The Urban Nomad

[Manish Hariprasad @manishariprasad]

One of the rarest sightings from the Sikkim Trip - The Elusive Musk Deer.

Was clicking some Fire-Tailed sunbirds, and this one was right there, grazing. I froze, and it came close enough for me to pat it.
It then crossed the ridge and disappeared in the snow below.
@IndiAves

[Gautam Kashyap @gkash77]

Ye Lal Rang .........

[Dr Shailesh Singh @drShaileshSingh]

A lot of people with high triglycerides start taking fish oil capsules on their own.

I think they often expect too much from them.

For most patients, the things that move triglycerides are much less exciting: losing excess weight, moving more, cutting back on alcohol and reducing refined carbohydrates.

Those are not optional because you started an omega-3 supplement.

You can take the capsule if you want, but don't expect it to do the work that your lifestyle is supposed to do.

[The Khel India @TheKhelIndia]

🤼‍♂️ HISTORY FOR NITESH SIWACH!🔥

Nitesh storms into the Asian Games final in the Men’s Greco-Roman 97kg category!

He defeated Mongolia’s Gankhuyag Ganbataar 🇲🇳 9-0 by Technical Superiority in the Semi Finals.

He becomes the first Indian Greco-Roman wrestler in 64 years to reach an Asian Games final, since 1962! 🤯

LET’S GOOO FOR THE GOLD! 🥇

[Anant Shukla @Anant_Shuklas]

An adult Male Cinnamon Bittern in full breeding plumage, at Jaipur, in Sep 25

#beautifulbirds #world_bestnature #Birdwatching #bird #BirdPhotography #birding #photoMode #TwitterNatureCommunity #BBCWildlifePOTD #ThePhotoHour #IndiAves #IndiWild @natgeoindia @NatGeoPhotos

[Rishi @Risav_Pal]

Bornean Banded Pitta
Borneo, Malaysia
August 2026

#IndiAves #ThePhotoHour #TwitterNatureCommunity #BBCWildlifePOTD #birdwatching #BirdsSeenIn2021 #natgeoyourshot #natureinfocus #indian_wildlifes #NaturePhotography #PhotoOfTheDay #wildlifephotography @Avibase

[The Urban Nomad @urban_nomadd]

@NatureClips01 What a magnificent beast! 😍

[Nature Clips @NatureClips01]

ASIAN ELEPHANT BULL EMERGES FROM THE WATER IN A NEPAL FOREST

[Basudev ViewFinder @viewfindero]

Rock bush quail @ Bhigwan, Maharashtra
#IndiAves #BBCWildlifePOTD #ThePhotoHour #natgeoindia #wildlifephotography #SonyAlpha #BirdsSeenIn2026

[Bird Talk 🛜🦅🪺🦉🐦🦜🪿🦢🦆🦃 @birdtalkX]

The greater flameback (Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus) have unique "zygodactyl" feet with two toes pointing forward and two pointing backward, helping them grip vertical tree bark easily. Credit to saikat_banik_wildlife, Wondershots FB

[Leena-Palestine @Leena53022916]

*BRILLIANT*
The French made a short film about what could happen after all immigrants would follow the ‘_white, angry old man’s_’ advice to go back where they came from.*

[Ladakh Marathon @Ladakh_Marathon]

A RECORD-BREAKING VICTORY! 👏

Ladakh's own, Nawang Tsering wins the gruelling 122km-long Silk Route Ultra in 12:12:18 💥

An absolutely sensational performance!

[😈 Xavier ✞ @RealXavier011]

What in the hell?

[Nicky Chandam @warileebi_]

Here is my brother-in-law, Vikram Chongtham, in a music video by Mame Khan, who was brutally killed by goons in Delhi.
[I don't own the rights to the video]

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

A rare sighting of the critically endangered Arabian Leopard, recorded in the Dhofar Mountains in southern Oman by Steve Backshall.

[HarperCollins @HarperCollinsIN]

HarperCollins India will publish Belonging: A Journey of Love by Sonia Gandhi. The long-awaited memoir will be published in India on 10 November 2026.

One of the most anticipated political memoirs of our time, Belonging is a dramatic and deeply personal story of love, identity, duty and belonging, and offers a rare insider's view of India’s journey.

[David AttenBruh @AlHendiify]

Normalize throwin hands w people who disrespect the land

[Vikas Vij @TheClubJunto]

R&D Lessons from China: After Reliance, JSW Halts Battery Mfg Plans

(a) RIL & JSW: “China has weaponized access to battery tech” (b) FACT: Chinese firms failed for 30 yrs doing R&D, while we focused on quarterly EBITDA (c) Renting vs Owning Mentality.

India’s Licensing Mentality

a. On Aug 26, 2026, Parth Jindal (36 yrs) told reporters that JSW has halted its ₹40,000 cr planned investment to manufacture LFP (lithium iron phosphate) battery in India. Parth said: “China is guarding LFP technology like a weapon.”

b. At Reliance AGM 2026, Anant Ambani (31 yrs) told shareholders: “Access to battery tech is being weaponized.” Reliance was forced to halt its mfg plans for LFP battery after China refused to license cell technology.

c. Indian industry prefers non-export items like oil, steel, cement, power, ports, airports because a known playbook exists. Foreign competition disallowed, 100% domestic capture, predictable profits, multi-billion mkt cap, zero R&D.

China’s R&D Mentality

a. China controls 94% of global LFP capacity. Chinese Companies: CATL: 37%; BYD: 23% (BYD became a car-maker); Others: 34%

b. LFP technology did not fall from heaven into China's lap. 30 years ago nobody wanted LFP. LFP was cheap and safe, but it had a failing. Its conductivity was so poor it could hardly deliver current.

c. US researchers gave up on LFP after a long struggle as it looked impossible to crack. But it was obvious that LFP would one day win because it involved abundant, low-cost raw materials.

BYD 2002-2020: Lessons in R&D
18 Years of Blood, Sweat & Tears

2002: BYD was a small battery-maker founded by Wang Chuanfu, an orphan from one of China’s poorest provinces. Wang chose the long and painful road of LFP when everyone else believed it was the road to bankruptcy.

In 2002, BYD’s earliest investor was Charlie Munger. Charlie said: “I invested because Wang was a “chemistry genius” and a “fanatic who worked 70 hrs a week.”

2005: In 2005, BYD developed its first in-house LFP cell.

2008: BYD launched the world’s first hybrid electric vehicle running on its own LFP – three months after Warren Buffett bought $230 million of BYD stock.

2009-2012: Commercial testing was critical to scale up the technology. But car owners were not ready to buy EVs. Chinese govt backed the technology with “10 Cities, 1000 Vehicles” program, which put LFP on municipal buses and taxis.

2016-2018: The Darkest Years: Conventional NMC technology raced ahead due to govt subsidies. Competition intensified. Industry slogan became: “LFP is dead; stop burning money.”

2019: Near-Death Experience: BYD's net profit to shareholders fell to $267 million, while R&D expenses swelled to $1.25 billion. BYD had bet its last shirt on the technology.

2020: Redemption at Last: BYD’s legendary Blade Battery was born. It worked like a dream, having survived years of failures, bottlenecks, countless iterations, rebuilding of entire production lines, and a devastating lab fire.

R&D: How to Conquer the World

a. Dozens of Chinese EV and battery startups living off govt subsidies disappeared. BYD and CATL emerged as the survivors of a domestic bloodbath.

b. In 2025, the world’s largest EV seller BYD spent 9% of its sales revenue (not profit) on R&D. CATL spent 6%. To understand the scale: In 2025, CATL had 20,000 research staff and 43,000 patents & applications.

2025 BYD R&D Expense: $9B
2025 BYD Profit: $4.5B (Half)

c. China has innumerable companies today with such suicidal R&D expense ratios. India has ZERO because with a license raj DNA, the Indian promoter has no mad desire to change the world. He just wants to die rich.

India's Ambani-Adani Equation

The following equation sums up India's economic curse:

When you have zero R&D, your profit becomes:

$4.5B + $9B = $13.5B

India's family-owned conglomerates, thriving on protectionist policies, do not wish to waste even one dollar on R&D and innovation.

Their vision for India is to leave billions to their children. And the children think licensing another's IP is their birthright: “China has weaponized battery technology against us.”

@arabicatrader

[The Urban Nomad @urban_nomadd]

@ShivaJmc12 What a fantastic crisp capture,,👌

[Dr. AK 🇮🇳 @docakx]

A 21-year-old woman took all 5 anti-rabies injections and rabies immunoglobulin after a dog bite. Still she died of rabies.

Here are the real reasons why the vaccine sometimes fails and what we must fix.

1. Stitching the bite wound