Sumit Kumar

Currently with MT Newswires. My exes (chronological): Moniify, ET Prime, Moneycontrol, Microsoft News, Reuters, The Economic Times and ANI. Views are personal.

[Dr.Sayajirao Gaikwad @DietDrsayajirao]

Kidney-friendly lunch.
Individualised to kidney function.
IgA nephropathy

[Sumit Kumar @sumitkumar29]

@SIVA_K_D_ @emiliaclarke

[Sumit Kumar @sumitkumar29]

Thanks @DietDrsayajirao. We’re simply following your dietary advice.

[Dr.Sayajirao Gaikwad @DietDrsayajirao]

A simple low carb lunch
Avocado,cucumber, cherry tomatoes ,greens ,Paneer & ridge gourd curry
Why this helps reverse metabolic issues:
1) High protein from paneer stimulates satiety hormones (like GLP-1), preserves muscle during weight loss, and has a high thermic effect your body burns more calories digesting it.
2) Healthy fats in avocado improve insulin sensitivity, provide steady energy and help absorb fat-soluble vitamins. They also blunt blood sugar response when eaten with meals.
3) Low-carb, high-fibre vegetables keep the glycemic load minimal preventing sharp insulin spikes that drive fat storage, fatigue and cravings.
Together, this combination supports better HbA1c, fatty liver reversal, steady energy and sustainable fat loss without feeling deprived.

[Sumit Kumar @sumitkumar29]

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[Sumit Kumar @sumitkumar29]

RT @KobeissiLetter: BREAKING: Berkshire Hathaway announces its cash balance is now up to a record $380 billion.

The company sold a net -$8…

[Swagat Nayak @beingcarrot]

Update on my previous post: I ordered a ₹3 Lakh RTX 5090 on @AmazonIN and got a 1.56kg packet of detergent. Amazon promised a refund to kill the social media buzz, but they're just stalling. Now, I've uncovered a massive internal FBA fraud ring.

Thread @AmazonHelp @AmitAgarwal

[Adaptive @adaptiveai]

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[Sumit Kumar @sumitkumar29]

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[Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ @shanaka86]

Everyone talks about Iranian oil in barrels. Nobody talks about what is inside them. That difference is why Western refineries have been running shadow networks through Dubai for twenty years to get it despite the sanctions.

Crude oil is not a uniform commodity. It is a spectrum of hydrocarbons with different molecular weights, and the composition of a given crude determines how easily it converts into the products refineries actually want to sell: gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, heating oil. The measurement that captures this is API gravity. Higher API gravity means lighter crude with shorter carbon chains, which means lower energy cost to crack, lower processing cost to refine, and higher yield of the light distillates that carry premium pricing. Lower API gravity means heavier crude requiring more energy, more processing steps, more capital equipment, and producing a higher share of lower-value residuals.

Iranian Light crude runs at 33 to 36 degrees API gravity with sulfur content between 1.36 and 1.5 percent. That is the refinery sweet spot. It is light enough to yield high fractions of gasoline and middle distillates without excessive processing costs, but heavy enough to produce the full range of products that complex refineries are designed to process. It is what petroleum engineers call an optimal blend crude.

Now compare the alternatives.

Venezuelan Merey heavy crude runs at approximately 16 degrees API gravity with sulfur between 3 and 5 percent. Refining it profitably requires a coking unit, a hydrocracker, and an extensive desulfurization train. The equipment exists. The economics work for refineries purpose-built around Venezuelan feedstock. It is not a substitute for Iranian crude. It is a different product requiring different industrial infrastructure.

US West Texas Intermediate runs at 39 to 40 degrees API with sulfur below 0.25 percent. In theory, the cleanest and easiest crude to process. In practice, it is so light that it does not yield the heavier middle distillates a complex refinery needs to run at full capacity. European and Asian refineries built around medium crudes cannot switch to WTI without blending it with heavier crudes to achieve the molecular weight distribution their process units require. WTI is not a drop-in replacement for Iranian medium.

Iranian oil fits where both US shale and Venezuelan heavy do not. It is the liquid that flows through the middle of the global refining system without requiring either the coking infrastructure for heavy crudes or the blending operations for ultra-light shale. That molecular fit is why it commands a persistent premium above comparable grades. It is why Indian refineries maintained Iranian crude purchases through every round of sanctions and negotiated the logistics to keep that flow moving. It is why the Dubai shadow banking and trading network that the UAE is now considering dismantling existed in the first place.

The Strait of Hormuz does not just carry oil. It carries the specific category of oil that the global refining system was built to process most efficiently. Closing it does not just reduce supply. It removes the grade of crude that the system runs best on and forces every refinery in the world to run less efficiently on whatever it can find as a substitute.

That is the premium embedded in the $82 oil price. Not just volume. Molecular weight.

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[Sumit Kumar @sumitkumar29]

It’s just so depressing to see a city like Dubai being affected in all this. The city imbibes positivity, growth and rewards diligence. I know it will rise above all this and bounce back. Hearing it’s calm there from friends. For now, here’s praying and hoping all this ends soon.

[Sumit Kumar @sumitkumar29]

@reinerpope This is great. I’d love to speak to you for an interview if you have 20-30 minutes @reinerpope

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Apple will either acquire this or sherlock it within 18 months. They can’t let a third party own the fastest path from idea to App Store.

Rork just abandoned their entire React Native stack for native Swift. This company raised $2.8M from a16z building cross-platform apps from prompts. Rork Max throws that away and bets everything on Apple-native. That’s a complete technical pivot, not an iteration.

The “replaces Xcode” line is the real announcement. Xcode is a 21-year-old IDE that Apple has zero competitive pressure to modernize. Every iOS developer complains about it. Nobody builds against it because Apple controls the entire toolchain from compiler to App Store submission. Rork is betting that Claude Code can generate Swift well enough to bypass that monopoly entirely.

The timing tells you something. They chose Claude Code and Opus 4.6 over GPT-5, which means they tested both and Anthropic’s code generation won for native Swift output. That’s a live benchmark result disguised as a partnership announcement.

If Rork Max can actually one-shot native Swift apps for iPhone, Watch, iPad, TV, and Vision Pro from a browser, the IDE, the build system, the simulator, the provisioning profiles… all of that complexity collapses into a website.

There are 34 million registered Apple developers. Most of them hate Xcode. Rork just showed them the exit, and Apple can’t afford to let someone else own the door.

[The Paperclip @Paperclip_In]

In 1977, an Indian art student set out on a bicycle for Sweden, covering more than 11,000 kilometers because he could not afford an airfare to be with the love of his life. An incredible story worth remembering a thousand times. Read on. 1/18

[Sumit Kumar @sumitkumar29]

Worth a read. If you’ve got free 10 minutes spend it here.

[Matt Shumer @mattshumer_]

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[Sumit Kumar @sumitkumar29]

@blue_ollie13929 Hi what medicines did she take? Can you please share.

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@0xSweep Moral of the story: Wife is always right. 😊

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@drvivekgoel @divyaa24 What was the result? Please share Sir.

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@Cathrinmachin My wife wants to speak to you for support and motivation. Can you spare a few minutes? I’ve sent a DM as well.

[Sumit Kumar @sumitkumar29]

@Cathrinmachin God bless you. Just discovered this tweet. Connecting with you for more inputs from you. 🙏

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