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As if anyone reads this these days.

[Abijit Ganguly @AbijitG]

Ma'am I'm taking in good faith that this is your personal feelings and not forced upon by authorities so I ask.
What are these anti national forces that everyone keeps mentioning in order to discredit people asking accountability? Why are all the expectations of accountability and restraint from everyone but the authorities? 80k govt schools have been shut down over last 10 years (according to their own stats). 20 students have lost their life due to NEET fiasco. Why doesn't anyone question maybe anti national forces have entered this government and making it harm the nation? Why is it wrong to ask for any accountability and Pradhan to resign?

[Ruben Mascarenhas @rubenmasc]

The sheer no of trees being uprooted this year during the onset of rains points to poor trimming, excessive concretisation impeding root systems and non-native tree species without adequate roots to withstand weather conditions.

The ‘end-of-life’ event for trees being uprooted during rains is bogus. The extent of the brainwashing, to somehow deflect attention from the BJP is mind boggling.

#Mumbai #BMC

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[Premier League @premierleague]

The wait is over.

@Arsenal are Premier League champions.

[Adarsh M @AdarshM1096]

@antonystanley09 I think it's a compromise as well for RC. It'll depend on how he manages the Revenue & Finance folio. He's willing to walk the walk - bold esp how he's criticised LDF during his time as LoO. If he does well could go on to be one of the best - there's no middle ground for him

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[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

"Time for India to abolish the Governor post. End this colonial nonsense"

[Vidyut @Vidyut]

If India survives Modi. That's a big if. So far, there's no sign of being able to run the country for the well-being of the masses, while there is every sign that he will hold on to power by hook or by crook - mostly by crook - by compromising institutions or outright violence.

By the time the public gets disillusioned enough, there will be little left to loot - but also no resources to rebuild with. Newer generations are growing up entirely out of touch with reality or the building blocks of civilization, so to say. Rational thinking is at an all time low. I seriously don't think our grandparents were as dumb as our contemporaries.

So far the Modi Era is looking more like the end of India than just a dark age to recover from.

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[Vimal Kumar @vimalkumar_u]

Extremely disappointed with the Badminton World Federation (BWF) decision to alter the scoring system—and even more concerning is the overwhelming support it has received from Council members.

The existing format ensured a true level playing field across playing styles, especially in the premier events—Men’s and Women’s Singles—which have always embodied the very essence of our sport: skill, resilience, fitness, and mental strength.

By effectively reducing the duration (and in essence removing one game’s worth of play—18 points), BWF risks diluting what made these events so compelling. The explanation that this will “create early excitement” feels short-sighted. Badminton has never lacked excitement—what it has offered is sustained intensity, something very few sports can match.

If change was necessary, why not apply it selectively to doubles formats, while preserving the integrity of Singles? That would have been a more balanced approach.

Equally concerning is the continued neglect of player welfare and voice:

* No prize money for the World Championships
* No meaningful increase in rewards for Singles, the flagship category

* No implementation of a review/referral system for critical umpiring decisions
These are areas that truly needed attention.
Badminton is widely regarded among the toughest sports in the world. A 90-minute Singles match can have nearly an hour of shuttle in play—far exceeding many longer-duration sports. Yet, instead of strengthening these unique aspects, decisions like this risk undermining them.
Players are expected to adapt—but are rarely heard.

While other global sports continue to evolve by empowering athletes, improving officiating, and enhancing viewer engagement, badminton seems to be moving in the opposite direction.

It’s disheartening to see a sport followed so passionately—especially across Asia—being reshaped for reasons that do not address its real challenges.

This is not evolution. This is dilution.

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[🅾🅻🅳 🅱🅰🅻🅳 🅶🅾🅾🅽🅴🆁 @OBG_AFC]

Get some perspective:

Back in 1979–80, Arsenal played 70 games and won absolutely nothing. Brian Talbot played every single game. Won nothing. Alan Sunderland scored 29 goals. Won nothing. The ​defence conceded only 36 goals in the league and only 3 in 9 European games. They even kept a clean sheet against a peak Juventus side in Italy! Won nothing.

We lost the FA Cup final to West Ham on a Saturday and the European CWC final on penalties to Valencia the following Wednesday.

No one stopped supporting. No one abused the team. We came back year after year and backed the team. We won nothing for 8 years. Still we kept showing up.

If you’re a fan, start acting like one.

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[Siddharth @svaradarajan]

Proud of my old newspaper, @the_hindu, take a bow @nambath, the only paper to have the correct headline for what transpired in parliament yesterday. All other newspapers seem to have bought the government’s spin that the ‘opposition defeated women’s reservation’!

[Maadhyam @maadhyam_engage]

This. Here. This is why defeating the idea of "iss baar 400 paar" in 2024 election was significant. This is why a healthy opposition is a must in a democracy. This is why brute majorities need to be checked. And this is why the Constitution framers made it difficult to amend the Constitution!

Yes, despite this Govt has still managed to undermine #Parliament on many occasions. Other problematic Bills like the Transgender Amendment Bill, the Bill to replace NREGA, Waqf Amendment Bill etc. managed to pass despite severe opposition since these required a simple majority only. Yes, many Bills like the Income Tax Bill were still passed within minutes, without debate, amidst protests.

Yes, checks and balances, fundamental to our parliamentary democracy have failed many times. Yes, Govt has managed to escape accountability repeatedly.

And that is precisely what makes this moment 'truly historic'. A Bill, on which Govt did not do open and transparent consultations, has failed to build consensus and address concerns should not pass. Doing consultations, building consensus, committee scrutiny - these are not waste of time, these are at the heart of democratic governance.

It is unlikely that this moment will repeat. We will go back to what has now been normalised. But up until then, we take solace in the fact that even if for a rare moment, the institution of Parliament was revived and we got to witness it!

[Tara Krishnaswamy @tarauk]

For everyone saying things will be worse for the South with the 2026 census

Delimitation cannot happen before the 2029 elections given the volume of work involved

If we can fight this hard for this, imagine how hard we’ll fight then

[Yogendra Yadav @_YogendraYadav]

An open invitation:
It’s more than 48 hrs since I publishes this table as the only possible outcome of the proposed bills before parliament.
Meanwhile most of the media has obediently published the sarkari tables which show 50% increase. But no one has shown any link between sarkari tables and sarkari bills.
Can anyone please show me the provisions in the existing bills that allow flat 50% increase across states?
This article in @the_hindu shows why this is impossible. And a fact check in @thewire_in suggests that HM was off.
Anyone who can offer a different reading based on the text of the bills? Will happily amplify any intelligent response, even if I disagree.

https://t.co/iAd1oy8JMi

[Arvind Gunasekar @arvindgunasekar]

BJP Govt also to move a motion in Lok Sabha tomorrow to suspend proviso to rule 66 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha while introducing Women Reservation (Amendment) Bill and Delimitation Bill.

This means, BJP wants both the Bills to be passed together and not separately.

[S.R.Praveen @myopiclenses]

The Hindu's editorial on delimitation lays bare the sinister agenda behind this plan. Ends with the line "The consequences of letting this amendment pass are too grave to contemplate."

"The government’s insistence on bundling women’s reservation with delimitation suggests that the former is being used as political cover for the latter: a sweeping reallocation of Lok Sabha seats that would reshape the federal composition of Parliament to the advantage of States where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) enjoys electoral dominance, and at the expense of States where it has been historically weak."

"The Hindi-heartland States (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, and Delhi), which currently hold 207 of 543 seats, would secure 366 — a 77% increase, with their share rising from 38.1% to 43.1%. The southern States (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, and Puducherry), with 132 seats now, would receive only 176, a 33% increase, while their share would drop from 24.3% to 20.7%. The eastern States would slip from 14.4% to 13.7%; the North-East from 4.4% to 3.8%."

"That this legislation is being rushed through, with barely any time for public debate, just days before voters in two crucial States go to the polls, makes the timing even more suspect. There is no reason why women’s reservation cannot be implemented within the existing 543-seat Lok Sabha by designating constituencies for women on a rotational basis,
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