Samrat Chowdhery

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@guardian Not a good decision. It is at times like these that counterbalancing narratives are needed on this platform. Why cede public spaces?

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Explosive story: Dutch intel hacked Jared Kushner's phone and found that in Trump's first term when MBS and MBZ were still friends, he received $700mn from them while reshaping US Middle East policy.

https://t.co/OuXJceMD3O

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Musk calls Ambani the PM of India, then Rubio lands in India, skips Delhi and the state establishment, and goes straight to meet Ambani. No connection?

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@Chellaney while buying Russian diesel itself?

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IE investigation finds Bihar's liquor ban has made things much worse by creating a massive narcotics trade. India's vape ban is heading down the same path, mirroring the 'zombie vapes' market unfolding in Taiwan.
@PMOIndia @JPNadda @kharge @NITIAayog

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Global security is no longer ensured by superpowers. Israel is stepping further out of line by threatening Turkey and practising strikes on Iran. The US is withdrawing ambassadors from Saudi because it can't guarantee their safety from Houthis – the American security umbrella is crumbling. In Ukraine, a Starlink malfunction caused its drones to fall from the sky. Aggressive middle powers, local groups and private companies are filling the void left by US retreat.

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India didn't win the Russia-oil waiver. US petrol prices did, and Trump can take it back.

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When in trouble..

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@KishoreVaid @BJP4India this is low level. do better.

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@VKx76 @dhruv_rathee Biologically implausible: unlike women who are born with all the eggs they will release, men keep making new sperm all their lives. So unless Dhruv was being conceived at that time, he couldn't have been in his father's balls.

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@surjitbhalla You're admitting an error rate of 12%, which is already too high. Collectively it's 160 lakh people erroneously disenfranchised. As WB shows, it will take these people many years to get back on rolls.

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Tail is wagging the dog: War-driven energy shock has become an inflation and election problem in the US as inflation jumped to 3.7% in September. Wages aren’t keeping up. Brent is around $105. Iran & Houthis are still escalating, driving rate-hike bets and US midterm politics.

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Musk's push to get a stacom licence in India has gone from looking like trade lobbying to US bullying after what is happening with Starlink in Ukraine. India's licence terms should include continuity and no-unilateral-cutoff clauses.

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Piyush Goyal says the first tranche of India-US trade deal is finalised. ET says Trump may decide on 100% Russia-oil tariffs in 10 days. Delhi wants something signed before the penalty arrives. Smart sequencing, but a trade text doesn't protect you from a sanctions law. #IndiaUS

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@vjgtweets The past can be a guide but it isn't evidence of the future.

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US leverage is evaporating. Kyiv is defying Washington's truce to hit Russian refineries, Saudi Patriot batteries are failing, and China is opening North Korean trade bridges and Laotian airbases. Even the AI moat is leaking to espionage. The unipolar bluff is getting called.

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@ManiYogini Hi @grok, how are CJP leaders funding their activities? What’s verified vs alleged?

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@prakdadlani Highhandedness is also a fact.

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@VIKRAMPRATAPSIN Double engine.

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The author argues this heavy-handed response shows Modi is losing his grip. By relying on state coercion instead of political engagement, the government is alienating moderate voters.

https://t.co/WaFi09PYiM

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India’s opening to foreign capital is going through middle powers, while the US relationship has shrunk to energy and visas. Canada’s Fairfax buys IDBI Bank for ₹52,878 cr, Japanese and Gulf banks keep buying Indian lenders, and Washington tightens H-1B rules.