The WireVerified account

@thewire_in

India's foremost independent news-site, carrying critical opinion, investigations and reportage. Click here to support us:

thewire.in
Joined April 2015
38.9K Photos and videos Photos and videos

Tweets

You blocked @thewire_in

Are you sure you want to view these Tweets? Viewing Tweets won't unblock @thewire_in

  1. 53 seconds ago

    A woman has alleged that her COVID-19-positive father was not admitted in time by a Delhi government hospital and he died on Thursday, a charge denied by the authorities of the facility.

    1 retweet
    Undo
  2. 20 minutes ago

    As many as 227 passengers out of the 58,867 Indians who boarded special Vande Bharat Mission flights tested positive for COVID-19, the Centre submitted in the Mumbai high court on Thursday.

    1 reply 9 retweets 18 likes
    Undo
  3. 40 minutes ago

    The Trump campaign termed the incident, which took place during the protests against George Floyd's killing and the sustained discrimination against black Americans, "very disappointing".

    2 replies 5 retweets 27 likes
    Undo
  4. 1 hour ago

    With the lockdown for the novel coronavirus making travel nearly impossible, the Central government has sought feedback on the rules it has framed to implement The Transgender Persons (Protection Of Rights) Act, 2019.

    1 reply 8 retweets 36 likes
    Undo
  5. 2 hours ago

    Police pepper–sprayed some Hong Kong protesters on Thursday who defied a ban to stage candlelight rallies in memory of China’s bloody 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy crackdown, accusing Beijing of stifling their freedoms too.

    1 reply 17 retweets 55 likes
    Undo
  6. 2 hours ago

    Oil-to-telecoms conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd said on Friday that Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala Investment Co will buy a 1.85% stake in its digital unit, Jio Platforms, for Rs 90.93 billion (£959.6 million).

    2 replies 3 retweets 24 likes
    Undo
  7. 2 hours ago

    The group has cited uncertainty in the aviation sector due to the coronavirus pandemic for seeking at least six months to take over Lucknow, Mangalore and Ahmedabad airports

    7 replies 23 retweets 143 likes
    Undo
  8. 3 hours ago

    British Sikh Opposition Labour Party MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, on June 5, has called for an independent inquiry into the extent of the involvement of the then Margaret Thatcher led British government in the Operation Blue Star in June 1984.

    5 replies 9 retweets 66 likes
    Undo
  9. 3 hours ago

    Acting tough, the home ministry has blacklisted 2,550 Tablighi Jamaat members from nearly 40 countries who were staying in India during the nationwide coronavirus lockdown. These people would not be allowed to enter India for 10 years.

    11 replies 20 retweets 55 likes
    Undo
  10. 3 hours ago

    The police union's labour contract with the city of Minneapolis is a formidable roadblock to citizens seeking disciplinary action after aggressive encounters with police.

    3 replies 13 retweets 40 likes
    Undo
  11. 4 hours ago

    A key measure of carbon dioxide emissions in the Earth’s atmosphere hit a record in May even as a global pandemic brought the world’s economies to a virtual standstill this year.

    1 reply 11 retweets 44 likes
    Undo
  12. 4 hours ago

    Brazil posted a record number of daily deaths for third consecutive day on Thursday, with 1,437 deaths over the last 24 hours and 30,925 additional coronavirus cases, according to data released by the Health Ministry.

    1 reply 2 retweets 18 likes
    Undo
  13. 5 hours ago

    The impact of cyclone Nisarga in Maharashtra and Gujarat and cyclone Amphan in West Bengal and Odisha, have reinforced the urgency of climate adaptation and building resilience into urban and environmental planning for coastal megacities.

    3 replies 11 retweets 46 likes
    Undo
  14. 5 hours ago

    Chand’s condition deteriorated with each passing day. He has lost his appetite, and about 10 kg of weight, but still resists the idea of getting himself checked.

    1 reply 6 retweets 28 likes
    Undo
  15. 5 hours ago

    India on Thursday pledged USD 15 million to the international vaccine alliance GAVI, the Prime Minister’s Office said.

    4 retweets 21 likes
    Undo
  16. 6 hours ago

    RSS-affiliated trade union BMS on Thursday announced it will hold a countrywide protest against the Centre’s plan to privatise public sector undertakings (PSUs).

    38 replies 74 retweets 281 likes
    Undo
  17. 6 hours ago

    A petition filed by two journalist unions said that several newspapers are either terminating services of their employees or forcing them to resign in an "arbitrary manner".

    3 replies 22 retweets 64 likes
    Undo
  18. 6 hours ago

    Unable to meet their deadlines due to labour shortage following the return of migrant workers to their home states, several construction firms here have started wooing them back, offering flight tickets and also extra payments.

    1 reply 15 retweets 56 likes
    Undo
  19. 7 hours ago

    "The better off may be more comfortable than slum dwellers, but they are not necessarily safer. This is something that the middle and upper middle-classes had never bargained for, and now they are shocked by this realization." |

    17 retweets 61 likes
    Undo
  20. 7 hours ago

    With their victory in the election and getting the majority of seats in parliament, conservatives (known as principlists) have moved one step closer toward monopolising power again.

    11 retweets 47 likes
    Undo

@thewire_in hasn't Tweeted yet.

Loading seems to be taking a while.

Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

    You may also like

    ·