Important request to Central/State Govts in India. #BlackFungus has emerged as a relatively new disease in several states. I’ve been stormed with requests for Liposomal Amphotericin B 50mg Injections and Posaconazole 300mg tablets. Kindly ensure availability. Dr Harsh Vardhan

I think this can be a wonderful way to see the extent of 'wisdom of crowds'

Check out my latest article: Overton Window and the psychology of framing linkedin.com/pulse/overton-… via LinkedIn

When we talk of pioneers of behavioural economics, the usual suspects are Kahneman,Tversky, and Thaler. But the foundations of the field are way older and had a very significant early pioneer, Herbert Simon. I write about his theory dighbijoy.tumblr.com/post/655030339…

“I’m sitting here waiting for them to come. There is no one to help me or my family. I’m just sitting with them and my husband. And they will come for people like me and kill me,” Zarifa Ghafari, Afghanistan's first and youngest female mayor. indiatoday.in/world/story/ta…

“Jalil said international pressure is the main force holding the Taliban to its word. “Once Afghanistan becomes irrelevant and it’s dropped from the headlines…the TB will start targeting every single individual who has been a vocal voice in the past” washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/…

An Afghan interpreter who has made it to Scotland safely with his family, has told BBC News (UK) that many interpreters were tortured. He said he feared being beheaded. The Taliban has said that there will not be any revenge attacks or reprisals #Afghanistan

I wear my traditional Afghan dress proudly. It's colourful and beautiful. Not at all like the images you saw circulating yesterday. Thank you Bahar Jalali بهار جلالی who's encouraging us #AfghanWomen to share the beauty of #AfghanistanCulture.

We cannot have multiple *classes* of vaccines for travel. The Multilateral Leaders Task Force "calls on all regulatory authorities around the world to...support the acceptance of the WHO Emergency Use Listing procedure." Soumya Swaminathan imf.org/en/News/Articl…

Which metro looks better? Delhi vs Mumbai.

The Nobel Prize Remembering when Josh Angrist moonlighted as an Uber driver to get info for a paper (he got low ratings b/c passengers said he asked them too many questions). Rando drunk Boston ppl driven around by a Nobel laureate studying incentives and human behavior is <kiss-fingers>

COVAXIN® - Fact Check- Issued in Public Interest #Covaxin #COVID19Vaccine #COVID19 #BharatBiotech

A question/favor to ask from #EconTwitter. Does anyone have an R test suitable for field RA who needs to know more data than average, but not a full predoc R test? If OK to share please email me at [email protected]

#EconTwitter: My coauthors and I are urgently looking for a #predoc for an exciting #RCT at scale (an entire state in India) in Andhra Pradesh. Please apply ASAP! JD: dropbox.com/s/0vio5n18r2j6… Econ RA Listings Women in Economics Gaurav Khanna Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay Ritam Chaurey Raghav Rakesh J-PAL South Asia

#predoc opening! Deadline is May 20! Apply soon. J-PAL South Asia J-PAL Econ RA Listings India Econ RA Listings Women in Economics Initiative - @womeninecon.bsky IFPRI