When civic society completely breaks down.
When law and order completely disappear.
When a lack of education, awareness and simple human empathy become paramount.
Chaos Reigns ….
Welcome to the jungle - anything goes and it’s the survival of the fittest
Finally the paid campaign to defend Ethanol policy have started officially.
The brief is..
Ethanol is good.
To save forex.
Farmer's income.
China's EV lobby.
In no video they will tell why pure petrol is not available despite 90 percent cars being incompatible.
Some lies would be spread. Some truths would be mixed. Some sacrifices would be asked. No answers would be given.
Merely because a citizen is opposing certain decisions of the Union Government and raising slogans against it cannot be a ground to extern a citizen from any area, held the Bombay High Court.
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Dear friends, if you have not yet watched, and shared with family, this talk of mine, please do, it is a #mustwatch via @esSENSEGlobal
https://t.co/Y5x3bMZuY5
[Long Post] I write in ET that WhatsApp need to do much much more to prevent spam, but usernames are important for protecting privacy. But first:
1. Can people please stop saying that this was Kunal Shah's first big move at WhatsApp? The plan for usernames was announced a year and half ago. Was MEITY sleeping on this? Why this knee-jerk reaction? Look at the Singapore govt in contrast: largely ahead of the curve, thoughtful, forward thinking and progressive while acting in National Interest.
2. To say that WhatsApp should have consulted the government before rolling this out is ridiculous. Why should a company have to consult a government before rolling out a feature. Are we in License Raj?
3. Disclosing the username instead of the number helps preserve privacy for vulnerable users, and more platforms should do this, in order to prevent harassment, especially of women, especially on school and college groups. needing a passcode to contact them means random people cannot message them. This is good and important.
Where Whatsapp is at fault: it should have enabled this feature by default.
4. The claim that usernames make it difficult for cyber authorities to track scammers seems shallow because every username on WhatsApp is essentially linked to a mobile number, and mobile numbers are already KYC’d with video verification by telecom operators.
5. Ankur Warikoo's concern about impersonation (using awarikoo/wariikoo) is legit. It happens to lots of influencers and founders. Email has the same issue. But it's not a uniquely username issue: photos+numbers have been used to dupe people. WhatsApp allows for reserving usernames of verified facebook users like the PM, Govt officials, and at times unimportant people like me, so I could block mine as well. WhatsApp needs to allow verified usernames for more, and perhaps WhatsApp needs to consider a mechanism to block names similar to certain verified names as well. Tricky, but needs to figure out.
It's complicated. What if one Amit Gupta is verified? (with all due respect to all the Amit Gupta's I know)
6. Scammers contacting users using a username is a tricky one, but these interactions typically begin on SMS/Phone calls. Scams are a cross-industry, cross-country issue, spanning telecom, social media, search, payments and banking. We need more coordination (DoT is clueless about tech and doesn't care about how businesses are impacted). We also need more digital awareness among senior citizens.
7. WhatsApp needs to do more to improve privacy and prevent spam:
- I should be allowed to prevent people who don’t have my mobile number from messaging me on the platform. Would save me from PR spam.
- Business users spam a lot
- Allow me to verify my identify across numbers
- Help me prevent being added to broadcast lists without consent.
- Turning on Meta AI in a chat should be a two-way consent.
Anyway, what else can WhatsApp do to improve your experience?
(Hi Kunal, if you're reading this)
@ErikaMorris79 Don't try to double down on your take, which is the only thing pathetic about all of this. Piss poor original tweet and an even uglier justification. Cut the crap. Delete the tweet.
@ErikaMorris79 He was asked about the DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONDITIONS IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND. It's mentioned in the infographic. Why don't you read carefully before sharing horrendous opinions like a so-called influencer you seem to have become??
Something important.
Dear friends, my recently concluded talk is now available to watch on YouTube.
Before I started my session, I put out a disclaimer that alternative medicine practitioners seated in the audience might find my talk extremely triggering. This is one session I thought would be taken down by alternative medicine (Ayush) regulators in India...
...because I do not mince my words at all, about the massive public-fund wastage called Ayush.
For students who are planning to join Ayurveda or Homeopathy or such Ayush-related colleges for professional training... or those parents who are planning to send their children to Ayush - especially Ayurveda-related professional colleges to make a career out of it, this video will mess up your mind - and rightly so.
This is one video, which I would like everyone to watch, share and promote.... especially among those trying to get into alternative medicine colleges in India as a career option because they will be given the title of 'Dr".
Let us stop wasting our childrens future in India by sending them to a career of deceit and fraud - in alternative medicine - just for the legal (but never practical or logical) 'Dr' title.
Sacred Poisons | The Liver Doc | RenaiESSENSE'26
https://t.co/d0GkKVIpnr via @esSENSEGlobal
Ah yes, the grand Indian solution to child malnutrition: replace two boiled eggs with half a bucket of dehydrated industrial sponge and chant over it till the kids swallow.
.@benstokes38, I’ve always admired the way you brought energy into the game. Your positivity, your fearless intent, and the way you shaped moments under pressure stood out every time you walked in. As an all-rounder, you’ve been one of England’s finest, and as a captain, your bold tactics and instinctive reading of the game added a new edge to your side.
Wishing you the very best for what comes next. Though knowing you, staying away from the middle might be the hardest part. Good luck for your next innings!
Honestly? Eggs, but not for the reason this infographic wants you to pick.
That “52g protein” is dry soya chunks. Once you soak them they triple in weight and you’re chewing through a wet sponge to hit that protein count. Eggs are weighed as eaten. You’re comparing a dehydrated food to a ready to eat one.
Also egg protein is the gold standard for absorption. Soy is good, but antinutrients eat into that 52g before your muscles ever see it. Grams on paper is usually never grams that count unless you are dealing with animal protein.
And “0.5g fat = win” is just circa 1980s anti-fat panic. The yolk’s fat is where the vitamin D, B12 (not available from plant sources) and choline are present.
Soy chunks are great source of cheap protein, and it’s also perfect for those that choose not to eat eggs for religious or vegan reasons. But for anyone that eats both, the choice is obvious
Dear friends, good morning!
For the BBC, Vikas Pandey, India Editor came all the way down to Kochi to spend time with me.
https://t.co/foWrFt9zsh
He visited my home, spoke to my family and friends, and then spent two whole days with me in my outpatient department at Rajagiri Hospital, watching me diagnose and treat patients and interact with their family.
This report is the culmination of that visit and I am very glad for this opportunity. I hope you will like this read.
Loved and loathed: The making of India's viral liver doctor
https://t.co/foWrFt9zsh
Europe is the fastest-warming continent on Earth, heating at twice the global average. Right now 150 million people are living under extreme heat, hundreds have died, schools are shut, grids are buckling.
Driven by climate change and global warming, the phenomenon of the “once-in-a-generation” heatwave is now occurring nearly annual. We were warned.
More than 1300 excess deaths have been recorded since 21 June linked to high temperatures in Europe.
Heat stress is often called the “silent killer” – and European homes, workplaces and schools were not built for these temperatures.
@WHO is working with its Member States and partners to address the health threats posed by extreme heat through focusing on preparedness, prevention and stronger health system responses.
In particular, we are encouraging European countries to implement heat health action plans, as part of the broader agenda to protect health against climate change.
https://t.co/0e5Vu4EBhK
Maybe Vance doesn't know this history because it's in one of the books his administration banned.
The difference between Watergate and now is that back then, Republicans actually did something about a law-breaking president. Today, they only roll over for their cult leader.