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[Priyo @Priyo1709]

@ghampower do you work in india?

[Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep]

IMPORTANT: West Bengal is reportedly dropping eggs from school mid-day meals and handing over a vegetarian-only meal contract to ISKCON. Meanwhile, states like Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are expanding nutrition for children with more protein-rich food. School meals should be guided by science and nutrition, not politics or religious preferences. Keep ideology off a child’s plate, for God’s sake. 🙏

[My.Kolkata @TT_My_Kolkata]

The morning of May Day and Buddha Purnima began on a good note for bibliophiles, as the pavements of College Street brimmed with old and rare books, turning the iconic stretch into an open-air book market.

#CollegeStreet #SecondHandBooks #Bookstagram #Kolkata #MyKolkata

[CSEINDIA @CSEINDIA]

Today, CSE launches “Let’s Be Water Wise in a Climate-Risked World” 💧🌍

A campaign to bring water back to the centre of public discourse and action.

We begin with a 37-second film we created over two decades ago, directed by @nanditadas. It carries a simple, poetic, and urgent idea: Catch water where it falls.

This public service film helped spark a global conversation around rainwater harvesting, earning international recognition including:

Grand Prix – Environfilms (2006)
Best Short Film – FICA, Brazil (2005)
Best Short Film – Torino Film Festival, Czech Republic

Why revisit it now?

Because what was once a solution is now a necessity. With 2026 expected to be shaped by a ‘super’ El Niño, water stress is no longer a distant risk; it is unfolding around us.

Over the coming weeks, we will bring you:
▶️ Ground-level reportage and Down To Earth stories
▶️ Data-driven infographics and interactives
▶️ A curated bouquet of films, starting with this award-winning classic.

All anchored in a principle CSE has long championed:
Capture, conserve and reuse water— starting where it falls.

🎬 Watch the film that started the conversation.

@down2earthindia | @sunitanar

[IndiaToday @IndiaToday]

Saayoni Ghosh recited Ek Onkar, Hanuman Chalisa, and Kalma during a campaign event in West Bengal.

#SaayoniGhosh #WestBengal #BengalPolls #Election2026

[National Solar Energy Federation Of India (NSEFI) @NSEFI_official]

Where the grid couldn’t reach, solar did.

Ghumnabharu’s community-led agrivoltaics model is powering irrigation, livelihoods, and opportunity for the entire village. An impactful initiative by @TRIFoundation visited by @NSEFI_official, @AgriPV_In & @IWMI_

#Agrivoltaics #RE

[Tamal Saha @Tamal0401]

A NEW DICTAT!

Another directive from the #ElectionCommission and this one raises serious questions about practicality and basic rights.

If your housing complex is designated as a polling booth, the order says that 48 hours before polling, no “non-voter” will be allowed to stay inside. Think about what that actually means in real life.

Have guests visiting? Ask them to leave because Godfather has passed a new order.

Live-in domestic help who are not registered voters at that address? They are now “outsiders.” For 48 hours you live without any help because you have to help the ECI

Family members who haven’t transferred their vote yet? Suddenly, they don’t belong.

Take a simple example: a couple living together. The husband is a registered voter in that constituency. The wife has recently moved from Gujarat and hasn’t updated her voter ID yet. For those 48 hours, she is effectively treated as an outsider in her own home. Is that reasonable? Is that even humane?

In cities like #Kolkata, thousands live in apartment complexes where residents frequently move in from different parts of the country or the state. Many have upgraded to a condoville living while they haven’t moved their voting from their native constituencies. Someone born in Maniktala, votes there but now lives at a luxury complex in south kolkata. So that person will be an outsider in their own registered flat for 48 hours? Under this rule, they become strangers at their own doorstep.

What about elderly parents visiting their children? What about tenants waiting or not waiting for voter registration updates? What about caregivers who stay full-time with families? Are they all to be pushed out temporarily in the name of election protocol?

The Election Commission already has over 2 lakh central forces deployed, along with the entire state police machinery. With such massive security in place, why impose rules that ends up treating ordinary citizens like potential suspects?

Free and fair elections are essential but so are dignity, practicality, and common sense. Regulations meant to ensure security should not end up disrupting everyday life or questioning people’s right to live in their own homes. At what point does vigilance turn into overreach?

#BengalElection2026

[Priyo @Priyo1709]

let's see..

[sunetra choudhury @sunetrac]

Things that have never before been seen in #BengalAssemblyElection

[Peek TV @PeekTV_in]

#FactCheck - Has the opposition actually defeated the Women’s Reservation Bill as PM Modi said?

While TV channels & ministers are repeatedly saying this, watch this video to understand how this is not true and how women can still be given one-third reservation in the Lok Sabha.

[The Better India @thebetterindia]

Why are Bengalis so artistic? The answer flows deeper than one river.

From early exposure to global ideas along the Hooghly to centuries-old folk traditions in villages, Bengal has always lived and breathed creativity.

It’s in the music, the theatre, the food, the stories, and everyday rituals.

Because here, art isn’t something you learn later—
it’s something you grow up with.

#IndianCulture #Bengal #ArtAndCulture #HistoryOfIndia #CreativeIndia

[Bengali Culture, Hooghly River History, Bengal Renaissance, Indian Art Traditions, Cultural Heritage India]

[Tenzing Lamsang @TenzingLamsang]

Bhutan will be exporting around 3 Gigawatts of green power to India.

The strait of Hormuz crisis has shown the importance of renewables as a source of reliable energy.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Iran’s strike on Qatar’s Ras Laffan gas facility will cut an estimated 17% of the country’s Liquefied Natural Gas export capacity for up to 5 years, say officials.

The damage is a major blow to the global energy market, which could disrupt supplies to Europe, Asia and beyond.

[Shaukat Javed @shaukatpsp]

Najeeb Jung, ex Secy Government of India, Constitution Club, Delhi, this week !!! No body in Pakistan from politicians to bureaucrats and intellectuals spoke or written like this. A momentary thought???

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

India, the world’s fourth-largest economy, depends on the Gulf for its energy needs and for remittances sent by a vast workforce resident in the Middle East.

We unpack how the US-Israeli war on Iran is bleeding India’s economy https://t.co/i0WI3SbA33

[Ramandeep Singh Mann @ramanmann1974]

49% of the world's #urea exports pass through the Strait of Hormuz. Prices of urea, the most extensively used Nitrogen fertilizer on earth, are up 35% in one week; if Nitrogen is not applied at a specific point in the growing cycle, the yield loss is permanent for that season.

[Satish Acharya @satishacharya]

Gas trouble. #LPGshortage
@DainikBhaskar cartoon

[The Better India @thebetterindia]

From sleeping in a crematorium with just ₹21 to training India’s biggest cricket stars — this is the incredible journey of Raghavendra Dwivedi.

Once a young boy chasing his cricket dream in Hubli, fate had other plans. Today, his 150 kmph throwdowns help players like Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma prepare for the world stage.

An unsung hero of Indian cricket, Raghu proves that sometimes the biggest champions are the ones behind the scenes.

#UnsungHero #CricketInspiration #NeverGiveUp #IndianCricket #ICCWorldCup

[Cricket Inspiration, Raghu Cricket Throwdown Specialist, Team India Practice Nets, Inspirational Cricket Story, India Wins T20 World Cup]

[Priyo @Priyo1709]

What about unreliable power quality ?

[Aunindyo Chakravarty @Aunindyo2023]

Seeing a lot of posts about how we should switch to induction cooking.

I love using induction - have replaced almost all pots and pans to induction-friendly ones in the past 8 years.

But it is much more expensive, because most Indian food requires higher power settings.

Your electricity bill shoots up.

[Priyo @Priyo1709]

#energysavings #war

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Students in Bangladesh have been shut out of classes after the government decided to conserve energy by closing all universities as the effects of the US-Israeli war on Iran continue to take hold.

[Harsh Mariwala @hcmariwala]

A stunning view of thousands of ducks roaming rice fields after harvest in Thrissur, Kerala, India.

This eco-friendly farming tradition helps clean the soil and naturally enhance its fertility.

#India #Agriculture #Farming