@KSAMOFA Assalamualaikum WRB, Dear KSA MOFA team, your visa portal https://t.co/us6MzKxFVo is pathetic. Visa applicants spend weeks to apply for the visa. Portal is broken Phone OTP never works. I have been trying for 2 https://t.co/XbdyTLTYFw application process is super fine.
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Dear MOFA team, your visa portal https://t.co/JKGKXHPv2I is broken. Visa applicants spend weeks to apply for visa. I have been trying for 2 weeks to get an OTP. Pl fix this nightmare. This will help tourists @KSAMOFA@Absher
Dear @krishnabgowda avare,
Pl visit Kanakanagar, Hebbal. Despite paying lakhs in taxes. This area has been completely ignored. Life is choked especially KHB main Road 3KM road from ORR to Dinnur Road. @ChristinMP_@DKShivakumar
Seeing the problem is only the first step. Acting on it is what matters.
Following the night inspection two days ago, action has already begun on the issues identified along Bannerghatta Road.
#BetterBengaluru
Seeing the problem is only the first step. Acting on it is what matters.
Following the night inspection two days ago, action has already begun on the issues identified along Bannerghatta Road.
#BetterBengaluru
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Bill Gates just warned AI could trigger mass unemployment
In a super long (6,000-word) post that @BillGates just published, he says
"Even under the best circumstances, the transition to this new AI era will be one of the most turbulent times in human history"
Some takeawys
- AI is moving too fast for the usual technology-transition playbook. Unlike PCs, AI already runs on devices people own, communicates in natural language, and can learn from the same materials used to train humans, so adoption does not require decades of new hardware, software, and user retraining.
- He would probably support a credible global effort to slow AI development, but does not believe geopolitical and economic competition will allow one.
- His biggest economic fear is permanent job destruction, not temporary unemployment. Gates argues that AI can substitute directly for human cognition, putting entry- and mid-level work in sales, customer support, software engineering, paralegal work, finance, healthcare and other fields at risk, while increasingly capable robots could start competing for construction and hospitality tasks before 2030.
- The decisive point comes when AI becomes reliable enough to work without human checking, because removing the human then becomes economically attractive.
- He sees AI as a force multiplier for both attackers and powerful institutions. Lower-skill criminals could gain capabilities for cyberattacks, fraud, deepfakes and potentially biological threats, while governments could use cheaper autonomous weapons, surveillance and opinion manipulation; beyond misuse by humans,
- Gates also leaves open the longer-term risk that increasingly capable AI systems could act against human interests.
- He worries that always-available, agreeable AI companions could reduce the difficult social interactions through which children build resilience, while heavy reliance on AI for intellectual work could weaken critical thinking; at the same time, he argues that carefully designed AI tutors could improve education by preserving the student's own cognitive effort instead of simply supplying answers.
- He also proposes a "Human Reserved" category for work society deliberately keeps human, and taxes on AI tokens and robots to slow some automation.
A can of Fanta sold in London contains 63 calories. In India, the same drink contains three times as much sugar. It also has artificial dye — requiring prominent health warnings in Europe — but in India, the colorant’s presence is noted merely in small print on the back of the can https://t.co/YCUjj5BR2J
I received free samples of milk thistle from @1mgOfficial@TataCompanies seems to be peddling a lot of unscientific Medicines. These samples go to the garbage bin. Thanks to awareness from @theliverdoc
Bengaluru Food Safety Crackdown: Expired Meat, Fungal Vegetables Seized at Luxury Hotels
Bengaluru
In a sweeping crackdown on food safety violations, the #FoodSafety Wing of the Health and Family Welfare Department on Friday raided 26 three‑star and five‑star #hotels across #Bengaluru, exposing severe lapses in hygiene and regulatory compliance.
Operating under the guidance of Health Minister U.T. Khader, thirty teams of Food Safety Officers carried out surprise inspections across all #GBA zones in Bengaluru Urban District. The drive was aimed at enforcing the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 and related licensing rules.
Officials reported widespread contamination and unsafe storage practices. Fungal vegetables and expired dairy, bakery items, chicken, fish and meat were found in several kitchens. Inspections also revealed improper segregation of vegetarian and non‑vegetarian food, misbranding of products, and non‑compliance with #FSSAI labeling norms. Many kitchens were unhygienic, with poorly maintained storage areas that posed serious risks to public health.
The raids led to the destruction of hundreds of kilograms of unsafe food:
1. #RadissonBlu (The Atria): 105 kg of expired food, including 50 kg chicken, 25 kg meat, 23 kg fish, and 7 kg vegetables were seized.
2. #TheLalitAshok (Annex South): 76 kg meat, 200 kg vegetables and 32 liters of expired were seized and destroyed.
3. #Taj Yeshwantpur: 72 kg of meat and fish.
4. #FourSeasons Bengaluru: 19 kg of meat was seized.
5. #ShangriLa Bengaluru: 15 kg of meat was seized.
6. #Vivanta Whitefield: 3 kg of expired bakery products.
The Commissioner of Food Safety confirmed that notices have been issued to the concerned Food Business Operators. Adjudication proceedings will follow under the provisions of the Act.
Officials have warned all hotels and food businesses to ensure strict compliance, cautioning that further action will be taken once laboratory analysis of collected samples is complete.
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@CMofKarnataka avare Today was a terrible day for citizens in the CBD. Police shut off traffic for long creating huge jams People took 90 minutes to cross 2 kms.. This is not the way to make us suffer for electing you to power. We were treated shabbily because of swearing in. if Ministers who are to serve us make us suffer this is wrong. This is very very wrong. Police @CPBlr@Jointcptraffic@DgpKarnataka let us down very very badly by blocking reads. Please ensure this never happens again. We are your voters not subjects, to make us suffer. @DKShivakumar@lkatheeq@krishnabgowda
It wasn't easy for me to do all this n waited for 2.5 months for resolution from @VinFastofficial@VinFastIN@SanhChauPham#CEOIndiatappanGhosh#naneshAutomotive Hyd , after paying 25 lakhs you end up at police station for doing a video of my experience with the car before heading to consumer forum.
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@ApriliaOfficial@ApriliaIndia
2 weeks old 457 broke down, clutch failure.
I am trying to reach your RSA call Center since 6 hours. NO response. Absolutely pathetic service. I regret buying your 457 replica. @TeamBHPforum@jagograhakjago