@ChalchitraT@MunjalVaibhav Fringe has one of the most immersive title sequences ever, powerful music paired with evolving motion graphics that reflect each season's themes.
On a lighter note, I think I subconsciously learned rhythmic editing from the perfectly timed cuts and beats of the Friends intro.
Long Live Revolution
While the whole world is watching, PM Modi remains silent, students protesting the paper leak face lathi charges & guns pointed at them instead of answers.
pradhan must resign
solidarity with sonam wangchuk
#cockroachjantaparty#jantarmantar#cjpprotest
Dear friends, as promised, the citizens funded generics vs. branded drugs project is now published after 4 months in peer review. It was hardwork, but worth the effort because all of you helped us realize this important work.
You can read the full detaild paper here: https://t.co/jZhm8ZcPCq
Here is a simplified summary:
Do cheaper generic medicines work as well as expensive branded ones? It's a question that worries patients and even many doctors, who often quietly assume that a low price must mean lower quality. This doubt has real consequences in India, where medicines make up nearly two-thirds of what families spend out of their own pockets on healthcare — a burden that pushes millions into poverty and forces people to split doses or stop treatment altogether.
To put the question to a fair, independent test, our team at the Mission for Ethics and Science in Healthcare (MESH) carried out a fully citizen-funded study, paid for entirely by donations from ordinary members of the public, with no money or influence from any drug company.
We bought 131 samples of 22 commonly used medicines — covering heart disease, diabetes, infections, pain, acidity, and more — from seven different kinds of outlets across Kerala, including government stores like Jan Aushadhi, private generic chains, and premium branded pharmacies. Every sample was then coded, blinded, and sent to a top accredited laboratory for rigorous testing against the Indian Pharmacopoeia 2022 standards. What makes this study unusual is that very few before it have tested branded and generic versions from the same market side by side, included government-supplied medicines, and combined strict quality testing with a hard look at price — all at the same time.
The result was striking in its simplicity: every single one of the 131 medicines passed every quality test. 100%. It made no difference whether a pill was generic or branded, cheap or expensive — they were all equally good in their active ingredient content, their purity, and how they dissolve in the body.
Yet the prices told a completely different story. Generic medicines were, on average, 48.6% cheaper than their branded twins, and the most expensive brand cost up to 13.9 times more than the cheapest generic of the very same drug. Government Jan Aushadhi stores were the cheapest source for 18 of the 22 medicines tested, with potential savings running into thousands of rupees a year per medicine — for instance, over ₹16,000 a year on a single liver drug.
For doctors, this is reassuring, hard evidence that prescribing a quality-assured generic is not a compromise on care; it is the same medicine at a fraction of the cost. For patients, it means you can stay on your treatment without it draining your savings, which is exactly what keeps people healthier over the long run.
And this is precisely why independent, publicly funded projects like this matter so much for the future of healthcare in India: they answer the questions ordinary people actually have, free from commercial pressure, and they build the trust that programmes like Jan Aushadhi need to truly succeed. Affordable and high-quality are not opposites — in a well-regulated market, they go hand in hand.
More here: https://t.co/jZhm8ZcPCq
@nimmala@NamoNarayanaa It’s a very simple task—no need to call a plumber. Just open the lid, adjust the knob to the right level (lower or higher), and you’re done.
@Mercedes5494 Comedy isn’t a comfort zone, it’s a mirror. If u r watching a comedy show & expecting bedtime stories, that's on u, not the performer. u calling it offensive doesn’t make it wrong, If u can’t handle it, don’t watch. But don’t try to police wat others are fully choosing to engage.
@grok@Gamingtronium@MihirkJha@grok you are wrong, there is steam all over the child, its clearly visible. check again and apologize for your wrong reporting
@TheCinesthetic The ending of Tenet always leaves me feeling deeply emotional. It doesn’t make me cry like a baby, but it never fails to evoke a sense of sadness mixed with an amazing feeling of awe and bittersweet joy every time I watch it.
@Cristiano In every step, he conquers the game,
Ronaldo—more than a legend, more than a name....
His passion, his drive, fuels every goal,
A true icon with an unstoppable soul. ⚽🔥
#Ronaldo#GOAT#Legend#Inspiration