Madrasi

Head of PTR fan club, Tuvalu.

[Pragnya Gupta @GuptaPragnya]

The world is shocked at these shamelessly irresponsible and internationally illegal actions of Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.

BBC features this interview of the CM in their story regarding how Assam Govt has been illegally and cruelly pushing Indian Citizens into Bangladesh; all this while the tribunals haven’t yet announced them non Indians.

Many of such Indians have been pushed back towards India by the Bangladesh Government. Such victims are going through harrowing conditions without food, water, sleep or shelter for days together.

CM Himanta Sarma is seen admitting to these crimes openly in this interview here.

[Darab Farooqui @darab_farooqui]

Why Did Sridhar Vembu Really Come to India?

The story you've been sold: A billionaire tech entrepreneur renounces Silicon Valley, returns to a Tamil Nadu village, lives simply, cycles to work, talks about dharma and reversing brain drain. Simple living, high thinking. A saint in a cotton shirt.

The story the California courts tell: He moved to India in late 2019. Filed for divorce in 2021. In between, he transferred ownership of Zoho's US subsidiary to entities controlled by his associate Tony Thomas and his sister Radha Vembu, who now holds an estimated 47.8% stake in the company, without his wife's knowledge or consent.

A California court didn't mince words. It found that Vembu had acted "without regard for respondent's interests in community assets and without regard for the law." It ordered him to post a $1.7 billion bond. Unprecedented, the court itself said.

His wife Pramila Srinivasan, who by her own account supported the household in Zoho's early years and was kept in the dark about the ownership restructuring, is still fighting the case in California. Their son, who has autism and requires lifelong care, lives with her in the Bay Area. He is 26 years old.

Vembu left him behind.

The move to rural India wasn't a philosophical act. It was a jurisdictional one. California's community property law requires marital assets to be split equally in a divorce.

The solution, apparently, was to move the assets and himself out of California's reach before the divorce became formal. The village was the alibi. The dharma was the disguise. This is the conclusion the evidence points to.

The trial is not yet concluded and Vembu has denied all allegations, calling them complete fiction. But the court, looking at the same evidence, found his explanations not credible.

And then came the reward. The Modi government gave him the Padma Shri on January 26, 2021 and appointed him to the National Security Advisory Board just days later, in February 2021.

The formal divorce filing came in August that year. The government honoured him while the marriage was already in ruins and the asset transfers were already underway.

But the courts and the Padma Shri are almost secondary. The real villainy is what he did to millions of ordinary Indians who believed him.

The man built an entire public persona on selflessness, on the idea that he had walked away from wealth and comfort for the sake of rural youth, for India, for something larger than himself. People quoted him. Teachers cited him. Young men from small towns looked up to him.

It was a performance.

Underneath the saint was a man who had abandoned his wife of nearly three decades, walked away from a son who needed him, moved a billion dollar empire out of legal reach, and dressed the whole operation up as enlightenment.

That is the real story of why Sridhar Vembu came to India.

[The Wire @thewire_in]

A Day in the Life of Der Leader [English] | #memefest

*Nothing in this bears any resemblance to anyone dead or alive

[Lowkey @Lowkey0nline]

Israel has just killed Lebanese journalist Fatima Ftouni. I am honoured to have known her.

Just at the beginning of the month she reported on Israel killing seven members of her own family live on air.

[vx-underground @vxunderground]

Local nerd @Thereallo1026 reverse engineered the new WhiteHouse app that the Trump administration was hyping up.

Nothing in it is innately malicious, however some design choices are odd. Also, it polls your GPS location every 240 seconds.

https://t.co/zGNgGKujgM

[Veena Jain @Vtxt21]

Original videos of Modi himself are so funny that you don’t need to make any memes out of them to laugh 😅

Now you know why ANI mute his videos 😉

[Madrasi @mad__rasi]

@WorkflowWhisper Build

[Madrasi @mad__rasi]

LEO operators like Starlink maintain centralized and exclusive technical control of its entire network, satellites, ground stations, terminals, routing, encryption, and service provisioning. The local partner’s role is always limited to non-technical or logistical support only.

[Jairam Ramesh @Jairam_Ramesh]

Within literally 12 hours both Airtel and Jio have announced partnerships with Starlink, seemingly overcoming all their objections to its entry into India - which they have been voicing for quite some time.

It is abundantly clear that these partnerships have been orchestrated by none other than the PM himself to buy goodwill with President Trump through Starlink's owner Mr. Elon Musk.

But many questions remain. Perhaps the most important one relates to national security. Who will have the power to switch connectivity on or off when national security demands it? Will it be Starlink or its Indian partners? Will other satellite-based connectivity providers also be permitted and on what basis?

And, of course, the much larger question of Tesla manufacturing in India remains. Is there some commitment to it now that Starlink's entry into India has been facilitated?

[Madrasi @mad__rasi]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[Madrasi @mad__rasi]

@vettrikondan786 @CryptoNalyst @newt0nlaws No, we need buggers who cheat and don’t like losers who are straight and ethical.

[Madrasi @mad__rasi]

@ajay43 Well, if the Chief Justice is looking up for guidance, maybe the law books were just too heavy. Let’s hope God’s got a good understanding of constitutional law, or we’re in for some divine loopholes!

[Madrasi @mad__rasi]

Where is India in this @PiyushGoyal

[Madrasi @mad__rasi]

2.China: China is heavily investing in 6G through companies like Huawei and ZTE, as well as through government-supported research centers. China’s Ministry of Science and Technology has launched its own 6G research program.

[Madrasi @mad__rasi]

These regions and institutions are exploring technologies such as terahertz communication, advanced AI integration, quantum computing, and ultra-low latency systems, all crucial for 6G deployment.

[Madrasi @mad__rasi]

1.United States: Major companies like Qualcomm, Intel, and AT&T, along with research institutions such as MIT, are leading 6G initiatives. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has started planning spectrum allocation for 6G.

[Madrasi @mad__rasi]

Research and development (R&D) for 6G technology is happening in various countries, driven by collaboration between governments, universities, private tech companies, and telecommunications providers. Some of the key players in 6G R&D include:

[Indian Tech & Infra @IndianTechGuide]

🚨 India will develop and release 6G before anyone else - Minister Piyush Goyal.