SAIF ASLAM

Citizen, Analyst, part time political enthusiast... Jamia Alum

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Unfortunately, we are being blocked by certain oligarchs in order to maintain their monopolistic chokehold on the Indian people. You can guess who they are …

This is a crime against the people of India!

[The Indian Express @IndianExpress]

CJP leaders likely to be arrested before October 10 Delhi protest: Saurav Das https://t.co/nsMSNu6XNn

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

Amid protests in India over large-scale changes to voter rolls, Indian authorities should release anyone detained solely for peacefully expressing their views.

Authorities should order police to exercise restraint, stop suspending internet services to stifle protests, and ensure people can protest peacefully. https://t.co/1fg541ihJD

[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

Anthropic’s Economics team is sharing a new model of how AI might affect economic growth, jobs, wages, and more by 2030.

Explore the scenarios, tell us what you think will happen, and see how your answers compare to more than 10,000 Americans. https://t.co/AvQlEZNxR0

[Pratik Sinha @free_thinker]

When @zoo_bear was arrested by Delhi Police in 2022 based on a manufactured complaint, court had ordered 4 days of remand and he was kept in IFSO office in Sector 16 in Dwarka during the remand period. I would go see him from a distance everyday because he was allowed to meet the lawyer everyday, and I would go along, but i wasn't allowed to speak with him. Once he was going to be taken for a health checkup (as part of regular procedure), which would mean he would have to be put into a police van and taken to the hospital. I was present there at that point in time and saw a lone camera person standing outside the gate. I was intrigued as to how does this media person know that Zubair's going to be taken for a checkup. I asked him which media organisation he's from, and it of course turned out to be ANI. Essentially Delhi Police had informed ANI that the camera person should be there so that the images can be shown widely on social media. Thankfully, that case didn't go the Umar Khalid way and he eventually got bail in 23 days. In those days, he was shuttled between different towns of UP and Delhi and the ANI camera followed him everywhere. Today, Swatantra Bhardwaj has been sent to police remand for an actual crime, but ANI has no photos to show.

[Prashant Bhushan @pbhushan1]

For years the fraud Sadhguru told followers who paid 50L to him to go to Kailash/Mansarovar through him that he will not allow them to die. Now that 77 of them perished in the Nepal tragedy, he takes refuge under the laws of physics! https://t.co/Jo6dVWAN3R

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

A recent NITI Aayog report said some 94,000 government schools were closed over the past decade, an average of 25 a day, contributing to a 2.26 crore decline in government school enrolment. The government schools’ share of total enrolment has fallen from 71% in 2005 to 49.24% in 2024-25.

✍️ G. Ramakrishnan

https://t.co/nIXSoWuJkN

[Naveen Patnaik @Naveen_Odisha]

I am deeply anguished to know that the legendary colour of the Indian hockey team’s jersey has been changed to saffron. The iconic shade of blue of the Indian hockey team is not just a colour. It is an emotion associated with the nation’s sporting heritage.

For decades, this colour united us in hope, in victory, in defeat and in the pursuit of sporting excellence. We have cried, laughed, celebrated and stood proudly with our men and women in blue. Wearing the blue jersey our teams have won Olympic medals with the national anthem playing on the world stage. #Blue is derived from the blue chakra in our national flag. It is a symbol of our national pride and identity. The colour blue belongs to every Indian.

When the national hockey teams were struggling for sponsors, #Odisha created history by being the first and only state to support our national teams and our beloved game. Every Odia across the globe was proud of the state’s gift to national hockey. After 41 long years, our men’s team won an Olympic medal. Just because the government changed in Odisha, it should not change our national team colours. This is petty politics of the worst kind.

Our blue jersey is to us what the iconic stripes are to Argentina and the yellow jersey is to Brazil. It is etched in our collective memory. Any change in this colour, is a crass attempt to erase our priceless sporting legacy. National symbols are meant to unite us not divide.

I am given to understand that this step was taken under pressure from the BJP Government in Odisha. Those in authority may deny it, but the fact is that for the last two years, everybody in Odisha has seen the obsession of this government with changing colours of buildings, buses and even bridges. It is the only work that is happening in Odisha today. But now the same government has changed the colours of our national team. I strongly condemn this attempt by BJP Odisha to politicise a national game like hockey. It has deeply hurt the sentiments of lakhs of sports lovers across the country and the pride with which Odisha has supported the national hockey.

#Hockey
#MenInBlue
#WomenInBlue

[Manisha Pande @MnshaP]

Remember the truck full of stones that appeared near the CJP protest site in Jantar Mantar?

@ImAvdheshkumar traced the vehicle with its registration number. It was not a stray truck: the Delhi Police had seized it four days earlier
https://t.co/weHmvyvYb0

[Financial Times @FT]

Just published: front page of the Financial Times, international edition, Wednesday July 22 https://t.co/bF6dHuzusQ

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

🇮🇳 Indian police have fired tear gas and baton-charged protesters in New Delhi, as they tried to march on parliament to demand the resignation of the education minister over irregularities in major examinations.
➡️ https://t.co/OSlTRpnaWk

[Filmfare @filmfare]

Actor-activist #PrakashRaj joined the #CJP protest, holding up the Constitution as the crowd erupted in cheers.

(Video Credit: PTI)

#NEETProtest #Trending #Celebs

[SAIF ASLAM @iamdesaif]

@traderepublic 2 of my incoming payments have been rejected and its been 2 weeks and i have not received any helpful response from customer support despite your big claims of 24*7 support. any help ?

[Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep]

IMPORTANT: Yet another high profile corruption case from UPA era falls flat. ‘Not an iota of evidence, CBI miserably failed": Delhi court acquits all accused in 2012 Bander Coal block case. Please think of HC Gupta, former coal secretary, widely acknowledged in IAS circles as a man of integrity, whose reputation was destroyed by alleged coal scam. What does it say about CBI’s track record in such cases? https://t.co/akXu6ce8Rf

[Pawan Khera 🇮🇳 ಪವನ್ ಖೇರಾ @Pawankhera]

Was “Abki baar, Modi sarkar” also the result of similar "clerical errors"?

[The Times Of India @timesofindia]

67% of India's #unemployed youth are #graduates: Report

Data showed that around 67% of unemployed youth in 2023 (around 1.1 crore) in the country were graduates, up from 32% in 2004 (30 lakh).

More details 🔗https://t.co/fpThDyKP0j

[The New York Times @nytimes]

From @TheAthletic: One of India’s greatest cricketers has criticized the decision of an English team to sign a Pakistan international, claiming it could indirectly contribute to the death of Indian soldiers and civilians. https://t.co/JDEMGmygzY

[Bloomberg Opinion @opinion]

Indian Prime Minister Modi is finding that his elevated global profile isn’t giving him much edge during a cooking gas crisis https://t.co/wW2cY4XNJz

[Live Law @LiveLawIndia]

J. Sreedharan : Kya mandir mein aisa restriction lagta hai? #MahaKumbhMela mein stampede hui, did you restrict 2 persons per 3 sq feet? Agar koi Hindu ghar mein bhajan kar raha hai to kya unhe aisa karne se roka jaa sakta hai?

#AllahabadHighCourt

[The Caravan @thecaravanindia]

Archives | India Today branded Narendra Modi the “Hero of Hatred” after the Gujarat violence in 2002. The next year, Modi was an honoured guest at the India Today Conclave.

From December 2022, read Aathira Konikkara's (@aathira_vk) reportage on the submission of India Today Group: https://t.co/2Unqa4t5Zn