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Yogita Limaye
@yogital
BBC News South Asia Correspondent; #India #Afghanistan #Bangladesh #SriLanka #Nepal; stints in the US, Middle East, S Korea; everything stops for chai
Jun 6, 2023 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
Thread - A BBC investigation in #Afghanistan has found a dramatic drop in opium poppy cultivation after the Taliban's ban on it. @Imo_Anderson @sanjayganguly & I went to multiple provinces & remote areas, in some parts farmers complied, where they defied, opium fields destroyed. Image This is backed by findings of @AlcisGeo and @mansfieldintinc who have used satellite analysis and other research to conclude that opium cultivation could be down by as much 80% pan Afg, by more than 99% in opium heartland Helmand. Their map. Image
Jul 21, 2020 • 11 tweets • 9 min read
Thread - Judging past leaders through the lens of the present might leave the world with no heroes at all. But it's hard to make progress without the acceptance of the full truth of their lives. I write about the legacy of Winston #Churchill in #India
bbc.com/news/world-asi… In the UK, he's adored by millions for his rousing speeches and actions during World War 2. As historian Rudrangshu Mukherjee tells me, there is a very different perception of #Churchill in #India.
Apr 16, 2020 • 7 tweets • 6 min read
Frontline doctors have told the BBC that official #coronavirus numbers do not reflect the real scale of the outbreak in #India.This doctor from Mumbai explains why he says there is underreporting.Didn't want to be identified because of fear of reprisal. #Covid_19 @KunalSehgal92 A doc from southern #India said 'What they were trying to do is people who were dying of underlying conditions, they were not listing them as #COVID deaths' She also said not enough testing. Interview at 1'43" in below radio report @KunalSehgal92
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Dec 27, 2019 • 11 tweets • 10 min read
Thread #India #UttarPradesh In Muzaffarnagar, a woman told us how her home had been vandalised by the police in the dead of the night. Their car, windows, mirrors, electronic appliances, crockery all broken. Jeweller, cash stolen. She says police told her and her family to leave, and that her home would soon become theirs. She says there were also some people in plain clothes with the police. She says #Muslim families are living in terror in #UttarPradesh
Sep 23, 2019 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
7 weeks today since #Kashmir special status revoked by Indian govt. Landlines returning to life, but mobile phone and internet services still blocked. Fearing violence, parents aren’t sending children to schools. @soutikbbc
bbc.com/news/world-asi… Except for pharmacies, most shops closed. Some open, only in the evening. Police say militant outfits have been distributing pamphlets warning people against opening shops, banks, fuel stations.
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