Dhananjay Apte

[Relatable Guru @Relatable_Guru]

IRCTC won a argument finally 😂

[Abhinav Mishra @abhinav_blogger]

मैं यह ट्वीट हर रोज़ करूँगा, बार बार करूँगा। ✅

जामिया की FREE UPSC कोचिंग में ⬇️

SC लड़के-लड़कियां आवेदन कर सकते हैं।

ST लड़के-लड़कियां आवेदन कर सकते हैं।

मुस्लिम लड़के-लड़कियां आवेदन कर सकते हैं।

OBC और General वर्ग से केवल लड़कियों को प्रवेश का अवसर है।

आख़िर OBC/EWS और General वर्ग के लड़कों के लिए दरवाज़े क्यो बंद हैं ?

टैक्स पेयर का पैसा है, इसका हिसाब कौन देगा ?🤷🏻‍♂️

[Amit Paranjape @aparanjape]

"Strike at the roots and whole tree (the Mughal Empire) will also fall down. Listen to my counsel and I shall plant the Maratha Flag on the walls of Attock", said a young ambitious and confident Peshwa Bajirao.

Today is the 326th Janmatithi of this 'Ajinkya Yoddha' - a great warrior and leader who expanded the Maratha power, well north of the Narmada.

Constantly on the move through his 20 year reign, he never lost a major battle. A master of cavalry movements, he subdued much bigger armies through his speed, sharp strategies and actions.

The Battles of Palkhed, Bhopal and Talkatora (Delhi) standout among his many successes.

During his tenure, his younger brother Chimaji Appa also won many important battles, including the one at Vasai, where the Marathas defeated the Portuguese and evicted them from North Konkan and Thane.

Checkout @MulaMutha's excellent book about the era of Bajirao:

https://t.co/CzIXAriQgW

[Rishi Bagree @rishibagree]

In 1992, Enron, a prominent U.S. company, planned to establish a power plant in Dabhol, Maharashtra, with a proposed investment of $2 billion. However, fierce local opposition stalled the project, leading Enron to file a $600 million compensation lawsuit against the Indian government.

Under the Vajpayee government, Harish Salve, a distinguished Indian lawyer, was appointed to defend India’s interests in this high-stakes international arbitration.

Shockingly, P. Chidambaram, a prominent Congress leader, served as Enron’s legal counsel, advocating against India’s interests.

When the UPA government came to power in 2004, with Chidambaram as Finance Minister, he could no longer directly represent Enron but continued to provide legal advice, reportedly favouring the company.

In a stunning move, the UPA government removed Harish Salve from the case and appointed Khawar Qureshi, a UK-based lawyer of Pakistani origin, to represent India.

The decision to entrust a sensitive case involving billions in taxpayer money to a foreign lawyer with ties to Pakistan raised serious questions about the Congress-led government’s judgment and priorities.

Despite India’s strong position in the arbitration, the questionable decisions - Chidambaram’s prior ties to Enron and the appointment of Qureshi led to a predictable outcome: India lost the case.

The government was forced to pay substantial settlements of $800 million to Bechtel & General Electric, who had acquired Enron’s stakes after its bankruptcy. Additionally, Qureshi was paid exorbitant legal fees, further burdening Indian taxpayers.

Notably, Khawar Qureshi later represented Pakistan in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case at the International Court of Justice, underscoring the irony of Congress’s choice.
And Guess who represented India - Harish Salve, who won the case and stayed the death sentence of Yadav, along with getting him consular access, only for a Fee of Rs 1.

This episode, often downplayed by the media, highlights a disturbing pattern of mismanagement and questionable loyalties under the Congress-led UPA.

Their handling of the Dabhol case reflects a legacy of decisions that prioritised foreign interests and compromised India’s sovereignty, leaving taxpayers to bear the cost of their failures.

[Anand Ranganathan @ARanganathan72]

Brits murdered 35 million of us, contrived 12 devastating famines, looted $45 trillion, reduced India to an opium economy, broke us in two, left us with a life expectancy of 32 years. But we survived.

India is beautiful because Indians are beautiful. Happy Independence Day! 🇮🇳

[Anuradha Tiwari @talk2anuradha]

This cash before elections politics will ensure that no honest person can ever enter politics in this country.

What a sad path for a developing country !

[Ritu #सत्यसाधक @RituRathaur]

Dear Hindus,

Don’t be #shocked. 🚨

Compare the Waqf assets before 2014 and after 2014.

You will clearly see how Bharat is being slowly handed over to Islamists…

…and by the very leaders many Hindus still believe are on the side of Hindutva.

[Abhinay Pandey @AbhinayWithYou]

Hot take: Rich SC/ST are the biggest enemy to poor SC/ST.

[Anshul Saxena @AskAnshul]

A Civic Sense Programme should be created in India.

Public property has little importance in India. It is often treated as if damaging or misusing it does not really matter. We not only need to change this mindset, but also need to develop a sense of responsibility.

Civic sense should be taught to school children right from the beginning, from Nursery or LKG itself, in both govt and private schools.

A rule should be introduced that those who receive freebies from the govt should also be required to join a civic sense programme. They should be given proper training in civic sense and public responsibility.

Another important step could be the introduction of a Civic Sense Penalty System, especially on trains. It is often seen that even in premium trains, some highly educated passengers create a lot of litter and make their surroundings dirty. They should be penalised under a Civic Sense Penalty System.

India does not only need better infrastructure, it needs citizens who respect the infrastructure that already exists.

[Anand Ranganathan @ARanganathan72]

BREAKING: Bill tabled in Parliament making it mandatory for the President, the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice, and all their near and dear ones to be treated for their medical needs and emergencies only by doctors who obtained -40 marks out of 800 in NEET-PG medical exam.

[Anshul Saxena @AskAnshul]

In 1957, around 200–300 Valmiki sanitation workers were brought from Punjab to Jammu & Kashmir by the then J&K govt during a sanitation workers' strike. They and their descendants were not granted Permanent Resident Certificates (PRCs).

For 62 years, they and their children were not allowed to apply for govt jobs. They could only work as sanitation workers in the J&K govt because they were denied PRCs.

Valmiki Dalits became eligible for govt jobs for the first time since 1957 when Article 370 was abrogated in J&K on 5th August 2019. A year later, the govt began granting them Domicile Certificates.

The biggest irony is that this story came into the national spotlight only after Article 370 was abrogated. Self-proclaimed champions of Dalit rights barely spoke about the discrimination faced by Valmiki Dalits in J&K, who were denied equal opportunities for over six decades.

Those who loudly invoke "Jai Bhim, Jai Meem" and keep claiming that the Constitution is in danger never made this injustice a national issue. Why? Was it because it didn't fit the politics and agenda behind the "Jai Bhim, Jai Meem" narrative?

[Parimal @Fintech03]

Ask 100 Indians what Borosil makes & 99 will tell you about the microwave safe glass bowl sitting in their kitchen cabinet.

They have no idea that the same company quietly engineered a high precision materials breakthrough that powers global cleantech supply chains :))

In 2010, long before "Atmanirbhar Bharat" became a mainstream tech narrative, India imported 100% of its solar glass, primarily from China. Solar glass is not standard window glass. It requires extremely low iron content so light passes straight through to the PV cells w/o reflecting away precious energy.

The Kheruka family decided to solve a fundamental physics problem in materials science: How do you make solar glass thinner w/o making it fragile?

Standard solar panels used heavy 3.2mm / 4mm tempered glass. The extra weight limited roof loads, complicated logistics & raised production costs.

Borosil’s R&D team spent yrs perfecting chemical formulations & precision thermal tempering processes at their plant in Bharuch, Gujarat.

The result?

They engineered & commercialized the world’s 1st 2mm fully tempered solar glass.

Why this matters for engineering.....

- Thin glass normally shatters under high heat / thermal shock. Achieving full structural temper on a 2mm sheet meant the glass could survive extreme weather, hail impacts & high winds while cutting module weight by 30%+.

- Lower thickness means less light absorption within the glass matrix itself, boosting overall solar cell efficiency.

- They eliminated toxic antimony from their glass formulation, creating a 100% recyclable solar glass, a feat European manufacturers took yrs to replicate.

Beyond clean energy, if you walk into any premier research lab across India, from CSIR institutions to university chemistry departments, the volumetric flasks, beakers & distillation setups lining the benches bear the iconic Borosil stamp.

Standard glass expands & contracts unpredictably when heated, ruining precise fluid measurements. Borosil’s low-expansion borosilicate 3.3 formulation withstands rapid thermal shifts up to 300°C w/o cracking, providing the baseline accuracy Indian scientists have relied on for decades to run core chemical & biological experiments.

While the consumer brand built a household name on kitchen durability, the underlying mastery of high-purity silica, thermal dynamics & thin-film glass tempering turned a domestic glassware maker into a global solar materials innovator.

Remember, the glass sitting on your dinner table comes from the exact same chemical DNA that powers the clean energy transition.

[Anuradha Tiwari @talk2anuradha]

> Students get MBBS seats via Reservation
> Failed exams for 15 years
> Blamed teachers for caste discrimination
> University held extra classes- still failed
> Hired outside examiners- failed again

Finally, university begged Medical Council to just give them degrees.

[Ranvir Shorey @RanvirShorey]

Bravo, Mira! This should have been raised and corrected by us as a civilisation decades ago! 🙌🏽👏🏽

[THE SKIN DOCTOR @theskindoctor13]

He's Tukaram Mundhe, a 2005-batch IAS from Maharashtra.

Over the last few weeks, you might have heard his name. That is because he was recently appointed Commissioner of State’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Since taking charge, the FDA has been on an absolute warpath, raiding illegal, fake, synthetic, and adulterated products. From synthetic milk networks and adulterated paneer to illegal gutkha and unhygienic eateries, nothing has escaped his radar.

Mundhe has made it clear that even the most famous names will not get a free pass. His department shocked Mumbai by suspending the food licenses of iconic establishments, such as the 73-year-old Marine Drive ice cream parlor K. Rustom & Co., alongside famous eateries like Shalimar Hospitality, Noor Mohammadi Hotel, and Rahmaniya Restaurant, after surprise inspections uncovered severe hygiene violations, including live pests and expired ingredients.

Such is the fear of his crackdowns that, just two days ago, dairy farmers were caught on video spilling hundreds of liters of synthetic milk after rumors of an impending FDA raid spread.

This is his 25th transfer in a 21-year career, a testament to his refusal to bend to political pressure. It makes you wonder: if just one IAS officer can bring about so much change, where would our country be if every bureaucrat were as uncompromising and proactive as him?

[Anshul Saxena @AskAnshul]

Some people who joined CJP protest:

1) Arundhati Roy, who believes that Kashmir is not a part of India.

2) Colin Gonsalves, who filed a mercy petition for 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab.

3) Prashant Bhushan, who approached Supreme Court at midnight to stop the hanging of terrorist Yakub Memon.

4) Nandita Narain, who sang "Bas naam rahega Allah ka" from CJP stage, a poem by Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz.

5) Kunal Kamra, who said from CJP stage - "Yeh log Sita ke Pati ka naam lekar, Nita ke Pati ka kaam kar rahe hain" (They chant the name of Sita's husband, but they serve Nita's husband).

At what point does this even look like a protest against the NEET paper leak? If the objective was truly to seek justice for NEET students, the stage should have been given to the students who were affected by the paper leak, or to the parents whose children lost their lives due to the paper leak. Instead, the platform was given to the Islamo-left ecosystem. It clearly shows the CJP protest organizers' priorities and the real agenda behind the protest.

Sonam Wangchuk should also take a closer look at what is happening around him. He has been reduced to a pawn while others are using his credibility and public image to lend legitimacy to the movement.

A few days ago, Sonam Wangchuk himself remarked from the CJP stage that others were eating at the protest while he was on a hunger strike. He openly expressed disappointment and said - "If you cannot join me in an indefinite hunger strike, at least observe a one-day hunger strike, or skip one meal in solidarity." How many CJP protest organizers acted on his appeal?

He should analyze whether his struggle is being used to advance a broader political or ideological agenda rather than the cause that people believe he is representing, because the CJP protest appears to have become a platform for everything except the NEET paper leak.

[Aditya Raj Kaul @AdityaRajKaul]

Khalistani Terrorism File of last 40+ years. No film made on their brutal terror acts. Countless innocent Sikh, Hindus, Canadian Nationals and Policemen killed by Khalistanis.

[Maithili @SuvarnBharat]

Irony is she is arrested for converting people who believed in Krishna..slow claps for the judge in the court

[Anand Ranganathan @ARanganathan72]

Cancer patient was about to die. She pleaded. Her plea has been listed 57 times. The court has still not heard it. Teesta Setalvad was about to be jailed. She pleaded. Her plea was listed out of turn. The court heard it at midnight.

Cancer patient is dead. Teesta is alive.

[Anshul Saxena @AskAnshul]

A Maharashtra court granted bail to former TCS employee Nida Khan, citing her pregnancy and observing that "no one should be born in prison," while comparing the situation to the birth of Lord Krishna in captivity.

Nida should celebrate that the judge didn't ask her to write an essay on Lord Krishna as a condition for bail.