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Soutik Biswas
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India Correspondent, Features & Analysis Editor, BBC News| Nieman Fellow, Harvard University| Reuters Fellow, University of Oxford
New Delhi, India
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    Jun 2
    "It feels as if mornings and nights no longer exist." In Banda, India's hottest place, life is being reorganised around extreme heat. For many of its 2 million-plus residents enduring 47°C is not a choice but a necessity. My and @Neetugc's report. bit.ly/3RGQIwu #Heat
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    Heatwave in Banda: A day in the hottest place in India
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    Jul 16, 2021
    Watching Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge at the Maratha Mandir theatre in Mumbai. One of my favourite Danish Siddiqui pictures for Reuters. #danishsiddiqui
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    Sep 14, 2023
    I finally spotted a proper zebra crossing, Kenya
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    Aug 5, 2024
    Sheikh Hasina’s son tells BBC that there'll be no political comeback for his mother, saying she was "so disappointed that after all her hard work, for a minority to rise up against her". 1/2 #Bangladesh
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    Aug 6, 2021
    Neha Goyal of India is consoled by Madeleine Hinch of Britain after the game. This picture by Reuters made me well up. #TokyoOlympics #Hockey #IndianwomenHockeyTeam
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    Mar 5, 2019
    One GB of data costs $12.37 in the US and $6.66 in UK and $75.20 in Zimbabwe, the highest in the world. The global average is $8.53 for 1 GB. In India 1GB costs $0.26. bbc.com/news/technolog… #data #India @prasanto
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    India beats UK and US on mobile data price
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    Soutik Biswas
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    Dec 26, 2024
    Twice now, @IndiGo6E has charged me for seat selection and food, only to deny me both on board, blaming "system issues." The latest was yesterday. To make it worse, they won’t even refund the money. Unacceptable for an airline to cheat customers due to a faulty payment system.
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    Soutik Biswas
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    Nov 17, 2024
    Tonight, Delhi NCR air smells like cigarette smoke and burning coal. Even our air purifiers can’t keep up. This isn’t just pollution - it’s a slow, suffocating death.☠️
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    Soutik Biswas
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    Jun 27, 2022
    Teesta Setalvad's group secured 120 convictions in 68 cases involving nine major Gujarat riot incidents - a record for convictions for any religious riot in India. When I met her in 2015, she denied the many allegations against her. bbc.in/3nheaOi #TeestaSetalvad
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    Is Teesta Setalvad India's most hounded activist?
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    Soutik Biswas
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    Aug 27, 2020
    Four members of the Greater Andamanese tribe have tested positive for Covid-19. The Greater Andamanese are believed to have a population of 53. Other endangered tribes - Ongis and Shompens - will now be tested. Jarawas have been isolated. #Covid19 #India
    Mion (L), a member of near extinct Great Andamanese aboriginal tribe, sits with his sister, Ichika, by the waterfront in Port Blair.
    India coronavirus: Covid strikes remote Greater Andamanese tribe
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    Soutik Biswas
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    Sep 30, 2020
    28 years, 850 witnesses, more than 7,000 documents, as well as 100 reports, photographs and video tapes of the incident, 49 accused, several courts. No punishment. #BabriVerdict
    In this file photograph taken on December 6, 1992 Hindu youths clamour atop the 16th century Muslim Babri Mosque five hours before the structure was demolished by hundreds supporting Hindu fundamentalist activists.
    Babri mosque: India court acquits BJP leaders in demolition case
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    Soutik Biswas
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    Jun 12, 2023
    Man gets drunk, befriends a stranger who joins him in his car for drinks. Man forgets he is in his own car, gets out when stranger asks him to, takes a metro home. Stranger drives off with the car. Best story of the day.
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    Soutik Biswas
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    Jan 27, 2021
    Munawar Faruqui has spent more than 25 days in prison for jokes he evidently didn't crack. He has been refused bail twice, and a fresh plea is coming up in high court today. My piece on the young man and his jokes. bbc.in/2Yf6j7q #MunawarFaruqui #standup #comedy
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    The Indian comic in jail for jokes he didn't crack
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    Soutik Biswas
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    Dec 2, 2020
    Tonight, 36 years ago. Never forget. #BhopalGasTragedy