Shakeel Akhtar

Correspondent BBC, India.

[Shakeel Akhtar @SAkhtar]

@elonmusk India's birth rate has fallen below replacement. Even states like West Bengal and Assam are much bellow the rate of replacement. The decline of birth rate during the last decade has been the fastest in history.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

India’s birth rate has fallen below replacement.

Among those most educated, India’s birth rate fell below replacement many years ago.

[Steve Hanke @steve_hanke]

Today, a MASSIVE SANDSTORM is sweeping over Rajasthan, India.

Just more confirmation of Hanke's Schoolboy Theory of History: It's just one damn thing after another.

[BBC News اردو @BBCUrdu]

لڑاکا طیاروں اور میزائلوں ��ے نئے آرڈر: 2025 میں انڈیا اور پاکستان کے دفاعی اخراجات کتنے بڑھے؟
https://t.co/iJQKXfxgJs

[Nayanima Basu @NayanimaBasu]

Quoted in @BBCUrdu on #IranWar where I explain why Pakistan cannot play the role of a mediator, despite pressure from the United States ... Do read

Thank you @SAkhtar for reaching out 🙏

https://t.co/4Hzx7adPzu

[BBC News اردو @BBCUrdu]

’پوائنٹ بلینک شاٹ‘: وزیر اعلیٰ آسام کی وائرل اے آئی ویڈیو پر تنقید، ’جیل جانے کو تیار ہوں مگر ہمیشہ بنگلہ دیشی دراندازوں کے خلاف رہوں گا‘
https://t.co/deGiB2U6GC

[Nayanima Basu @NayanimaBasu]

Quoted in @BBCUrdu on #Bangladesh: https://t.co/w7z02in27w

Thank you @SAkhtar for the opportunity.

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

A sunset murmuration of starlings.

📽: Kate Rowland

[Brad @Brad_S_M]

The Christmas lights are glistening in the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

[The Best @TheBestqueenx]

An eagle grab a fish and eat live in mid air.

by Mark Smith Photography

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This dude’s a hero

[Megatron @Megatron_ron]

🇨🇳 Why are clothes from China so cheap?

Massive Chinese textile factory, ZERO humans visible

5,000 looms, RUNNING 24/7 on AI

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

The Spanish dancer (Hexabranchus sanguineus) is a large, brightly colored sea slug known for its undulating swimming style, resembling a flamenco dancer's skirt.

📽: kotravellers/ig

[Ski Life @powderski]

I’m CONVINCED this would solve all of my problems.. 💨

[Earth_Wanderer @earth_tracker]

So apparently the laws of physics do not apply to mountain goats. 🐐🤯

[Living Tricks @LivingTricks_]

The largest flying land bird on earth 🔥

[𝐒𝐚𝐣𝐣𝐚𝐝 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐢 | سجاد کرگلی @SajjadKargili_]

Despite heavy snowfall, the youth of my village #Kaksar, Kargil are out on the field playing cricket — a beautiful reminder that passion always defeats hardship. The cricket craze in Ladakh is alive, energetic, and unstoppable.

[Amazing Nature @AmazingNature00]

In Alaska, nature sculpted this lone tree into a frozen wave at sunrise ❄️🌬️🌅

Relentless wind, drifting snow, and rime ice stacked layer by layer until the branches looked like feathers made of frost.

That soft golden glow is the sun catching every icy strand, turning the whole scene into a winter sculpture for a few brief moments.
Bent by the storm, but still standing. Still reaching.

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

A mesmerizing murmuration by a flock of sandpipers captured over Ocean Shores, Washington by Peggy Dolane.