Kanwar Bir Singh (KB)

Time to celebrate 💐 facebook.com/share/uDsuQaAS… We're now highly engaged #Facebook community of half a MILLION passionate #birders, sharing 10s of thousands posts & pics/month from every parts of #India & countries of #IndianSubcontinent #IndiAves #BirdTwitter #birdphotography

@TanmayKOfficial @rashtrapatibhvn @AshokShrivasta6 another Paki here for you to troll..🙏

Honourable President Droupadi Murmu Ji, @rashtrapatibhvn Respected Madam, I am a CBSE Class 12 student writing this with a shattered heart and tears that refuse to stop For two years I gave my blood, sweat and every single night to studies. But CBSE's new OSM (On-Screen Marking) system has destroyed everything. Answer sheets are blurry and unreadable, the revaluation portal keeps crashing for days, payments fail repeatedly, students are being overcharged huge amounts, hackers have targeted the site, and deadlines are extended but nothing works. Lakhs of sincere students like me have failed in multiple subjects despite our best efforts. I lost my close friend to suicide after seeing his marks. He couldn't bear the pain. Many more students are having severe emotional breakdowns and attempting the same. Families are crying day and night. Our JEE, NEET and college dreams are completely crushed. Madam, we are your children. We are not just roll numbers. Please intervene and save us. Kindly direct the authorities to award grace marks of 15-20 in all subjects this year for students affected by this OSM crisis. This will give hope and save 50-60% of us from ruin. We have nowhere else to go. Please listen to our cry for justice. With folded hands and a broken heart, A devastated CBSE Class 12 Student of India @cbseindia29 @EduMinOfIndia @dpradhanbjp @PMOIndia @narendramodi @cbseindia29 #CBSE2026 #GraceMarksForCBSE #JusticeForCBSEStudents #Osm #Cbsestudents #OsmControversy #SaveCBSEStudents #Cbse

🇮🇳 Delhi has the worst air quality in the world today! Source: IQAir

@nehaa_sinha ..and then there is this one.

And it was all —-

As you watch Aaron Rai in the PGA Championship, you might notice he uses iron covers for his clubs and wears two gloves — two habits often viewed as golf faux pas. But both are actually inspiring. Rai grew up in a working-class family in England, where his father sacrificed heavily to support his golf career. When Aaron got an expensive set of irons as a kid, his dad would clean every groove with a pin and baby oil after practice because the clubs meant that much to them. The iron covers became a reminder to appreciate what you have. And the two gloves? Rai started wearing them as a kid during cold-weather golf in England and eventually became so comfortable with the feel that he never stopped. Not gimmicks. Just gratitude… and comfort.

He was Satyendra Nath Bose, an Indian physicist whose quiet brilliance in the 1920s forever altered our understanding of the quantum world. In 1924, Bose, then a 30-year-old professor in British India, sent a groundbreaking manuscript directly to Albert Einstein. The paper offered a novel, more elegant derivation of Planck's law for blackbody radiation by treating light quanta (photons) as indistinguishable particles—a radical departure from classical statistical methods. Impressed by its insight, Einstein personally translated the work into German and facilitated its publication in the prestigious Zeitschrift für Physik. This exchange sparked a brief but profound collaboration. Einstein extended Bose's statistical approach to material atoms, predicting a bizarre new state of matter at ultra-low temperatures: what we now call a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC), where particles behave as a single quantum wave. Bose's original framework became known as Bose-Einstein statistics, and the class of particles that obey it—those with integer spin, including photons, gluons, W and Z bosons, and the Higgs boson—was later named bosons in his honor by Paul Dirac. Unlike fermions (matter particles like electrons), which obey the Pauli exclusion principle and cannot occupy the same quantum state, bosons can pile into identical states en masse. This "social" behavior underpins extraordinary macroscopic phenomena: the coherent light of lasers, the zero-resistance flow in superconductors, and the collective quantum coherence in BECs. Despite the monumental impact—his statistics describe half of all fundamental particles and enabled key advances in quantum field theory, condensed matter physics, and particle physics—Bose remained remarkably unassuming. He continued teaching at universities in Dhaka and Calcutta (now Kolkata), mentored students, pursued ideas in X-ray crystallography, unified field theory, and other areas, and never sought the spotlight. Nominated several times for the Nobel Prize (notably for Bose-Einstein statistics and his later work), he was never awarded it, and his name rarely appears in popular accounts of 20th-century physics. There's a poignant humility in his story: a man whose legacy literally names one of the two fundamental families of particles in the universe, yet whose personal fame never matched the scale of his contribution. Bose reminds us that true influence often arrives without fanfare. Some breakthroughs echo through textbooks and technologies, while their creators work in the background, content to let the universe carry their ideas forward—even if history's spotlight rarely finds them.

@maaria_waseem @EvolveLeadLove @GovtofPakistan @waseemahmed_ @AAliZardari Congratulations 👏

Today @GovtofPakistan awarded @waseemahmed_ with Tamgha e Imtiaz. Such an emotional moment for us finally seeing his work being recognised by the country he represents. Thankyou President of Pakistan @AAliZardari and Thankyou @GovtofPakistan for this honour and respect 🙏

@BritSikhAsso Was I the first sikh marine engineer from Gurdaspur. It was long ago, over 35 years now. Just joking! Congratulations to the young lad.

@mananbhattnavy Beautiful and heartfelt account

A Bond Forged in Ward No. 3: The Story of Ravindra Gaud and Murlikant Petkar (the Real Chandu Champion) #UntoldStoryNavy Ravindra Gaud, a former petty officer in the Indian Navy, vividly recalls Surgical Ward No. 3, nestled within the old British-era INHS Asvini building. It was 1965, and the ward was filled with the wounded soldiers of the Indo-Pakistani War. The air was thick with stories of courage, pain, and resilience. Many of the patients had suffered severe injuries, resulting in paralysis. Some were paralyzed from the neck down, while others from the waist down. Despite their struggles, the ward was alive with a spirit of camaraderie and hope. Ravindra, who was an Able Seaman back then, had a particular fondness for this ward. After his duty hours, he would often make his way to Ward No. 3 and spend time with the soldiers. He would sit by their beds, chatting with them, listening to their stories, and sharing in their sorrows and joys. Among these brave men was Shri Murlikant Petkar, a remarkable individual with an indomitable spirit. Petkar had been a champion athlete, a gold medalist in multiple sports, whose body, though confined to a wheelchair, still held the heart of a warrior. Ravindra and Murlikant soon formed a close bond. Ravindra was inspired by Petkar’s determination and zest for life despite his paralysis. He saw in Petkar a strength that went beyond the physical, a strength that shone through his smile and his will to keep fighting. To lift his spirits, Ravindra often wheeled Petkar around the hospital grounds, giving him a change of scenery and a taste of the world beyond the ward. One day, Ravindra decided to do something special for his friend. The popular film “Upkar” was showing at the Liberty Theatre near Bombay Hospital, and Ravindra had managed to get his hands on a couple of free passes. Without a second thought, he wheeled Petkar out of the ward, down the old corridors of the hospital, and out into the bustling streets of Bombay. Together, they made their way to the theatre. The journey was an adventure in itself, a small escape from the confines of the ward, a taste of freedom and normalcy that was so often taken for granted. At the theatre, they watched “Upkar,” a film about patriotism, sacrifice, and love for the country, a theme that resonated deeply with both men. Ravindra watched as Murlikant’s eyes lit up with the flickering images on the screen, his face breaking into a smile. For those few hours, they were not just a soldier and a sailor, not just a patient and a visitor, but two friends sharing a moment of joy and companionship. That outing to Liberty Theatre became a cherished memory for both of them. It was a testament to the human spirit, a moment that captured the essence of friendship and hope amidst adversity. For Ravindra, it was more than just a trip to the movies; it was a chance to give something back to a man who had given so much, to honor a hero in his own small way. Years later, Murlikant Petkar would go on to become India's first Paralympic gold medalist, a symbol of resilience and triumph over adversity. But for Ravindra, Petkar was always the same, the brave, spirited man from Ward No. 3, who never let his circumstances define him, who found joy in the simplest of things, and who taught him that strength is not just in the body, but in the soul. Dear Reader, I post a story like this every single day. Most people never see them. Follow so you don't miss the next one.

@PanjabiBlood99 Its a buzzard, more likely a Common Buzzard. If the video is from Punjab, it should be told that it an offence under wildlife act 1972 to keep this bird as a pet.

ਨਸਲਾਂ ਨਸਲਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਫ਼ਰਕ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।

@OrnithoPakistan @Scheherzadeh @PakistanNature @IraninIslamabad @PakinIran Being recently reported from bordering region in Rajasthan. This picture by my friend Manjula from Jaisalmer in March 2025.

Sind Woodpecker (Dendrocopos assimilis) is a near-endemic bird of Pakistan, with a type locality in Rawalpindi (specific geographic location where the official reference specimen was first collected). Predominantly distributed in Pakistan, but also extends to southeast Iran 🇵🇰🇮🇷

@supriyasahuias @tnforestdept @UNEP @tnclimatechange Well, I'd hooed an IAS babu would know the difference between gulls and terns? 😁 They are all Whiskered Terns following the boat.

As our boat glided through the choppy waters of the Muthupet lagoon, hundreds of seagulls followed, circling, diving, and dancing in the air, drawn by the easy fishing opportunities created by our boat. Muthupet, a coastal town in Tamil Nadu meaning “land of pearls,” is home to the state’s largest mangrove forest. Fed by Koraiyar, Pamaniyar and other rivers, the region forms a rich, fish-filled lagoon. Spanning about 12,020 hectares across six reserved forests, the Muthupet mangrove wetland complex is a vibrant blend of mangroves, creeks, lagoons, and mudflats an ecosystem full of life. We need to protect and conserve these incredible reserves of #coastalbiodiversity #Mangroves #fieldvisit

Gujarat sees a GIB chick after a decade, through a novel conservation measure - the jumpstart approach, coordinated by the Ministry, State Forest Departments of Rajasthan and Gujarat, and Wildlife Institute of India. Envisioned by PM Shri @narendramodi ji in 2011 to conserve GIB in its natural habitats including Gujrat, Project GIB was launched in 2016. As a result the number of birds in conservation breeding centres, started at Sam and Ramdevra in Rajasthan, have reached 73 with addition of 5 new chicks in this season and we are moving ahead towards rewilding of birds in near future. In achieving another milestone, a female GIB, tagged in August 2025, had laid an infertile egg in Kutch, as this population has lost all its males long back. In a major trans-state conservation effort, a captive-bred GIB egg from the conservation breeding program in Rajasthan was transported by road over 19 hours in a handheld portable incubator and was replaced in the nest on 22 March. The female completed incubating this fertile egg and hatched it on March 26. The field monitoring team found the young chick being reared by its foster mother. This effort is among one of the many steps to recover the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard populations. With the commitment to save GIB, we are making great progress in India’s conservation journey. Congratulations to all scientists, field officers and wildlife enthusiasts who made this possible. We are keeping our fingers crossed for the survival of the chick. At the same time we remain committed to leaving no stone unturned to make the endeavour successful. 🎥 The GIB takes a stroll with her chick.

@syedrizwanmehb1 Long-legged Buzzard. Winter visitor to these parts. Don't think it can hunt a chinkara though.

Bite off more than you can chew! Rare single frame sight, showing the Raptor taking on a Chinkara Gazelle ( just look at their comparative sizes) - somewhere deep inside Cholistan desert of Pakistan

Dr. Zach Bush shares a mind-blowing nature insight: Birdsongs in each region have evolved to interact with tree pores (stomata), helping them open to breathe more oxygen and CO₂—kickstarting the life cycle. Historical / science nugget: Studies on plant bioacoustics (e.g., from Yeungnam University and others) show sound vibrations—like birdsong or "green music"—can influence stomata opening, boost nutrient/water uptake, and enhance growth by triggering molecular changes in plants. While not every regional birdsong is proven to "perfectly match" local trees, vibrations from natural sounds act as a gentle signal for better respiration and vitality. Bush extends it to us: Nature's sounds and beauty do the same for the human body—up-leveling metabolism, energy, and resilience no matter diet or toxins around you. Get outside aggressively—listen to the birds, feel the shift. Nature is the ultimate viral healer. What's your favorite way nature "turns you back on"—birdsong, ocean waves, forest walks?

@AnchitGupta9 @IAF_MCC Fascinating story

Harish Chander Sircar was the first & senior-most officer commissioned in the @IAF_MCC on 8 Oct 1932. More dubiously, he also holds the record for the first to be dismissed from service in March 1935. The intervening period is a story of many firsts. #IAFHistory (1/15)

Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker #Karimganj, #Assam, Feb 2026. This gorgeous picture by Momita - facebook.com/share/1Ay2WHRE… #IndianBirds #BirdTwitter #birdphotography #Birds

@indian_pitta One day i’ll hike with a camera too and NOT just soak in the chorus of birds—but NOT today, or anytime in the near future :)

One day i’ll hike without my camera and just soak in the chorus of birds—but not today

@Scheherzadeh I have a wonderful memory of Black Storks to share! In May 2004, saw two of them soaring high up in the Himalaya, over the Rohtang pass, on their northward journey after spending winter months in the Indian Subcontinent.

@KB1997_ Thank you so much! Yes luckily got the one with the beak clean and red, some were looking muddy because they were feeding!:)

Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) Sialkot #Pakistan

@shubhvanii Truly

GOD Please Don't Let Me Mismanage The Moments I prayed for......