Nitin Gupta

Compounding @cards_uni, hopefully forever.

[Caleb @caleb_friesen]

An Indian AI startup just achieved SOTA with their music model.

Taan v1-preview is the world's most controllable foundation music model ever. It's 3x better with instructions than Suno.

As someone who has spent HOURS playing with Suno, rolling and re-rolling the same prompt to try and get the sound I'm after (to no avail - I usually just end up settling with whatever Suno spits out, even if it's not what I wanted), it's crazy to me that you can tell Taan "start the violin at exactly the 11th second" or "first 8s tense, pause for 2s, and then the beat drops at 10s" and it will execute your instructions to a T.

This is the way generative music models always should have been.

Oh, and it's trained on 100% licensed music + you get perpetual rights to use the music you generate commercially.

[Vishal Bhargava @VishalBhargava5]

India’s March to a Digital Bureaucracy

Over the past month I have tried to get the PUC (Pollution Under Control) certificate for the car of an elderly relative. Normally it is straight forward. Go to a PUC Center and in a few mins it’s done. Now however it needs “digitisation” to do the PUC.

You go to the Parivahan website to update your details and upload documents. The PUC Center guy said he can do it for ₹300. It seemed like a straightforward task so I decided to do it myself. Uploaded the requisite documents. For almost a month no response.

Today was driving and saw another PUC Center. Decided to check. He said he can do it for ₹300. Also said the govt website is useless for the consumer. Gave him the details. He had an instant response telling him the name in Registration Certificate and Aadhar was a slight mismatch. The name and surname matched. But the Aadhaar had a middle name as well. So it was a mismatch.

His Solution: Change the name at RTO or Aadhaar so that the PUC can be done.

So many questions on this digital bureaucracy.

1) Why should getting a PUC even need such a requirement?

2) Doing a name change means going from the online to the offline world - which defeats the purpose of digitisation

3) Why does a govt website provide instant response to a vendor but not the citizen?

Digitisation was supposed to eliminate bureaucracy. Instead in the Transport World - India is instead becoming a digital bureaucracy @nitin_gadkari @MORTHIndia

[Beats in Brief 🗞️ @beatsinbrief]

🚨 "Indian cities have world-class buildings but third-class roads and footpaths."

— 🇮🇳 Former Infosys CFO Mohandas Pai

[ಕಾಫಿ ಕುಡ್ಕ (Coffee Kudka) @raajcar]

Same applicable to cars provided for MLAs also? @INCKarnataka??

[Mikku 🐼 @effucktivehumor]

At least your dog isn’t on someone’s plate. 🥀

[News18 @CNNnews18]

Frustrated passengers travelling with confirmed AC tickets pulled the emergency chain, bringing the train to a halt amid a dispute over ticketless travellers occupying the coach. The incident has reignited the debate over overcrowding and passenger rights. If you pay for an AC ticket, shouldn't you get the seat and comfort you paid for?

#IndianRailways #TrainTravel #TicketlessTravel #RailwayNews

[Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri @vivekagnihotri]

Happy diwali, everyone! 🇮🇳 🪔

[Arnab Ray @greatbong]

To those outraging over the new Apple iPhone ad for Diwali to the tune of Rup Suhana Lagta Hai, I stand with you in your outrage because Apple missed paying homage to that iconic part of the song where Chiranjeevi shows how to take out the sim of an iPhone with a sword.

[E Chidambaram @JaiRam92739628]

Delhi police head constable Chanchal traced 119 children in the last month and reunited 119 families
Salute 🙏 🫡

[Deepinder Goyal @deepigoyal]

Temple is an ambitious project. The team is delusional enough to think we can build this. And we will.

Here's what we are building. Join the ride.

[Himanta Biswa Sarma @himantabiswa]

More to come. We will not stop till every inch of our land is reclaimed.

[War & Gore @Goreunit]

Tripura: BSF personnel beaten by smugglers and their mob , they even tried to snatch their guns. Hafizur Rahman is the smuggling leader.

[Prateek Jindal @jindalprateek87]

I’m excited to share that 𝘄𝗲’𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 $𝟭𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 @powerup_money, led by @FlourishVC.

Great to have Ravi Kaushik, Harsh Gupta and the entire team at Flourish Ventures partnering with us on this journey. I’m also thankful to @AccelIndia , @peakxvpartners, @BlumeVentures, @KaeCapital, 8i Ventures and @DeVC_Global for continuing to back us.

We’re grateful to the over 𝟭𝟱 𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 who have placed their trust in PowerUp and use us to track more than ₹2.5 lakh crore in mutual fund investments.

Even more heartening is that over 𝟭 𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗵 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲, making PowerUp one of India’s largest SEBI-registered investment advisory platforms(RIA).

We are building a full-stack wealth management platform to make high-quality, unbiased financial advice accessible to every Indian.

Earlier this year, we launched 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲, our dedicated managed wealth offering for investors with larger portfolios, more complex financial needs or a preference for hands-on support. In just nine months, Infinite has grown to nearly ₹500 crore in AUM. Scaling Infinite and making it available to more customers will be a key priority over the next year.

A few weeks ago, we started rolling out 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲, our most comprehensive digital wealth management offering yet.

We believe AI can fundamentally change what’s possible in wealth management. With an AI wealth coach and personal assistant at its core, 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲 aims to bring investors the experience of having a dedicated wealth manager at a fraction of the traditional cost. It is designed for investors with small and mid-sized portfolios who want comprehensive guidance to build and manage their long-term wealth.

Through everything we build, one principle remains constant: 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿’𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁. As a SEBI-registered RIA, we provide independent, unbiased advice and earn only through transparent fees paid by our customers. We don’t earn commissions from mutual funds.

To the entire @powerup_money team: building this has been one of the most fulfilling experiences of my life. I’m proud of what we’ve achieved together and the commitment everyone brings to building PowerUp.

You work hard for your money. We work just as hard to look after it. 💙

[Chandra R. Srikanth @chandrarsrikant]

PowerUp Money raises $10 million as it looks to scale AI-led wealth management

https://t.co/UCwNz3r6h8

[Awais Ahmed @awaisahmedna]

300+ Indians have spent years of their lives building satellites and critical technology for this country. They deserve better than having their work and patriotism questioned by manufactured controversies.

I owe them a response. Here it is: https://t.co/vZnnwus4LP

[Anup @ItsAnupX]

The most normalized open extortion in Indian middle class life:

The Sub Registrar office on property registration day.

You spend 10 years saving every rupee from your salaried job.

You pay 30% TDS on your income.
You pay 7% official stamp duty online via net banking.
You pay 1% registration fee through a government treasury challan.

Every single paisa is accounted for on your bank statement.

Then you reach the government registration office with your builder or seller:

The deed writer pulls you aside into a dusty corridor:

"Sir, ₹25,000 to ₹40,000 cash alag se lagega for the desk. Official receipt nahi milegi."

You: "Bhaiya, I already paid ₹4.5 lakhs in official government stamp duty online!"

Agent smiles with complete indifference:

"Sir, mat do. Phir file 'Property Under Valuation' mark hoke audit me chali jayegi. 6 mahine chakkar kaatna."

You stand in an airless hallway, walk to the nearest ATM, withdraw ₹30,000 cash, and slip it inside the file folder just to get your own thumb impression scanned.

We aren't a digital, cashless economy.

We are a country where honest taxpayers have to withdraw physical cash just to get legal permission to own what they already paid for.

Did your property registration happen 100% clean, or did you have to pay the "corridor settlement fee" too?

[Aravind @aravind]

Yes, Professor Kevin.

In 'PPP per capita' terms India is growing faster than China was at one stage. That's something amazing. So the transformation is going to be faster.

But India will be much better than Mexico, Brazil, Thailand in a decade, and on par with China in many aspects (by PPP).

Because, in 2030s:

- India's manufacturing will become a big contributor to its economic prosperity.

- India's exports will be many times of what it is now.

- India's massive investments in national infra and logistics now will start paying huge dividends.

- And most importantly, the Indian rupee will start appreciating sometime in 2030s due to all the above. It can't be kept weak even if India wishes.

- The AI enabled tech acceleration in 2030s will contribute to faster transformation of India.

- India's next infra push starting soon is going to be in developing its cities to world class, modern standards and providing quality housing for all.

So that's why I keep saying the world will experience "the great Indian short squeeze" in 2030s.

Due to adversarial attacks and infowar, to hurt India in many ways, India is being shorted by the world as being some laggard incapable of improvement.

Indians themselves have been made to believe this by constant propaganda using everyday issues (which were much worse before.)

And suddenly, in 2030s, the world will realize they have been misled about India. They will land in India to experience much better infra and facilities than home. They will see most Indians living affordable and wealthy lives with low crime and high trust.

It will be a Megasthanes, Marco Polo, and Mark Twain moment for the west, discovering India, all over.

[Hemant Mohapatra @MohapatraHemant]

https://t.co/mxudhYMruj

[Kiren Rijiju @KirenRijiju]

I challenge Congress party to answer to the basic questions:

1. How did congress get only 44 MPs in 2014 Lok Sabha election when Election Commissioners were appointed by their Govt?

2. When Gyanesh Kumar was not CEC in 2024, how did Congress face a hatric defeat?

3. Will present congress CMs resign & also apologize for forming the Govts during 2014 to 2026?

4. Should all the names in voter lists who are illegal immigrants, dead, shifted or duplicate be removed from voter list or not?

5. Were SIRs carried out in 1952-56, 1958-61, 1965-66, 1983-84, 1987-88, 1993, 1995, and 2002-2004 illegal?

One family party with outside forces is trying to destroy the Constitution & Indian Democracy.

[ISRO @isro]

Mission Success!
GSLV-F18 has successfully placed NVS-03 in the intended orbit.
Congratulations!

Watch live: https://t.co/6X42ANRnTC

Mission details:
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#GSLVF18 #NVS03 #ISRO #NavIC