#WATCH | Devrath Bhargava, owner of Silver School in Jhansi, says UPI has made his business operations much smoother and more transparent over the past few years. He notes that around 95% of their transactions are below ₹2,000, so the new charges are unlikely to create any major issues. He adds that occasional transactions above ₹2,000 may attract a nominal charge, while expressing hope that UPI settlement processes will become even faster and more efficient: Devrath Bhargava, Jhansi
#UPI #UPIRules #DigitalPayments #UPIChanges
Why am I an admirer of Prime Minister @narendramodi ?
As an Indian Kashmiri Muslim, I had sadly made peace with the fact that violent stone pelting clashes by youngsters of Kashmir with security forces would be a reality that would never end in my lifetime.
Every year, during my visits to Kashmir from 2010 to 2019, I would hear, read and passionately debate about the senseless deaths due to this phenomenon that was normalized in the Kashmiri society pysche.
Politicians would do their politics over the dead bodies of the children of lesser Allah, Separatists would use them as weapons to shame the Indian state and Pakistan would be thrilled to show the World how India was oppressing the Muslims of Kashmir, denying them their rights to this macabre dance of death and celebration of martydom. The overall society would act as rank hypocrites,as their own children stay nestled in lives of luxury both within Kashmir and in rest of India, while they in their moment of euphoria backed the children of their helpers, their drivers to pelt stones at fellow Kashmiris in uniform, so that 'Azaadi'(of Pakistan) could be sustained.
I would get into heated arguments every now and then in the extended family gatherings, with strangers on the internet and hopelessly try to make them see their hypocrisy. Beyond a point, they had no answers to my questions, when I would ask them why their children were not on the streets, engaging in pitched battles with security forces. So gradually most people who knew me in Kashmir decided not to bring up this topic with me and instead chose to address me as Indian agent.
This period of 2010 to 2019 also exhausted me, since the arguments beyond a point felt pointless. So in the later half of this decade, I just made grudingly peace with the fact that the society is not going to change, since everyone was now viewing this as normal, and it was now an industry for the players involved in this conflict.
Then came the events of 2019, August 5, which now the entire world knows(especially Pakistan).
Since then, till today, on his 76th Birthday, for 7+ years, there has not been a single day when the mother of a child of a lesser Allah has lost the noor of her eyes. Stone pelting has been eradicated. Compare that to 13,000 instances of stone pelting between 2010 to 2019, which by the way, had on some days even become a part time sport.
So Kashmir lost the lives of 300 plus youngsters, under the age of 25 in stone pelting clashes between 2010 to 2019 and post Modi's August 5 decisions, not 1 has died and the industry of death and gloom has been shut down permanently.
The man who is accused by his opponents for being anti Muslim has saved 250 Indian Kashmiri Muslim children's lives till date, a fact which cannot be denied. Because if 300+ died from 2010 to 2019, 300 in 9 years and had Modi not changed Kashmir's state apparatus forever on August 5,2019, we would have lost another 250 in 7 years from 2019 to 2026, if we go as per the average of those 9 years.
If someone is accused of being anti-Muslim and his actions ensure that till date in 7 years, 250 Muslim children have been saved from death, then one needs to ask oneself is their hate for him more than the love for their children?
Happy 76th Birthday 🎂
'Pakistan Isn’t Collapsing!': Abhijit Iyer Mitra Explains Why Pak Survives Every Crisis
“Pakistan is collapsing next year. We’ve heard that prediction for 20 years. It still hasn’t happened." So what keeps Pakistan afloat despite economic crisis, insurgencies and political instability? Abhijit Iyer Mitra explains the uncomfortable reality: brute-force coercion, nuclear weapons and an international financial system that has a vested interest in preventing a nuclear state from collapsing.
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Request to @BirlaOpenMinds & @BirlaOpenMind: Please work with GHMC and the concerned authorities to improve the approach road connecting your campus to the ORR service road. Hundreds of students use this route every day. A safe journey to school is every child’s right.
Introducing our latest tech blog on Building a High-Scale Data Pipeline: Integrating Rook Ceph and Elasticsearch with Apache Spark on Kubernetes
As data volumes grow, migrating large datasets efficiently requires architectures that minimise overhead and maximise throughput. Authored by our expert, this blog presents an approach to handling 1 billion transaction records using Apache Spark on Kubernetes, enabling direct data movement from object storage to Elasticsearch without intermediate staging.
It further explores a simplified pipeline design focused on performance and resource optimisation.
Read the full blog here: https://t.co/fjp29fbZvH
#DigitalPayments #ApacheSpark #Kubernetes #Elasticsearch #RookCeph #FinTech #Innovation #NPCITechBlog #DigitalInfrastructure #AlwaysForward
Dear @HYDTP and @ThirumalagiriPS,
Today I had a very unpleasant experience with traffic police officials at Thirumalagiri. I had recently returned from the US and did not have Google Pay or PhonePe set up on my phone. I was travelling with my elderly grandparents and was taking them for a medical check-up appointment.
Despite explaining the situation and requesting permission to pay the challan online once I reached home, the officers refused and forced me to arrange payment immediately through PhonePe. I had to call someone else and was delayed for a long time, causing us to miss my grandparents’ medical appointment.
Even after the payment was completed, their system had not updated yet. I showed them the payment screenshot, but Officer Ramu Naik still refused to trust me and continued arguing instead of verifying properly.
Citizens should be treated with professionalism and basic respect, especially when elderly people are involved. This experience was extremely stressful and disappointing.
I am also attaching Officer Ramu Naik’s photo for reference and requesting senior officials to look into this matter.
@HYDTP@revanth_anumula@hydtrafficpol@TelanganaCMO@TelanganaDGP@TelanganaCOPs@TelanganaToday
@virsanghvi@airindia My experience on airindia domestic has been far better than indigo... they were on time most of the times and better seats and food... no complaints on domestic airindia... long way to go on international though...
@revanth_anumula@battivikramarka@tssouthernpower@Bhatti_Mallu@tgspdcl For over 2 years, Tellapur residents have faced daily power cuts with no relief. A substation foundation stone was laid 3+ years ago—yet no progress. Even today, there’s been no power since morning. Authorities stay silent while residents are squeezed for taxes. This is blatant negligence and unacceptable.
#nopower #tellapur #frequentpowercuts
My wife (Ria) went to AIIMS. I went to IIT Delhi.
We watched 'Hello Bachhon' on Netflix this weekend. One kid in the show breaks down walls in his village to sell bricks so he can afford coaching fees. A girl hides her textbooks because her parents want her married off.
Throughout the show, Ria and I realized that we never had to fight for any of that.
We had access to coaching. Good coaching. Neither of us ever worried about whether we'd get to prepare.
The IIT-AIIMS crowd loves talking about the grind. # of hours of self-study per day, the pressure, and sleepless nights. I've done it too. But that grind starts after you already have access. Most of us skipped the actual hard part and don't even know it because the people who are capable but can't afford access are invisible. They're not in your coaching batch. They're not in your college. You never compete against them because they never got the chance to show up.
We credit hard work more than it deserves. Sometimes the biggest advantage was just being born in the right city to the right family.
'Hello Bachhon' made this truth hard to ignore. Great watch.
@PMOIndia@revanth_anumula@KomatireddyKVR@DamodarCilarapu@TelanganaCS@TelanganaCMO@MC_Cyberabad@ZC_SLP@TOIHyderabad Thousands of Tellapur residents have been consistently urging both past and present governments to complete the decade-old #RR30Ext. The prolonged delay is resulting in frequent road accidents, traffic chaos, and serious health concerns due to dust and poor road conditions—yet there is no response.
There is a growing concern that the project is being leveraged primarily for high-rise approvals, rather than addressing the safety and daily convenience of tax-paying citizens. While efforts seem focused on revenue generation through hoardings and permissions, even basic necessities like pothole repairs are being neglected.
We strongly urge the authorities to act immediately and prioritize public safety. How many more incidents before action is taken? God bless Tellapur residents #Tellapur #RoadSafety #CivicIssues
@NtvTeluguLive@TV9Telugu@namastetelangan@bigtvtelugu@v6velugu@abntelugutv@eenadulivenews@timesofindia@TimesNow@htTweets@the_hindu
Introducing our latest tech blog on Disaster Recovery in Rook Ceph: A Step-by-Step Guide for SREs
Running a distributed storage system at scale requires more than stable operations, it calls for clear, well-practised recovery approaches when components behave unexpectedly. Authored by our expert this blog focuses on how Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) can identify and respond to scenarios ranging from basic to advance cases in Rook Ceph, including restoring monitor quorum to bringing Object Storage Daemon back online and resolving stalled volumes.
The blog also presents real-world recovery patterns and decision frameworks that help teams assess what needs attention and what remains intact, enabling faster and more confident restoration of data flow.
Read the full blog now : https://t.co/dhHj2jKGRn
#Kubernetes #RookCeph #Ceph #CNCF #DistributedStorage #SiteReliabilityEngineering #DisasterRecovery #CloudNative #InfrastructureEngineering #DigitalInfrastructure
#AlwaysForward #NPCITechBlog #Innovation #AlwaysForward
@revanth_anumula@TelanganaDGP@CPCyberabad@CYBTRAFFIC Construction vehicle menace continues in #Tellapur.A wrong-route lorry hit a school bus @ Rajpushpa Circle this morning.Thankfully,no injuries.Beyond challans,urgent traffic measures are needed to prevent repeated accidents
Shoutout to @AkasaAir for the most thoughtful service I’ve experienced recently! ✈️ 💤
Because of my work schedule, I’m usually exhausted on flights. Instead of waking me up for the meal service, the crew left this sweet note on my seat.
“You missed your meal as we didn't want to disturb you in your sleep... just press the service button when you wake up.”
It’s the small things that make a brand stand out. Thank you for letting me sleep! 🙌
#AkasaAir #FlyingDoneRight #CustomerService