Krishn Kaushik

The documentary commissioned and then shelved by the BBC over impartiality concerns and later aired by Channel 4 has received a Bafta TV nomination

Pakistan steps up as go-between in Trump’s Iran crisis ft.trib.al/6AWc1qF

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In November 2024, @project_polis and I started taking a closer look at India's plans to become a self-reliant weapons exporter. How this ambition has played out on the ground is alarming at multiple levels (from national security to militarisation within India). Do read.

Iran says no to US suggestion that it could says it could lift sanctions on Iranian oil. Turning oil prices into a strategic asset has been at the heart of Iran’s war strategy. It surprised US and changed the direction of the war. That Washington is prepared to lift sanctions on Iran to the tune of $14 billion, shows how effective this strategy has been. Tehran is not about to give it up, if anything it will interpret the sanction lifting idea as a sign of desperation in Washington and press on oil prices even harder.

At 8.45 am on March 19, my colleague @purnima_sah_ left me a message on whatsapp: "I'm on the way. Will reach by 9.45." She was headed to Belapur In Navi Mumbai chasing a hunch. 8 Indian seafarers had just returned after 16 harrowing days stranded in Oman, survivors of a missile attack in the West Asia war. She had been tracking them for weeks. That morning, she showed up at their guesthouse door not knowing if they would speak to her. 🧵(1/8)

The FT's longtime Tehran correspondent Najmeh Bozorgmehr has written an anti-war manifesto that is simultaneously intimate and epic, heart-breaking and hopeful. A reminder how war is an assault on humanity itself.

EXCLUSIVE: A year after the Nagpur riots, @deshkar_ankita went back to find out where things stand. Chargesheets have been filed in 12 of 13 FIRs. The one still waiting? The case against the very people whose protest triggered the violence — VHP and Bajrang Dal office-bearers. #Thread (1/9) @IndianExpress

Trump’s cell phone is Washington’s worst-kept secret - and reporters now game it: late-night TV hours, post-golf, post–Truth Social bursts, even insomnia slots. A great story. semafor.com/article/03/15/…

NEW: Russia is earning up to $150mn a day in extra budget revenues from oil sales amid price rises thanks to the US-Iran war. Moscow has so far earned $1.3bn-$1.9bn from taxes on oil exports and could receive $3.3bn-$4.9bn in total by the end of March. ft.com/content/dd9731…

This is not a “tragic twist of fate”, it’s the state this country is in

7 ‘good’ air days in 5 years: How coastal Mumbai normalised chronic pollution #FightToBreathe newslaundry.com/2026/03/10/7-g…

Trump’s Russian oil waiver offers little relief for India ft.trib.al/eVk2lPF

An important piece on a particular domino effect of the West Asia conflict on India’s immediate neighbourhood that has been largely ignored in the Indian media/commentariat i.e. the Af-Pak “open war”.

Tehran’s 10 million residents now risk exposure to “highly dangerous and acidic” rain, in addition to fuel shortages, after Israeli bombing of 3 fuel depots unleashed clouds of noxious smoke over the city. By @Najmeh_Tehran via @FT as.ft.com/r/449e729b-0e0…

The vulnerable Gulf energy assets putting the world on edge ft.trib.al/ejgaXQV

Reprieve for India as US eases sanctions on Russian oil sales ft.trib.al/TjmHPYM

My December deep dive into India’s naval ambitions focused on its bid to rival China, but showed how for all its grandstanding India remains a meek power. The US shooting down an Iranian frigate in what India considers its backyard further illustrates this as.ft.com/r/f5d98e4d-58b…

FT Exclusive: Pressure on the Gulf states’ budgets could cause them to review their overseas investments and future commitments as they consider options to ease the financial strain caused by the US-Israeli war against Iran. ft.trib.al/3Kk0Kcg

ABP News legit brought a panel of Astrologers and Scientists to explain the cause of ongoing wars. Astrologers are blaming it on Chandra Grahan currently.