You're not the mayor of the West Bank.

India has lost over 2.3 million hectares of tree cover since 2000, yet we keep talking about GDP, expressways and smart cities as if forests are optional. Forests are not a luxury. They are the source of clean air, water, biodiversity and a livable climate. A country that cuts down its forests faster than it restores them is borrowing from future generations to pay for today’s development.

Tom Wainwright, one of the defence barristers, said of the destruction of drones: “They may have been involved in taking the lives of men, women and children in Gaza. That is why they acted. That’s something that – in a sane world – would be commended.” theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…

Wrote an essay about the complex relationship between big data and academia. foreksample.in/articles/das.… Came out in the inaugural issue of a student-led magazine. Humbled to be included into this august list. #EconomicPolicy #surveillance #DataDriven

Here’s injustice Jeremy Johnson handing down the sentences at today’s disgusting stitched up Palestine Action trial. Any faith I ever had in the fairness of the British justice system is completely is dead.

Says Mehdi, as he goes on Sky and pushes an antisemitic blood libel (aka a lie) about there being a genocide in Gaza.

🇮🇳 lab's FDA approved Zaynich — answer to superbugs. 97% success. Targets E. coli, Klebsiella & Pseudomonas. Drug-resistant infections kill 3 lakh Indians/year. Could hit 20 lakh by 2050. But every antibiotic we misuse chips away at its power. @TOIHealth_Plus @timesofindia

Somali referee Omar Artan, who was set to be the first from his country to officiate at the World Cup finals, has been denied entry to the United States.

As South Africa, we hosted the World Cup in 2010. Upon the insistence of FIFA & in accordance with the Host Country & Host City Agreements, we had to waiver laws, by-laws, policies, regulations, processes & the like, to ensure that South Africa became the ultimate hosts of the world during the period. We passed special legislation specifically to meet FIFA's hosting requirements for the 2010 World Cup. The most important were the '2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Special Measures Act, 2006 (Act 11 of 2006)' and the 'Second 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Special Measures Act, 2006 (Act 12 of 2006)'. These laws were enacted to give legal effect to the guarantees we had made to FIFA during the bidding process. The special laws effected temporary special provisions & exceptions in certain areas, including: Special visa, work permit, & accreditation arrangements for players, officials, media & visitors. These requirements were not exclusive to South Africa, as Korea & Japan (2002), Germany (2006), Brazil (2014), Russia (2018), Qatar (2022), had to enact the same.

Mr. Das, paper leaks are not a new wound — they are an old infection. What’s disappointing is that this regime had both the mandate and the opportunity to cauterise it, yet it has occurred four times on their watch. I am not here to play the blame game. Sixty years of the previous dispensation left a trail of institutional rot — Bihar, unfortunately, was often its epicentre. But accountability cannot be selective. It must be equal, consistent, and without exception — regardless of which era or which party stands accused.