The Modi government is running a campaign to brainwash Indians that the Moguls “enslaved” India, which begs the question why did the Hindus permit themselves to be enslaved? 1/x Fast forward to the present, the Prime Minister is being feted by Biden, Macron, others just to sell arms! Russia did the same years ago, I have memories of Russians building steel plants in Durgapur, Bhilai, and the massive Heavy Engineering Corporation in Ranchi. 2/x

More than 150 Indian students have been told to leave the country by the Canadian Border Security Agency (CBSA), which says they arrived in the country on forged college admission letters. ⁦@vineetkhare⁩ bbc.com/news/world-asi… Dimple, who is from a middle-class family in Jalandhar district, has a postgraduate science degree and tried unsuccessfully to get a job in India.

Deep in the jungles of central India, forest-dwelling tribes are marking the one-year anniversary of a continuous agitation against a new coal mine owned by the Adani Group. ⁦@Nik_Inamdar⁩

bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi… These woods are said to be the largest contiguous stretch of dense forestland in central India, spanning 170,000 hectares or 170 sq km (656.3 sq miles) and often called the "lungs of Chhattisgarh". They are also home to the proposed Lemru Elephant Reserve.

AI is changing the way we work and live. But with climate change impacting seasonal temperatures and rainfalls around the world, can it help make food production more sustainable?

Presenters ⁦@SophieEastaugh⁩ and ⁦@LukeJones⁩

Listen 🎧 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3… The effects of climate change on weather patterns around the world, including seasonal temperatures and rainfalls, are being felt keenly in agriculture – with shifting seasons and varying yields undermining years of habit-formed knowledge and process.

Last year, nearly 40,000 migrants crossed into Canada at an unofficial border at the end of a remote rural road in upstate New York - a record number - to seek asylum.

But can Canada handle the influx? ⁦@nadineyousif_⁩

#cdnpoli bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-… On a snowy winter day, Roxham Road is cold and quiet. The silence is interrupted by the sound of wheels approaching the end of the path, or the crunching of footsteps on snow.

A compilation of stories marking the 20th anniversary of the American led invasion of Iraq in March 2003.

⁦@carolinehawley⁩ who was the Baghdad correspondent for the BBC at the time, speaks to ⁦@maxpearsonbbc⁩ about reporting on Iraq.

🎧🎧 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3… Contributors:
Lubna Naji - schoolgirl in Baghdad when the war broke out.
Yasir Dhannoon - became a refugee when he fled Iraq.
General Vincent Brooks - first revealed the playing cards to help US troops identify the most-wanted members of Saddam Hussein's government.

The Moving City of Delhi

“Over the past two decades, the subway system has reshaped social relations in India’s densely populated capital—especially for women, who continue to face everyday violence in public spaces.” Rashmi Sadana sapiens.org/culture/moving… The Moving City tells the story of how a state-of-the-art, multiline subway system gets integrated into a densely developed megacity such as Delhi.

“But today, Canada’s indigenous artists are using music, from rock to round dance, to interrogate still-felt horrors, to heal, to share stories, culture, languages that were violently suppressed for decades”

Superb documentary by ⁦@sedyelindner⁩
🎧 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3… In Toronto, the traditional territory of the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and many other nations, we meet Jeremy Dutcher. His debut album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, is sung entirely in the language of his Wolastoq community, and is a mix of opera, pop melodies and piano.

The United States ran a secret probe into national-security threats posed by Chinese overseas operations that drew alarming conclusions about Canada, alleges a new book co-authored by a former RCMP and military intelligence official.  @Alex_Panetta
cbc.ca/news/world/us-… The book says the project, code-named Operation Dragon Lord, led to an unnerving takeaway: that Beijing's activities in Canada represented a security threat to the United States.

Karibu Kenya 🇰🇪

Listening to ⁦@nikkibedi⁩ on tour in Kenya, broadcasting live from Nairobi, on ⁦@bbcworldservice⁩ with Kenyan artists and a live audience. Fond memories of my years working in Kenya, based in Nairobi.

Do listen 🎧 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3… Nikki Bedi is on stage in Kenya’s vibrant capital with artists who are drawing on the myths, histories and traditions of Kenya to shape new ideas for the future.

“As soon as we became aware of this data, we contacted the Chinese CDC and urged them to share it with WHO and the international scientific community so it can be analyzed,” ⁦@DrTedros⁩ said, writes ⁦@ReporterGoodman⁩ about new findings cnn.com/2023/03/17/hea… Dr @BallouxFrancois director of the Genetics Institute at University College London, said the fact that the new analysis had not yet been publicly posted for scientists to scrutinize, but had come to light in news reports, warranted caution.

Singapore: The penguins given world-first cataract surgery

“From the largest aviary in Asia they went, sitting in buckets filled with ice to keep them cool while transported in air-conditioned vans”.

Fascinating read. bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi… The sextet underwent the removal of the cloudy lenses caused by cataracts - a common age-related condition that develops in geriatric animals and hinders their vision - before receiving custom-made intraocular lens implants.

@CBCSunday @piya @joannachiu @nenshi @TaraVeer @MeganALeslie @janephilpott @lraitt Listening to @joannachiu speaking with @piya on the growing authoritarianism of China. China continues to deny that the release of the #TwoMichaels is connected to the release of Ms Meng. It’s quite clear that China is obfuscating facts. There are other Canadians in Chinese jails @CBCSunday @piya @joannachiu @nenshi @TaraVeer @MeganALeslie @janephilpott @lraitt Chinese reach into Canada is troubling and in her book “China Rebound” @joannachiu speaks of this.

joannachiu.com

Every news bulletin is discussing the grim situation in India

Listening to @thewritesush on @bbcworldservice on the poor signalling by the government of India, by permitting large political rallies, the religious festival of #KumbhMela which led citizens to drop their guard. + + Meanwhile in Canada we are not doing too well either, as @hayleywoodin reports we are on a ban list for travel to the USA. We Canadians were also commenting adversely on the situation in the USA last year, we are not looking good now, especially in Vancouver, Toronto & Quebec.