Smriti Singh

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

Common birds are no longer common. Rural landscapes now host fewer Black Drongos and Indian Rollers; Nightjars call less frequently from the edges of forests; Black-shouldered Kites perch less often on telegraph wires; Eagles are scarcer in the skies; and Harriers patrol protected grasslands in dwindling numbers as they search for insects. What is causing this disappearance?

Renowned ornithologist and former Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) director Dr Asad Rahmani’s latest book, ‘Where Are the Birds Gone?’, investigates the alarming long-term decline of bird populations across the Indian subcontinent and the reasons behind it.

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[Ritika Chopra @RitikaChopra__]

The Election Commission of India is under fire like never before.

The SIR has struck 13 crore names off draft rolls, putting the EC at the centre of intense public debate over its role in deciding who gets to vote — and who doesn’t.

HOWEVER, what nobody knew: through that same period, some of the sharpest questions were being asked from inside.

Out today, after months of work. Our #ExpressInvestigation 🧵
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[Tukaram Mundhe @Tukaram_IndIAS]

The most expensive part of a hospital bill may never touch the hospital at all.

A patient admitted for care has no way of knowing whether the price on a medical consumable reflects its actual cost or a markup fixed long before it ever reached the ward. That gap in information is, at its core, a public health issue.

A survey of hospital consumables in Maharashtra found an IV infusion set with a trade price of ₹11.05 carrying a printed MRP of ₹325 ; a markup of 2,841%. A syringe procured at ₹6.75 carried an MRP of ₹57.20. A catheter procured at ₹29.41 carried an MRP of ₹310.

These are not elective purchases. Patients cannot compare prices, seek alternatives, or question a number printed on a box while receiving care and the MRP itself is often fixed upstream by manufacturers and distributors, disconnected from the trade price by a wide, unexplained margin. The result is a system where the party bearing the cost has the least information to evaluate it.

The regulatory gap is structural: scheduled medicines are capped under the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013. Most medical devices and consumables are not leaving both the pricing and the information around it almost entirely unmonitored.

A review of these findings and clear guidelines on the permissible gap between trade procurement price and declared MRP have been recommended to the Department of Pharmaceuticals and the NPPA ; a step toward closing not just a pricing gap, but the information gap patients are left to bear alone.

#PublicHealth #GoodGovernance #Leadership #TukaramMundhe

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[Smriti Singh @smriti2585]

@iconohclast @SHEKARSUSHEEL Never ever! I agree with you Shreya.

[Smriti Singh @smriti2585]

@vrindagrover @courtinglaw @firozadaruwala

[ThePrintIndia @ThePrintIndia]

As debate over FCRA Bill escalates, watch this video blog by @bhargavizaveri, CEO of @theprofesseer, where she explains the impact of 2026 amendments on India's non-profits. (Originally published on 16 April 2026)

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[Sucheta Dalal @suchetadalal]

This will break your heart and shake you out of your privileged space! 💔 😿

[Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88]

Just learned that Keigo Higashino passed away. I didn't think I'd enjoy crime writing until I read him: nobody was better at burrowing into the deepest, darkest recesses of the human heart, and laying it bare, to the reader's utter discomfort. A master of the craft. RIP.

[Bar and Bench @barandbench]

BREAKING:
Supreme Court sets aside NCLT, NCLAT orders in Essel Infraprojects insolvency case after finding that NCLT relied on non-existent, fake and AI-generated hallucinated material as precedents.

Court says such use of AI is “invisible, insidious and catastrophic” to justice.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Anthony Stewart Head has sadly passed away at the age of 72.

[Kausthub Gudipati @kaustats]

Published my first article on Twitter ❤️

I hope that writing articles would improve my visibility and make me progress in this field 🙏

Have a read and please share it if you like 👇

[Smriti Singh @smriti2585]

@qatarairways Yes. Thank you.

[Smriti Singh @smriti2585]

@qatarairways Via Doha

[Catty @CatWomaniya]

For at least a month now, I haven’t gone a single day without coming across news of a child being raped, sometimes even by another minor. Yet I haven’t once seen a prime time debate about it.

When are we going to talk about how India seriously has a pedophilia problem?

[Shammi Narang @iamshamminarang]

I feel utmost grief in announcing the sad demise of my ex co-News anchor at Doordarshan, Sarala Maheshwari 🙏

She was the embodiment of grace and courtesy.
Beautiful not just in appearance but even more so at heart, she had a remarkable command over language and was a reservoir of knowledge. Her presence on the Doordarshan screen had a unique aura. She respected everyone and uplifted every space she was part of.

I pray that God grants her soul eternal peace and gives strength to the Maheshwari family.

Om Shanti 🙏🙏🙏

[Sandeep Adhwaryu 🇮🇳 @CartoonistSan]

#ManipurRapeSurvivor @timesofindia

[Smriti Singh @smriti2585]

@winxytopia Love my black Skechers!

[Smriti Singh @smriti2585]

@GemsOfCrickets Vile, sexist, misogynistic crap.

[Smriti Singh @smriti2585]

@AbijitG I went to Arunachal in 2023. Incredibly beautiful!