@KiranKS Absolutely wrong way to look at it. Let’s reverse it. How many high quality units on offer vs how many want to own this. What’s the per capita of this aspirational group. Correct sampling group will bring it down to 10 years.
An Indian engineer in Bengaluru got tired of potholes destroying his car.
So he built an app with Codex that detects them, finds who is responsible, and files a complaint.
Here is how it works. He installed a dashcam with GPS and an accelerometer. The app records everything while he drives.
A vision model classifies every pothole by size. Small, medium, large.
But here is the clever part. Most Indian roads are under warranty.
The contractor who built them is legally responsible for fixing potholes for free.
His app searches through 2,900 government contracts, finds the exact tender number, identifies the officer responsible, attaches the photo and geolocation, and generates a ready-to-file complaint.
One drive to work. 12 potholes detected. 12 complaints ready.
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@prasannavishy Steadily ? I am getting a feeling we are opening flood gates. Last 12 months have seen some serious R & D breakthroughs. Ever since defense & space technologies have been opened up for private companies.
@mujifren And how long is this country going to seethe & whine & cry ? Jaychands were there in the past too. Russians, Israelis don’t whine like this. They do what they need to do
@RShivshankar And then it dies down slowly. GOI doesn’t have enough what it takes to take on these traitors. Check back on this thread in 6 months & nothing would have happened.
@talk2anuradha@DharmaPartyInd It takes decades to build a political party. You could join hands with @annamalai_k . It’s a J curve. Slow for many many years & then takes off.
@blsanthosh@dpradhanbjp UGC guidelines also happened under him. Country has been divided along the lines of caste using reservation.
BTW - you better concentrate on Karnataka where BJP is going down the drain.
Much needed shock treatment for BJP & Modi. They had it too easy in last 5 years. An opposition that is 100X worse than BJP has given them free run. Hope they listen to their own core supporters when there is criticism. #NEET
@narendramodi Ok you mean Dharmendra Pradhan staying as a minister is not more important than welfare & future of our youth ? He should have been sacked 4 months ago.
@theskindoctor13 TBH this was a genuine issue. Pradhan has been highly incompetent & should have been dropped from cabinet long ago. But the background of these protest organisers is so shady, one tends to support government of the day.
Bhaghat singhs are going to raise from every corner of the country. Part of the blame lies with @narendramodi & @HMOIndia for being clueless as to how to contain the judiciary which has gone rogue
Mr. Gulshan Pahuja Sent to Jail in Contempt Case
Mr. Gulshan Pahuja was taken into custody today. He is currently under police custody and is expected to be shifted to Tihar Jail tomorrow.
A brief background: Mr. Pahuja has been advocating for audio-video recording of court proceedings since 2014, along with several other judicial reforms. In 2022, he uploaded a YouTube video in which he interviewed two lawyers who had raised allegations concerning the judiciary. Contempt proceedings were subsequently initiated against both lawyers as well as Mr. Pahuja.
The two lawyers tendered unconditional apologies before the court. Mr. Pahuja, however, chose not to apologize, despite the judges repeatedly advising him to do so. Instead of taking what many would have considered the easier path of apologizing and returning home, he chose to stand by his views, knowing it could result in imprisonment.
In the interview, Mr. Pahuja had described the judiciary as "dictators," a remark that formed part of the contempt proceedings.
Last month, I also recorded a podcast with Mr. Pahuja, during which he spoke about what he described as his deeply unpleasant experience during the court proceedings. He said that he was humiliated, ridiculed, and mocked for not being fluent in English. Despite this, he remained steadfast in his position.
Now, after nearly a year of legal proceedings, Mr. Gulshan Pahuja has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment.
International media in the last 30 days: "India Hunger strike", "protests in India", "Floods in India."
🇮🇳India in the last 30 days:
July 19, 2026: Indian Gen-Z team wins 4 gold medals (top rank) at International Chemistry Olympiad and medals at the International Biology Olympiad.
July 18, 2026: Young Indians working at Skyroot Aerospace successfully launch Vikram-1, India’s first privately developed orbital-class rocket, from Sriharikota, placing payloads into Low Earth Orbit.
July 17, 2026: PM Modi flags off India’s first indigenous hydrogen-powered passenger train (10-coach set) from Jind station, Haryana, on the Jind-Sonipat route as an inaugural service.
July 14, 2026: DRDO completes successful military field trials of an indigenous scalable fiber-based Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) system for secure strategic communications.
July 13, 2026: Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway (63 km), India’s first barrier-free expressway with satellite-based tolling, opens to traffic.
July 12, 2026: Young Indian team wins 5 gold medals at the 56th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO 2026) in Colombia, securing joint world #1 rank.
July 11, 2026: RM Rajnath commissions INS Mahendragiri, the sixth Project 17A stealth frigate, in Visakhapatnam (~75% indigenous content).
Early–mid July 2026: Vimag Labs (Bengaluru) secures its 5th Indian patent for the Virtual Magnet Synchronous Motor (VMSM), a software-defined rare-earth-free electric motor platform.
Early July 2026: ISRO announces plans for a new Satellite Earth Station campus near Ledo in Assam to strengthen space communication in the Northeast.
Early July 2026: IIT Gandhinagar team wins a grant for developing indigenous liquid cooling plates for AI data centres, EVs, and high-performance electronics.
June 26, 2026: Nuclear heat-based hydrogen production facility (copper-chlorine thermochemical cycle) commissioned at Kalpakkam using Fast Breeder Reactor process heat.
June 24, 2026: ISRO successfully conducts hot test of semi-cryogenic engine power head at 175 tonnes thrust level.
June 24, 2026: RDSO (with ARAI) successfully conducts full-scale crashworthiness testing of LHB coaches for enhanced passenger safety.
June 21, 2026: PM Modi commissions three indigenously built warships in Kolkata: INS Dunagiri (Project 17A stealth frigate), INS Sanshodhak (hydrographic survey vessel), and INS Agray (ASW shallow water craft).
June 15, 2026: DRDO successfully flight-tests the indigenous Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM) from Odisha; all objectives met.
June 10–11, 2026: DRDO conducts successful Phase-2 Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) trials and anti-ship missile tests, demonstrating capabilities against long-range ballistic threats including ICBM-class.
Mid-June 2026: India’s defence production reaches a record ₹1.78 lakh crore in FY 2025-26.
Mid-June 2026: Maiden flight of the indigenous C-295 military transport aircraft highlighted as a major self-reliance milestone in aviation (with 40 aircraft under production in India).
June 13, 2026: First batch of women cadets trained at NDA commissioned into the defence forces. Marking the start of an women empowered era in defence.