#Bengaluru: When contract pourakarmikas (civic workers) demanded their services be regularised (be made permanent), Bengaluru Development minister Krishna Byre Gowda retorted: “30% of you do not report for work on a daily basis and the city is unclean, people are blaming us. Should we still make you permanent when you don’t report for work?”
What are your thoughts ?
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How much of India’s mass consumption happened after 2014?
- 71% of ACs
- 70% of Mobile Phones
-70% of Washing Machines
- 67% of Refrigerators
- 65% of PCs
- 65% of Passenger Vehicles
- 65% of Two-Wheelers
Consumption is built on the purchasing power of the masses.
But some decades consume more than others as millions enter higher levels of prosperity.
🍽️ Hyderabad’s food heritage is as rich as its history.
Some of the city’s most iconic food institutions have been serving generations of Hyderabadis:
🥇 Hameedi Confectioners 1913 | Mozamjahi Market/Nampally
🍛 Grand Hotel — 1935 | Abids
☕ Garden Café — 1941 | Secunderabad
🍛 Madina Hotel — 1947 | Pathergatti, Charminar
🥞 Taj Mahal Hotel — 1948 | Abids
🥖 Subhan Bakery — 1948 | Nampally
🍦 Famous Ice Cream — 1951 | Mozamjahi Market
🍬 Agra Sweets — 1951 | Banjara Hills
🍛 Paradise — 1953 | Secunderabad
🥖 Karachi Bakery — 1953 | Mozamjahi Market
🍛 Hotel Niagara — 1969 | Chaderghat
🥡 Haiking — 1972 | Himayatnagar
🍛 Café Bahar — 1973 | Basheerbagh/Himayatnagar
☕ Café Niloufer — 1978 | Lakdikapul
🍖 Hotel Nayaab — 1986 | Chatta Bazar, Charminar
🍛 Hotel Shadab — 1986 | Ghansi Bazaar, Charminar
☕ Nimrah Café & Bakery — 1993 | Charminar
🍛 Bawarchi — 1994 | RTC X Roads
From Jouzi Halwa and Osmania biscuits to Irani chai, biryani, haleem, nihari and traditional tiffins, these aren’t just restaurants—they are living pieces of Hyderabad’s culinary history. ❤️
How many have you visited? Which one is your favourite? 🍛☕️
6 scientists, 120 research papers, 1 big bet. This IISc startup aims to put India on GaN map
For Agnit founders, the goal is clear–in the next 5 yrs, build a globally relevant product, which specialises in the design & mfg of GaN-powered semiconductors.
https://t.co/jir50i380k
The Consensus tracks over 120 of the best developer blogs, and that number grows each week. There's now a dedicated feed page for this group. And RSS as well. No subscription needed.
https://t.co/W3LPVayzAi
So many of our "experts" live in America or UK etc, and lecture us from there what is the point of India being a superpower?
If a man does not, utterly naturally and instinctually, want his tribe or collective or nation or state to be strong there is something wrong - or, worse.
The Art of Mathematics" by Béla Bollobás
A very interesting collection of problems.
Volume 1: https://t.co/uLei7MxtmX
Volume 2: https://t.co/8pdwLn9fMg