Tabula Rasa

Half crazy, half sane. I read books and worry about the world.

[Tabula Rasa @hermitesslove]

@appadappajappa depressing news, great pun.

[Pritesh Shah @priteshshah_]

Road caves in at Bhandup amid heavy rain in Mumbai.
Mumbai is being dug up in the name of redevelopment, but where is the planning and public safety? city's infrastructure keeps failing with every spell of rain.
#MumbaiRains

[Richa Pinto @richapintoi]

Area wise rain fall recorded in Mumbai today (8 am-2 pm)

Colaba – 67 mm
Sion – 58 mm
Matunga – 51 mm
Vikhroli – 164 mm
Powai – 154 mm
Ghatkopar – 137 mm
Versova – 144 mm
Jogeshwari – 128 mm
Chakala, Andheri – 127 mm
Andheri Fire Station area – 125 mm
K/West Ward Office, Andheri West – 124 mm

#Mumbairains

[ANMOL JAMWAL @jammypants4]

#Panjab95 starring Diljit Dosanjh just dropped on ZEE5 out of nowhere as Satluj!

After 3 years of censorship & delays!

This should have been a theatrical release.

[Mumbai Rains @IndiaWeatherMan]

In least surprising news IMD Mumbai Radar has stopped working since last night just when potentially wettest period of the season around the corner. We in Mumbai at least bit lucky that Radar works on most days, Most of the other cities Radars are always down. Zero accountability

[The Times Of India @timesofindia]

In a bizarre administrative anomaly that has left the local health department scrambling for answers, a proposed 100-bed civil hospital in #Indore's Khajrana area has been fully functioning "on paper" for six years, despite not having a single brick laid, or even a finalized plot of land.

Six years ago, #MadhyaPradesh state government announced the setting up of a modern civil hospital in Khajrana.

More details 🔗https://t.co/BUkO3lzHsD

Read the full story on the TOI App 👉https://t.co/ogFaRsVinV

[Saket Gokhale @SaketGokhale]

It has been 24 hours since the BBC broke this EXTREMELY SHOCKING story.

There has not been a single official word yet from the Govt of India. Indian TV media has completely IGNORED this.

While the Modi Govt has been issuing hundreds of takedown notices for any content criticizing them, monsters have been openly running ads on Instagram selling CSA videos.

Question is:

👉 Why was this never flagged or deleted by the Govt of India?

👉 Why has there been no action against Meta for this?

👉 Why has the Govt not issued a SINGLE STATEMENT? Why are comments being planted through “sources”?

👉 Why has Noida TV media not asked a single question about this to the Modi Govt?

Content takedown laws are being misused to crack down on criticism of Modi-Shah. At the same time, CSA videos are being openly sold on Instagram in India.

The Modi-Shah govt is a shameless, criminal, heartless, & monstrous cabal of crooks. And they are enabled by a CRIMINAL TV media which prefers licking the govt’s boots rather than protecting children.

How do these people even sleep at night?

[vivo @vivo2hin]

US woman discovers Indira Gandhi's pharma IP regime

[Naomi Datta @nowme_datta]

The lakes. The lakes. That is all that matters

[Indian Women Voices @Indianpatriachy]

Good morning, India. Another minor girl was murdered for resisting rape.

[Venkatesh Alla @venkat_fin9]

Mumbai–Ahmedabad Highway.

Forget about matching India's roads to the USA. At this rate, many National Highways in India are becoming worse than roads in Somalia.

Is this the "world-class infrastructure" we were promised, @nitin_gadkari? Taxpayers deserve answers, not slogans.

[Mid Day @mid_day]

A substation wall collapsed in Mulund, falling onto a parked auto-rickshaw and causing no casualties as the vehicle was unoccupied. Residents say repeated complaints about the structure had been ignored for years.

[Mumbai Nowcast @s_r_khandelwal]

Issuing 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐓 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐢 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝟒-𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 🔴 #MumbaiRains

Extremely Heavy Rains likely over Entire MMR Region leading to Travel Disruption and localised flooding⛈️🌊

50% of July rainfall expected in 48-72 hour period🚨 Stay indoors this weekend!!

[IndiaToday @IndiaToday]

A 35-year-old man has been arrested by Gurugram Police for allegedly setting his partner on fire after pouring kerosene on her during a dispute that erupted when she discovered he was already married. The woman, who suffered critical burn injuries in the incident, later died during treatment.

Police have recovered a bottle of kerosene believed to have been used in the crime and have taken the accused into two-day police custody as the investigation continues.

Read More: https://t.co/3OFHSczxTa
#Gurugram #crime #CrimeNews @_anshuls

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

@instagram @telegram @divyaconnects @treatednickel @danielsilas @BBCAnshul @alishan_jafri Here's the painful article by the BBC on, @instagram running ads promoting child sexual abuse material in India. Thanks to @divyaconnects @treatednickel
@danielsilas, @BBCanshul and @alishan_jafri 🙏 https://t.co/mJEsNZOQDD

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

@instagram @telegram Do watch the full BBC investigation by

@divyaconnects @treatednickel
@danielsilas, @BBCanshul and @alishan_jafri
https://t.co/cDoWYB6XSR

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

BREAKING: INSTAGRAM HAS BEEN RUNNING PAID ADS PROMOTING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL IN INDIA!
This is causing harm to children in the real world because @instagram is providing a marketplace for child sexual abuse. When BBC reporter @divyaconnects questions Head of @Meta in India. This is how he responds. Investigation by @bbcworldservice.

[Ruben Mascarenhas @rubenmasc]

Depending on where you live, Mumbai’s monsoon magic either transforms the city into a gutter or a tropical paradise.

The experience of the monsoon is a direct function of your privilege.

#MumbaiRains

[The Times Of India @timesofindia]

A 17-year-old girl died after suffering electric shock in a waterlogged area outside her residential building in Mumbra on Wednesday night. Police have registered an FIR against officials of Torrent Power Limited for alleged negligence.

More details 🔗 https://t.co/QHWdxvboaa

Catch every update on the TOI App 👉 https://t.co/ogFaRsUKyn

[Alok Patel @AlokPatel]

Just so people know:

BMC has 1,00,000 employees excluding contractual staff.

They eat up around 15,000 crores in wage bills every year/

That's half the budget of the BMC.