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Observing moral drift in real time |
You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one | RP is not an endorsement

[Punit Pania @Punit_Pania]

Luckily we approved data centers near lakes with 15 year tax breaks and subsidized water and electricity right before we announced a drought in the state ✌️ too much masterstroke

[Amrish Rau @amrishrau]

Yesterday was the UPI Protest day. It was also holiday - Bapu’s birthday 🙏

We did a Friday over Friday analysis across our merchants. Online and Offline.

UPI GTV up 21%.
Above 2K up 15%

Looks like we ain’t going back to cash.

[Dr.Sivaranjini @dr_sivaranjani]

Why are the rules different? Nestle gets a notice for high amounts of total phosphorus in its low fat dairy whitener when added phosphorus is within permissible limits, but Indians will not get warned about total free sugars and total fats! Why are we going to get FOPLwarnings only about added sugars and added fats?! So that food industry can sell products sweetened with fruit pulp, date syrup, honey etc as 'No sugar' product?!

We all know how the metabolism works in reality. To a child’s developing liver and pancreas, glucose is glucose and fructose is fructose whatever the source is. They cause the exact same insulin spikes and dental caries and affect the liver exactly the same way! Maltodextrins have higher glycemic index than sugar. If FSSAI doesn't come up with FOPL warnings about total sugars and total fats instead of added sugars and added fats, about maltodextrins, and about non nutritive sweeteners as well, the industry is going to wreak havoc! They are going to sell all their products containing date syrup, honey, fruit pulp, fruit juices as 'no sugar' products! Parents will not be warned shout maltodextrins or non nutritive sweeteners!
This is going to be a major flaw in Front-of-Pack Label warnings or FOPL warnings. Consider a packaged fruit puree or fruit pulp bar or a tetrapack with fruit juice. Because the sugar comes from the fruit itself, it is not classified as "added." A child could consume 20 grams of free sugar in one sitting, yet the package will have no warning about the free sugar in it.
The law is not only going to act as a shield for corporate profits but also mislead public into believing that food products containing sugars other than jaggery and sugar, are healthy and that they do not need to show any restraint while consuming them.
#FSSAI #FOPLwarnings #NestleLowfatdairywhitener #totalsugar #totalfat #addedsugars #addedfats #transfats #ultraprocessedfood #HFSS #FOPLwarnings #nonnutritivesweeteners
#totalsalt
@fssaiindia @MoHFW_INDIA

[Mao Keji | मुखर्जी @kejimao]

Many years ago, during my time studying South Asian studies at Johns Hopkins University in the US, my professor solved a long-standing mystery for me: Why do Indians constantly emphasize "purity," yet their public sanitation is so poor?

The answer lies in the fact that what many Indians mean by "purity" is actually ritual compliance, not physical cleanliness. Consequently, a cup of water that looks greasy and filthy can be considered supremely "pure" simply because it was drawn from a specific sacred site, by a specific holy person, at a specific auspicious hour.

Once you grasp this distinction between ritual purity and physical cleanliness, it becomes easy to understand the attitude of many Indian scholars toward democracy. Just as they are willing to ignore physical grime and actual hygiene for the sake of ritual purity, they are equally willing to disregard tangible governance performance for the sake of democratic formality.

This explains why, in the classic debate comparing China and India, whenever outsiders point out that "India lags behind China" based on sheer common sense, the most common and lazy copium is: "We are simply unwilling to compromise our principles."

This is clearly a highly satisfying answer for many, for it allows them to claim the moral high ground while dodging the objective gap in actual performance.

However, the harsh reality is that if a cup of water is contaminated, anyone who drinks it will get very sick, no matter how ritually pure it is deemed to be.

By the same token, no matter how self-gratifying the obsession with democracy is, if it fails to deliver tangible performance, it will be exposed as an illusion the moment it faces a true test of hard power.

[Kajol Srinivasan @LOLrakshak]

Maharashtra has drought of 75% but that won't stop data centres from being built because our intellectual drought is 100%.

If you aren't familiar with the term 'intellectual drought' ask ChatGPT.

[Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) @internetfreedom]

₹2 buys a stranger's home address. We tested a Play Store app with 10M+ downloads selling VAHAN/eChallan data, one number plate gave us the owner's full name, father's name, permanent address, insurance policy, chassis and engine numbers, all of which Parivahan masks behind an OTP.

This isn't a hack. Researchers at Cyderes traced it to licensed API keys given to KYC companies, now resold on Telegram.

IFF has written to MoRTH, NIC & CERT-In demanding a forensic audit, and filed RTIs on 22 Sept. Found your own data on these apps or similar website? Write to [email protected]

[R. K. Singh @RajKSinghIndia]

An open letter to all my countrymen.

Do you want India to remain a democracy? Then you must understand what Gyanesh Kumar, the CEC, and his bosses are doing in the so-called SIR.
They are violating the law.
- As per Section 21 of the law, a special revision is to be undertaken only in special cases, for reasons to be recorded in writing in each case; and that also only in any constituency or part of a constituency. An order for intensive revision for the whole country was illegal. An exception allowed for special cases cannot become the rule. The Supreme Court order upholding the general SIR was wrong.
Another question is - who took the decision for SIR in the whole country? Was it the full commission; or only Gyanesh Kumar.
- Section 21 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, provides that where the revision of an electoral roll is taken up, the electoral roll in force at the time of the issue of the notification of revision shall continue in effect till the completion of the revision. The revised electoral rolls become complete only after all the appeals filed against inclusion or deletion are disposed off. Where the appeals were still pending, the original Electoral roll which was valid on the date of notification was to be used. Contrary to this the new roll with deletions was used during the elections even though appeals against deletions were still pending. This was illegal.

- Section 22 of the RP Act provides that the Electoral Registration Officer, and not anyone else, can remove a voter's name from the roll and that also only on the grounds listed in Section 22(a), (b), and (c); and only after a specific enquiry, after giving the concerned person a reasonable opportunity of being heard, and only after appeals against his order are disposed off. Gyanesh Kumar removed the names of all the voters who had been listed by the ERO's after 2003, without any basis, without any enquiry, and without any show cause to the registered voters. This was blatantly illegal.
The persons whose names were removed summarily had to apply as fresh voters in Form 6 and give evidence that they were eligible to be registered. This is a clear violation of the Supreme Court judgement in Lal Babu Hussain and Others v. Electoral Registration Officer and Others, [(1995) 3 SCC 100], which held that the enquiry authority or the objector and not the voter - must bring forth material evidence to back any claim that an enrolled voter be disqualified. And in such cases the voter must be asked to show cause why his name should not be removed on the basis of the grounds adduced by the enquiry officer. All this did not happen.

The established jurisprudence is that the onus to prove that there are sufficient grounds for subjecting any person to a disability or punishment is on the
person or institution which is seeking to inflict the punishment. Here, Gyanesh Kumar has inverted the burden of proof. This is also against the law.

Up to now, the efforts of the Government and the Election Commission have always been to enroll all eligible voters. It was a mission to deepen democracy and empower all citizens. This is the first time in history of the country that the mission is to disenfranchise people.

Gyanesh Kumar added a new appendix to Form 6. He was not authorised to do so, as Form 6 is mandated by statutory rules. And he added this himself – against the views of the two election commissioners. The decisions of the commission are to be taken either unanimously – or by a majority. The majority was against the addition of the new appendix to the form. So the addition of the new appendix was against the decisions of the Commission itself. So why was it added? On whose orders? This was illegal. This appendix asks the applicant to state the serial number in the 2003 voter list on which their parents' names were listed. Where can an ordinary person – a young man of 18; access the 2003 roll in 2026? This stopped the registration of all young voters. BJP knows that young voters will not vote for it.

Objections to inclusion of voters names in form 7 were filed in bulk. Who filed them? How were the forms accepted and acted upon when the persons who signed it did not appear?

Names of 16 lac voters found valid by the ERO were not registered in Bengal because, it seems, the EC filed appeals against them. Why? On which grounds? Who authorised the Commission to file appeals? Two Election Commissioners say they did not do so. So the Commission did not authorise anyone to file appeals. Who did it? Gyanesh Kumar? These people were prevented from voting in the election.

So the Election Commission and some people from a political party were acting in cahoots to get bogus Form 7 objections filed in bulk and delete names?

How were elections allowed to be held when the appeals of lakhs of voters were pending? The ECI and the Supreme Court have to answer. The appeals which have been decided show that 90% of the voters who were left out were valid.

A ridiculous thing was brought up called "logical discrepancy". Gyanesh Kumar does not have any idea of how the poor live in India. Their children are not born in hospitals. They do not have birth certificates. They do not have calendars in their homes. When the BLO approached them to enroll them in the voter list they gave their estimated year of birth. Similarly, when their fathers' names were enrolled in the electoral roll, they gave their estimated year of birth. The dumb people in the Election Commission, under Gyanesh Kumar, said that any difference of less than 15 years between father and children would be a logical discrepancy justifying excluding their names. The “Logical Discrepancy” names were excluded without enquiry, contrary to sec 21 of the act.

The largest number of exclusions have been the poor and the underprivileged, those without a voice. They were and are mostly away from their homes, earning their daily bread. Lakhs are working in faraway places/states. They could not and cannot afford to go back to their homes for a month to get their names registered. They will go hungry if they do not earn. They cannot fill the complicated forms. They do not have birth certificates and the papers. Why should they sacrifice their daily wages for a vote?

The illegal immigrants are not affected. The first thing they do on entering India is to get their documentation made—Aadhaar card, ration card, etc. The earlier immigrants are their support systems. It is the poor Indian citizens who have been disenfranchised. The dumb people in the Election Commission and their bosses did not understand this. Or they wanted it this way.

Gyanesh Kumar has made a digital electoral roll and empowered it to refuse addition of names because of “Logical discrepancy”. In the name of "Logical discrepancy", the names of millions of voters have not been included. This is against the law. The only authority designated by law to add or delete names and publish the electoral rolls is the Electoral Registration Officer. Contrary to this, the electoral roll was centralised and the revision happened centrally. This was illegal.

Two Election Commissioners pointed out that the only people authorized to add or delete names – the ERO, the DEO and the CEO were not being allowed to access the voter list. In Goa, 97 electors were found by the ERO to be valid and fit for inclusion in the roll. They have not been able to add their names to the roll as yet.

The centralisation of the voter list amendment is dangerous. It can be used to cut voters from booths which vote against NDA. Is this what happened?

Deleting voters names before verification is a heinous offence, and Gyanesh Kumar is guilty thereof.

13 crores names have been deleted by SIR so far. This is 13% of the voters, and SIR is not over. The difference between NDA and INDIA in the 2024 elections was only 3%. So the deletion have had and will have a material impact on the elections.

The press note issued after the Commission meeting on 26th September confirms the illegalities mentioned above.

Did Gyanesh Kumar commit all these illegalities himself or was he directed to do so by his bosses?

The Opposition says that they will impeach Gyanesh Kumar. That is an exercise in futility. They just do not have the numbers. If they really want a remedy, they should file criminal cases against Gyanesh Kumar.

The next step to be taken is that all opposition parties should unite and say that they will not participate in any election till the CEC and Election Commissioners' resign and the selection of their successors is as per the previous selection system, with the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition, and a sitting Supreme Court judge. Elections held in states while the appeals of lakhs of voters were pending must be set aside and fresh elections held. And the poll must be held by ballot not by EVMs because no electronic system has yet been invented which cannot be hacked. That is why none of the economically and digitally advanced countries use EVMs.

If we want to preserve our democracy the whole country will need to be made aware and united.

The reputation of the Supreme Court has been besmirched by the judgement on SIR. It is at par in infamy with the judgement upholding the emergency. Hon’ble Judges may please note.

The procrastination on the challenge to the law on selection of Election Commissioners is also sending a bad message about the Supreme Court – as it is an open and shut case that the Election Commissioners should not be selected by the party in power; but by a neutral selection committee to ensure their neutrality.
Let us unite to save our democracy.
RK Singh
(IAS Retd. Ex Union Home Secretary)

@abhijeet_dipke @Cockroachisback @RahulGandhi @kharge @ArvindKejriwal @MamataOfficial @yadavakhilesh @mkstalin @yadavtejashwi @Pawankhera

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

“When I was pleading with Mumbai police officials to let me go, they just sneered at me and said we need to fill up the empty seats of the deportation airplane,” Sahida Fakir alleged, asking, “How can they be so inhumane? What is my fault? Being a Muslim who speaks Bengali?”

[Enver @benenverkarahan]

Dubai’de ticarete başlayacak birine ilk tavsiyem Burj Khalifayı değil Dragon Martı gezmesi olur :)

Çünkü Dubai’de paranın nerede döndüğünü anlamak istiyorsan önce turistin gördüğü Dubai’den çıkman lazım. Dragon Mart’a git mesela. Aynı ürünü 20 farklı dükkanda gör, kimin stok tuttuğuna bak, adam 1 tane alana kaç para söylüyor 100 tane alana kaç para söylüyor gör. Çin’den gelen ürünün Dubai’ye girdikten sonra nasıl el değiştirdiğini orada çok net anlıyorsun.

Sonra Deira tarafına geç. Naif, Baniyas, Al Ras… Buralar başka bir dünya :) 10 metrekare dükkanda oturan adamın önünden geçip küçümsersin ama adam Pakistan’a Afrika’ya Suudi’ye konteyner gönderiyordur. Toptancıyı, ithalatçıyı, yeniden ihracat yapanı asıl burada görüyorsun.

Sonra Al Quoz’a git. Depoları, otomotivcileri, atölyeleri, servisleri gez. Çünkü Dubai’de vitrinde gördüğün ürünün arkasında bambaşka bir ekonomi dönüyor.

En son Jebel Ali ve Dubai South tarafına git.

Dubai’nin neden ticaret merkezi olduğunu Downtown’da değil buraları gezdikçe daha iyi anlarsınız

Dubai’yi ticaret için tanımak istiyorsanız gökdelenlere değil malın geçtiği yerlere bakın :) arka taraf biraz Afganistan gibidir ama iyidir ahahhaha

[Adv. Sagar Devre | ॲड सागर देवरे @MeeSagarDevre]

मुलुंड येथील मिठागरांवर अदानी समूहा कडून अनधिकृत भरणी.
अजून कोणतीही परवानगी नाही तरी भरणी सुरू! @CollectorMsd, @mybmc
@CMOMaharashtra, @MahaDGIPR
यांच्याकडे मी तक्रार दाखल केली आहे.
@mulund_info @mataonline @SpeakOut16

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Hundreds of Muslims have gathered in the Indian city of Ujjain to protest the partial demolition of a mosque they say is more than 600 years old.

The BJP-led state government says the action is needed to widen roads ahead of the 2028 Hindu pilgrimage.

[The Lallantop @TheLallantop]

आज ‘आसान भाषा में’ समझेंगे:

- बच्चों में मोबाइल की लत कैसे शुरू होती है?
- ज्यादा स्क्रीन टाइम से बच्चों पर क्या असर करता है?
- सोशल मीडिया बच्चों की मेंटल हेल्थ को कैसे बिगाड़ता है?
- कार्टून देखने से बच्चों के बिहेवियर पर क्या असर पड़ता है?
- WHO ने बच्चों के स्क्रीन टाइम के लिए क्या गाइडलाइंस दी?

Full Episode: https://t.co/pjXZBtbrwP

@ktakshish

[Rafia Zakaria @rafiazakaria]

India now has “whites only” establishments to cater to 80,000 Israeli soldiers who vacation there after killing sprees in Gaza.

https://t.co/IKzWkwjWYW

[Pawan Khera 🇮🇳 ಪವನ್ ಖೇರಾ @Pawankhera]

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has officially declared drought in 265 of Maharashtra’s 358 talukas - nearly 75% of the state.

And this is happening as Maharashtra aggressively expands its data-centre industry.

The state has attracted over $300 billion in investment interest for data centres and is targeting 5.7 GW of data-centre capacity by 2032.

Data centres require two critical resources: power and water. The amount of water they consume depends on the cooling technology used, but water requirement is an important consideration, particularly in water-stressed regions like Maharashtra.

The government is reportedly planning a system where municipal corporations treat sewage, MIDC further purifies it, and the reclaimed water is then sold to data centres and other industries.

But few crucial questions arise:

1. When nearly three-fourths of Maharashtra is officially under drought, what is the government’s plan to ensure that the state’s water resources are not diverted away from farmers and ordinary citizens to fuel this massive data-centre expansion?

2. In a state like Maharashtra - which has one of India’s highest farmer-suicide rates - who has the first right over water: farmers or data centres?

3. And if the state is prepared to set up a network to treat sewage and reclaim water for industry, why has no such urgency been shown in providing reliable reclaimed water for farmers - which could help reduce the distress driving farmer suicides?

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

Malaysia's Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan at the UNGA on AI:

"The Global South cannot simply become a destination for data centers while decisions about AI are made elsewhere. We must be partners in innovation, not merely customers and market, and not merely destinations for investment."

[Srinivas Kodali @digitaldutta]

A computer expert from IIT will determine if the ECI Net software is as per various laws and rules in India. Wondering if IIT profs are trained in laws these days to tell if software is constitutional.

[BITTU SHARMA- ‏بٹو شرما @CommonBS786OM]

रज़ा मुराद ने मोदी भक्ति में लीन बॉलीवुड को सच का आइना दिखाया है सच में

दो दिन पहले एक्टर मुश्ताक खान का निधन हुआ
मुशताक ने 30 सालों में बॉलीवुड सभी बड़े स्टार्स के साथ काम किया.

लेकिन उसमें से एक भी जनाज़े में नहीं आया.
रज़ा मुराद ने इसपे बोला है कि गरीब मुस्लिम एक्टर था इसलिए कोई नहीं आया,

अम्बानी के बेटे की शादी होती तो सारे स्टार्स लोग आते, खाना सर्व करते, नाचते वहां जाकर.

जिस इंसान ने 30 साल बॉलीवुड को दिए, उसके लिए 30 मिनट नहीं निकाल पाये ये लोग?

एक जरुरी बात बताऊ, मुशताक खान थोड़े दिन पहले CJP प्रोटेस्ट में गए थे और मोदी सरकार का कड़ा विरोध जताया था,
शायद इसलिए बॉलीवुड उनके अंतिम समय में उनके साथ नहीं खड़ा हुआ

राजनीती बॉलीवुड को कैसे ग़ुलाम बनाती है, उसका उदाहरण ये घटना है

रजा मुराद जी के लिए दिल में इज़्ज़त और बढ़ गयी

[續池均（kintsuzuike）@MTR Method Lab®︎ @kintsuzuike]

ステフィン・カリーが今でもやっている神経刺激ドリル。

幼少期から多様な動きでメカノレセプター（機械受容器）を刺激し、感覚と運動のつながりを育てれば、将来の財産になります。

ここまでできなくても運動を"一つ一つつなぐ"ことで、その子の運動が目覚めてきます。

[Yu Jing @ChinaSpox_India]

The iconic Indian film song “Kal Ho Naa Ho,” performed beautifully by a Chinese violinist — a soulful melody that captivates the heart. 🎻

[Meidas_Charise Lee @charise_lee]

Excellent video.
Wake up America.
Time for a change.