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Change the algorithm! We are all locked in our algorithms making dialogue impossible. But India’s Gen Z found an ingenious “jugad”! They are advising each other on how to slowly change their parent’s algorithm to include their voices 😃⬇️
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आंदोलन को रोकने के लिए मेट्रो बंद करना बैड आइडिया है। इससे लोग कार चलाएँगे और E20 को लेकर आंदोलन होने लगेगा।
We are all locked into our own echo chambers by the algorithm which makes it impossible to have any real exchange of ideas. Watch this ⬇️
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यस। आप विरोध करें मगर रिपोर्टर के पास न जाएँ और पता होना चाहिए कि कौन रिपोर्टर कैसा है। रवीश रंजन का पूरा जीवन जनता की स्टोरी के साथ गुज़रा है। आपका विरोध हुड़दंग में नहीं बदलना चाहिए।
My former colleague @ravishranjanshu is one of the most sensitive reporters I have come across in media….Targeting him for the mic he carries is counter productive…
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मूल बात क्या है? मूल बात है कि गोदी मीडिया लोकतंत्र का हत्यारा है।
आप अगर-मगर के सहारे इससे नहीं बच सकते। कुछ अच्छे लोग हमेशा हैं, रहेंगे।उन्हें निशाना मत बनाइये, हिंसा और हुड़दंग नहीं होनी चाहिए। तब भी गोदी मीडिया की सच्चाई नहीं बदल जाएगी। जनता को हर दिन जागना होगा। आज इस मीडिया पर आप गर्व नहीं कर सकते. इसके न्यूज़ रूम के लोग भी शर्म से सहमे रहते हैं। अभी भी ज़रूरत है कि देश की हर पंचायत में पोस्टर लगना चाहिए कि गोदी मीडिया लोकतंत्र का हत्यारा है।हर पार्टी के दफ्तर के बाहर यह पोस्टर लगा होना चाहिए। एयर पोर्ट पर स्पेस ख़रीद कर यह नारा लिखा जाना चाहिए। लोगों को अपनी कार के पीछे लिखना चाहिए। इस गोदी मीडिया ने लोकतंत्र के हर कोने में सड़न पैदा कर दी है। इसके कारण कुर्सी पर बैठा हर शख़्स ख़ुद को ख़ुदा समझ बैठा है। सांसद तक लूटे जा रहे हैं। विपक्षी पार्टियाँ लूट ली जा रही हैं। वोट का अधिकार छीना गया है। इसी मीडिया के सामने। इसलिए मूल बात है कि गोदी मीडिया लोकतंत्र का हत्यारा है।
A “Let them eat cake” moment !!
The Chief Justice of India whose “cockroach” comment sparked student protests demanding an accountable education system reportedly said this ⬇️
#Cockroach #NEET #JantarMantarprotests
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Proud of this team, as we support DRC with this response. We will keep pushing… #together
As DRC responds to the #Ebola outbreak, frontline health workers are applying @WHO’s newly updated Filovirus Clinical Management Guidelines to strengthen patient care.
Covering everything from early supportive care and fluid management to monitoring, treatment of complications and survivor follow-up, the guidelines help improve outcomes and save lives.
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A lot of evidence now on the gendered impacts of climate change, especially heat stress. Our social safety nets & work places need to recognise & respond to women’s specific needs. @MinistryWCD @unwomenindia @WHOSEARO @UNICEFIndia @MoHFW_INDIA @LabourMinistry @MoHUA_India
$57 billion. That’s how much extreme heat costs women informal workers every year
📌Higher concentration of women in informal sector — upto 91% of women workers — in 4 cities studied
📌Without interventions, their losses could increase by 44% by 2050.
📌This will deepen gendered economic inequality.
📌It'll also impact a wider section of the society over a longer period of time, as women reinvest up to 90% of their incomes back into their families and communities.
downtoearth.org.in/climate-c…
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Wanting an honest education system, and immediate accountability isn’t a political issue, it’s a human one. If a student wants to scream that message from a cockroach party, ruling party, opposition party, Bhangra party or a kitty party…they should have everyone’s support.
I am a big fan of GenZ. They have inherited a broken world where all the pillars of trust are shaken. The climate, democratic values, health, education, social justice and equity- Gen Z will need to negotiate a new world order. It all begins with peaceful dissent ⬇️
#Cockroach
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Hantaviruses are zoonotic viruses that naturally infect rodents and can occasionally spread to people.
Here’s what you need to know about #hantavirus: What they are, how they spread, the symptoms, and how to prevent infection
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In this new podcast from @mssrf Science Simply, I explain what extreme heat does to the body & how to protect ourselves. There is a need for deep research on heat impacts & solutions. youtu.be/MMfkyl_T-XM?si=ob6l…
@ndmaindia @MoHFW_INDIA @ICMRDELHI @CEEWIndia @RockSea @Indiametdept
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#Hantavirus cluster linked to cruise ship travel:
Since 1 April when the boat set sail, of the 147 passengers and crew, 7 people have become ill, among whom 3 have died, 1 is critically ill and 3 are reporting mild symptoms.
Based on the current information, including how hantavirus spreads, WHO assesses the risk to the global population from this event as low.
We are working closely with health authorities from the countries involved and the ship's operators to ensure passengers and crew get the information and support they need.
WHO will continue to monitor the situation and update the risk assessment as more information becomes available.
More information bit.ly/42Tc4J7
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In 2008, the Netherlands faced a severe heatwave.
The government came up with a plan to protect cities from heatwave by planting trees along roads and in urban areas.
As a result, their roads and streets are now consistently cooler than the officially recorded temperatures.
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India is currently the hottest large region on Earth by a huge margin with 95 of the world’s 100 warmest cities right now.
Large parts of northern and eastern India are experiencing extreme heat much earlier than usual, with dozens of cities in the 43–47°C range while most of the rest of the world is far cooler.
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In 2016 Norway gave every 5-year-old child an iPad.
Within a few years, Norway's reading scores plummeted and dropped below the OECD average.
They ranked dead last out of 65 countries.
Now Norway is spending millions of dollars to reverse this trend and get people reading.
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The Netherlands is building giant artificial islands to protect wildlife. Meeting global challenges with nature.
We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#biodiversity #climatecrisis #climate #rewilding #GreenNewDeal