Num Num

Love ain't easy.
Love is not what it is, if you don't fight for it.

[Num Num @NumRnum]

@ARanganathan72 Why do people forget what US did when indian students participated in anti Israel protests in US universities? Its kosher for US and China to deport the foreigners participating in protests in their country but apparently India should not because its a banana republic.

[Num Num @NumRnum]

@kapoorkkunal @a47merch 1, 4, 6

[Tushar Gupta @Tushar15]

Hello @dominos_india. Bring back pineapple and jalapeño pizza. At least allow pineapple as a topping option.

[Mark behbehani @BehbehaniMark]

The official verdict is absolute Crap!

I'm a Commercial pilot (Complex piston singles) and I have followed this story from the beginning. The official story is pathetic. This will go down in history as one best examples of aviation bravery.

For this story to have the happy ending that it did, 3 things had to happen perfectly:

First, Cpt. Smit who while on the floor (being attacked with an axe!!!) thought "these are my last moments, but I cant let these people die" and somehow opened the cockpit door. Without his bravery and determination, Everybody dies no question.

Second the passengers Yaniv and Yitzhack rushed the cockpit the minute they heard screams. Dont minimize this. Most people in a situation like this would freeze in their seats. Not to mention getting the the front of the plane in a zero G nose over. I'm assuming IDF training (mandatory for all Israelis) but even then excellent reactions under pressure. By rushing to the front immediately, they were on the other side of the door the second that Cpt Smit opened it. The IDF training also probably had a hand in their ability to rapidly neutralize the co-pilot.

Yaniv taking the stick and pulling out of the dive is critical simply because there was no time otherwise. At the rate of decent by that point there is maybe 30s to impact if they keep diving (and they were already past Vne)

However, contrary to popular male ego, a non pilot successfully recovering the plane has odds near zero. Commercial aircraft are huge and have massive momentum. Even in a small plane, if you are too heavy on the controls nothing happens for ten seconds, then next thing you know you are upside down. The most likely outcome after a non-pilot pulling out of a dive would be overcontrolling and triggering a stall. Fortunately (according to Yaniv's interview) the relief pilot took over just as he leveled the plane.

The relief pilots being on board was fortunate, the relief pilot managing to take over the controls before Yaniv could trigger a stall was perfect timing. The pilots were not just random pilots or random airline pilots, they were the relief crew which meant they had hundreds if not thousands of hours in that exact model. Why is this important? Because the co-pilot had smashed the instruments (once again from Yaniv's interview) and the rudder was damaged from exceeding Vne. The relief pilots could handle this as a routine emergency, for a pilot unfamiliar with that airplane and instruments smashed it would be a insurmountable challenge.

Finally the Pilot who thought he was going to die was in luck because on board was a dentist. A dental surgeon no less. Not quite the same an ER doc, but enough to stop major arterial bleeding from multiple wounds.

If somebody doesnt make a great movie out of this it would be a crime. This is aviation history being made.

[The Story @TheStoryFNC]

BREAKING NOW: FAA Commercial pilot Senator @TimSheehyMT says hero captain likely did this to alert air traffic control of chaos in the cockpit 👇

[Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו @netanyahu]

My salute to the Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar for his extraordinary bravery.

Despite being stabbed and seriously injured, he fought back, resisted, opened the cockpit door, and enabled passengers and crew to overpower the attacker — preventing a catastrophic mid-air disaster.

He saved the lives of 174 people, including Israeli citizens and other nationals.

I wish Captain Machchhar a speedy and full recovery.

He is a true hero.

[Abhijit Iyer-Mitra @Iyervval]

Captain Smit Machchar (Gujarati ex spicejet) captain who despite being stabbed
• sent out a 7500
• ⁠sent out a 7700
• ⁠prevented the plane from dropping any further
• ⁠opened the door for the staff & passengers to enter & prevent the co-pilot from doing anymore damage

[Sanjeev Sanyal @sanjeevsanyal]

It is a simple test..... if you cannot bear to touch it, and need metal instruments, then it is probably a bad idea to put it in your mouth.

[Keh Ke Peheno @coolfunnytshirt]

We should have learnt "secularism" from Bangladesh and Pakistan!🤲

[Dr. Devashish Palkar @psychidiaries]

I don't know why nobody is saying or thinking this but @yamigautam could have been such a perfect choice for playing the role of Sita Maa.
She's not just beautiful but great with portraying complex emotions.
Or may be I am just a fan. 😄

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Abuses never solve anything.

Let’s guide the misguided.

Let’s work together.

Let’s work for Bharat.

[The Kaipullai @thekaipullai]

On this auspicious day of Ashada Ekadashi, I am very happy to announce the launch of my humble attempt to make history interesting.

https://t.co/SGfD2ebBpO

The idea is actually very very simple

You go to the site, select a year, and It will show you who ruled which part of India at that point in time.

[Ravneet Singh Bittu @RavneetBittu]

Showing Partial history is nothing but Propaganda.

[Gabbar @GabbbarSingh]

Civilian casualties in Punjab. I think this is also a story that needs to be told, of how dramatically terrorism was purged in Punjab. (Src: Cut the clutter)

[Shekhar Gupta @ShekharGupta]

1. As controversy over Diljit Dosanjh-starrer ‘Satluj’ escalates, #CutTheClutter traces the story of Jaswant Singh Khalra, the activist kidnapped and murdered by cops. The episode also tells the story of the bloodiest years in Punjab & the state’s fight against terror.

2. Khalra was kidnapped on 5-6 September 1995. At that time, he was running a campaign to collect municipal cremation records of unidentified bodies, trying to establish patterns of illegal killings & secret cremations. The data was collected from municipal crematoria in Amritsar, Majitha & Tarn Taran.

3. The number they added up was 2,059 such cremations. This was multiplied by the number of prominent crematoria in the state & the number arrived at was 25,000. NHRC was finally given a list of 2,097, & they could establish that 109 of these had died in police custody.

4. Now, where had this situation arisen from, because nothing happens in a vacuum. In 1995, this was at the tail end of terrorism/militancy/insurgency, whatever you want to call it, in Punjab. Its nasty peak was 1990-91 — the gun ruled & ordinary life disappeared after sunset. Fear had frozen Punjab. There was no govt, no institutions. Only 2 things functioned — police & terrorists.

5. And, terrorism was not simply about killings; the idea was to control society, much like the Taliban later. So, the national anthem was banned, music was banned, the Hindi language was banned, skirts, trousers & dresses were banned &, of course, they wanted to change school curricula. Journalists weren’t spared either.

6. There are countless stories of brutal killings. For example, of Nirmal Kanta, the principal of a govt school in Rajpura. Or, of activist Manjeet Singh Babbu. Or of AK Talib, the station director AIR. Or, of course, of Gen. AS Vaidya.

Watch #CutTheClutter, Episode 1860: Row over Diljit Dosanjh’s Satluj, Khalra, and the bloodied years that took Punjab there



https://t.co/axH0aJnyMt

[Abhijit Iyer-Mitra @Iyervval]

The best article you’ll read on E20. Calm, collected, factual. Read before you make up your mind.

https://t.co/FufjwipJP3

[​𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐚 @sunnkssdseraph]

I used to buy those cheap sunglasses from the roadside all the time and always thought, "What's the point of buying expensive ones? I'm going to loose them anyway." Then one day, I gathered the courage and bought an expensive sunglasses. And guess what? I still have them. I've taken care of them ever since.
That's when I realized those cheap sunglasses weren't getting lost because they were cheap? They were getting lost because I didn't value them enough to care. It's hard to accept, but sometimes in someone else's story, you are that cheap pair of sunglasses.

[Keh Ke Peheno @coolfunnytshirt]

What a moment!🇮🇳

Praggnanandhaa became the first Indian to win Norway Chess at the age of 20.

When the tournament began, he had lost 3 of his first 6 classical games.

Eventually, he won 4 consecutive classical games!

[Norway Chess @NorwayChess]

🇮🇳 PRAGGNANANDHAA IS THE NORWAY CHESS CHAMPION 2026 👏👏👏

#NorwayChess
📷 Norway Chess / Tor Nilssen & Kjetil V. Tveito