Pitroda may figure in Modi’s next speech!

Currently on…
Rongali Bihu celebration in Noida Haat.
#Bihu
#Assamese

I am told there’s a good fight in Jorhat constituency, Assam.
The rest one-sided.
Five out of 14 seats went to poll in #Phase1Voting
So, 5-0 or 4-1?
Over to June 4

60% turnout till 5 PM (Source: ECI)
#Phase1Voting

A voter in Bikaner, Rajasthan.
(Courtesy: ECI)
#Elections2024 #Phase1

Meet Vasuki indicus, a 50 ft snake!!
Fossil discovered by scientists of IIT Roorkee could prove to be a jackpot of information about India’s link to the origin of many species, especially reptiles.
(TOI)

India's electoral saga unfolds as the 18th #LokSabhaelections commence on April 19! Join Nidhi, Dia Rekhi, Shantanu Nandan Sharma & Rakesh Mohan Chaturvedi on #TheMorningBrief ’s Polls On My Pod as they dive into the electoral battleground!

Listen now:
bit.ly/3vN13Z3

My take on #Manipur
ET podcast, #ETMorningBrief

#India 's electoral saga unfolds as the 18th #LokSabhaElections commence this Friday, April 19! Join Nidhi, Dia Rekhi, Shantanu Nandan Sharma & Rakesh Mohan Chaturvedi on The #ETMorningBrief ’s #PollsOnMyPod as they dive into the electoral battleground! ecoti.in/5Gjzka

29 bodies of CPI-Maoists recovered after a fierce encounter at Kanker in north Bastar today, according to Bastar Police.
3 security personnel injured.
The encounter took place near Abujhmad, a highland that acts as a safe haven for elderly Maoists.

When Germany invaded Poland on 1 Sep 1939, no one said it was the beginning of WW II (1939-‘45)
As several historians have pointed out now, WW III began on 24 February 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine. The fact is we will know it only later.
Iran, Israel, US already involved

ৰঙালী বিহু আৰু অসমীয়া নৱবৰ্ষৰ ওলগ জনালো।

Manipur s CM claims normalcy has been restored in the state. Last week, my colleague Shantanu Nandan Sharma
travelled to the state and wrote about what that 'normalcy' looks like:

m.economictimes.com/news/elections…

Women in Thowai Kuki village of Kamjong district, Manipur (Litan Police Station) have been blocking road since morning today to stop withdrawal of BSF forces. They say, they are not safe unless BSF continues to protect them.
(Photo Courtesy: A student from a nearby village)

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Call from Automated Voice claiming to be from DoT India. Treatens to disconnect all mobile numbers registered with my id. Ask me to press 9.

Followed up by human who calls himself Hari. Asks if I speak english. Claims that he works for TRAI.

Manipur, which saw 82.8% voter turnout in 2019, is showing little enthusiasm for polls. One of best storytellers in Economic Times newsroom Shantanu Nandan Sharma travels to find how for Manipuris aftermath of elections holds far greater significance than electoral outcome itself.

'There is no election billboard or poster in the entire Ukhrul district, but the walls outside the deputy commissioner's office have a painting of NSCN(I-M) supremo Thuingaleng Muivah'

Shantanu Nandan Sharma Ji Reports from Ukhrul

m.economictimes.com/news/elections…