Firecrackers are such a strange thing, when they are burst on New Year in almost 200 countries, they bring happiness but when they are burst in India on Diwali, it causes breathing problems to everyone and harms the environment.
In 1950, a newly independent India was running low on food. India requested the US for help.
It wasn't provided immediately. After much debate in the US congress on why they should help India, Truman signed the India food relief act to provide India with $190 million of assistance to help it buy US wheat.
But that US wheat came with a weed. The weed known as Parthenium or also called "Congress grass." This weed destroyed any plant around it. Till today, India has not been able to get rid of this weed.
Some 35 million hectares of arable Indian farmland has been laid waste by this weed. Including, and as far as, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
This weed is one of the biggest causes of losses for Indian agriculture and productivity. American experts still say it came into India "accidentally."
A tribal girl Nisha Bhagat committed suicide on Facebook live. She was fighting against Land mafia and conversion mafia and was being harassed by state govt
She blamed CM, ministers and Congress JMM govt for her suicide
Pin drop silence from Tribal army, Dalit army, Bhim army
This boy tore the train seat cover with a knife and put his mobile there.
When another passenger asked him why he did that, the boy replied that he wanted to charge his phone.
Just pointing out that his value for vote is equal to your value of vote.
Right now I think it is very important for RBI to introduce some feature for customers to lock unwanted funds in their bank accounts.
Locked funds cannot be used or moved unless a customer goes to the bank and Aadhar verifies personally. Fixed Deposits too need this feature where they can't be liquidated online or by anyone.
All banks must be mandated to provide this feature immediately. And this feature must be tied to a flag that cannot be over-ridden by any employee, unless a customer personally authorizes, with a cool-off period before funds can be moved.
This is very important to do now because the threat of hacking and stealing Indians' money by India's adversary is very high due to advancements in AI and their pathetic economy.
In case of a hack, all these locked funds will make it difficult for the hacker to move them out via SWIFT, IMPS, RTGS or any means. This will help protect customers as well as banks and India.
@RBI@GovSMalhotra@nsitharaman
Do you feel India should depend on other countries for processing the critical minerals that power our future?
I certainly don’t!
Lithium, nickel, cobalt…these are essential for EVs, batteries, electronics and defence. Yet, we remain heavily dependent on imports of refined materials.
To address this, the Cabinet has approved a scheme to change this.
Key highlights:
New critical mineral processing plants.
Capital subsidy to boost investment.
Greater domestic value addition.
Stronger supply chains.
The principle is clear...India must have capabilities to build technologies of the future!
https://t.co/deencvjivt
Let me ask you…
If India’s Metro network had continued expanding at the pace it did before 2014, how long would the wait be for cities like Pune to have a metro?
YEARS….no…DECADES perhaps.
And that was UNACCEPTABLE.
In 2014, India had just 248 km of Metro lines across 5 cities.
Today, we have nearly 1,200 km across 26 cities.
Over 1 crore people travel by Metro every day.
The impact goes beyond statistics or numbers.
It means less time in traffic, more family time, greater productivity and better opportunities.
This is the transformation we are working towards for urban India!
Caught cheating on an IIT exam with ChatGPT, but the ecosystem immediately turns academic malpractice into a caste oppression narrative. It’s truly tragic, a system where enforcing basic rules gets professors booked. If invigilation becomes a crime, academic rigor is dead.