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@myranjit Must see how markets open today. If the gap holds then this new process is not helping eliminate last minute spikes

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@KobeissiLetter Oh well

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@sanatan_kannada Need tamarind for most curries but don't want to grow tamarind trees ?

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With Super El Nino, we are going to have a very difficult year ahead and face a double whammy. Food production and Ethanol production may face challenges along with acute drinking water shortages. We have not invested enough in desalination plants and water conservation.

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Reiterating my statement that no one seems to be asking "Why?". Why are we automating these jobs that pay very little but go a long way in supporting a poor family.

[Indian Tech & Infra @IndianTechGuide]

🚨 Workers in India are being paid to wear headcams to record their actions for AI models.

(scmp news)

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The problem with the AI revolution is no one is asking 'Why ?'. AI and Robots are taking jobs that people actually want to do while it says clear of jobs that are hazardous to humans and need automation.

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In the last few days a few articles have popped up on X which outline dire days ahead for India courtesy the depleting forex reserves and balance of payment deficit. Even before the whole energy shock, we were in a soup due to the AI revolution and job crisis. Now this and ElNino

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RCB #champions

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@nabilajamal_ Name the whole state as Bengaluru. Anyway we were Mysore state once upon a time.

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@ANI So when oil prices go up, the burden is passed on. When oil prices were low, both OMCs and Govt make windfall gains

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@dhanyarajendran Doesn't need that much. He will get outside support from either DMK or ADMK. There is no way those two are going to align to defeat TVK in a no confidence motion.

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@EricLDaugh @DanScavino But not enough to actually make him President

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@CNBCTV18News anchor trying to get some good news for IT from the guest and the guest vehemently telling them IT is not the space to be in. Tragedy unfolding on live TV before the market open.

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Delimitation has been deferred for a later time. Maybe the opposition only wanted to foot in the doorway to ensure the next election is not affected by this early delimitation.

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@cremieuxrecueil Asking 5 Why's for this will lead you to nowhere good.

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This is why @ShashiTharoor is such a valuable asset in the parliament. Leverage his knowledge and ideas. This is the way to go.

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

The answer can be found in Europe, where the principle of degressive proportionality is applied to the composition of the European Parliament — since they have the same problem of small and big states coexisting in one Union.

India also needs a compromise between strict democratic representation (one person, one vote) and the necessity of ensuring smaller political entities have a meaningful voice. It essentially means that while larger populations get more seats, the ratio of citizens to representatives increases as the population grows.

In the European Parliament, the allocation must follow these constraints:
*Minimum Threshold: No member state can have fewer than 6 seats.
*Maximum Ceiling: No member state can have more than 96 seats.
*Inverse Ratio: The "efficiency" of a vote must decrease as population increases. For example, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Malta might represent roughly 80,000 citizens, while an MEP from Germany represents roughly 850,000 citizens.

The goal is to prevent the "Big Four" (Germany, France, Italy, and Spain) from holding a permanent absolute majority that could override the collective interests of the smaller nations, thereby maintaining the federalist spirit of the Union.

Applying this to India is what we need to debate, not women’s representation which no one objects to. We need to address the North-South divide that has arisen over delimitation. A strict population-based reallocation (proportional representation) would drastically increase seats for northern Hindi-belt states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, while states that successfully implemented population control (like Kerala and Tamil Nadu) would see their relative political influence diminish.

If India were to adopt a degressive model, the Parliament could be structured to balance population with federal equity. Similar to the EU, a "floor" could be set for smaller states (e.g., Goa, Sikkim, or the Northeast) to ensure they aren't reduced to insignificance. Instead of a fixed ratio of, say, 2 million citizens per MP, the ratio could scale. A state with 200 million people might have 2.5 million citizens per MP, while a state with 30 million might have 1 million per MP. This is to ensure no state feels disenfranchised. As @revanth_anumula suggests, another factor could be a state’s contribution to national GDP. It would be dangerous for our federalism if smaller states felt their prosperity & human development were being punished with relative disenfranchisement.

One could argue that the Rajya Sabha already exists for federal representation. However, degressive proportionality in the Lok Sabha would provide a "weighted" democratic mandate that acknowledges population without penalizing states for their developmental successes.

Finding a mathematical formula that satisfies both the high-growth and low-growth states, and both the large and small states, would require a level of bipartisan and interstate cooperation that it is in the interests of the central government to promote. I urge PM @narendramodi to initiate extensive consultations, with all parties and with all states, before rushing into a hasty delimitation process that leaves the core underlying issues unaddressed.

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Iran kept it's enriched uranium, control on the Strait of Hormuz, no regime change and now the world pays a toll. So US just lost the war no ?

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First AI takes away jobs. Experts - Everything will become cheaper. Iran war starts. Now everything is going to get more expensive and people have less or no money. Thank you for your attention to this matter

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Bapco bhi nahi choda inhone

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Iran launched a ballistic missile attack striking BAPCO's oil and gas refinery in Bahrain's Sitra

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I am preparing for a 50% ethanol blend in petrol courtesy 'loha garam hai, hathoda mardo' attitude of our establishment.