Rajat Basu

@Punit_Pania This is going on across thousands of homes in India now. x.com/Libertarian196…

BREAKING: The UAE has called on its citizens in Iran, Lebanon, and Iraq to depart "immediately" due to developments in the region, per the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

NEW: A source close to Ghalibaf says the US is in final pre-strike positioning, with the US RC-135W compiling the target bank for strikes on Iran's oil infrastructure. Iran will retaliate with a "dual response" of direct missile strikes on Gulf energy facilities, US bases that supported the attack and full physical closure of the Strait of Hormuz with mines and missiles.

🎥 “It’s like you might as well be sitting with a fourth grader.” — Jeremy Scahill relaying how Iranian officials described U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff during ongoing negotiations with Iran. Speaking on Majority Report, Scahill said the talks reflected a broader pattern of U.S. policy in the region being shaped by Israeli intelligence and around Israeli objectives. Iran came to the table with nuclear PhDs and experts fluent in every clause of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The U.S. “sent Trump’s golf buddy and his son-in-law.” Scahill said Jared Kushner was “not…operating on behalf of U.S. national security” at all — but those of Israel, the Gulf states, and the “Trump crime family” business. He cited Kushner’s significant financial backing from Gulf sovereign wealth funds and reported ongoing coordination with PM Benjamin Netanyahu throughout the talks. Contrasting that with Iran’s delegation of nuclear specialists and policy experts, Scahill said Iranian officials ultimately concluded the February negotiations were not serious, but a prelude to war. @jeremyscahill | @EmmaVigeland

Norveçli sanatçı Hilary Allison, sahnede Filistin bayrağı açarak: "Bu sadece bir ülkenin bayrağı değil, dünyanın en güçlü milletinin bayrağıdır."

“I’m happy that court has given relief to Pawan Khera Ji. This is the false case. For defamation, he can investigate only, he can’t arrest.” — SC senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi Ji Pawan Khera Ji has got bail. Himanta Biswa Sarma forgot that in SC whom he has to face.

The Minab massacre was the worst crime of many by the Trump administration and the most deadly slaughter of civilians by the US regime since My Lai A devastating report by @wyattreed13

Last night, Israeli forces intercepted and boarded a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza in international waters off the coast of Greece — unlawfully detaining more than 175 people, including several New Yorkers. My team has been in direct contact with State and Federal partners as we work to confirm the whereabouts and conditions of these New Yorkers. This is a brazen violation of international law. Those detained must be released.

Carl Sagan’s prediction about America, made 31 years ago.

When Indian PMs took tough questions from western journalists in their trips abroad

Meanwhile, Pakistan has an AIP-equipped submarine while the Modi govt continues to sit on a plan, as it has done for years, for the Indian Navy to have these submarines. This is Pakistan navy, not even PLAN.

CPI(M)'s Bikashranjan Bhattacharyya has given an interview dismissing the gravity of SIR, and calling Hindutva hegemony the "Islamification" of Hinduism. Is this the party's line, in this time of mass disenfranchisement of Bengali Muslims and violent Islamophobia across India?

Model ve müzisyen Jura, Kopenhag Moda Haftası sırasında podyumda Filistin bayrağı açmasının ardından sahneden indirildi. 🗣️Model Juda'nın sosyal medya hesabında yaptığı paylaşım: "Eğer şimdi İsrail’in tüm Filistin’i açlığa mahkûm etmesini kabul edersek, dünyanın en zenginlerinin sıradaki azınlığı soykırıma uğratmasını da kabul etmiş oluruz."

Momentazo vivido en la noche europea en Vallecas. La afición antifascista del Rayo le entrega la bandera de Palestina al jugador Ilias Akhomach y los futbolistas le dedican la histórica victoria en la ida de semifinales al pueblo palestino. Grandes.

It's fairly surreal to see IT Czars like Nilekani pontificate on why India doesn't need to build own frontier AI models, while Anthropic refuses Mythos access to any Indian company and Indian Banks and FM herself stay deeply worried about vulnerability of entire banking system (due to Mythos enabling bad actors). We're walking into a strategic AI pit of enslavement and the top policy minds are focused on largely irrelevant or inconsequential priorities. Face the truth. And change things.

New India, Vishwaguru etc etc

Worst in South Asia, even below Palestine.

ECI refuses to upload Form 17C on its website. Anjali Bhardwaj calls it a right, they call disclosure "mischief." We call it proof. Modi needs opacity to survive. Why is voter turnout data treated like a state secret? @AnjaliB_

In these times when most of big media doesn't want to talk about trade unions and portrays them as evil, good of @Meerasrini to talk about the trade union leaders and what she has learnt by interacting with them.

BREAKING: Israel is preparing to announce the failure of Iran negotiations, with the US giving Israel immediate authorization to strike Iran's energy facilities after the announcement, per Channel 12.

Israel vuelve a violar la legalidad internacional al asaltar una flotilla civil en aguas que no le pertenecen. Nuestro Gobierno está haciendo todo lo necesario para proteger y asistir a los españoles retenidos. Pero con eso no basta. La UE tiene que suspender el acuerdo de asociación YA y exigir a Netanyahu que cumpla la ley de nuestros mares.