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Saif Hasnat

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Journalist | Cricket at @UNBnewsroom, Bangladesh at @NYTimes (independently) | Seen in @HuffPost, @TheQuint | Insta/Threads: saif.hasnat | Opinions are my own.

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Why is cleaning the Ganges so difficult? Excited to share the first @bbgoriginals documentary I produced with an all-star crew! bloomberg.com/news/videos/20…
Watch Modi’s Battle to Clean the Ganges - Bloomberg

Watch Modi’s Battle to Clean the Ganges - Bloomberg

The Ganges river has been plagued by pollution for years. For more than a decade, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has invested billions of dollars to clean it up. But has it been...

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Bangladesh Agrees to Raise Minimum Wage for Garment Workers After Protests Hundreds of garment factories were shut down this week as workers in the country, the world’s second-largest exporter of clothing, demonstrated for higher pay. nytimes.com/2026/11/05/world…
Bangladesh Agrees to Raise Minimum Wage for Garment Workers After Protests

Bangladesh Agrees to Raise Minimum Wage for Garment Workers After Protests

Hundreds of garment factories were shut down this week as workers in the country, the world’s second-largest exporter of clothing, demonstrated for higher pay.

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Breaking News: Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive Democrat, has won Michigan’s Senate race, according to The Associated Press. He will become the first Muslim senator when he is seated in January. nyti.ms/3X5nFoP
El-Sayed Wins Michigan Senate Race in a Victory for Democrats

El-Sayed Wins Michigan Senate Race in a Victory for Democrats

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed will become the nation’s first Muslim senator. He triumphed in one of the country’s most bitter and expensive races, keeping his party in control of a crucial seat.

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Democrat Pia Dandiya Wins Open Congressional Seat in Florida Ms. Dandiya, a former high school principal, is set to become Florida’s first South Asian member of Congress after winning a district Republicans had gerrymandered in their favor. nytimes.com/2026/11/03/us/fl…
Democrat Pia Dandiya Wins Open Congressional Seat in Florida

Democrat Pia Dandiya Wins Open Congressional Seat in Florida

Ms. Dandiya, a former high school principal, is set to become Florida’s first South Asian member of Congress after winning a district Republicans had gerrymandered in their favor.

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Bangladesh's garment workers returned to the streets to protest, demanding higher minimum wages. They want at least BDT 30k a month (around $240), more than double what they earn now. Bangladesh deployed paramilitary forces today to quell the protests.
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Our latest for @nytimes on #Delhi pollution w/@PreetaTweets: 9 million vehicles. 68% are two-wheelers on petrol & diesel. A new “winter action plan” bars some polluting vehicles from entering the city. Experts say it doesn’t fix the underlying problem. nytimes.com/interactive/2026…
Honk if You Know Why Delhi’s Air Is So Bad

Honk if You Know Why Delhi’s Air Is So Bad

Millions of vehicles crowd India’s capital, spewing pollutants that become especially dangerous when winter weather traps them over the city.

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Congress led opposition rally in New Delhi attracted large crowds and will strengthen the opposition resolve to fight BJP government. It also galvanised Congress party grass root organization. Can they win elections is yet to be seen. With Jeremy Peters. nytimes.com/2026/10/31/world…
India’s Congress Party Holds Mass Protest in New Delhi (Gift Article)

India’s Congress Party Holds Mass Protest in New Delhi (Gift Article)

Tens of thousands gathered in India’s capital in a clamor of banging drums, chants and billowing flags, with participants from across the country.

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How Defiant Youth Are Testing India’s Idea of Democracy nytimes.com/2026/10/24/world… via @NYTimes
How Defiant Youth Are Testing India’s Idea of Democracy

How Defiant Youth Are Testing India’s Idea of Democracy

Four takeaways from India’s protest movement, at a moment when democracies around the world are under pressure.

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Rahul Gandhi is the descendant of three prime ministers. A surge of protests could give him a springboard to take on the nation’s current leader. nytimes.com/2026/10/18/world…
In India, the Scion of a Political Dynasty Tries to Seize His Moment

In India, the Scion of a Political Dynasty Tries to Seize His Moment

Rahul Gandhi is the descendant of three prime ministers. A surge of protests could give him a springboard to take on the nation’s current leader.

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Indian Protesters Describe Rough Treatment by the Police Some of those detained accused security forces of beating them during an intense crackdown on demonstrations in India’s capital over the weekend. Police have said they followed the law. nytimes.com/2026/10/14/world…
Indian Protesters Describe Rough Treatment by the Police

Indian Protesters Describe Rough Treatment by the Police

Some of those detained accused security forces of beating them during an intense crackdown on demonstrations in India’s capital over the weekend. Police have said they followed the law.

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Full conversation here: edition.cnn.com/2026/10/13/t…
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Barricades, road closures and paramilitary patrols transformed Delhi into a militarised landscape, as months of simmering public anger have given way to a season of discontent over India’s controversial electoral roll revision. Latest for This is India: theguardian.com/world/2026/o…
Shock, anger and a crackdown: why a contentious electoral revision has sparked outrage

Shock, anger and a crackdown: why a contentious electoral revision has sparked outrage

Marches in Delhi against changes to voting registration led to dragnets, internet blackouts – and questions about India’s electoral independence. Plus, the cinematographer capturing the beauty of the...

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A prison-like bus, an unknown location: A day in detention with Neha Bora How flash protests, chases, buses, and detention centres become a day in the life of AISA members. newslaundry.com/2026/10/12/a…
A prison-like bus, an unknown location: A day in detention with Neha Bora

A prison-like bus, an unknown location: A day in detention with Neha Bora

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At least 16 journalists were brutally detained while covering public demonstrations in #India. In addition to the four journalists already mentioned, RSF has learned that Anushka Bhardwaj (#BusinessStandard), Hritik Joshi and Rahul Charas (@NavbharatTimes), Shoaib Daniyal (#Scroll), Anshu (@newslaundry ), Saurabh Sharma (@Reuters ), Jagriti Trisha (BOOM), Shivang Shukla (Mo), Neeraj Jha (@moliticsindia), and freelance journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta were also forcibly detained in #Delhi, along with Kinjal (@AltNews) in #Ahmedabad and Divya Aslesha (Scroll) in #Pune. Covering events of public interest is not a crime. It is their job. The police's actions against the press are unacceptable.
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Mr. Modi also faces a generational challenge. He & BJP, which has long combined digital savvy with a Hindu nationalist ideology that espouses hierarchy & uniformity, seem stumped by vocal Gen Z cohort that responds poorly to that kind of rigid authority nytimes.com/2026/10/11/world…
Crackdown Exposes Limits of Modi’s Playbook for Maintaining Power (Gift Article)

Crackdown Exposes Limits of Modi’s Playbook for Maintaining Power (Gift Article)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India has long succeeded in isolating and undermining opponents. The Gen Z protests pose a challenge unlike any he has faced before.

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My colleague, one of India's best investigative reporters, Ayush Tiwari @sighyush has been detained by Delhi Police near ITO. He was not even at Jantar Mantar. He had his press card prominently displayed. He told the police many times he was a journalist. Despite that he was bundled into a van and taken away.
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What's going on in Delhi? Follow NYT's live reporting here: nytimes.com/live/2026/10/09/…
Protest Leaders Rounded Up as New Delhi Is Locked Down

Protest Leaders Rounded Up as New Delhi Is Locked Down

The Cockroach Janta Party said senior members of the youth activist group had been detained by police. Thousands defied a police ban to to rally against the expunging of millions of names from...

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Roads leading to Jantar Mantar, increasingly the only designated protest site in India’s capital, remain firmly barricaded. Massive security force. Even individual protesters are being detained and taken away
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"...but for months, India’s young have been putting their bodies on the line to be heard." nytimes.com/2026/10/09/world…
India’s Young Put Their Bodies on the Line to Be Heard (Gift Article)

India’s Young Put Their Bodies on the Line to Be Heard (Gift Article)

Despite police barricades and detentions, activists like Neha Bora say they are determined to keep up the pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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They are so many! nytimes.com/2026/10/08/world…
India’s Cockroach Party Leader Carries Gen Z’s Demands. They Are Many.

India’s Cockroach Party Leader Carries Gen Z’s Demands. They Are Many.

Abhijeet Dipke started the movement as a joke. But after ousting a minister over a dysfunctional college entrance exam system, India’s youth say they now want to save democracy.

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