# ![@soutikBBC Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::21565678.png) @soutikBBC Soutik Biswas

Soutik Biswas posts on X about india, china, bangladesh, murder the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[countries](/list/countries)  33.63% [finance](/list/finance)  7.96% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  2.65% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  1.77% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  1.77% [stocks](/list/stocks)  0.88% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  0.88% [musicians](/list/musicians)  0.88%

**Social topic influence**
[india](/topic/india) 23.89%, [china](/topic/china) 3.54%, [bangladesh](/topic/bangladesh) 2.65%, [murder](/topic/murder) 2.65%, [more than](/topic/more-than) 2.65%, [united states](/topic/united-states) 1.77%, [bbc](/topic/bbc) 1.77%, [met](/topic/met) 1.77%, [lovely](/topic/lovely) 1.77%, [prime minister](/topic/prime-minister) 1.77%

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**Top assets mentioned**
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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

".@mihirssharma: India is getting richer but its cities dont seem to be getting any more livable. Not because the country is too poor or because leaders lack ambition but because urban citizens are starved of funds and deprived of representation. https://theprint.in/india/india-is-wealthier-but-its-cities-are-unliveable/2852661/ https://theprint.in/india/india-is-wealthier-but-its-cities-are-unliveable/2852661/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2021868946060906999)  2026-02-12T08:48Z 29K followers, 11.3K engagements


"The sports desk shuttered in its current form. Metro down to [--] from [--]. Foreign bureaus cut to [--] from 20+. Books section and Post Reports podcast end. Even the international editor asked to be laid off. Grim. #WashingtonPost https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/how-jeff-bezos-brought-down-the-washington-post https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/how-jeff-bezos-brought-down-the-washington-post"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2019101236042297844)  2026-02-04T17:30Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"A buried line in a cricket annual report flags a 30% ICC revenue drop in [----] media renewals. Some insiders fear a 50% hit- $1.5bn over four years. Seismic for world cricket writes @timwig in this piece on how cricket is being killed by geopolitics. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026/02/06/cricket-killed-geopolitics-franchises-benefit/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026/02/06/cricket-killed-geopolitics-franchises-benefit/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2019712459616223634)  2026-02-06T09:59Z 29K followers, 31.4K engagements


".@pbmehta: The new tariff regime is worse for India than what existed before Trump came to power. the tariff structure favours the United States: India cuts tariffs to zero while the US imposes rates as high as 18%. https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/pratap-bhanu-mehta-writes-india-us-deal-is-one-sided-it-creates-vulnerabilities-10523347/ https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/pratap-bhanu-mehta-writes-india-us-deal-is-one-sided-it-creates-vulnerabilities-10523347/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2021068497321853300)  2026-02-10T03:47Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"Ashutosh Varshney: The trade deal was bound to be more favorable to the US than to India. To expect equal benefits is to be entirely unmindful of power realities.The trade deal is a reflection of the great power differentials between India and the US. https://theprint.in/opinion/between-political-lines/indians-india-us-trade-deal-power-realities/2850464/ https://theprint.in/opinion/between-political-lines/indians-india-us-trade-deal-power-realities/2850464/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2021226429376086146)  2026-02-10T14:15Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"Bangladesh today. #BangladeshElections"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2021797303817056446)  2026-02-12T04:03Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"Two ballots one day. Will votes be confused about Bangladesh's referendum Ali Riaz and @shafqatmunir weigh in. #BangladeshElections2026"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2021857473557299679)  2026-02-12T08:02Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


".@Athersmike doesnt mince his words. #INDvsPAK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2022941095400030693)  2026-02-15T07:48Z 29K followers, 41.1K engagements


"Bangladesh election: Can India reset ties with a BNP-led government - BBC News A reset of the frayed relationship is possible say analysts. But it will require restraint - and reciprocity"  
[X Link](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd6z007wgg6o)  2026-02-15T11:08Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"The grievance -Delhi's perceived role in enabling Bangladesh's democratic erosion - sits at the heart of a rise in anti-Indian sentiment. India-Bangladesh relations once touted as a model of neighbourhood diplomacy are now at their lowest ebb in decades. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjdjj44xxr5o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjdjj44xxr5o"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2021068968203780485)  2026-02-10T03:49Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"Nikhil Gupta Worked at the Direction of an Indian Government Employee to Arrange the Murder of U.S.-Based Leader of Sikh Separatist Movement: United States Department of Justice https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/indian-national-pleads-guilty-plotting-assassinate-us-citizen-new-york-city https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/indian-national-pleads-guilty-plotting-assassinate-us-citizen-new-york-city"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2022394962109960522)  2026-02-13T19:38Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"So Jamaat picked up a third of the popular vote. #BangladeshElection2026"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2022933905951830450)  2026-02-15T07:20Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"Decembers lynching of a Hindu factory worker in Bangladesh shocked the world and exposed the fraught reality for minorities. I went to Mymensingh to piece together Dipu Dass final hours - and how a mob turned fatal. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj3vve6v17xo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj3vve6v17xo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2023222494870769859)  2026-02-16T02:26Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"The best news of the year so far #polio https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-53887947 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-53887947"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1298274772225155079)  2020-08-25T15:03Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"28 years [---] witnesses more than [----] documents as well as [---] reports photographs and video tapes of the incident [--] accused several courts. No punishment. #BabriVerdict https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-54318515 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-54318515"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1311221842259128321)  2020-09-30T08:30Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"The forensic sample was sent to a lab [--] days after the incident. India's medical exam of sexual violence protocols clearly say likelihood of finding evidence after [--] days is "greatly reduced" - and all swabs could be collected within [--] days. #HathrasCase http://bbc.in/3ndu7Ur http://bbc.in/3ndu7Ur"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1312248494028214273)  2020-10-03T04:29Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"A list of [--] nurses who have died of Covid-19 in India has been published by the Trained Nurses Association of India. #COVID19 #nurses #India"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1316268259021385728)  2020-10-14T06:43Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"19-year-old man thrown off the roof of a building in Bangalore wakes up from a coma after a year remembers the attack and implicates two of his college mates for attempting to murder him. The two are found guilty and sent to prison for [--] years: @timesofindia #crime #India"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1317330169506361345)  2020-10-17T05:02Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"A new Tamil film Soorarai Pottru (Praise the Brave) produced by Academy Award winner @guneetm and starring @Suriya_offl celebrates the life GR Gopinath founder of India's first budget airline. #SooraraiPotru #SooraraiPottruOnPrime https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-54927691 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-54927691"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1327953055980032002)  2020-11-15T12:34Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"Tonight [--] years ago. Never forget. #BhopalGasTragedy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1334195204807528449)  2020-12-02T17:58Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"We feel like zombies. Getting into PPE every day is like getting into a coffin. We haven't gone home in months. Lionising us doesn't help. Nine months into the pandemic India's health workers are suffering from extreme burnout. My story. #COVID19 #India http://bbc.in/3mfX5Bf http://bbc.in/3mfX5Bf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1337633418712993793)  2020-12-12T05:40Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"A headline in [----] #India"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1344151615691837441)  2020-12-30T05:21Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"Two papers same headline #COVID19 #VaccinationDrive #India"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1350655746346635273)  2021-01-17T04:06Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"Birubala Rabha has rescued dozens of women branded as witches. Her relentless campaign spurred the Assam government to bring India's toughest anti-witch hunting law. On Monday she was conferred the Padma Shri. I met her four year ago. #PadmaShri #India http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35975360 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35975360"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1353780678563946498)  2021-01-25T19:04Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"Munawar Faruqui has spent more than [--] 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. #MunawarFaruqui #standup #comedy http://bbc.in/2Yf6j7q http://bbc.in/2Yf6j7q"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1354279110273544194)  2021-01-27T04:04Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"Called up @fortis_hospital Gurgaon re vaccine availability ahead of Monday morning appointment fixed on Cowin. Was told doses have run out and fresh supplies not expected before Wednesday. How are we expected to fight the pandemic when nothing is available #vaccine #CovidIndia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1386319002004193281)  2021-04-25T13:59Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"What the suffering people of Delhi are saying. #COVID19 #Covid19IndiaHelp '     '   -      https://t.co/sLhICYHCfl '     '   -      https://t.co/sLhICYHCfl"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1387293153372229632)  2021-04-28T06:30Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"Even as a deadly second wave of Covid-19 ravages India doctors are now reporting a rash of cases involving a rare infection - also called the "black fungus" - among recovering and recovered Covid-19 patients. 4/8 #COVID19India"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1391618969828618245)  2021-05-10T04:59Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"How intrepid local reporters are counting uncounted Covid-19 deaths in Gujarat and what their work tells us about the apparently staggering levels of under-counting in the state. My piece. #COVID19India https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56969086 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56969086"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1391949651759177728)  2021-05-11T02:53Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


""Gen Ayub said to me 'Milkha you came to Pakistan and did not run. You actually flew in Pakistan. Pakistan bestows upon you the title of the Flying Sikh #MilkhaSingh #FlyingSikh https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-57523457 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-57523457"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1406101437935849475)  2021-06-19T04:08Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


""My bags are packed and I am ready to go" Stan Swamy told a friend days before the NIA picked him up last October. #StanSwamy https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-54490554 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-54490554"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1411978945457573889)  2021-07-05T09:23Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"A selection of Danish Siddiqui's stellar work #danishsiddiqui https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-57862610 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-57862610"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1415984058518016000)  2021-07-16T10:38Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"Watching Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge at the Maratha Mandir theatre in Mumbai. One of my favourite Danish Siddiqui pictures for Reuters. #danishsiddiqui"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1415990031026585602)  2021-07-16T11:01Z 29K followers, 10.2K engagements


"I was a proud father -- and now I have become a beggar. #Covid19 #India https://apnews.com/article/business-health-india-pandemics-coronavirus-pandemic-8ea04dfa5119727ba49e0066d6aeacd9 https://apnews.com/article/business-health-india-pandemics-coronavirus-pandemic-8ea04dfa5119727ba49e0066d6aeacd9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1419680908370534400)  2021-07-26T15:27Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"Historic #Tokyo2020 #Olympics #Hockey"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1422053108947980296)  2021-08-02T04:34Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"What a lovely picture #INDvPAK #T20WorldCup"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1452274860588212227)  2021-10-24T14:04Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"For over a year I remotely followed a doctor who ended up treating more than [-----] Covid-19 patients in the city of Indore. My long-form essay on the pandemic through the eyes of Dr Ravi Dosi appears in this anthology of essays that unpack two devastating summers. #COVID19"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1457222440157777924)  2021-11-07T05:44Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"'From a smaller jail I am now living in a bigger jail which is Mumbai.' Three years in two high security prisons. I speak to Sudha Bharadwaj about her incarceration and life after release. #India https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-59933451 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-59933451"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1480754808483057664)  2022-01-11T04:13Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"This is so cool. Shiv Kumar Sharma and Hari Prasad Chaurasia with Peter Sellers Ustad Sultan Khan and Kartick Kumar US tour 1974"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1523968155181543425)  2022-05-10T10:08Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"Teesta Setalvad's group secured [---] convictions in [--] cases involving nine major Gujarat riot incidents - a record for convictions for any religious riot in India. When I met her in [----] she denied the many allegations against her. #TeestaSetalvad http://bbc.in/3nheaOi http://bbc.in/3nheaOi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1541262606627143682)  2022-06-27T03:30Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"Shah Rukh Khan is God wrote @suketumehta in the opening line of this [----] National Geographic cover story on Bollywood"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1629370890663211008)  2023-02-25T06:41Z 29K followers, 32.8K engagements


"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"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1668125069531332608)  2023-06-12T05:16Z 29K followers, 265.1K engagements


"I finally spotted a proper zebra crossing Kenya"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1702356426876678590)  2023-09-14T16:19Z 29K followers, 151.9K engagements


"Match day Ahmedabad"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1713060385106882855)  2023-10-14T05:13Z 29K followers, 70K engagements


"Bus conductor Kolkata July [----] Picture: Saheli Das"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1816143389487952024)  2024-07-24T16:08Z 29K followers, 20.3K engagements


"Sajeeb Wazed Joy - who was an official adviser of the prime minister until today said his mother had been considering resigning since yesterday and had left the country for her own safety after her family insisted. 2/2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1820446347503558695)  2024-08-05T13:06Z 29K followers, 45.7K engagements


"In a country like ours" he said "you have to try and lead by example not flaunt your wealth and prominence." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd11lz4vpr7o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd11lz4vpr7o"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1844194751916147024)  2024-10-10T01:54Z 29K followers, 35K engagements


"Lovely picture of #Mangalyaan scientists celebrating after success in Mission Control Room Bangalore #MarsMission http://t.co/eMiHMSQ3IB"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/514655487959515136)  2014-09-24T06:00Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"Air India crash report: Cockpit voices fuel controversy over doomed flight - BBC News Air India 171's crash report offered no closure - just more speculation and one haunting unexplained detail"  
[X Link](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn9yw0rljwvo)  2025-07-22T14:15Z 208.1M followers, [----] engagements


"India's Supreme Court upholds rights of poorest - but language reveals 'bias' study says - BBC News Research into judgements from [----] to [----] suggests India's top court often reinforces caste hierarchies in language even while upholding Dalit rights"  
[X Link](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c30jnp03rm7o.amp)  2025-12-02T06:17Z 15M followers, [--] engagements


"@aniruddhg1 Filed one story at least - in The Land if Soviets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1215699572099436544)  2020-01-10T18:18Z 28.9K followers, [--] engagements


"This is scary as hell. (Warning: Not for the faint hearted) #CoronaVirusUpdate #coronavirus #CoronaCrisis https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/the-story-of-a-coronavirus-infection.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/the-story-of-a-coronavirus-infection.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1240951827371372546)  2020-03-20T10:42Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"This is what the government submitted to the court today. #DelhiPollution"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1460153344681332738)  2021-11-15T07:51Z 28.9K followers, [---] engagements


"65-year-old LIC has $500bn in assets and an estimated $203bn valuation. But bankers say investors worry about the autonomy of an institution regularly pressed into service to rescue teetering banks and floundering state assets. #India #IPO #LifeInsurance http://bit.ly/3tKGiOg http://bit.ly/3tKGiOg"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1484406931750285312)  2022-01-21T06:06Z 29K followers, [--] engagements


"@IsmatAraa In more recent times Life and Times of Michael K by Coetzee and Family Life by Akhil Sharma"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1554748671258161152)  2022-08-03T08:39Z 28.9K followers, [--] engagements


"A strange spam call on a weekend afternoon. Do you want to learn French shouted a woman on the line. I said no. Do you want to learn Spanish I declined. Do you want to stay at home and earn 20k a day I said What She slammed down the phone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1576131837571010560)  2022-10-01T08:48Z 28.9K followers, [--] engagements


"Media Matters suggested [--] of the top [---] advertisers accounting for $750mn in advertising in [----] had paused or announced their intention to pause spending since Musk over. The [--] advertisers accounted for $317mn of Twitters $5bn in revenues in [----]. https://on.ft.com/3uaNrGt https://on.ft.com/3uaNrGt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1596906670990716928)  2022-11-27T16:39Z 29K followers, [--] engagements


"10 years ago today in Delhi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1604006699568099329)  2022-12-17T06:52Z 28.9K followers, 10.8K engagements


"Two women New Years Eve Kolkata. Todays front page picture Ananda Bazar Patrika. #HappyNewYear"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1609411355127472129)  2023-01-01T04:49Z 28.9K followers, [----] engagements


"India-origin student in U.S. arrested barred from varsity for taking part in anti-Israel protests on campus. Achinthya Sivalingan born in Coimbatore and raised in Columbus also faces disciplinary action.- https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/indian-origin-student-in-us-arrested-barred-from-varsity-for-taking-part-in-anti-israel-protests-on-campus/article68109089.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/indian-origin-student-in-us-arrested-barred-from-varsity-for-taking-part-in-anti-israel-protests-on-campus/article68109089.ece"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1783825219779739667)  2024-04-26T11:47Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"✅ Worth of made electronics from $37bn to $105bn between [----] and [----] ✅ production of electronics 3% of the global total share is growing faster than any other countrys. ✅ worlds second-largest maker of mobile phones now behind China. https://www.economist.com/business/2024/06/20/indias-electronics-industry-is-surging https://www.economist.com/business/2024/06/20/indias-electronics-industry-is-surging"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1804560238499991847)  2024-06-22T17:01Z 28.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Apple posted record $8bn revenue in India for FY24 making up 2% of its global $391bn earnings. In contrast Greater China - China Hong Kong Macau Taiwan -contributed $66.95bn (17%). India's revenue is projected to rise to $11B by FY26. #Apple https://www.business-standard.com/companies/news/india-closes-in-on-china-in-iphone-output-but-revenue-gap-remains-wide-124120400179_1.html https://www.business-standard.com/companies/news/india-closes-in-on-china-in-iphone-output-but-revenue-gap-remains-wide-124120400179_1.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1864191481705320650)  2024-12-04T06:14Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"India's top [--] family-business groups are worth nearly $900bn per Hurun India. The top [---] $1.4trn80% of it from legacy groups. First-gen businesses contribute just a fifth. (via @TheEconomist)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1875509971967996135)  2025-01-04T11:49Z 28.9K followers, [----] engagements


"has AI potential but lags without key structural fixes. While & dominate AI patents (80% vs 0.5%) and invest billions ($500bn $137bn $1bn ) risks falling behind despite ranking in @Stanford AI Index. @Nik_Inamdar on India's AI lag. http://bit.ly/3EWFhKs http://bit.ly/3EWFhKs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1892071284420510041)  2025-02-19T04:38Z 28.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Its a box office says Ravi Shastri. with half-empty stands as the backdrop. 🤔 #PAKvIND"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1893580659706196089)  2025-02-23T08:36Z 28.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Countries worldwide have allocated 267bn ($280bn) in aid to Ukraine or roughly 80bn per year. US remains the largest donor at 114bn but Europe (including the EU) has surpassed it with 132bn in total aid though the US leads in military support. (via @TheEconomist)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1894807781107978734)  2025-02-26T17:52Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"Trump spokesman Brian Hughes texted a reporters email (including their phone number) to Waltz. Waltz never calledbut accidentally saved the number in his phone under Hughes name whos now the NSC spokesperson. Awkward twist. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/06/signal-group-chat-leak-how-it-happened https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/06/signal-group-chat-leak-how-it-happened"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1908896350072143991)  2025-04-06T14:55Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"Warren Buffett has created a $348bn question for his successor. If Berkshire were a foreign country it would be the tenth-largest holder of American government debt bigger than India Switzerland or Taiwan. https://economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/05/04/warren-buffett-has-created-a-348bn-question-for-his-successor https://economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/05/04/warren-buffett-has-created-a-348bn-question-for-his-successor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1919237382156517487)  2025-05-05T03:47Z 28.9K followers, [---] engagements


"The past year has seen a sharp increase in global spending on defence. Budgets totalled $2.7trn in 2024up by 9.4% from [----] the biggest jump since at least [----] How do countries rank by military spending https://economist.com/graphic-detail/2025/05/16/how-do-countries-rank-by-military-spending https://economist.com/graphic-detail/2025/05/16/how-do-countries-rank-by-military-spending"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1924153735690990046)  2025-05-18T17:22Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"Google and its parent Alphabet must confront what is sometimes called the innovators dilemma: how to integrate this new way of finding information online without jeopardising its $198bn in advertising revenues from search. https://on.ft.com/4mwmSFU https://on.ft.com/4mwmSFU"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1926147213362679933)  2025-05-24T05:24Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"Over [--] years GDP per person in Vietnam is up 18x and poverty has plunged. In [----] FDI hit $19bnforeign firms now drive 72% of exports up from 6% of GDP in [----] to 20% in [----]. Exports have soared 8x since [----] to $385bn. https://economist.com/briefing/2025/05/22/vietnams-economy-is-booming-but-its-new-leader-is-worried https://economist.com/briefing/2025/05/22/vietnams-economy-is-booming-but-its-new-leader-is-worried"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1926166199508881526)  2025-05-24T06:39Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"Buried in Trumps One Big Beautiful Bill is a 3.5% tax on outbound remittances by foreign workers incl. H-1B holders & green card residents. Indiathe worlds top remittance recipient at $119bn in 2023could take a major hit. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg98erzl8eo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg98erzl8eo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1931356382969709008)  2025-06-07T14:23Z 28.9K followers, 12.7K engagements


"When the Air India [---] crash report was released many hoped for clarity. Instead the report further stoked speculation. One inconclusive detail continues to haunt analysts and the public alike. My piece #AirIndiaCrash https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn9yw0rljwvo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn9yw0rljwvo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1947661744748323138)  2025-07-22T14:15Z 28.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Louvre museum in Paris closed after robbery French minister says"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1979839335685145034)  2025-10-19T09:17Z 28.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Don't use the drugs for cosmetic weight loss - use it for life-threatening weight gain." Affluent Indians drive boom in weight-loss drugs but concerns are rising. Come March a drugs patent expires opening the door to cheaper generics. My piece. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yplj4j0l5o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yplj4j0l5o"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1985668820875558929)  2025-11-04T11:21Z 28.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Zohran Mamdani just made history - New York Citys youngest mayor since [----] its first Muslim mayor and the first born in Africa. A left-wing democratic socialist who beat Cuomo and Sliwa. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly4kr8gzr2o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly4kr8gzr2o"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1985945172002349195)  2025-11-05T05:40Z 28.9K followers, [----] engagements


"The roughly 1600-word speech by India's first prime minister has gone down as one of the most famous speeches in history. Now Zohran Mamdani invokes Jawaharlal Nehru's midnight speech of [----] in his speech after New York win. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cew48pywl1ro https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cew48pywl1ro"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1986008018199412896)  2025-11-05T09:49Z 29K followers, 12.1K engagements


"Janan Ganesh: The sorting of the population into ever more progressive cities and a heartland of entrenched right-wingery each bidding up the others extremism is a new test for the nation state. #Mamdani https://on.ft.com/4950HCl https://on.ft.com/4950HCl"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1986308573790630234)  2025-11-06T05:44Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"This is a good long read https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-india-sikh-separatist-deaths/ai=eyJpc1N1YnNjcmliZWQiOnRydWUsImFydGljbGVSZWFkIjpmYWxzZSwiYXJ0aWNsZUNvdW50IjowLCJ3YWxsSGVpZ2h0IjoxfQ== https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-india-sikh-separatist-deaths/ai=eyJpc1N1YnNjcmliZWQiOnRydWUsImFydGljbGVSZWFkIjpmYWxzZSwiYXJ0aWNsZUNvdW50IjowLCJ3YWxsSGVpZ2h0IjoxfQ=="  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1986780929118056708)  2025-11-07T13:01Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"When Indira Gandhi sued Salman Rushdie"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1986793506451669376)  2025-11-07T13:50Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


".@pbmehta: Unless each actor in this chain of responsibility is named and shamed state incapacity will continue to mask political choice. Toxic air is sustained by toxic politics. #AirPollution https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/pratap-bhanu-mehta-writes-in-delhi-and-beyond-toxic-air-is-sustained-by-toxic-politics-10364328/ https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/pratap-bhanu-mehta-writes-in-delhi-and-beyond-toxic-air-is-sustained-by-toxic-politics-10364328/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1989363948479828174)  2025-11-14T16:05Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"Test crickets new motto: come for five days stay for [--] hours. #AUSvENG #Ashes2025"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1992170076913438745)  2025-11-22T09:55Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"The mystic the cricketer and the spy: Pakistans game of thrones (from @TheEconomist) https://economist.com/1843/2025/11/14/the-mystic-the-cricketer-and-the-spy-pakistans-game-of-thronesgiftId=MGE4ZDlmNmMtODYwYS00YzcwLTk4YjctZDAwNzkxYTA3Y2Q3&utm_campaign=gifted_article https://economist.com/1843/2025/11/14/the-mystic-the-cricketer-and-the-spy-pakistans-game-of-thronesgiftId=MGE4ZDlmNmMtODYwYS00YzcwLTk4YjctZDAwNzkxYTA3Y2Q3&utm_campaign=gifted_article"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1992340515052810594)  2025-11-22T21:12Z 28.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Playing Test cricket in India used to be a bewitching dream for overseas players now its a nightmare for Indians. #INDvSA https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/gautam-gambhirs-team-buried-indias-proud-home-record-without-a-fight-10386831/ https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/gautam-gambhirs-team-buried-indias-proud-home-record-without-a-fight-10386831/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1993629595262652625)  2025-11-26T10:35Z 28.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Analysis of a recent event involving an A320 aircraft has revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls. A significant number of A320 Family aircraft currently in-service which may be impacted. https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-11-airbus-update-on-a320-family-precautionary-fleet-action https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-11-airbus-update-on-a320-family-precautionary-fleet-action"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1994547066702360989)  2025-11-28T23:20Z 28.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Airbus warns of flight disruptions after discovering solar radiation can corrupt data in flight-control systems. Around [----] jets need an urgent software fix and regulators say the updates could trigger cancellations. Major carriers from American and Delta to Air India affected"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1994548198216487174)  2025-11-28T23:25Z 28.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Life is a gamble at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldnt take it: Tom Stoppard Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. RIP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1994848809369965010)  2025-11-29T19:19Z 28.9K followers, [---] engagements


"In India newly unearthed photographs are rewriting history. They reveal not just women joining Gandhis [------] civil disobedience movement but leading it - often pushing men to the margins. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr435zp7wy5o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr435zp7wy5o"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1995025036999028951)  2025-11-30T07:00Z 28.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Malaysia will resume search for MH370 on [--] Dec - [--] years after the jet with [---] people vanished. The 55-day mission on a no find no fee deal worth $70m paused in March due to bad weather. Kuala Lumpur says its determined to give families closure. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy7v077dm0po https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy7v077dm0po"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1996116414420128187)  2025-12-03T07:16Z 28.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Australia has launched the worlds toughest child-safety move: no social media under [--]. Instagram TikTok YouTube Snapchat Reddit and others must now enforce the ban. Every platform except X says it will comply"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1998378039173120384)  2025-12-09T13:03Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"Angry fans at Lionel Messis Kolkata appearance ripped up seats and threw objects after paying up to [-----] rupees for a glimpse - only to see him briefly circle the pitch shielded by officials and celebrities. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g66nll48do https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g66nll48do"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/1999798177084649898)  2025-12-13T11:06Z 28.9K followers, [---] engagements


"This is a cracker of a story excellently produced and narrated. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/13/world/asia/cia-nuclear-device-himalayas-nanda-devi.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/13/world/asia/cia-nuclear-device-himalayas-nanda-devi.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2000502740557201896)  2025-12-15T09:46Z 28.9K followers, [----] engagements


"I reported in [----] when Uttarakhand got hit by a huge flood and villagers panicked and rumours flew that the devices had "exploded" and triggered the deluge. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-56102459 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-56102459"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2000504029432983975)  2025-12-15T09:51Z 28.9K followers, [---] engagements


"England showed some overdue fight and even took the Test into the final day but the Ashes were lost in [--] days of cricket. It doesn't feel like the squad will fall apart even if 5-0 seems inevitable. #Ashes https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/articles/c79xynw7e39o https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/articles/c79xynw7e39o"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2002795127950217666)  2025-12-21T17:35Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"Bob Dylan on Willie Nelson in @NewYorker"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2003359888819593465)  2025-12-23T06:59Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"Who even uses pocket diaries anymore"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2003790486696317387)  2025-12-24T11:30Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"20 wickets on day one. Australia lead by [--] and bat again tonight - with Scot Boland opening the batting. Five slips waiting. Test cricket has gone completely crazy. #Ashes2025 #AUSvsENG"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2004450563623473234)  2025-12-26T07:13Z 28.9K followers, [---] engagements


"YouTube simplified: Its paid creators $100bn since [----]. Ads just hit $10.3bn in a quarter. More YouTube channels are making $100k plus on TV screens. Every day [--] million new videos are uploaded - all fighting for your attention. https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/47cab52b-2503-4338-8e8e-cd0b49a16ea5 https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/47cab52b-2503-4338-8e8e-cd0b49a16ea5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2004605044096630869)  2025-12-26T17:27Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"2615 Tests in history. Only [--] done inside two days. No Ashes two-dayers since [----] - then two in five weeks. First series since [----] to have two two-day Tests. Test cricket Test has clearly discovered fast forward - dont buy/sell tickets for five days. #Ashes2025 #ENGvAUS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2004815807902351801)  2025-12-27T07:25Z 28.9K followers, [---] engagements


"The 35-year-old environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg died on Tuesday following a battle with terminal cancer. This is what she wrote in @NewYorker in end November in an essay A Battle with My Bloodhttps://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/a-battle-with-my-blood"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2006279931504759120)  2025-12-31T08:23Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"While Mamdanis big three are certainly big they are also limited in their reach. Some [--] percent of New Yorkers dont have children under [--] [--] percent of New Yorkers dont live in rent-stabilized housing and around [--] percent dont commute by bus. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/nyc-mayor-zohran-mamdani-takes-office-is-he-ready-new-york-city.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/nyc-mayor-zohran-mamdani-takes-office-is-he-ready-new-york-city.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2007006737430380681)  2026-01-02T08:31Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"I just called him directly and he picked up. I wasnt that surprised because the presidents phone habits are pretty well-documented he regularly picks up calls from reporters. Why I Cold-Called President Trump at 4:30 in the Morning via @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/insider/trump-interview-venezuela-nyt-reporter.htmlsmid=nytcore-ios-share https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/insider/trump-interview-venezuela-nyt-reporter.htmlsmid=nytcore-ios-share"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2007910579546275913)  2026-01-04T20:22Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"Sunna Rao: Has India entered a structurally higher growth phase The most defensible answer is - provisionally. The economy appears better able than before to grow without immediately colliding with inflation or external payments. https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/18b39eae-7ae6-457d-95b4-5bcd054f4084 https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/18b39eae-7ae6-457d-95b4-5bcd054f4084"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2008810592585289730)  2026-01-07T07:59Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"Bob Weir Grateful Dead co-founder dies aged [--] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly95x9qe4ko https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly95x9qe4ko"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2010208094157172939)  2026-01-11T04:32Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"An effortlessly piercing longform by @RomitaSaluja - on patriarchy domestic violence and gender relations in rural India and the quiet failure to ask why a womans unravelling is easier to label as madness than to understand. https://www.himalmag.com/culture/domestic-abuse-india-woman-locked-toiletutm_source=NewsletterSubscribers&utm_campaign=ef7d29b04c-virtual+cover+june+2025_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_949b3d6c7a-ef7d29b04c-522633235"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2010803738337034397)  2026-01-12T19:59Z 28.9K followers, [----] engagements


"The math is brutal. [--] days. [---] km. [--] plus deliveries. [--] hours. Earned Rs [---]. After fuel: Rs [---] - about Rs 34/hour. This is the gig economys quiet truth. @imsoumyarendra on his experience as a gig worker. A must-read. https://indianexpress.com/article/long-reads/delivering-orders-for-zomato-blinkit-swiggy-10-minute-window-15-5-hours-my-gig-10472342/ https://indianexpress.com/article/long-reads/delivering-orders-for-zomato-blinkit-swiggy-10-minute-window-15-5-hours-my-gig-10472342/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2011347012722311639)  2026-01-14T07:57Z 28.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Human frailty continues to be the currency in which it trades. Malice remains its animating impulse. Janet Malcolm on journalists in Iphigenia in Forest Hills a forensic anatomy of a murder trial in New York"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2011739459709276486)  2026-01-15T09:57Z 29K followers, [---] engagements


"This (Beckham doc) is the haute version of the curated public-facing existence that defines our dysfunctional age but it trickles all the way down via fourth-tier influencers and that friend of yours who cant stop posting about her perfect life. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/20/brooklyn-peltz-beckham-inc-disaster-david-victoria https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/20/brooklyn-peltz-beckham-inc-disaster-david-victoria"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2014021648056459405)  2026-01-21T17:05Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"More babies are born in UP Bihar than perhaps all of China. The headline says it all @naalmot https://t.co/4INgQRA2pe The headline says it all @naalmot https://t.co/4INgQRA2pe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2014555981645246841)  2026-01-23T04:29Z 29K followers, [----] engagements


"Its rained for six hours straight in Delhi-NCR - and the air is still toxic. When rain cant clean the air whats really going on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/2014598575993585702)  2026-01-23T07:18Z 29K followers, 181.1K engagements


"#India forex reserves rise to $309bn still below record $321bn in September [----]. China reserves nearly $4 trillion http://t.co/EYQnJeUMk2 http://m.economictimes.com/news/economy/finance/foreign-exchange-reserves-rise-to-309-5-billion-rbi/articleshow/33914587.cmsutm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=TWETmain&utm_campaign=Economy http://m.economictimes.com/news/economy/finance/foreign-exchange-reserves-rise-to-309-5-billion-rbi/articleshow/33914587.cmsutm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=TWETmain&utm_campaign=Economy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/457188607279632384)  2014-04-18T16:07Z 28.9K followers, [--] engagements


".@geetapandeyBBC https://x.com/kibbanoir/status/882832908314169344 https://x.com/kibbanoir/status/882832908314169344"  
[X Link](https://x.com/soutikBBC/status/882907456614973441)  2017-07-06T10:21Z 28.9K followers, [--] engagements


"@geetapandeyBBC Scary"  
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