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@Roshanjnu @naalmot @NishantTISS One imagines that all of HT’s data team scored 100/100 in maths and stats but the graphics on the pages is not the place to flaunt it. Not sure how many readers would understand these jargons. Not so difficult to make it reader friendly. Learn from Bloomberg/reuters. @HT_Ed

Yesterday ECI released AC level data on deletions under adjudication in SIR - an exercise unique to WB. We looked at the numbers. cc @naalmot @NishantTISS

💢 REPORT | Opening Strikes in U.S.-Israeli Bombing Campaign Targeted Heart of Iran’s Pistachio Trade Iran was once the world’s leading pistachio producer. Today, USDA data show the U.S., led by California, accounts for roughly 65% of global output, while Iran’s share has fallen to about 18%. In the first week of the war, reports and geolocated satellite imagery indicated strikes in and around Rafsanjan, the heart of Iran’s pistachio sector, including apparent damage to pistachio warehouse facilities near the airport. The Resnick family, owners of The Wonderful Company and dominant players in California’s pistachio industry, have used political influence to secure vast water rights in drought-stricken regions, at the expense of local communities. The 2025 documentary Pistachio Wars examines their longstanding backing of pro-Israel lobbying groups, arguing that hawkish policies toward Iran align with their commercial interests, as weakening a key global competitor benefits their bottom line. 🎥 Pistachio Wars (2025) trailer.

@ShekharGupta @AssalRad @mehdirhasan Cc @kapskom

@ShekharGupta Gupta ji, this is a conversation between serious journos. You are no longer one. Your spine is so crooked now it’s best to not butt in.Perhaps read the stuff that you spike everyday, ideas you & your editors shoot down and columnists you no longer publish. @AssalRad @mehdirhasan

It’s an incredible piece of reporting. Great journalism. The reporters, editors who put put it together and the NYT must be so proud. The first credible investigation fixing US responsibility on the girls’ school bombing.

@Zakka_Jacob why dont you speak to a woman in Iran about whether he was evil or not? Wouldn’t that be more credible? Would you speak to a khalistani in Canada and let them speak about their opinion of Indian leaders in a similar way? Learn some basics of journalism. There’s still time

Khamenei was an evil man. The fact that he is dead, means a great day for us. Listen in to this expat Iranian woman. Some of our liberal left, feminist crusaders also need to listen to this Iranian woman.

@ShekharGupta @AssalRad @mehdirhasan Cc @malachybrowne

@MattooShashank He is not an ayatollah. Perhaps do some basic reading before becoming a foreign policy expert and tweeting on everything compulsively. Dont think HT or any other Indian newspaper encourages it. But it might just do you some good.

“Our relations with India are still strong. Our ties go back over 300 years, before many of the countries in the world today even existed. That relationship is not damaged easily,”says Iran’s Ayatollah Abdolmajeed Hakimelahi

@ChristopherJM @FT Hey @Zakka_Jacob here’s another piece for you to shamelessly lift from and pass it off as your own reporting. Cheers to this style of chor journalism!

A regime insider told the @FT that the supreme leader — who was killed in the first wave of strikes on Tehran on Saturday — and his lieutenants began working on a “detailed” plan after Israel’s devastating 12-day war against the republic last June. ft.com/content/02eb66…

@Zakka_Jacob Zakka you will remain a third rate chor of a journalist. You have shamelessly lifted stuff reported by FT and NYT and passing it off as your own reporting. At least could have critically looked at it. So shameful! 🤮

For years now, CIA and Mossad had been tracking Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei using traffic camera surveillance. They tracked drivers, helpers and other personal staff. But on Saturday CIA did one better. They had a human source.

@anantgoenka @iyervaidy Who helped with bank accounts? Were fake beneficiaries added? And if that was the case how did it exactly happen? Government has been claiming that it has been cleaning up PM Kisan list since 2020 when first reports of fake beneficiaries started trickling in.

@anantgoenka How did the scammers make money when the Pm kisan dole was supposed to be directly transferred to the account of the beneficiary? And how were they getting money in bulk in accounts which were already inactive meaning marked as dubious or ineligible? @iyervaidy

Express Investigation: Direct benefit transferred: How a network in Rajasthan diverted cash from govt schemes. PM-Kisan, and Rajasthan pension and crop loss schemes main target, with 51 people arrested and crores worth of misappropriation discovered, in what could be a tip of the iceberg. indianexpress.com/?post_type=art…

@sunetrac @LamaPrawesh Does anyone in the HT national or regional bureau know how many people have been arrested for this? Or is that not important to report? @HT_Ed can read the Hindu report on this for some guidance on basic journalism.

The death of an MLA- one of the first victims of Manipur's violence in 2023. ⁦@LamaPrawesh⁩ reports

Bittu Bajrangi. a known cow vigilante and accsued in the 2023 Communal riots in Haryana landed at a deserted venue in UP's Aligarh for his wedding. The woman who was supposed to marry him was equally surprised and was unaware that she was supposed to marry him.

Meitei man shot dead in Churachandpur where he was visiting his wife, a Kuki-Zo. Killing recorded on camera, published on WhatsApp within an hour. Four masked men abducted the couple from their home, let-off the wife. #Manipur thehindu.com/news/national/…

@Aakar__Patel @IndianExpress @htTweets @thewire_in You really expect @HT_Ed to stand up for his colleagues? He’s only interested in spiking stories and hating on reporters who come up with non-press release stories. So when his reporter gets summoned, its likely that he might ask police for their version and only publish that

didn’t realise that the couragewallahs at @IndianExpress and @htTweets only reported on the persecution of their kashmiri reporters after @thewire_in did and perhaps even only because the wire did. what a fine bunch. cannot even stand up for colleagues against press repression

@SauravDassss There is a world beyond supreme court and Delhi which rarely gets attention!

@SauravDassss Might be a good idea to check out how justice Bhuyan tackled citizenship matters in the gauhati high court. Also worthwhile to find out why he was transferred to Bombay! You will have enough and more to report I suppose!

Justice J.B. Pardiwala has been a breath of fresh air. Most of his judgments and orders, though can be criticised on merits, largely seem without fear or favour, true to the oath of office of a Supreme Court judge. The same holds true of Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice K.V Viswanathan too. All three future CJIs. Also, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan.

Lawyer Rakesh Kishore who hurled a shoe at former CJI BR Gavai attacked with slippers in Delhi Court

This is a Historic Win for India Indiver Sairem and Willson Singh Ningthoujam on winning India’s first-ever Men’s Synchro 10m Platform medal at the Asian Aquatics Championships, Ahmedabad, with an outstanding score of 300.66. Both hail from Manipur.