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⭕️ Trump Jr. secretly holds stake in Texas oil refinery startup that secured nine-figure investment from India’s richest family
Donald Trump Jr. secretly acquired a stake in America First Refining, a struggling Texas oil refinery startup that subsequently received a nine-figure investment from India’s Reliance Industries—owned by the Ambani family, whose patriarch had been publicly targeted by the Trump administration over Russian oil purchases just months earlier—according to a new investigation from ProPublica.
The investment coincided with a series of U.S. policy wins for Reliance, including a dramatic tariff reduction on India, a license to purchase Venezuelan oil, and a sanctions waiver to buy Russian crude.
Read more about the Trump-Ambani connection at the link below.
A Life That Served a Purpose
In a world chasing fleeting applause, some souls choose the long, quiet road of service. Today, welfare economist Jean Drèze has been honoured with a global award for his profound research on poverty and inequality in India.
Born in Belgium, he made India his home and its people his purpose. With a scholar’s rigour and a revolutionary’s heart, he stood beside the forgotten—documenting their struggles, amplifying their voices, and shaping policies that reached millions.
His tireless advocacy helped birth two landmark legislations that still stand as lifelines: the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), which offered dignity through work to the rural poor, and the National Food Security Act, which sought to ensure no one sleeps hungry in a land of plenty.
This is not just an award. It is recognition of a life lived in radical empathy. Of choosing dusty villages over ivory towers. Of measuring success not in citations or comfort, but in the quiet lifting of human suffering.
Jean Drèze reminds us that the highest calling is to use one’s intellect, privilege, and time in the service of those who have the least.
In an age of cynicism, his journey is a living ode:
To knowledge that heals. To scholarship that serves. To a life that mattered.
Congratulations and Thank You Professor Drèze.
India is better because you walked among us.
May your example inspire a new generation to stop performing compassion and start practising it—with depth, persistence, and love.
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#JeanDreze #ServiceAboveSelf #India #SocialJustice
#WATCH | Gujarat: People of Valsad face severe water shortage. They are stepping down into wells which are more than 45 feet deep with the help of ropes to get water.
Rendering a long-awaited judgment, the Supreme Court recently closed a batch of petitions seeking reliefs against various alleged hate speech offences.
Read more: https://t.co/nmbCRMfVcn
#SupremeCourt#HateSpeech