Sonam Wangchuk is trying hard to see you all! Just submitted a letter to the hospital as his health is good and they claim he is not in detention. So why the restrictions?
@GBA_office@GBAChiefComm sir across all wards,across political parties, city is annoyingly flooded with Banned flex banners. We expect you to take some very strict legal action against violators not just removal with tax payers money . @CMofKarnataka
Day 11 of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint.
BBMP Sahaaya status: No update.
CPGRAMS status: Grievance received and forwarded to an officer in Karnataka.
Truly sad that people have to live with this. India and Bengaluru deserve better.
I had a 20 minute conversation on the phone with Mr Sivakumar today and felt so utterly helpless at the end of it. He broke down in tears many times. From placing his daughter’s body in the morgue to the response of the police, from cremation grounds to cops, he spoke of hostile red tape and open corruption. This for a man mourning the death of his 34 year old daughter. Blood boiling and heart breaking
@DrCaur@ITBTGoK, the website for Elevate'2025 has not been responding since this morning. Kindly help with that or share an alternative way to submit the applications.
cc: @PriyankKharge
@ITBTGoK, the website for applying to Elevate'2025 has not been responding since this morning. Could you please help with that or share an alternative way to submit the applications? Application closes by 5 PM today.
cc: @DrCaur@PriyankKharge
China is overturning mainstream development theory in astonishing ways.
China's GDP per capita is only $12,000. That's 70% less than the average in high-income countries.
And yet they have the largest high-speed rail network in the world. They've developed their own commercial aircraft. They are the world leaders in renewable energy technology and electric vehicles. They have advanced medical technology, smartphone technology, microchip production, aerospace engineering...
China has a higher life expectancy than the USA, with 80% less income.
We were told that this kind of development required very high levels of GDP/cap. But over the past 10 years China has demonstrated that it can be achieved with much more modest levels of output.
How do they do it? By using public finance and industrial policy to steer investment and production toward social objectives and national development needs. This allows them to convert aggregate production into development outcomes much more efficiently than other countries, where productive capacity is often wasted on activities that may be highly profitable to capital, or beneficial to the rich, but may not actually advance development.
Of course, China still has development gaps that need to be addressed. And we know from some other countries that higher social indicators can be achieved with China's level of GDP/cap, by focusing more on social policy. But the achievements are undeniable and development economists are taking stock.
The Reserve Bank of India recently released the Financial Stability Report. Think of this report as a detailed health check for India’s financial system. It looks at everything—from banks and households to market risks—helping us spot potential cracks before they grow into serious problems.
Here are three risks that could throw India’s economy off course. These might never happen, but staying informed and prepared is always better. Let’s break it down 🧵👇
PASHMINA MARCH ACHIEVES PURPOSE BEFORE IT STARTS...
People of Ladakh have been fasting in protest for the last 32 days. These have happened in the most peaceful ways through prayers & fasts.
The purpose of the Pashmina March was to highlight the plight of the Changpa nomadic tribes who are losing thousands of sq kms of their land due to Chinese incursion in the north and our own corporates in the south.
This purpose seems already fulfilled even before the March began due to the suppression attempts & overreaction of the Government with the imposition of Section 144, curtailment of internet and restrictions on movement by turning Leh into a war-like zone with armed barricades on all roads leading to Leh city.
Under these circumstances chances of violence are very high, which could then be used to lable this peaceful movement anti-national.
In view of these developments and the fact that the whole nation now knows about the reality of our pasturelands at the borders, the leaders of the Apex Body today decided to call off the Pashmina March on 7th April.
The ongoing peaceful fast will however continue. We thank all the leaders and people who came here from different parts of the country.
Apex Body and Sonam Wangchuk
#SaveLadakh #SaveHimalayas #SaveGlaciers #6thSchedule #PashminaMarch
NEXT STEPS IN #Ladakh
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MAHATMA #GANDHI
In a large thanks giving gathering in Leh I shared the next steps of Ladakh's movement... Satyagrah.
Please watch full video here :
https://t.co/Tz9Xp71Wpr
Do please join Ladakh on Sunday 7th April.
While we do the Changthang Pashmina March to the BORDERS. , you all can do your own Marches to show 'Destruction in the name of Development' in your own areas.
#SaveLadakh #SupportSonamWangchuk #SaveHimalayas #SaveGlaciers #6thSchedule #BorderMarch #PashminaMarch
END OF DAY 20 OF #CLIMATEFAST
Still feeling bit down & drained...
Today some 2500 people joined me for day long fast and some 300 are sleeping outdoors ...
Here I Remind Amit Shah ji & Modi ji of the values they are supposed to represent...
#SaveLadakh #SaveHimalayas #SaveGlaciers #6thSchedule @narendramodi@PMOIndia@AmitShah
END OF DAY 20 OF #CLIMATEFAST
Still feeling bit down & drained...
Today some 2500 people joined me for day long fast and some 300 are sleeping outdoors ...
Here I Remind Amit Shah ji & Modi ji of the values they are supposed to represent...
#SaveLadakh #SaveHimalayas #SaveGlaciers #6thSchedule @narendramodi@PMOIndia@AmitShah
The remarkable @Wangchuk66 has now entered the 19th day of his ‘climate fast’ in the biting Himalayan cold. Those who hailed him as a hero not too long ago are now calling him a ‘Chinese agent’. All he is doing is drawing our attention to Ladakhi concerns like a good Indian citizen. We may need many more Sonams to build a better India ! #SonamWangchuk (this was my interview with him 10 days ago: https://t.co/lmDYFYeApG )