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[SurrNam🌞 @surajnam]

@mumbaiheritage Person 1 to Person 2 - Main train mein terese pehle gusa, uskeliye main zyada hawa kaoonge. Tu andhar gus. Darwaze pe mat khade reh.

[PunsterX @PunsterX]

RT if you're NOT watching the match.

#INDvsPAK #AsiaCup2025

[G.Ø.A.T @iParth_]

RT if you haven't watched any of these !

[Amnesty India @AIIndia]

The Government of India's decision to prevent academic Ashok Swain from meeting his ailing mother by cancelling his Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) status is cruel. The authorities must stop punishing #AshokSwain just because he is critical of the govt. https://t.co/DwwyzI93gI

[SurrNam🌞 @surajnam]

@deepigoyal Why can't you have made a policy of not delivering meat-based food along with non-meat based food? Why differentiate with colour in a deeply judgemental country?

[Akshat Shrivastava @Akshat_World]

INR 2,870Cr is being spent on building Goa's Moppa Airport.

You might say that it would increase the tourism massively. Because a better 'facility' has been built. But, you might be wrong.

See folks, in India people don't like to get into the details of things. For example:-

[1] You will see very few international tourists (except for Russians maybe) who will re-visit Goa.

Compare this to destinations like Thailand, Dubai, they get more repeat tourist.

Why?

[2] Because of ancillary facilities: taxi, connectivity, sensible prices of food, organised activities, stay etc.

People don't travel just to see a shiny new piece of infrastructure. They travel for the overall experience.

And, honestly 0 destinations in India get repeat international tourism at scale.

[3] Problem is: no one gives a crap about doing hard things.

Like actually breaking the taxi union. And, making the price fairer for tourists (so they don't feel ripped off)

Spending public money (or subsidising it for a private player) on building a shiny airport seems like an easier option.

There are enough domestic tourists, who will anyways show up. And, give the impression of growth.

We are 100% fine, landing on a super shiny airport. Booking an overpriced taxi. And, seeing shit along the way.

This is NOT a GOA specific problem. This is an India specific problem.

Go to Shimla, you will see another variant of the same problem.

Change requires doing hard things. But, who would do it?

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

**MUST READ**

I was interviewed by @janeborges9 for @mid_day regarding science-based medicine and Ayush practices in the wake of my recent suspension from Twitter (X).

I have few points to clarify about this report and my interview.

The final report has become a "Brandolini's Law" kind of situation for me.

"The Bullshit Asymmetry Principle, also known as Brandolini’s Law, states that the amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it."

I was dissapointed to see that the feature included multiple Ayurveda and Homeopathy practitioners who have very conviniently, used the medium to burden the readers with more misinformation on diagnosis and treatments for various diseases.

I am not sure why there is even a debate on this - scientific medicine vs. pseudoscientific medicine.

There is no debate. It is plain and clear that scientific medicine is the closest we come to truths in healthcare and pseudoscience like Ayush is a distraction that is fuelled by weak anecdotes, appeal to tradition, culture and antiquity and embraces the business of healthcare and not art of patient care.

It is like inviting Hamas or Hezbollah or ISIS terrorists to the United Nations and asking their view points on world peace. It is absurd.

Health reporters, please do not give undeserving credit or a seat at the table, to pseudoscience peddlers, in a serious interview or healthcare report, if you really wish to inform the public on right to healthcare.

One of the Ayurveda practitioner interviewed was only looking to sell their quackery business (Gynoveda) through this interview, while another white-washes Ayurvedic pseudoscience with anecdotes and personal experiences.

The Homeopath has no idea what is being discussed. She goes on to say, "People are prescribing ridiculous dosages without following the set principles of homeopathy”

- I dont get this. Homeopathy is itself so ridiculous and ridiculous dosing means either ridiculous amount of water, sugar or alcohol. Such instances go without rebuttals in this interview. I do not even know why mainstream media must interview Homeopaths regarding anything remotely related to healthcare. They dont know anything about human anatomy, physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology. They still believe in magic.

@mid_day has also supported chemophobia (fearmongering general public on "synthetic chemicals") through this article.

The New-York based Vaidya (not doctor), Nidhi Pandya blatantly says, "in the last 10 years alone, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which is responsible for protecting public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy and security of human and veterinary drugs, has had more than 14,000 drug recalls. This means that they were initially considered ‘safe’ for use, before being recalled. Ayurveda is a 5,000-year-old science, which is also time-tested. And while there may be concerns about who is using it, how it’s being administered and processed, we’ve never really seen a case, in all these years, of a particular substance that’s deemed to be absolutely unsafe to the point that it’s banned.”

Really?
Did this report even go into details of this claim on no ban on Ayurvedic supplements?
[1] European Union ban on Ayurvedic Medicines - https://t.co/fLfR6lhLj4 & https://t.co/gyj3jbssvu
[2] Banned -- Select: "a drug to alter the sex of the foetus" - https://t.co/9SLIHOJ8Rg
[3] Canada bans ayurvedic drugs - https://t.co/cFzgSbTZUX
[4] Singapore bans ayurveda products from India, UK alerts public - https://t.co/EgRpA6LMlI
[5] Why did Denmark ban Ashwagandha? - https://t.co/I7o2c8E8uN
[6] Uttarakhand bans five 'drugs' made by Patanjali - https://t.co/8hZwdN7r64
[7] ‘Ayurvedic’ pills banned after steroids found in them - https://t.co/Ol3iKtVo1i

- Drug recalls in scientific medicine, happen as part of phase IV clinical trials for safeguarding public health and patient safety. It is one of the most important aspects of scientific medicine and showcases maturity of the science-based practice, and is not a weakness. Ayurveda has no clinical trials to back up efficacy or safety and the largest upcoming cause for acute liver injury in the West is herbal drugs while the commonest cause of drug-induced liver failure in cirrhosis patients in East is herbals. None of these clarifications are provided in the report.

The Ayurveds, driven by cognitive failure keeps talking about how they diagnose conditions "holistically" through Vata, Pita, Kapha
- I mean a newspaper putting statements on obsolete humoral theories in 2023 shows how regressive this country still is, when it comes to scientific temperament.

The Homeopath is just delusional in this interview. She says, "This alternative therapy, she believes, can be used to treat everything from a common cold to cancers (of earlier stages). But ER physicians are recommended for emergencies and surgery-related cases."
- this is called cognitive dissonance 101.
Cognitive dissonance is "a mental conflict that occurs when your beliefs don't line up with your actions. It's an uncomfortable state of mind when someone has contradictory values, attitudes, or perspectives about the same thing."

Even after repeated and ongoing attempts at telling people and especially the media, not to use the term Allopathy for scientific medicine, it features full on in the title. Health reporters, please do not use this term again. In this interview I have already discussed what Allopathy is and it still featured in the headline, erroneously synonymous with science-based medicine.

I will leave it to the reader (you) "to separate the wheat from the chaff" in this very chaotic report.
Read more here: https://t.co/diTta1GExO

[The Mooknayak @The_Mooknayak]

#Manipur : यहां शाम 6 बजे से लेकर सुबह 5 बजे तक कर्फ्यू लगा रहता है. इस दौरान सिर्फ मेडिकल की दुकानें ही खुलीं होती हैं. यू कहें कि जैसे कोरोना के समय का लॉकडाउन लौट आया हो.

Ground Report मणिपुर हिंसा: स्थिति सामान्य फिर भी डर क्यों है बरकरार ? 👇🏾

लिंक - https://t.co/Esi28ffAuy

[Meena Kotwal (मीना कोटवाल) @KotwalMeena]

Setting out with resolve, The Mooknayak team embarked on a mission deep into the core of the issue. Our intention was resolute: to transcend the boundaries of mere numbers and analytical reports.

Our journey led us to ground zero, where we aimed to uncover the human stories concealed beneath the surface, stories that often defy quantification in statistical terms.

" What the Eyes Cannot Grasp, the Heart Can Truly Feel !"

"Fear's Echoes at Ground Zero: A Glimpse into Manipur's Gradual Recovery"

Ground report link - https://t.co/u8jAaDrfbM

[Raza Kazmi @RazaKazmi17]

Some history Trivia on Project Tiger. A🧵

Though the Project was launched today, 50 yrs ago, the actual beginning was a year earlier. In 1972, an 11-member 'task force' constituted by Indira Gandhi submitted its report. They thought of a title for their report. They called it 👇

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

There is going to be a big backlash from the Homeopathy community in Kerala against me like before, not in form of scientific rebuttals, but personal attacks, shaming, giving out personal details and workplace harassment.

Sreevals Menon pictured below is a Homeopathic practitioner based in Kerala, who's main group, the IHK or Institute of Homeopaths of Kerala members were responsible for extreme forms of harassment I had to face while educating people on medical science that benefits public health.

The groups members attacked my Lab and doxxed the Lab people, shot live videos streamed on FB and called for violence against the Lab members including hurting the Lab director, an elderly man.

After four years of good faith collaboration with the Lab, I had to let them go, quite painfully for their personal safety and was left without a partner Lab to perform sample analysis for over a year.

Homeopaths go any lengths to defend their fraud businesses. I go any length to defend the people's health. There is a difference.

[Newtown Action Alliance ❌👑 @NewtownAction]

RT IF YOU HATE THE NRA!

[Vinod gupta @vinodd2017]

My autistic kid still missing from mumbai . kindly help to make his photo mass reach. @iamsrk

[Abhishek @AbhishekSay]

The 'Joshimath subsidence: Satellite-based preliminary result' has been deleted from the website of National Remote Sensing Centre of ISRO. This thread includes the screenshot, original pdf & web archive of the deleted page. Information is a basic right in any democracy.

[Vimlendu Jha विमलेंदु झा @vimlendu]

JOSHIMATH SINKING THREAD:
All the coverage on Joshimath will show you visuals of haphazard construction n tilted homes with cracks, n also build a narrative that it is the main reason for the disaster. That’s half the truth and a coverup exercise, to protect the main CULPRIT. ++

[PoliticsVerse 🇺🇸 @PoliticsVerse_]

WOW! Hakeem Jeffries is a superstar

[Varangian Chronicler @Varangian_Tagma]

There are a ton of great accounts here on Twitter.

Here are some that I recommend you follow in 2023 for excellent content:

[SurrNam🌞 @surajnam]

@Aiyooda @TheCineprism Malayalam

[Zucker Doctor @DoctorLFC]

Beautification of roads during an international summit where foreign delegates are expected is a brazen slap on the faces of citizens by the authorities. It has the "We can do it but we won't do it for you ordinary, taxpaying, law-abiding citizens" vibe to it.

#G20Summit #Mumbai

[SurrNam🌞 @surajnam]

@Punit_Pania It's better than worshiping politicians for sure.