I don't know but it feels like if you can shoot a bullseye using your leg because you don't have hands, you should get more money & attention than the regular archers. Are Paralympics underrated or are Olympics hyped?! Also, why aren't they conducted together?

In the last 3 months, we (Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF)) faced a gap of ~3 Lakhs per month b/w our income & expenses. For the past 18 months (on & off), we've been relying on our savings. The dire reality of the situation is a constant worry for us all - a tiny team of 10 full-time staffers.

The culture in academia that you must be willing to pick up and move anywhere in the world for a TT job prioritizes single men over everyone else. What if you can’t move? What if you have family obligations? What if your spouse has a good job? Or your kids are in a good school?

This is Shweta Sanjiv Bhatt, Today marks 2193 days since Sanjiv Bhatt has been languishing in Jail for a crime he did not commit. September 5, 2018—a day forever seared in our memory as the day Sanjiv Bhatt was unjustly torn from us. Today marks 6 years of his wrongful

Doctors who went to work in Gaza have testified again and again that Israeli snipers target children deliberately Children are shot in the chest and head But that doesn't bother any of the Western countries supporting the genocide in Israel and sending more weapons

ANIIDCO sells milk, liquor & petroleum products & manages tourism resorts. Now, it is tasked with #GreatNicobar project. Pankaj Sekhsaria & I dig into its capacity to implement a mega project in a highly biodiverse, geologically vulnerable region that is home to indigenous communities

Forest rights activist Mahesh Raut has been jailed for 6+ years without a trial, despite Supreme Court judgments that bail, not jail, is the rule, giving priority to the right to life & liberty and a speedy trial even in terror cases Areeb Uddin writes article-14.com/post/the-supre…

I won two Laadli awards for my Scroll.in reports on the Manipur ethnic conflict. Extremely special because these were my very first stories as an independent journalist (!) and by far, the most challenging in my 6 years covering the north-east.

A history of femicide of elite female athletes in Kenya. • Agnes Tirop-stabbed/clobbered to death 2021 •Edna Muthoni-Throat slit by machete 2021 • Damaris Muthee Mutua- Strangled 2022 • Rebecca Cheptegei- Torched Sep 2024. All by their male partners. None have been jailed.

Hello! It’s my birthday on the 7th so I have a request - I’m aiming to get some new members for Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF). They’ve supported us at Fridays For Future India & we’re so grateful so if you’ve learnt or benefited from my work, do consider becoming a member here internetfreedom.in/annual-members… (1/n)

UPDATE: They came for the scientists first. This is my testimony: Science shows catastrophic harm from the burning of fossil fuels and @citibank is fossil fuel’s biggest financier. Failure to act on science = moral injury. Just got out of jail. Power to the people.

Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD "Pest insect" numbers surged, not all insects are bad. I hope people don't connect insect-child mortality directly, the real culprit is excess pesticide use.

This is the insane level of indoctrination & radicalisation of #Hindu society

After de-notifying Galathea Bay wildlife sanctuary citing 'peoples rights should be settled', Union govt declares it as a major port. To compensate for destruction of the sanctuary, they declared three other sanctuaries ***which tribal council opposed*** thenewsminute.com/news/tnm-exclu…

New brilliant update in U-win portal. To immunize a child an OTP has to be entered. People coming without the phone number they registered with or migrant workers who have don't have the same number, their details can't be entered into the system.

If UP was a country, it would be a no-go land. What the hell is going on with law and order in the state?

overwhelmed by the positive response to my post on collaborating as RA on Conservation Labour project. I really want to hear from researchers in Assam and northeast and working in conservation. The work has to be done in Manas National Park. JD coming soon.

An important essay by Christianez Ratna Kiruba on #gendergap in #medicine.