Abhishek Sharma

Minimalist. Conservationist. Out of rat race.

[Abhishek Sharma @scriptingtrails]

@RajinderGargBJP Plastic waste in villages is becoming a hazard for animals, soil and local water streams. Pls do something in this direction. People needs to be made aware and responsible to not discard plastic waste in open.

[Yogita Bhayana योगिता भयाना @yogitabhayana]

While the nation celebrates Diwali, Ankita Bhandari’s mother continues her tearful plea for justice.

#JusticeForAnkitaBhandari

[“लोककल्याणदास” @lokkalyandas]

"Whoever dismantles this IAS system and replaces it with democratic, professional and accountable public institutions will be a real patriot who gives India its second independence, freedom from the surviving relics of colonial rule."

[Nagarjun Dwarakanath @nagarjund]

BREAKING: Not E20 fuel , but E 31.2 fuel

Karnataka govt’s petrol tests find ethanol blending above 20% in samples from seven districts.

The state tested 63 petrol samples collected across Karnataka from major oil companies, including IOCL, HPCL, BPCL, Shell and Nayara.

After oil marketing companies failed to clearly disclose ethanol content, the government sent the samples to private labs.

Results of Ethanol blend :

IOCL: 31.2%+
HPCL: 30.5%
HPCL: 27%
BPCL: 26.5%
Nayara: 26.1%
Shell: 25.5%

Bengaluru was among the seven districts where samples exceeded the 20% ethanol limit.

Karnataka will send its report to the Centre.

[Sonam Wangchuk @Wangchuk66]

THE LG LADAKH's SHAHI FARMAAN ON OUR SCHOOL...
They want it closed.
There's a lot of raita spread on internet/news about our school.
India's Parliamentary Committee on Education recommended HIAL to be replicated all over India. Victoria & Albert Museum London has a permanent display on it. Time Magazine featured it's projects in TIME 100 Climate solutions. And yet... They want it closed !

We're compelled to do an online Press Conference at 5.15 pm today.
Journalists are invited to join through the usual route...

[Abhijeet Dipke @abhijeet_dipke]

Every decision taken by Gyanesh Kumar has now been reversed. But reversing those decisions raises an even bigger question: If his actions were serious enough to warrant reversal, shouldn't there be consequences for the man responsible?

And more importantly, what if @RitikaChopra__ had never exposed this? What if there had been no public outrage? Would these decisions have ever been reversed?

How many such decisions go unquestioned simply because nobody exposes them?

[Abhishek Sharma @scriptingtrails]

@Caatalystt Paio with is 1.6 Petrol and 1.9 Diesel. Way ahead

[AAP Ka Vikram @vikrameffects]

@varunsuhag shocking to see vertical shaft behind a plank ! @m3mbuildgurgaon Are these your safety stanards ? @dtcphry Take action against this BJP aligned goon builder. There is straight vertical drop of 40 floors behind a missing lift . Watch this video !

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

A ringside seat as @RahulGandhi takes the issue of #VoteChori head-on after stellar but brief speeches by the #India bloc leaders. The astonishing popular turnout today makes it clear: the message of #VoteBachaoDeshBachao has hit home. @INCIndia

[T S Singhdeo @TS_SinghDeo]

Madam FM, not every answer has to be about Nehru and Gandhi. That's the PM's template, not yours.

Banking history, since you raised it:
• In 1969 Indira Gandhi ji nationalised 14 banks, and 6 more in 1980.
• Between 1969 and 1990, branches grew from 8,262 to nearly 60,000, and the rural share went from 17.6% to 58.2%.
• Banking reached villages, farmers, traders and ordinary citizens.

A legacy you conveniently leave out.

Now your government's record:
• ₹12.08 lakh crore in loans written off by public sector banks between 2015-16 and 2024-25.
• IDBI Bank, "revived" with public money, is being handed to a foreign private entity.
• Fairfax bid ₹81 a share when the market price was ₹90.40, nearly 10% lower. The earlier round couldn't even meet the ₹94.42 reserve price.

Public banks were built with public money, public deposits and the sweat of their employees. You can't claim credit for reviving them and then sell them off.

Answer on IDBI, Madam. Don't hide behind Pt. Nehru and Indira ji.

[INDIAN MERIT @UnreservedMERIT]

Brave Girl who chose to have dignity over money got raped , killed and submerged in Canal .

Women who was ready to have Narco test done got jailed .

VIP accused of the charges became Governor of a state.

Welcome to Indian Democracy with Beti Bachao slogans .

[Lt Gen DP Pandey @LtGenDPPandey]

The one who killed gets bail in an hour. The body of killed takes 12 hours to be released.
Quite a blind Justice system.

[Muthukrishnan Dhandapani @dmuthuk]

In the 2024 election campaign, the Prime Minister and his cabinet colleagues took huge credit for the bull market of the previous few years.

The Prime Minister even encouraged people to invest in PSU stocks.

I then pointed out that the government was doing an unwise thing. If they take credit for bull markets, they need to take the blame for bear markets in the future. You cannot have it only one way.

Also, what are the prices of PSU stocks from 2024 compared with now? What would have happened to those who bought PSU stocks based on the Prime Minister’s call?

However powerful a Prime Minister is, or for that matter the head of any country, no one controls asset cycles.

Trump learned it the hard way. Being the US President, arguably the most powerful position on earth, he thought he could control the bond markets. Instead, he is now acting according to the ebb and flow of the bond market.

Between 1964 and 1981, the US economy grew, yet the markets did little for these 17 years. That is because interest rates went up, compressing valuations.

There was a huge bull market in the US between 1981 and 1999. The US economy continued to do well. But as interest rates went down, markets started expanding valuations, leading to spectacular returns.

If governments could control asset prices, silver would not have fallen by more than 50% during the last 10 months.

Asset cycles are influenced by so many factors.

Government policies are one of the variables.

Government does not decide the fate of assets.

It is asset cycles that decide the fate of governments.

[Rahul Shivshankar @RShivshankar]

A Judge's underage son driving a merc at high speed kills a scooterist. The Judge is car's owner yet he isn't arrested as police says “CERTAIN PROCEDURES MUST BE FOLLOWED BECAUSE THE REGISTERED OWNER IS A JUDGE.”

MILORD, SHOULDN'T YOU SURRENDER?

Here are the facts. In Kochi, a man died after a car allegedly driven at high speed by a judge’s juvenile son hit him. Police upgraded the case to culpable homicide and invoked Motor Vehicles Act provisions against the father, the car’s registered owner.

2 QUESTIONS FOLLOW:
Q. Shouldn’t a custodian of the law be the first to submit to it?
Q. Can a judge dispense justice while he is an accused?

EVERY MINUTE THE JUDGE DITHER IS A MINUTE JUSTICE IS DELAYED.

[Naveen Patnaik @Naveen_Odisha]

Jai Hind

The judicial custody of #AshutoshRanka and #SauravDas must be urgently reviewed and they must be released immediately.

Hoisting the National Flag, even in a prohibited area, should not warrant such prolonged detention. The judiciary and the executive must rise to the occasion to ensure that the youth of this country do not lose faith in the rule of law and constitutional rights.

[Nirjhari Sinha @NirjhariSinha]

Covicted, not just accused, BJP to give ticket to contest the election and High court suspend the conviction!
Mockery of the justice

[Surbhi @SurrbhiM]

Ankita Bhandari's parents stage protest outside Sikkim House in Delhi.

[Abhijeet Dipke @abhijeet_dipke]

Businesses do not suffer because of peaceful protests. They suffer when the govt decides to shut down an entire city, suspend internet services and restrict the movement of its own citizens and turn the city into a war-zone.

Since its inception, the Cockroach Janta Party has maintained that we will always follow Gandhi’s path of peace and non-violence, and we have stood by that commitment. We have organised protests in Mumbai, Pune, Jaipur, Lucknow, Bengaluru and Nagpur, and every single one of them has been peaceful. I was personally assaulted in Jaipur, but even then, I chose not to retaliate because responding to violence with violence goes against everything we believe in. We would rather exercise the rights guaranteed to us by the Constitution, drafted under the leadership of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, than resort to physical force. Our strength comes from our commitment to constitutional values, and no amount of provocation will make us abandon them.

Despite this, there are constant attempts to portray us as anarchists simply because we refuse to remain silent. But demanding answers from the govt is not anarchy, protesting against injustice on the streets is not anarchy, and questioning those who hold public office is certainly not anarchy. These are the most fundamental expressions of democracy. The very party that is in power today spent decades organising protests, taking to the streets and questioning the governments of the day when it was in opposition. Had the same restrictions, intimidation and police crackdowns been used against them, many of those who occupy positions of power today might never have reached where they are. It is deeply hypocritical to celebrate protests as a democratic right when you are in opposition and treat the same act as a threat to public order when you come to power.

We are not asking for privileges or special treatment. We are simply asking to exercise the rights that belong to every citizen of this Republic, irrespective of which party is in power. So let us fulfil our duty as citizens of this country by questioning those we elect, demanding accountability and speaking up whenever we witness injustice.

A govt that has been elected by the people is bound to listen to the people, not silence them. Democracy does not end once the votes have been counted.

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

Has the Government so completely abandoned its duty of accountability that it now relies on detention to silence those who demand it?

At Jantar Mantar, young citizens exercising their democratic right to peaceful protest, even while waving the national Tricolour, find themselves in judicial custody. At India Gate, the grieving parents of Ankita Bhandari, seeking justice for their daughter, are detained at 4 in the morning, alongside Congress workers who stood in solidarity with them. A protester is not an offender. A grieving parent is not a threat. The distinction should not need explaining to those entrusted with governing.

What threat to public order do peaceful protesters pose? What purpose is served by subjecting bereaved parents, already enduring an unimaginable tragedy, to such indignity?

The Constitution does not guarantee citizens the right to protest only when their questions are convenient to those in power. That right is not conditional upon the Government’s approval. Nor can it be restricted merely because its exercise causes discomfort.

The power to detain is not the power to silence. The demand for justice does not end at the gates of a police station. Nor does the courage to speak out disappear at the threat of arrest. The people of this country have never needed permission to stand up for what is right. And they must never be made to believe otherwise.

@INCIndia

[PunsterX @PunsterX]

"Ye naya Bharat hai."

[Piyush Rai @Benarasiyaa]

5 days judicial custody for trespassing and bail in 24 hours for molesting a woman protestor.