Return of the Raj: Black Day for Indian press freedom as UNI journos booted out of office - The Statesman Police storm UNI office in Delhi, drag journalists out without notice, halt news services, and spark serious press freedom concerns.

www.thestatesman.com/india/return...

Freedom of press?? #India

Are gender gaps due to evaluations of the applicant or the science? A natural experiment at a national funding agency Gender gaps in grant funding are attributable to less favourable assessments of women as principal investigators, not of the quality of their proposed research. We discuss reasons less favourable asse...

Are gender gaps due to evaluations of the applicant or the science? A natural experiment at a national funding agency - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

My heart broke when visa crackdown ended UK dream, says Afghan coder - The Times and The Sunday Times

Mahmood to stop study visas from four countries due to 'abuse' The government will end study visas from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan, due to what she says is abuse.

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Let’s erase the role Britain played in wars in these regions and let’s only do election planning in all of our policy making. #HomeOffice #Mahmood

The last attempt at ‘liberating’ people in Operation Enduring Freedom by the USA did the opposite for most Afghan women. Epic Fury will attempt to try again in Iran. #USAgoestoWar again

Trump confirms US has launched 'major combat' operations in Iran, as explosions reported in Tehran Summary US President Donald Trump confirms US has launched "major combat operations" in Iran It comes after Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz says his country has launched a "pre-emptive" attack on Iran The BBC has received images of smoke rising in Tehran, as Iranian state media report further explosions in the east and north of the country's capital city Katz has also announced a state of emergency in Israel in anticipation of retaliatory strikes

WW3 was not on my bingo card for the weekend, and I accept that's my fault. Question now is how does Iran retaliate, because they will, and how quickly this escalates and spreads. Also a reminder, Tehran is densely populated, an attack on it means more civilian deaths. That can't be forgotten.

US begins ‘major combat operations’ in Iran, Trump says, after strikes hit Tehran.
2026 - a new war, begins.
I would also like a list of wars that have ended in this year or last….

Afghanistan Under Taliban Rule Makes the World Less Safe The world has shifted focus away from Afghanistan, much as it did in the lead-up to September 2001, giving dangerous networks room to rebuild.

Afghanistan Under Taliban Rule Makes the World Less Safe
thediplomat.com/2026/02/afgh...

Repression and terrorism are not parallel outcomes; they are mutually reinforcing.

UK and US sink to new lows in global index of corruption Countries’ drop in scores in annual table comes amid ‘worrying trend’ of backsliding in established democracies

🚨 NEW: UK hits new low in corruption perception index.

📉 This is not a blip, but a persistent decline. Without action, it risks becoming a defining feature of our political culture.

Let's clean up our politics. Learn more:

www.ukanticorruptioncoalition.org

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Cambridge University returns legal ownership of 116 Benin artefacts to Nigeria's National Commission for Museums and Monuments The University of Cambridge today announces it has transferred legal ownership of 116 Benin artefacts in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA) collections to Nigeria’s National Commission f...

The return of the loot. It goes home now. All eyes on the British Museum which has around 900 items according to BBC today. #BeninBronze

Billie Eilish: "No one is illegal on stolen land"

Academic publishers defeat lawsuit over ‘peer review’ pay, other restrictions A group of major academic publishers convinced a judge in New York to dismiss a lawsuit accusing them of thwarting competition by barring scholars from submitting papers to multiple journals simultane...

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This is the video to share and show anyone who thinks brexit hasn’t been done ‘properly’ yet and going further would be good for this country.

Join the @labour4europe.bsky.social and let’s take back control.

Click their account to do so.

Those lights shining out of #Grenfell each time, as the building gets demolished. Sharp. Almost whiplash like sharp, pain.

Erasure is strategy,
parallel lies is validation,
the noise is politics.
But for those of us who hold multiple versions of the truth, we note the long term damage of words, in English, said about those, who owned the nation, by those who only wish to make a point.

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#basantpanchami #saraswati #saraswatipuja
The goddess of learning and knowledge, operational framework of career choice for me. Universe sent the message of the first blooms of the season camellia and daffodils now at the feet of the goddess. We need this wisdom and knowledge more than ever before!

Democracy wobbles as politics pans out in a presser.

Rajasthan Panchayat Bans Smartphones for Women in 15 Villages - The CSR Journal A caste panchayat in Rajasthan's Jalore district has stirred a major controversy by banning women from using smartphones in 15 villages.

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Women & girls cannot carry any mobile devices to weddings, social gatherings, or neighbours’ homes. School girls can use #smartphones at home but must leave them behind when stepping out.
#MenControllingWomen

#womensRights #DigitalExclusion #IndianWomenandGirls

New clashes erupt on Thai-Cambodia border as ASEAN convenes peace talks Fighting resumes hours before regional foreign ministers meet in Malaysia to discuss steps to de-escalate hostilities.

Fighting resumes hours before regional foreign ministers meet in Malaysia to discuss steps to de-escalate hostilities.

Hellholes don’t appear. They are dug with precision, policy and strategy that benefits the digger alone. To call one nation a name distances others from admitting any role they played in its reduction to despair.
Some of us note everything that is said about #Afghanistan & remember to question it.

Testimony session today at Portcullis house on #Health challenges faced by Afghan women. Evidence from the field, on critical need for healthcare support for women of #Afghanistan. Thank you to all those who contributed to this session of the APPG Afghan Women and Girls.

#StandwithAfghanWomen

Afghanistan ‘blind without phones and internet’ on second day of telecoms blackout
#Afghanistan

Domestic abuse campaigners 'appalled' by Tice's defence of Reform MP who kicked girlfriend Women's Aid accuses the Reform deputy of showing a "complete disregard for the role of justice in dealing with domestic abuse".

Good morning. A quarter of Reform UK MPs are convicted wife beaters.

news.sky.com/story/domest...

Keir Starmer Faces Furious Backlash Over Plan To Force Every Brit To Have Digital ID Card The prime minister

The prime minister

Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Should Britain recognise the state of Palestine?"

Sarah Champion, "Yes"

Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Should Britain call this a genocide?"

Sarah Champion, "I can't see it as anything other than a genocide"

Secret Afghan relocation scheme set up after major data breach The existence of the scheme could not be reported until now because of a court injunction.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This feels strange to listen in to. Angry tears have been cried. To be gaslit and validated in one swift debate. We failed and forgot the #Afghans

The White House on X: "THE SYMBOL OF HOPE. TRUTH. JUSTICE. THE AMERICAN WAY. SUPERMAN TRUMP. 🇺🇸 https://t.co/fwFWeYonAq" / X THE SYMBOL OF HOPE. TRUTH. JUSTICE. THE AMERICAN WAY. SUPERMAN TRUMP. 🇺🇸 https://t.co/fwFWeYonAq

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Wow it’s come to this!

'Do they have gold in them?': The Indian artisans up in arms over Prada's sandals - BBC News

Social media does have its benefits - silent misappropriation in the good old colonial footprint. Called out.

But the economy still works the same way - money will be made

#Kolahpur #prada

Love it! #NATObingo

A quick term summary of US/Iran.

‘You’re it. I quit’
Bomb and invite to talks.

#politicsofconflict