Pragg creates history by becoming the first Indian to win Norway Chess 2026! Huge congratulations to Pragg, his family, and his team. What a feat for the youngster! ❤️😍
#norwaychess#praggnandhaa
📸: @ram_abhyudaya
So @HDFCLIFE has some random person as a nominee for my term insurance policy this year, when the last year's annual policy statement had my wife's name. Have asked for documentation based on which they changed the nomination this year. Let's see what response I get.
It was sometime in the early 2000s, at an Industry gathering in Mumbai, speaker after speaker stood up and thundered India is the IT superpower, ready to take on the world.
Then it was the turn of Pramod Haque to speak, he started -
I am as unabashedly an American as I am proud of my Indian origin, and it gives me great pleasure to see India's progress. But let me add a bit of a warning here to you all. We Americans are giving you the work of yesterday and the work of today, so we can work on the technology of tomorrow…’
That message has stayed with me since. I remember it every time a new wave of technology hits us.
I have narrated this to many people over the years; mostly, people smirked and moved on to talking about something else.
A masterclass on how to design a clickbait.
Headline: First-time MLA
Deep inside the article:
"Ritabrata, who has had two stints in the Rajya Sabha (once each under TMC and Left)"
The way @AnthropicAI has managed the session compaction and context is phenomenal. The product has become much more useable now and I've been doing heavy work on the same thread for days now.
This is such a nice thing to have!
I'd be happy if some destinations would enable this and put it up on their website as an additional sales tool!
@zenx - You should add this and get it on your website!
29th May - International Everest Day.
On this very day in 1953, Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary summitted Mt Everest for the very first time.
The 2026 season has been one of the busiest ever. Let's revisit some of the most notable achievements of 2026. 🧵
Looking forward to an interesting conversation with Gen. Manoj Pande (Retd), this Saturday.
Event open for all - registration required (see link below).
Saturday, May 30, 6 pm at Kale Hall, Gokhale Institute Campus.
@PuneSamvad1@Manojpochat@PuneIntCentre@MCCIA_Pune
VIDEO | Rajasthan: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio departs from Jaipur for Delhi to attend the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting.
(Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/n147TvrpG7)
Look at the situation today morning at @aaipunairport this is just 50-70 meters from main gate of our international airport. Both the side of so called VIP airport road is blocked by Taxi, Auto and vehicles in front of #Aeromall. It’s creating havoc for citizens who are travelling. There is no single Traffic police 👮 here …in and around all 500 meters road near airport is blocked by these vehicles. But no action & solution by @PuneCityPolice@PuneCityTraffic@CPPuneCity! Same issue we all raising multiple times. @mohol_murlidhar ji @MDNagpure ji this needs to be solved. I don’t see entry road to any airport in any city jammed like Pune. Ma. @Dev_Fadnavis ji 🙏🙏🙏
"You have a lot to learn" - with that smirk on your face.
@GaurieD you just performed a masterclass as a woman journalist in pulling down another young woman journalist in public.
I hope you introspect.
“Why are you crying about the re-exam? It’s not like you’ll forget everything you studied in a few weeks. If you are a good student, you can study again and still score well.”
Well, that’s not how things work. Competitive examinations are not merely tests of knowledge, but also tests of timing, mental conditioning, emotional stability, and peak performance achieved after months or years of disciplined preparation. Serious students structure their entire routine around one examination date, carefully managing sleep, revision cycles, stress levels, mock tests, and mental sharpness to perform at their absolute best on that particular day.
When an exam is cancelled despite their honest effort, they are forced to recreate the same level of focus and intensity again, which is mentally exhausting and usually impossible with the same efficiency.
The hardest-working students are affected the most because they invest the greatest emotional and mental energy into preparation. After the first exam, many experience burnout, fatigue, reduced concentration, emotional numbness, and loss of momentum. Even if their knowledge remains intact, their sharpness may decline during the re-exam.
Most damaging of all, paper leaks weaken a sincere student’s faith in merit itself. When students realize that even years of hard work cannot protect them from systemic failures caused by others’ dishonesty, it creates frustration, helplessness, and distrust toward institutions.
This is why a leak-proof exam is non-negotiable, the bare minimum that can be done for hard working students.