Madhav Khanna

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[ThePrintIndia @ThePrintIndia]

Prateek Kuhad to make acting debut. Film is set in Delhi’s indie music scene

Stela Dey @BrownKhaleesi reports

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[Shekhar Gupta @ShekharGupta]

1. Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s comments on the ‘collapse’ of the Pakistan govt, & the need to create new provinces has drawn sharp reactions, including from Defence Minister Khawaja Asif. #CutTheClutter explains how Naqvi’s remarks have put Shehbaz Sharif govt on notice & what they reveal about Asim Munir’s plan.

2. Naqvi is no ordinary minister. He is seen to be the “factotum” of Asim Munir — a trusted political operator who rose from journalism to Punjab CM, PCB chairman &, finally, Interior Minister. This, despite belonging to neither PML-N nor PPP. So, when he delivered a speech at a chamber of commerce on July 31, condemning Pakistan’s entire governing system, everyone took notice.

3. Naqvi’s speech has generated multiple interpretations in Pakistan. At one end, it’s seen as a message to politicians to invite Munir to become Pakistan President. At the most forgiving end, it’s being seen as the army wanting more money. It is unhappy with the post-18th Amendment federal structure, which devolved substantial financial & administrative powers to the provinces.

4. Then there’s a middle interpretation. In his speech, Naqvi argued Pakistan should consider creating administrative units or even additional provinces. Because provinces are too centralised & have too much power. Implications? Breaking up Punjab could dilute Sharif family’s dominance & splitting Sindh — or separating Karachi into a federally administered territory — would weaken PPP’s electoral base.

5. The most interesting bit in Naqvi’s speech was when he said there is one man who’s going around the world getting fame, joy & gains for Pakistan without crossing any red lines. Then he said issues should be resolved in 6 months, essentially putting the govt on notice. That’s the interpretation I buy.

6. #CutTheClutter with me: Pakistan Minister Naqvi reveals Munir's plan, puts govt on notice with his call for new provinces



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[Mint @livemint]

AAP calls for greater transparency on E20 rollout, seeks consumer choice

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[Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep]

INTERESTING : 20 day parole granted by Rajasthan High Court to Asaram Bapu, the self styled ‘Godman’ who is serving a life sentence in a 2013 case of sexually assaulting a minor. Guess when you are a Dera chief like Gurmeet Ram Rahim or a ‘Godman’ with political connections , parole is easier. When your name is Umar Khaled, then you must stay in jail for 6 years without trial, forget any conviction. LAW EQUAL FOR ALL? 😡

[Milind Deora | मिलिंद देवरा @milinddeora]

I’ve been raising the alarm on food safety, misleading labels & the growing obesity crisis for a while now. Good to see Maharashtra take a strong step by banning #AnaloguePaneer. Big 👍 to FDA for putting consumers first & raising food safety standards.

[The Daily Beast @thedailybeast]

Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against a British broadcaster has hit a surprise twist that may not sit well with the president.
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[Swati Gupta @hrswatigupta]

My card was skimmed in Bangkok. $2,000 gone.

My bank said "investigation takes 90 days, don't expect much."

Visa's global rules say I owe $0 from day one. The bank was using my money to fund their fraud investigation.

One email. Reversed in 48 hours.

Here is the sentence that ends the delay:

[Nehr_who? @Nher_who]

This is Jaipur, Rajsthan

Govt- BJP
MP - BJP
MLA - BJP
Councillors- BJP

This is the condition of a Smart city under Triple Engine Govt

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a Scam !!

[devuu;) @devuuux13]

If you ever feel embarrassed in life,

Then remember Smita Prakash tried to bully a Supreme Court lawyer with fake news and got humbled in her own channel �

[Akal Arpan Singh Brar (ASB) @AkalBrar]

Saddened to hear about the passing of legendary Urdu poet Bashir Badr.
His articulation was exemplary. One of the finest of his generation 🙏🏽

[Rimsha Bhardwaj @heyrimsha]

A Wharton economist ran a randomized controlled trial on almost a thousand high school students in Turkey.

The result was so brutal for the AI-in-education narrative that it had to be peer-reviewed by PNAS before people would believe it.

Her name is Hamsa Bastani. She teaches operations and information at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and the study she published in 2025 alongside her co-authors is one of the cleanest experiments anyone has run on what AI actually does to learning when you remove it from the equation and check what is left.

The setup was a randomized controlled trial, the same methodology used in clinical drug trials. Nearly a thousand high school math students in Turkey were split into three groups and put through four sessions of ninety minutes each. One group practiced with GPT Base, a standard ChatGPT-4 interface that could answer any question directly. One group practiced with GPT Tutor, a version of the same model that had been prompted to guide students with hints rather than hand them the answer. One group practiced with nothing but their textbook and their own head.

During the practice sessions, the AI groups looked like a miracle. The GPT Base group solved 48% more problems than the students working alone. The GPT Tutor group solved 127% more. Every administrator looking at those numbers would have written a press release about the transformative power of AI in education and moved on.

Then the actual exam came, and AI was not allowed.

The students who had practiced with GPT Base scored 17% worse than the students who had practiced alone. Seventeen percent worse, despite having solved nearly half again as many problems in the sessions leading up to it. The students who had struggled the most, who had sat with the confusion and worked through it without a tool to rescue them, were now the only ones who could actually do the math when it counted.

Bastani's team read through the chat logs to understand what had actually been happening during the practice sessions, and the answer was exactly what the exam results had already implied. The GPT Base group had not been learning. They had been extracting answers and moving on, and every moment that felt like understanding was actually the model doing the cognitive work while the student's brain waited for the next problem to arrive. The paper describes it precisely: without guardrails, students attempt to use GPT-4 as a crutch during practice, and subsequently perform worse on their own.

The detail that should follow every conversation about AI in education is the one buried in the post-test survey results. The students who had relied on AI the most during practice were also the most confident they had understood the material. The tool had not just failed to teach them. It had convinced them they had learned something they had not, which is a different kind of failure entirely and a much harder one to correct because the student has no idea it is happening.

The crutch had made them confident and weak at the same time.

[Javed Akhtar @Javedakhtarjadu]

Every one who knows me even in the most cursory manner knows how much I am against the traditional concept of Parda but it doesn’t mean that by any stretch of imagination I can accept what Mr Nitish Kumar has done to a Muslim lady doctor . I condemn it in very strong words . Mr Nitish Kumar owes an unconditional apology to the lady .

[𝖢𝖺𝗍𝖺𝗅𝖾𝗒𝖺 @catale7a]

🇨🇳Beijing, through aggressive policies, combined with significant government investment and enforcement, led rapid improvements in air quality between 2013-2017.

What can New Delhi learn from Beijing?
A thread, if you care🧵

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

Just arrived back in Delhi to find the city embalmed in an all-enveloping burial shroud of pollution. Even at 2pm impossible to see 100m across the runway.
I've never seen anything like this in forty years of living here. What a fate for the City of Djinns- still, at its best the most fascinating of cities, but currently a tragic, choking death-trap.

[Pratik Sinha @free_thinker]

Congratulations @zoo_bear :-)

Not many know what toll it takes on one's mind and body to be as relentless as you are in your work, while dealing with all the hate and vitriol.

So, many many congratulations because you deserve all of it.

[Supreme Court Observer @scobserver]

A 5-judge Constitution Bench of the #SupremeCourt unanimously upheld the #AbrogationOfArticle370. CJI Chandrachud delivered the majority opinion, with concurring opinions by Justices S.K. Kaul and Sanjiv Khanna. SCO’s matrix breaks down the main issues of the #judgement.

[Madhav Khanna @mkhanna90]

@amitvarma – I enjoyed every one of the 11,657 minutes I spent with you in 2023. Thank you. #SpotifyWrapped https://t.co/HpFVnpMO81

[Joy Bhattacharjya @joybhattacharj]

One of my heroes

[Madhav Khanna @mkhanna90]

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[Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep]

I have very sad news to share: the legendary Bishen Bedi, arguably the greatest left arm spinner this country has produced, a larger than life sportsman who always fought the cricket board establishment for players rights, has passed away. Will be much missed. RIP.