Dr. K D Singh

Law. Policy. Ideas. The long view.

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

Two hundred and fifty years ago, a group of Americans signed their names to a piece of parchment and made a promise no nation had ever made before: that we're all created equal, endowed by our Creator with unalienable rights — life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

We're the only nation in history built not on ethnicity, or blood, or geography but on an idea. That's always been what makes us exceptional. We chose that path 250 years ago but that’s where the work began, not where it ended. Every generation has had to choose it again. At Valley Forge, at Gettysburg, on the beaches of Normandy, in the streets of Selma. Americans recommitted themselves to the principles on which our nation was founded.

Now it's our turn.

There's nothing guaranteed about our democracy. We have to fight for it, defend it, and earn it. Over and over, year after year. That's not a burden. That's what it means to be an American.

250 years in, we still haven't fully lived up to those words in the Declaration. But we've never walked away from them, and this July 4, I hope all of us can commit to one thing: that we never will. I don't believe we're as divided as we're told we are. I've bet my whole life on the American people, and I'm not stopping now.

Happy 250th birthday, America. Our story isn't finished. Let's keep writing it together.

[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

Claude Fable 5 will be available again globally tomorrow.

After a series of productive conversations with the US government, we're redeploying the model with a new set of classifiers to target and block more cybersecurity tasks. In the near term, some routine tasks like coding and debugging will fall back to Opus 4.8. We’ll continue to refine these classifiers over the coming weeks to reduce false positives and better distinguish genuine misuse from legitimate requests.

We’ve also begun drafting a consensus framework—with Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and other Glasswing partners—for assessing the severity of AI jailbreaks and how AI developers should respond to them. We invite other industry partners and model providers to join us in this effort.

Finally, we’re scaling up our collaboration with the US government on model testing and safeguards. This will include pre-release access to models and safeguards for evaluation, information sharing on jailbreaks and misuse, and dedicated resources for joint research.

Thank you to our users for your patience, and to our partners across the government, industry, and the research community who worked alongside us to make Fable 5 available again.

Read our full blog: https://t.co/VHyum831ri

[CCI @CCI_India]

CCI celebrated the International Day of Yoga 2026 at its premises today. The event was led by Smt. Ravneet Kaur, Chairperson, CCI, with active participation by officers and staff.

#CCI #InternationalDayOfYoga #YogaDay2026 #HealthyAgeing #Yoga365

[Gustavo Petro @petrogustavo]

US President Donald Trump recently reached a peace deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran. As President of the Republic of Colombia, in this month in which the country holds the presidency of the United Nations Security Council, I support and respect that deal, because it means more Life for the world.

Based on my reading of the Bible, the constitutions of the world, and the international law established by humanity, this agreement must be respected by all nations.

The State of Israel has decided to continue attacking the sovereign Lebanese Republic with missiles.

I believe it is time for President Donald Trump to be fully supported by humanity to end this terrible conflict and for the people of Israel to help us ensure that their government stops attacking their neighbors, who can be their brothers and sisters, not their enemies.

We stand with the Pact for Life and Peace of fraternal humanity.

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Best wishes to the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Shri Rahul Gandhi Ji on his birthday. Praying for his good health and long life.

@RahulGandhi

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Pleased to meet President Trump in Evian. We reviewed the sustained progress in our bilateral cooperation in trade, energy, defence, technology and people-to-people ties.

Conveyed India’s appreciation on the progress in the efforts for restoring peace and stability in West Asia. Keeping the Strait of Hormuz open is vital for the global economy. Reiterated the importance of ensuring the safety and security of civilians, including seafarers.

@realDonaldTrump

[Fox News @FoxNews]

The moment President Trump signs the Iran deal at the Palace of Versailles.

The agreement was finalized during a dinner hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron inside the historic palace.

The signing marked a major diplomatic milestone after months of negotiations aimed at ending the conflict between the U.S. and Iran.

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

I welcome the understanding reached between the United States and Iran on ending the conflict in West Asia, which has caused serious economic disruption across the world and led to loss of life in many countries.

India hopes that the implementation of this understanding will help restore peace and stability in the region and ensure the freedom of navigation and commerce.

We look forward to deliberations on the remaining issues reaching a sustainable final agreement.

[Ministry of Corporate Affairs @MCA21India]

Competition Law Reforms !

India’s competition law framework - modernised, targeted, and future-ready.

✅ Settlement & Commitment Mechanism - parties may now resolve antitrust proceedings, enabling faster market correction
✅ Leniency Plus - enterprises disclosing a second cartel during an ongoing investigation earn additional leniency, incentivising deeper cartel detection across markets

#CCI #12YearsOfSeva #CompetitionLaw #Amendment2023 #LeniencyPlus #ViksitBharat

[Fox News @FoxNews]

BREAKING: Trump says a deal with Iran is scheduled to be signed tomorrow.

“Immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL.”

The president says the agreement will permanently prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and described it as the exact opposite of the Obama-era nuclear deal.

Trump also said no money will exchange hands under the agreement and warned that if the process falls apart, the U.S. has “the ultimate alternative.”

[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees.

The net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance.

Access to all other Claude models is not affected.

We apologize for this disruption to our customers. We believe this is a misunderstanding and are working to restore access as soon as possible.

Read our full statement: https://t.co/bwn0sximKZ

[Sann @san_x_m]

His name was Govindappa Venkataswamy.

He qualified as a doctor in 1944 and joined the Indian Army Medical Corps.

Within a few years, severe rheumatoid arthritis crippled his hands. His fingers became permanently deformed. He could no longer perform the work he had trained for and was discharged from service.

Most people would have stopped there.

Instead, he chose ophthalmology, one of the most delicate fields in medicine, despite hands that could barely hold a surgical instrument.

He had special tools designed to fit his fingers and painstakingly taught himself how to operate again.

In time, he was performing as many as a hundred cataract surgeries in a single day and became one of the most respected eye surgeons in India.

Then, at the age of fifty-eight, he reached the mandatory retirement age for government service.

His career was supposed to be over.

Instead, it was just beginning.

He had spent years seeing poor patients lose their eyesight to cataracts that could be cured with a simple operation.

The problem was not medicine.

The problem was access.

He wanted to build a system that would restore sight at scale and never turn away the poor.

In 1976, he mortgaged his house and opened an eleven-bed eye hospital in a rented building in Madurai.

He called it Aravind.

Patients who could afford treatment paid for it. Their fees covered the cost of treating those who could not.

No one was turned away.

Over the decades, Aravind grew into the largest eye care provider in the world.

It has treated tens of millions of patients and restored sight to millions more. Its model is now studied by institutions around the world, including Harvard Business School.

A doctor whose own hands had been ruined by disease spent the rest of his life giving sight back to people who had lost theirs.

Follow for stories India deserves to remember.

[Pragnya Gupta @GuptaPragnya]

A Life That Served a Purpose
In a world chasing fleeting applause, some souls choose the long, quiet road of service. Today, welfare economist Jean Drèze has been honoured with a global award for his profound research on poverty and inequality in India.

Born in Belgium, he made India his home and its people his purpose. With a scholar’s rigour and a revolutionary’s heart, he stood beside the forgotten—documenting their struggles, amplifying their voices, and shaping policies that reached millions.

His tireless advocacy helped birth two landmark legislations that still stand as lifelines: the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), which offered dignity through work to the rural poor, and the National Food Security Act, which sought to ensure no one sleeps hungry in a land of plenty.

This is not just an award. It is recognition of a life lived in radical empathy. Of choosing dusty villages over ivory towers. Of measuring success not in citations or comfort, but in the quiet lifting of human suffering.

Jean Drèze reminds us that the highest calling is to use one’s intellect, privilege, and time in the service of those who have the least.

In an age of cynicism, his journey is a living ode:
To knowledge that heals. To scholarship that serves. To a life that mattered.

Congratulations and Thank You Professor Drèze.
India is better because you walked among us.
May your example inspire a new generation to stop performing compassion and start practising it—with depth, persistence, and love.
🧡 🙏
#JeanDreze #ServiceAboveSelf #India #SocialJustice

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

🚨 President Donald J. Trump on cancelled scheduled strikes against Iran.

[Fox News @FoxNews]

BREAKING: Trump reveals he canceled 'scheduled strikes and bombings' on Iran, time and place of potential deal-signing 'to be announced shortly'

[KBS Sidhu, ex-IAS 🇮🇳 @kbssidhu1961]

A senior IAS officer, who superannuated as Chief Secretary, told me early in my career not to take D.O. letters too seriously. “They are merely letters written by one babu to be read by another,” he remarked.

I found his observation largely correct. I always ensured prompt action, but never took the contents personally.

Today, it appears that D.O. letters are increasingly becoming communications written by one AI agent for another AI agent, with human officers merely authenticating the exchange.

[Apex Mindset @ApexMindset6]

"Don't tell me what they said about me; tell me why they felt so comfortable saying it to you "

- Victor Hugo

[CCI @CCI_India]

Smt. Ravneet Kaur, Chairperson, CCI, interacted with students of Billabong High International School, Pune, during an educational visit under the aegis of Chhatra Sansad, fostering early awareness and understanding of competition law and competitive markets.

[Thomas Sowell Daily @DailySowell]

“There is no greater indictment of judges than the fact that honest men are afraid to go into court, while criminals swagger out through its revolving doors.”

— Thomas Sowell

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

India’s growth momentum remains strong!

GDP growth rate of 7.7% in FY 2025-26 and 7.8% in Q4 of FY 2025-26 reflect the inherent strength of our economy, the success of reforms and the hard work of 140 crore Indians.

We shall leave no stone unturned to further ‘Ease of Living,’ ‘Ease of Doing Business’ and increase opportunities for our youth.