Are we surprised? Many prominent brands ignore basic hygiene, while adulteration goes unchecked. The administrators do not realise that this endangers everyone - including their own families.
Adulterated prasad pedas, detergent milk, unhygienic restaurants and ice cream parlours.
Read how Maharashtra FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe is spearheading action against food adulteration.
https://t.co/hCeZsNeZae
He's Tukaram Mundhe, a 2005-batch IAS from Maharashtra.
Over the last few weeks, you might have heard his name. That is because he was recently appointed Commissioner of State’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Since taking charge, the FDA has been on an absolute warpath, raiding illegal, fake, synthetic, and adulterated products. From synthetic milk networks and adulterated paneer to illegal gutkha and unhygienic eateries, nothing has escaped his radar.
Mundhe has made it clear that even the most famous names will not get a free pass. His department shocked Mumbai by suspending the food licenses of iconic establishments, such as the 73-year-old Marine Drive ice cream parlor K. Rustom & Co., alongside famous eateries like Shalimar Hospitality, Noor Mohammadi Hotel, and Rahmaniya Restaurant, after surprise inspections uncovered severe hygiene violations, including live pests and expired ingredients.
Such is the fear of his crackdowns that, just two days ago, dairy farmers were caught on video spilling hundreds of liters of synthetic milk after rumors of an impending FDA raid spread.
This is his 25th transfer in a 21-year career, a testament to his refusal to bend to political pressure. It makes you wonder: if just one IAS officer can bring about so much change, where would our country be if every bureaucrat were as uncompromising and proactive as him?
@Mohansinha In a multi-religious, multicultural nation of 1.4 billion people, with whom exactly is the government expected to initiate a dialogue? Every individual, every group, or every community, every self styled leader?
One wonders how much was Atul paid to make such a statement?
For years, a carefully manufactured image was sold to the nation:
Sonam Wangchuk as the real-life Rancho from 3 Idiots - the poor Ladakhi boy who rose from nothing, rejected the broken system, and became a revolutionary innovator fighting for the common man.
That story is a lie.
The Rancho character in 3 Idiots was never based on Sonam Wangchuk. It was actually the other way around; Wangchuk’s public image is based on the film.
His entire public persona, the hero worship, and the “genius from the mountains” narrative were built on the back of *3 Idiots*. The movie turned him into a national icon. Without it, most of India wouldn’t even know his name.
The truth is far less cinematic.
Wangchuk was born into a politically influential family. His father, Sonam Wangyal, was a Congress MLA from Leh who later became a Cabinet Minister in the J&K government in 1975. When his father gained power, the family moved to Srinagar. This was not the life of a poor, downtrodden mountain boy struggling against all odds. This was access, connections, and political privilege from an early stage.
He did not study at an IIT. He completed his https://t.co/UBscbtn1Dh in Mechanical Engineering from the Regional Engineering College, Srinagar (now NIT Srinagar) in 1987, the same regional college that thousands of ordinary students attend. His admission there likely benefited from his father being a sitting Congress MLA and Minister at the time. Political family influence opened doors that truly poor students from remote areas rarely get.
He is not a scientist. He is a mechanical engineer by qualification who later became an environmental activist, often opposing development projects in Ladakh.
Despite all the hype around inventions like the Ice Stupa, zero patents are registered in his name. Not even one patent or one Research paper.
Yet this same privileged son of a Congress Minister is presented as the authentic voice of the voiceless poor. The same pattern is visible with others, for example, Abhijeet Dipke pursuing expensive liberal arts courses in fancy Boston colleges, or Saurav Das, the failed CLAT aspirant from rich, privileged South Delhi with zero real investment in on-ground public work. These are the people being pushed as the “representatives” of common, downtrodden Indians.
This is the real inconvenient truth:
A section of the elite and politically connected class has mastered the art of wearing the mask of the poor and the marginalised. They build cults around themselves using films, media, and selective narratives while hiding their actual backgrounds of power, privilege, and influence.
Sonam Wangchuk’s story is not one of rags to revolutionary. It is a story of how political family privilege was repackaged as grassroots rebellion.
The myth is exposed. The facts don’t lie.
Her name is Meeran Chadha Borwankar.
A minister sat across a table from her and ordered her to hand over three acres of police land to a private bidder.
She said no.
He lost his temper and hurled the map across the glass table between them. She stood up, saluted him, and walked out.
She joined the Indian Police Service in 1981, at a time when a woman in a police uniform in India was almost a curiosity. She went on to become the first woman to head the Mumbai crime branch, and the first woman to lead the Pune police.
In 2010, soon after she took charge in Pune, she was told to complete the handover of a valuable piece of police land in the heart of the city. The land had already been auctioned off to a private bidder before her time. She was expected to simply sign it away.
She looked at it and refused. The land, she said, was needed for the police themselves, for their offices and for homes for the constables and their families, the men and women who guard the city and often cannot afford to live in it. Handing it to a builder, she said plainly, would look like the new commissioner had sold herself out.
The minister overruled her and told her the matter was closed. She told him, gently and finally, that she would not do it.
The map came flying across the table. She saluted, and left.
It cost her. The posting she wanted did not come. But she wrote to the government demanding the whole deal be cancelled, and she kept fighting until the land was returned to the police, where it belonged.
Years later, the bidder who had been due to receive that land was named as an accused in one of the biggest corruption cases in the country.
She had no way of knowing that at the time. She simply refused to hand over what was not hers to give.
A college economics professor stated that he had once failed an entire class. That class insisted that socialism is functional and that no one should be poor and no one rich, that everyone is equal...
The teacher told them, "OK, we will do an experiment on socialism in this group.
All grades will be averaged, and everyone will get the same grade, so no one will fail and no one will get a 10."
After the first test, the grades were added up and divided by the number of students, and everyone got an 8.
The students who studied intensively were upset, but those who studied less were overjoyed.
As the second test approached, the students who had studied a little learned even less, and those who had studied more intensively told themselves that they also wanted a "handout", so they also studied less.
The average of the second test was 6.
When the third test was given, the average score was 4. To the great surprise of all the students, they all failed.
The teacher told them that socialism will eventually fail because when half the population sees that they cannot work, because the other half will take care of them, and when the half that worked realizes that there is no point in working anymore, because others are the beneficiaries of their labor, then that is the end of any nation
The story may be a fable not a fact but the moral is real
Get it?
Just as the entire true population of temple worshipping Hindus in Tamil Nadu are shocked by the betrayal by @tnhrcedept - - under @CMOTamilnadu Shri Joseph Vijay’s Government — in the matter of 3084 acres of lands - attached to 4 temples -
I am told fresh proceedings are afoot by TN Government to “release” another 4000+ acres in favour of encroachers again in and around Tiruppur District.
What is quite surprising is the Minister for @tnhrcedept - Shri @RameshOffcl is SILENT all along. Have these moves been made against his wishes or has he been told to keep quiet?
Is it this TVK Government’s policy to strip temples out of their land holdings?
@tskrishnan@sumanthraman@TWS_Bharat@indiccollective
@Mohansinha Congress is being hurt more by its entitled and arrogant spokespersons than by its own leaders. They trigger on hearing anything against the Gandhis, Jairam Ramesh displayed similar attitude in an recent interview. Such conduct does little to strengthen the party’s credibility.
The moment you ask any Congress spokie where Priyanka or Rahul are, they ask, “Why didn’t PM go to Manipur?”!!
First it was “people must answer on Gujarat”. Now that all courts in the land have answered that question, it’s the turn of Manipur.
But ask where Rahul has disappeared to and the Congress spokies start behaving like the questioner has broken the 11th Commandment - Thou Shalt Not Question the Family!
@rishibagree@Kesariya_Meenu All these cheerleaders should be named as Co conspirators for influencing the investigations, intentionally manipulating public opinion thus the outcome
@SinghPramod2784@Radhika_Khera Good riddance. She came across as not only arrogant but also manipulative, and often seemed to imitate Rajdeep rather than bringing an original perspective of her own.
🧵 THREAD | IIT Madras researchers make a breakthrough that could reshape the future of aerospace engineering 🇮🇳🚀
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Researchers led by Prof. Sunetra Sarkar from the Department of Aerospace Engineering at IIT Madras has developed an AI-powered method to solve one of aerodynamics' toughest challenges.
This innovation could accelerate the development of drones, robotics, and renewable energy systems.
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One of the biggest challenges in aerodynamics is determining the invisible air pressure around rapidly flapping wings—like those of birds, insects, bats, and bio-inspired drones.
These pressure fields determine lift, thrust, stability, and flight efficiency.
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Until now, calculating these pressure fields required Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)—a highly complex process involving millions of equations.
Even with powerful supercomputers, a single simulation can take days or even weeks.
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The IIT Madras team has developed an AI model that predicts these hidden pressure fields almost instantly by analyzing only the surrounding airflow.
No lengthy CFD simulations. No massive computing time.
Fast, accurate, and scalable.
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Why is this a big deal?
⚡ Faster engineering design cycles
💻 Lower computational costs
🎯 High prediction accuracy
🚀 Rapid prototyping and testing
Engineers can now innovate much faster than before.
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The breakthrough has applications across multiple sectors:
🛩️ Bio-inspired micro drones
🤖 Flexible autonomous robots
⚡ Wind-energy harvesting devices
✈️ Advanced aerospace systems
🌍 Scientific research in fluid dynamics
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It could help engineers design agile drones inspired by birds and insects, improve autonomous flying systems, and develop self-powered devices that harvest energy directly from the wind.
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More importantly, this work demonstrates how Artificial Intelligence is transforming scientific computing.
Problems that once demanded weeks of supercomputer time can now be solved in minutes—or even seconds.
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This achievement further strengthens India's growing capabilities in:
🇮🇳 AI & Machine Learning
✈️ Aerospace Engineering
🚁 Drone Technology
🤖 Robotics
🔬 Deep-Tech Research
Indian institutions are increasingly solving globally significant engineering challenges.
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Congratulations to Prof. Sunetra Sarkar and the entire IIT Madras research team on this outstanding achievement.
A proud moment for Indian science and another example of how AI is redefining the future of engineering. 🇮🇳
🔁 Repost if you support Indian research and innovation.
#IITMadras #ArtificialIntelligence #Aerospace #DeepTech #DroneTech #Research #Innovation #MadeInIndia
This truth is a resounding slap in the face of political spokespersons who have been blatantly misleading viewers during TV debates about #E20Fuel. Facts have a way of exposing misinformation.
Another fake narrative falls flat!
Bajaj Auto which manufacture more than 3 million two wheelers has categorically stated that all its motorcycles manufactured over the last 10 years are E20-compliant, warranty remains valid, and no separate maintenance cost is required for using E20 blended petrol!
The misinformation campaign against E20 has been exposed yet again!
As India moves towards energy security and reduced fuel imports, those spreading fear with half-truths and fake claims are either serving Chinese interests or pushing propaganda over facts.