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A probiotics company called GoodBug that sells a variety of products containing various strains of bacteria with claims that their products promote weight loss, reduce PCOD symptoms, "cleanse the gut," improve IBS and "balance" hormones. They are lying.
Here is how...
We, as students of Dr Manmohan Singh, will deeply miss his warmth & affection.
The photo below, at Delhi School of Econ (1969), demonstrates Dr Singh’s humility. While Professors were seated in chairs, he quietly came & stood among students. (Circles : Prof Amartya Sen, Dr Singh - I was there as outgoing President of Fraternity)
Ironically, standing next to Dr Singh on his left was Vinod Rai.
Over 40 years later, Vinod’s Report, as CAG of India, created a storm against Dr Singh & his Govt, (2G & Coal ‘scams’),contributing to its downfall & the ascendency of Shri Narendra Modi in 2014.
But in 2015, Supreme Court stayed the prosecution of Dr Singh on the coal matter, saying that there was “not a whiff, let alone an allegation of quid pro quo..”. It was too late !!
In 2017, CBI Court dismissed the charges on 2G, saying “some people created a scam by artfully arranging a few selected facts..”. Too late !
In 2021, Vinod apologised unconditionally in Court on a related matter. At that point the opposition called Vinod’s Report of 2012 a conspiracy to oust Dr Singh’s Govt. Too late !!
A 54 year old picture (that Vinod had kindly sent me some years ago!) is worth a 1000 words…
May Dr Singh’s noble soul rest in peace
नेहरू एक सेलेब्रिटी बाप थे।
सेलेब्रिटी बाप के बच्चे उसकी चकाचौंध में मुग्ध रहते हैं। उसके फेम को अपना फेम समझते है। जवानी भले गुमनामी या फटेहाली में गुजरे, मगर बाप का जमाना एक बेहद सुखद स्मृति रह जाती है।
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इंदिरा, यदि माँ कहें तो बेहद सख्त किस्म की मां थी। वैसी सुबह चार बजे उठाकर पढ़ने में लगा दे, छह बजे कसरत को भेज दे।
बात बात पर चटकन लगा दे। जिससे प्रेम तो होता है,पर टेरर भी। उसे भी बाद की उमर में फॉण्डली याद किया जाता है।
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राजीव, दोस्त की तरह के पिता थे। अच्छे लगते, मगर हर फैसले पर विवाद भी। क्योकि हर बात के बारे में हमें, दोस्त से बेहतर पता होता है।
नरसिंहराव सौतेले पिता थे, तो बाजपेयी बाप कम दादाजी ज्यादा थे।
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इन सबके बीच मनमोहन ऐसे आम मध्यवर्गीय बाप थे, जो चुपचाप सुबह उठे, काम पर जाए। शाम काम मे घिसता रहे, ऑफिस का काम भी घर ले आये।
ऐसा डेडिकेटेड, कि बॉस का फोन आने पर, घर मे भी कुर्सी छोड़कर खड़ा हो जाये।
ऐसा बाप जो न हंसे, न बोले, न शिकवा करे।
पर फीसें पट जाती है, घर का आकार बढ़ता रहता है, कमरों में एसी लगते जाते हैं, पोर्च में कारें खड़ी होती जाती है।
जन्मदिन और दीगर दिनों में बिन मांगे ख्वाहिशें प���री होती रहती हैं। मगर बाप वैसा ही बोरिंग, उबाऊ, बोदा बना रहता है।
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ऐसा बाप उसके निकम्मे कपूतों को तब याद आता है, जब उस न होने पर कार, घर, मकान,गहनें एक एक करके बिकते देखते है।
फिर कपूत, अपने बाप को नही, उसके दौर के सुख को ��क टीस के साथ याद करता है।
मनमोहन ऐसे ही हतभागी बाप हैं।
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मगर फिर भी, आज आप चाहें तो थैंक्स कर सकते है। 75 सालों के लंबे दौर में देश को समृद्धि के दो पल देने वाले, मनमोहन सिंह अब इस दुनिया मे नही रहे।
नमन मनमोहन!!
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In the rarest of the rare gesture, US President Barack Obama personally walked down to the White House portico to see off Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after a meeting with him at the Oval Office. It shows how the US respects MMS.
in 2014, after his tenure, MMS was awarded the Highest Civilian Award of Japan which is equivalent to Bharat Ratna of India. He was the first Indian to receive such an award.
That is what makes us all proud. No country in the world had a more qualified head of government and India has never had such a highly qualified Prime Minister. Manmohan Singh’s life is a record of excellence and of merit being rewarded. His life will always be an inspiration to young people who want to work hard and achieve something based on their learning.
No rich parents, no influential uncles, no wealth, no inheritance, no one to pull strings and ‘put in a word’ – it was always his merit, his hard work, his honesty, his intelligence and, above all, his deep love for India that energised him. Every young Indian should feel inspired by the life of Manmohan Singh! He is the Father of Modern India.
If he had a majority like the current govt. he would have passed many more important bills and the list would have been longer.
Please do share this and let our Indians know what we have let go. Jai Hind.
#ManmohanSingh
In the year 1582 something strange happened.
Thursday 4th October was followed immediately by Friday 15th October.
This is the story of history's 10 missing days...
"They've attacked my character, but given that I was lying bleeding, naked at a police station, I have nothing more to lose"- #AnkitaPradhan, a soldier's daughter, soldier's fiancee has this searing account of the #OdishaHorror assault. Streaming now here https://t.co/olB2u6pZ6B
In India a woman pays a heavy physical and psychological price for being fearless.
If you watch the video the Odisha lady is brave, strong woman making the police aware of their duties. Just because she asked the right questions to the policemen/women their egos got hurt, and they realised they have power to intimidate and use force on normal citizens, which led to the horrific crime.
Nothing gives the policeman the right to sexually exploit the woman. We need strong police reforms. This can’t be done.
Imagine going to the police station to register FIR and getting sexually molested in return. What kind of nation are we living in?
Paris has just created the most unique, fantabulous, creative, amazing opening Olympic ceremony. Running out of adjectives to praise the French! 🇫🇷 #Olympics
Isppd’s mid term conference was held at Hanoi, Vietnam ��🇳 with full enthusiasm and support
Scientific deliberations were made and delegates exchanged views and knowledge
Conference secretary dr I K Pandit, org secretary dr Vijay Mathur, isppd president dr Parimala Tyagi
May the glow of diyas illuminate your path to success, and may...
Your life be as vibrant as the colors of rangoli.
Happy Deepawali 🪔 to everyone
#isppdBharat#isppdDeepawali2023
The name 'INDIA' was NEITHER coined NOR given by the British.
The history of the name "INDIA" is complex and evolving, influenced by various cultures and languages over time. Here's a chronological overview of its historical development:
1. Sanskrit "Sindhu": The ancient Sanskrit name for the river, "Sindhu," was used in Indian texts including Vedas to refer to the Indus River, which flows through parts of modern-day Pakistan and India, was referred to as "Sindhu" in Sanskrit.
2. Persian "Hindu": When the ancient Persians encountered the Indus River and the land beyond it, they adopted the Sanskrit term "Sindhu" into their language as "Hindu." In Persian, the "S" sound often shifted to an "H" sound.
3. Greek "Indós": The ancient Greeks, who had contact with the Persians, adapted the Persian term "Hindu" into "Indós" when referring to the land east of the Indus River. This was likely influenced by their pronunciation and transliteration of Persian words.
4. Formation of "Indus": The term "Indós" used by the Greeks eventually influenced the formation of the name "Indus" as a distinct word for the river.
5. India: The name "India" as we know it today is derived from "Indus." It was used by the Greeks and later by the Romans to describe the entire subcontinent, including the areas beyond the Indus River. Over time, "India" became the standard term for the region.
So, the transition from "Sindhu" to "India" involved linguistic adaptations, cultural interaction and transliterations as the term passed through different cultures and languages, including Sanskrit, Persian, Greek & Roman. Our connection to 'India' is as deep and meaningful as our attachment to 'Bharat'.
#INDIA #BHARAT #भा��त
I am in trouble. I debunked one video from the Satvik Couple and I have been getting requests to debunk more of their videos. I took a close look at some of the videos sent to me, specifically on health and medicine and I am worried that the couple are misleading A LOT of people on Instagram regarding healthcare.
Let me tell you at first, that I have nothing against the couple, Subah and Harsh Saraf, because they have to make a living and they do so very passionately, by defrauding others. And they are good at it. It is what they were born to do. But it is a doctor's responsibility to debunk misinformation. So I'm going to debunk their health videos, one by one, as time permits.
Coming to the topic.
Table salt vs Iodized salt vs Himalayan (Rock) salt: The Satvik Movement is the greatest tomfoolery on Indians.
The video briefly explains, by giving false information on various types of salt, why Himalayan salt or "sendha namak" is the best, safest, healthiest salt there is, compared to Table salt and Iodized salt.
Everything the woman goes on about, is false. A million people have seen this video. Its so sad.
Satvik Lady says: Table salt is synthetic and contains anti-caking additives which makes it free flowing and has a lot of refining processes that makes it "chemical" and not natural. Iodized salt contains added synthetic iodine which is not good and can harm the fluid balance in the body. It is heavily marketed by companies and is promotional. Natural iodine can be consumed from green vegetables and lentils. Himalayan salt or Rock salt is natural, unrefined and without chemical additives and hence the best.
Everything is wrong about the above statements. Table salt is sodium chloride. It is REFINED and PROCESSED to remove other unwanted minerals, so that you are consuming only pure sodium chloride.
Approved and safe anti-caking agents are added to prevent it clumping to each other especially in humid regions.
Other additives during Table salt refining are fortification agents that improve nutritive value - for example, flouride for enamel health in countries that do not flouridate water and ferrous fumarate to prevent iron deficiency anemia. All of these additives are safe and approved by respective health regulatory bodies. https://t.co/N36UErR6yt
Iodized salt is refined sodium chloride with added iodine done to prevent iodine deficiency in countries where iodine intake is suboptimal from in natural diet. - an example is vegetarian diet. Contrary to what the lady says - vegetables and lentils ARE VERY POOR SOURCES of iodine. In fact, a predominatly fresh vegetable & fruit diet is considered a "low iodine diet." The lady is pulling off a complete bluff. It is quite worrisome.
https://t.co/uKbLNUlilN
The only vegetarian source of iodine is seaweed and good sources of iodine are mostly fish/seafood and other animal protein sources such as dairy and eggs. If you are not consuming such natural sources of iodine, then please use iodized salt in your diet and not plain table salt or Rock salt. Rock salt is very deficient in iodine and is not good for daily use.
https://t.co/AzXS5bWKLg
In India, the promotion of iodized salt was undertaken by the Government and not "marketed by companies." The Government of India accepted the recommendations of the Working Group and Study Group, and on the advice of the Central Council of Health in 1984 took a historic decision to iodize the entire edible salt in a phased manner by 1992 and included in the Seventh Five Year Plan (1985-1990) of Government of India - this formed part of the National Iodine Deficiency Program of India that took care of iodine-deficiency goiter disease in the population.
https://t.co/ya0JU3rI7u
Sendha namak or Rock salt is unrefined salt. Its overglorified benefits are because it features in the pseudoscientific texts of Ayurveda - a primal collection of brilliant nonsense. It is just the solid mined form of salt which contains a lot of impurities. In fact, if we have to define which of these are actually "more chemical," then it has to be rock salt because it not only contains sodium chloride, but also gypsum (CaSO4) and sylvite (KCl), potassium sulfate and polyhalite (K2Ca2Mg(SO4)4.2H2O)!
In fact a study showed that despite rock salt containing additional "natural" nutrient-minerals, >30 g per day (approximately 6 teaspoons) would be required to make any meaningful contribution to nutrient intake, a level that would provide excessive sodium and potential harmful effects and hence the risk to public health from potentially harmful non-nutritive minerals should be addressed. https://t.co/9FDE7EOpGD
Rock salt is EXPENSIVE. It has NO additonal benefits over Table salt and is INFERIOR to Iodized salt. In fact, a study showed that when it comes to heart health and blood pressure, there was no difference between Rock salt or Table salt and the latter is a cheaper and more affordable option.
https://t.co/NZfpiwKfxh
So the best salt there is, for the Indian community?
Iodized salt it is. But be careful, use it in moderation, because salt is salt. Add a bit to taste only.
The Satvik health videos are absolute clownery and a danger to public health. Who will take care of it?
Mark my words in 10 years falling sick in this country will be a biggest curse one can have because of poor and poorest quality of doctors being produced. @narendramodi please work on quality of doctors along with quantitative
Last night was sleepless, haunted by the horrifying images of my fellow Indian wrestlers protesting. It's high time we establish independent safeguarding measures across sporting organizations. We must ensure that if such situations arise, they are dealt with utmost sensitivity and respect. Every athlete deserves a safe and empowering environment.
There are great sculptors, and then there are those whose abilities to transform stone border on the divine.
These are 15 of the most astonishingly lifelike marble sculptures ever created 🧵
A great initiative by isppd for country PG students
Thankful to dr Divya sharma, prof and head of the department, and her dedicated team for hosting this event
Session was coordinated by extremely learned moderator and field specialist speakers
Pedo Rapid Revision 4.0 is successfully completed today with Co host of program Z A dental college AMU,Aligarh
It was fourth year of this program and good to revise course by MDS final year students