More crowded than Shanghai, more polluted than Dubai, can a $30 billion investment in Mumbai's infrastructure be the lifeline it desperately needs? menaka doshi explores what could make or break the Indian financial capital's big bet trib.al/jj46X7y

Disputing press reports is part of the job, but claiming a reputable journalist made up quotes is a serious charge. Defaming reporters would be unbecoming of Biden’s White House, to put it mildly, and reminiscent of its predecessor. It should substantiate its claim or retract it.

Why thousands of workers in India are queuing up for jobs in war-affected Israel. My story. bbc.com/news/world-asi…… #Jobs bbc.com/news/world-asi…

A recent study from IIT Bombay finds that even though greening in India has increased over the last two decades, carbon uptake by forests has reduced. Story by Simrin Sirur. Subimal Ghosh Ruth DeFries Forrest Fleischman IITM Pune india.mongabay.com/2024/01/abilit…

The Hindu Kush Himalaya is a ‘biosphere on the brink’, warns ICIMOD at the Third Lead Authors meeting of ipbes nexus assessment. downtoearth.org.in/news/wildlife-…

In the past 50 years, climate change-induced warming has triggered melting of the Himalayan water reserves at a far quicker rate than in any other recorded period. People lving at the roof of the world still lack actionable guidance. nature.com/immersive/d441…

Predictions of the death of commuting were greatly exaggerated - but what does it look like now? Emma Jacobs 💅 and I analyse the data with the help of colleagues in 10 commuter hotspots from London to Mumbai on.ft.com/3PDhAtq

This is the famous British-Palestinian surgeon who risked his life to work without electricity & medicine at Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital last fall. Lauded & invited to speak around the world, he says his travel is now being blocked 👇

‘Many of the world’s poor have their Olympic potential crushed before birth, by lack of nutrition. And try going around a big Brazilian, Indian or African city looking for places to play. The authorities rarely provide them.’ ft.com/content/5eb5cf…

Ta-Nehisi Coates quote “there is a whole entire architecture that happens outside of that voting booth, that defines what goes on inside of it, what issues are appropriate, frankly, who is human, and who is not.” Resonating with me all day.

Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib tells CNN that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had agreed to a 21-day ceasefire just before he was assassinated by Israel. The temporary ceasefire was called for by President Biden, President Macron and other allies during last

Art Deco façades made a citizen look up, up, up to the “stepped tower” features breaking past rooflines and rising to the firmament. High-rise buildings today offer nothing to the street. Mustansir Dalvi writes about Mumbai's Art Deco buildings. scroll.in/magazine/10738…

‘Screaming into a hurricane’: the fall of India’s most valuable start-up Byju’s - on.ft.com/480r1es via Financial Times w/Chloe Cornish

The Wire’s Sukanya Shantha's report exposing caste segregation in Indian prisons has led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling declaring caste-based practices unconstitutional. States/UTs ordered to revise prison rules and tackle broader discrimination. #Watch:

My The Observer piece on the India-shaped holes in the two magnificent Silk Road shows at the British Library & the British Museum- how can a show on Asian trading networks omit India, the biggest cultural & trading power of them all? theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

We have received an extremely concerning report that the Sheikh Radwan primary health care centre in northern #Gaza was struck today while parents were bringing their children to the life-saving #polio vaccination in an area where a humanitarian pause was agreed to allow

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A new investigation into chicken giant Foster Farms shows how the USDA allows companies to mislead consumers on animal welfare: vox.com/future-perfect…

In this week's The New Yorker: My profile of Ganesh Devy, who assembled the first Indian survey of languages in a century, and who now lives in Dharwad as a protest against forces who will kill writers and impose religions and languages [1] newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…