Prabir KC

Sharp, brilliant piece by Justice (R) Madan B Lokur on why the Supreme Court must not allow the government to get away with saying the Sonam Wangchuk habeas corpus plea is now infructuous. Preventive Detention Abused: Why the Supreme Court Must Still Rule on Wangchuk thewire.in/law/on-sonam-w…

Government’s own data exposes a shocking distortion: FCI rice is being sold cheaper to private distilleries for ethanol production than to States feeding people. States paid up to Rs. 34/kg, while distilleries got it at just Rs. 20 - 23.20/kg. States pay more, corporates pay less. Result: Rs. 4,000+ crore cumulative sacrifice of public funds. Processed food grain is cheaper for corporates than for feeding the poor! Is this policy for people - or for private profit? #rajyasabha #ethanol #blended #fci

French journalist Marine Vlahovic was found dead in her home in Marseille while working on a documentary covering Israel's genocidal war against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

🇨🇺🇨🇳 Cuba is installing Chinese solar power to restore its grid. Fast. While the US embargo strangles. The good guys? Committing genocide with a 60 year blockade. The bad guys? Flying in supplies. Giving lifesaving electricity. In this movie, the script flipped. The US blocks fuel. China brings light. The empire starves. Beijing saves. Solar panels. Chinese technology. Cuban resilience. American shame. The world is watching the contrast. And choosing sides. The embargo is genocide. The solar is survival. The choice is clear.

Today Germany announces it has stopped its support for Israel's defence against the accusation of genocide at the ICJ in order to defend itself in the case brought against it for support of genocide by Nicaragua. One of my articles was mentioned in the hearing:

BJP posted this about Pradyut Bordoloi in Aug 2025. He has now joined BJP 🤒

❤️Sri Lankan migrant workers in Lebanon spend their only day off feeding displaced families Sri Lankan migrant workers in Lebanon, many working long hours as domestic helpers under strict conditions, used their only day off to prepare and distribute food to families displaced into tents and the streets. Despite earning modest wages and living within employer households, they saved small amounts from their salaries, brought rice, cheese, onions, and water, and cooked meals together before distributing them across Beirut. “This could be us,” one worker says, explaining why they chose to help despite their own hardships. Coming from one of the main source countries for migrant domestic labor in Lebanon, they stepped in at a time of need, showing solidarity with Lebanese families forced from their homes by Israeli occupation attacks. lbcilebanonnews (IG)

Yesterday a coordinated and orchestrated campaign was carried out against The Reporters' Collective @reporters_co investigation on the Assam-Adani deal for 3,200 MW of coal power. The story: reporters-collective.in/trc/assam-govt… We analysed the attack using Grok, X's AI tool. I am sharing the report here and citing below its findings verbatim. Method of Attack "This is a highly organised, top-down coordinated campaign — not grassroots outrage or independent journalism critique. The pattern matches classic Indian political IT-cell operations: pre-packaged talking points + graphics issued to a mix of official spokespersons and loyal amplifiers for immediate narrative control. The goal is transparent — neutralise the TRC investigation’s impact on the Adani deal and the BJP government ahead of Assam assembly elections by reframing serious scrutiny as “propaganda” and “misrepresentation”. No involvement from Adani Power’s official handle; this is purely political defence." Verdict on Sophistication "This is Tier-1 political IT-cell orchestration — pre-briefed, pre-designed, pre-timed, and pre-loaded for instant deployment. The 107-second graphic sync, consecutive asset files, and 95%+ script fidelity are smoking-gun proof of a central command distributing ready-to-post packages. The goal was not debate but narrative neutralisation ahead of Assam elections: reframe investigative journalism as “propaganda” within 5 hours of publication. No Adani corporate involvement; purely political protective shield. This network is battle-tested and highly effective at shaping X discourse in India on sensitive corporate-political stories." The summary executive report by Grok AI on the coordinated attack can be read below. Includes the prompts we used. This is why investigative journalism matters. It scares those in power. Because it brings out the truth they try to distract us from using rhetoric and paid social media campaigns. To citizens: It's a sad irony that journalists who do such brave investigations struggle to earn a decent livelihood with security while the army of trolls get paid as a consequence of their work. You have the power to fix this. Donate to @reporters_co today. We back brave journalists to do reportage that holds the powerful accountable to journalists. You can donate by clicking reporters-collective.in/support-us To the paid trolls: You could also thank us for getting your more business (unless you are on monthly retainers, in which case you won't like us for providing you extra work for the same pay). Regardless, I am sure many of you do this work because it's hard to find dignified decent paying work. I honestly hope and pray you find it and live happier lives of dignity. I feel upset only at your employers, who rob our people of dignity by putting them to such crass, sad an ugly work. #Assam #adani #investigativejournalism #journalism

The Sandesara Brothers of Gujarat deposited Rs 5,100 crore and had the criminal proceedings against them dropped in a 'tatkal' scheme. The banks to which the frauds owed money say the total outstanding was four times as much: Rs 19,283 crore. @IndianExpress Filed under #NaKhaoongaNaKhaaneDoonga

Kalpeshkumar Rasikbhai Patel, also known as Kenny Patel, is #wanted by the #FBI for his alleged participation in a nationwide scheme to defraud multiple victims into transmitting large sums of money, usually in the form of cash and prepaid debit cards, to addresses throughout the United States between 2017 and 2021. Many victims were contacted via telephone communications and deceived into believing their personal information or identities were associated with criminal activities: fbi.gov/wanted/wcc/kal…

In Panchkula, near the Khair forest area, more than 10,000 trees were cut overnight using silent cutters. Khair wood is expensive, and the logs were transported on camels. To avoid suspicion, the remaining stumps were burned. This came to the notice of a forest guard named Vijay Kumar. He said his father was a gardener, and seeing trees being cut felt like losing a part of his own family. He raised a complaint with the forest minister. But instead of action, he was suspended. He is now sitting on a protest alone. All this is happening in Haryana, where forest cover is already very low, around 3.25 percent. So far, the issue has received very little media attention.

@mbird12 Their voices were silenced by Epstein missiles

telegraphindia.com/world/us-israe… Last update17.03.2610:21 PM Fire aboard USS Gerald R Ford burns over 30 hours, 600 affected: Report A fire aboard the US aircraft carrier, which began in the ship’s main laundry area on Thursday, left more than 600 sailors without berths

In case you missed it, Bernie Sanders is suggesting the Epstein files be read during the filibuster on the SAVE ACT this week. Let's get this idea to trend!!!👍

Constant physical beatings and mental harassment by 2 Brahmin and 3 OBC classmates drove Dr. Ratan Kumar Meghwal, a Rajasthani Dalit final year MBBS student at AIIMS Rajkot to throw himself before a train, leaving behind a 17 PAGE suicide letter. This is exactly why UGC is MUST.