Bheed Mein be Akeley Hain"

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

"Productivity, I’ve come to see, is not measured only by research papers and grants. It is also sustained by presence, rest, and the relationships that give meaning to the work." #ScienceWorkingLife https://t.co/wdvcDr1qMt