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[Vivek 🇮🇳 @vevck]

This so disgusting. This is not the India we would like to live in. Please act. @rajnathsingh @HMOIndia @narendramodi @mlkhattar https://t.co/Bkiplvw7tp

[Gaurav @aurbolo]

Dear @mlkhattar @rajnathsingh @narendramodi I hope you will the shame after reading this. Law & Order in Gurgaon is worst of the worst https://t.co/Xpb2wXgkMk

[Vivek 🇮🇳 @vevck]

Jaspal Rana, Om Shanthi 🙏🏽

[Sundeep Misra @MisraSundeep]

To truly understand Jaspal Rana, you have to look past the medals and understand the space he occupied, the very culture he helped shape. Shaping culture is how you change a nation’s sport. Look at the impact of a Bill Russell, Johan Cruyff or a Kenny Dalglish.

I’ve never met the man. To me, he was always this mysterious, incredibly strong character, so deeply defined by his sport that you wished he could be loaned out to other disciplines. In today’s world, you almost wish we could create AI models of him, clones dropped into different sports systems to disrupt age-old, self-serving processes and to crush the comfortable myths about coaching we so dearly hold onto.

He was a remarkably handsome man whose sharp demeanour on and off the range defined not just himself, but the sport of shooting in India. He gave it an attitude.

In sport, you hear a lot of stories, but Milan in 1994 reads like a movie script. On the eve of the Junior World Championships, Rana was hospitalized with a painful boil on his knee that would have required surgery. Refusing to miss the event, he practically escaped the hospital with his coach. Overnight, the boil burst. By morning, the leg was badly swollen. He literally cut his jeans into shorts to compete. Refused painkillers fearing a doping violation. Sleep-deprived and in terrible pain, he just hoped to finish. Instead, he shot a 569, won World Championship gold, and set a Junior World Record. A legend was born.

We talk about legacy loosely these days, but Rana earned his. Transitioning to the coach’s chair, he brought that same intensity. He possessed a rare ability to not just spot talent, but to recreate it, winning gold. It wasn’t just training athletes; it was reshaping their destinies.

Indian sport has too many knee-benders, characters who blend into the background to keep their motors purring comfortably. A force like Rana stood out because he proved that champions only emerge when a system is thoroughly disrupted. In a world of diplomatic coaches, happy to pile on international miles without a coherent strategy, Rana was the catalyst. He shook the system, made people uncomfortable, but left it stronger and victorious. Time, however, always falls short for such men.
📸 Courtesy: Pankaj Sharma
#jaspalrana #shooting #rana
#indiansport

[Vivek 🇮🇳 @vevck]

The analysis concludes that pm_growth is the "prime suspect" for causing the highest HR elevation (stress), with a ridge marginal effect of +5.47 bpm. Conversely, senior_dev has the most "calming" effect, with a ridge marginal effect of -3.20 bpm.

#vibecoding #whoop #HR

[Pankaj @the2ndfloorguy]

i hooked my whoop to my work calendar to find which coworker gives me the most stress 🚨

thanks to fable, I reverse engineered whoop to pull per minute heart rate. nd matched spikes with cal events and attendees

I now have a leaderboard and I think about it daily.

few info masked for obvious reasons ;)

[Sanjay Maurya @MeSanjayy]

HT Exclusive: @ni5arga is now OSINT and threat intelligence engineer at IIT Kanpur’s C3iHub.

IIT Kanpur director Manindra Agrawal said he reached out to Adhikary after reading his blog on vulnerabilities in CBSE's OSM portal, published on May 22.

https://t.co/fjmCFuhOqi

[Vivek 🇮🇳 @vevck]

Oh! It's not #Bangalore ? 😬😜

#hyderabad

[Sathya @NotYourGuyND]

Hyderabad is already chocking with massive traffic jams and today's rains has created havoc across the city.

Gachibowli, Madhapur, Hi-tech City, and the Financial District known as the corridor, are the worst hit.

#hyderabadRains

[Tonbo Imaging @TonboImaging]

Introducing the Avenger AVG-30HD. 🇮🇳

After years of imports, we’ve finally done it — indigenous stabilized EO/IR gimbals are now replacing foreign systems on Indian naval vessels.

This next-gen system delivers:
🔹 State-of-the-art FOG gyro-mechanical stabilization for rock-steady imaging
🔹 HD thermal imaging — see wider with the same target recognition capability
🔹 Lightweight at under 10kg
🔹 Integrated staring-array panoramic imager for real-time 360° situational awareness
🔹 AI-powered — not just situational awareness, but a complete EO/IRST package

And the best part? Truly Make in India. Not assembled — designed, developed, and manufactured here.

#MakeInIndia #AatmanirbharBharat #DefenceTech #IndianNavy #EOIR

[Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd @MEIL_Group]

MEIL Group Creates History in the Himalayas! 🇮🇳

The 13.153 km Zojila Tunnel has achieved a major breakthrough, becoming the world's longest single-tube bi-directional tunnel at the highest altitude of 11,578 feet. The tunnel will provide all-weather connectivity between Srinagar and Ladakh, transforming travel, trade, and strategic mobility in the region.

@nitin_gadkari @NHAI_Official @nhidcl @PMOIndia

#ZojilaTunnel #Breakthrough #TunnelBreakthrough #Himalayas #Srinagar #Ladakh #JammuAndKashmir #MeghaEngineering #MEIL #MEILGroup

[ClaudeDevs @ClaudeDevs]

Claude Fable 5 is here. New model generation, new way of working.

Here's how to get started in Claude Code and on the Claude Platform: 🧵

[Supriya Sahu IAS @supriyasahuias]

An 800-kg wild gaur walked more than 300 km across Tamil Nadu, from the forests of Trichy to the shores of Pamban. What followed was one of the most complex wildlife operations undertaken in the state. After a month of tracking the animal through human-dominated landscapes, and when all efforts to guide it back to suitable habitat failed, the Tamil Nadu Forest Department carried out the state’s first long-distance gaur translocation. Nearly 100 personnel, including expert veterinarians and trackers, worked in challenging coastal terrain to safely tranquilize, transport and release the animal in a Reserve Forest in Dindigul after a 13-hour capture operation and a 9-hour journey. Translocating a gaur is among the most challenging wildlife management tasks. This successful operation marks a significant milestone in conflict mitigation and wildlife management, while providing valuable lessons for future human-wildlife conflict situations. Kudos to the entire team 👏👏💪

[Malay Krishna @Malay4Product]

You probably have no idea who Salim Kumar is, but every Indian should read all about him today.

Salim Kumar was a Malayalam actor who passed away on Saturday night in Kochi at the age of 56. If you don't watch Malayalam cinema, strap in because his story is one of the most remarkable careers Indian cinema has produced, and it deserves to travel beyond Kerala.

He came from nothing. Born in North Paravur, a small town in Ernakulam, into a family that struggled with money. Government school. Graduated from Maharajas College.

So, no film connections, no family wealth, no shortcuts.

He started as a mimicry artist with Kalabhavan, a performance troupe in Kochi that has been the launchpad for dozens of Malayalam actors. Stage shows, comedy routines, television spots.

He was funny in a way that was impossible to ignore, the kind of performer who could make a room laugh in an instant.

His first film was Ishtamanu Nooru Vattam in 1997, a small role nobody remembers. For years he played supporting parts & background comedy.

Then the 2000s happened. His role as Mattancherry Mammathu in Satyameva Jayathe gave him his first real recognition, and after that the comedy roles started coming fast.

Pulival Kalyanam. Thuruppugulan. Kunjikkoonan. Marykkundoru Kunjaadu. If you grew up in Kerala in the 2000s, his face was in half the films you watched. He became the comedian audiences showed up for, the one whose scenes people replayed and quoted at family gatherings.

What separated him from most comedians was precision. He did not rely on volume or slapstick. He used his face, his body, his pauses.

He could get a laugh from the way he blinked. Directors started writing characters specifically for him, because they knew he would take whatever was on the page and make it three times funnier than they imagined.

For over a decade, he was the biggest comic face in Malayalam cinema.

Then came 2010 and a film called Adaminte Makan Abu.

A quiet, small-budget film directed by Salim Ahamed. The story follows an aging Muslim couple in a Kerala village whose only dream in life is to go on Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca.

They save every rupee. Things keep falling apart. The film is about their dignity, their patience, and their faith through one disappointment after another.

Salim Kumar played Abu. The man who owns nothing except his wife and his belief, and holds onto both with everything he has.

There is no comedy in the role. No punchlines, no funny faces, no playing to the gallery. It is the complete opposite of everything audiences had ever seen him do.

The entire performance is built on stillness, restraint, and pain carried quietly behind the eyes.

He won the National Film Award for Best Actor for it. That is the highest acting honour in Indian cinema. The film was also selected as India's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards (Oscars) that year.

In one role, Salim Kumar went from "the funny guy from Malayalam films" to one of the most respected actors in Indian cinema.

He simply disappeared so completely into a character that you forgot you were watching a comedian at all.

He followed it with more serious work. Achanurangatha Veedu, which won him the Kerala State Award. Traffic, still considered one of the finest ensemble films in Malayalam cinema. Perumazhakkalam.

Each time, he proved the National Award was not a fluke. The man had range that most actors who only do drama cannot match.

Unfortunately, Salim Kumar suffered from liver cirrhosis, a condition he said was hereditary in his family and not related to alcohol. His brother had the same illness. He underwent a liver transplant a few years ago. He tried naturopathy. He talked about all of it openly, without shame, without self-pity.

He kept working between treatments. He kept being funny. He kept showing up, even when his body was failing him.

He was also fearlessly outspoken about politics and social issues, which in any film industry can cost you work. He did not care. He said what he believed and lived with the consequences.

He passed away Saturday night at a hospital in Kochi. He was 56. The Kerala government bore the funeral expenses and gave him police honours.

The Chief Minister paid homage personally. Mammootty, one of the biggest names in Indian cinema, mourned him publicly. Thousands of people lined up at the North Paravur Town Hall on Sunday to say goodbye.

350 films in three decades. A National Award for Best Actor. An Oscar entry. A career that started from mimicry stages and ended at the very top of Indian cinema.

The reason most of India does not know his name is because Malayalam cinema, despite being one of the best film industries in the country, still does not get the national attention it deserves.

Actors like Salim Kumar live and work in a language bubble, and their stories rarely cross over the way a Bollywood career would.

This is a loss for everyone who never got to watch him. A man who came from poverty, made millions laugh, then proved he could make them cry just as hard, and fought his own hardest battle with utmost dignity.

If you watch one film after reading this, make it Adaminte Makan Abu. It is a masterpiece.

[Hims 🪷 🚴 🌱 🧘 @maveinlux]

#Singapore 🇸🇬 police have asked Meta, Google, and other platforms to take down anti-India 🇮🇳 content circulating in Singapore, primarily in Chinese (most likely pushed by Chinese sources).

The material seeks to belittle the Indian diaspora while advancing Chinese propaganda. Singapore’s government has acted swiftly to protect its Indian community.

This is exactly how a progressive, cohesive society responds.

Meanwhile, #Trump and his minions continue to hurl racist attacks against the Indian diaspora, one of the most advanced, integrated, and high contributing ethnic groups in the United States.

[Vivek 🇮🇳 @vevck]

@PriyankKharge Good initiative, both the referenced websites don't work.

[Vivek 🇮🇳 @vevck]

Tejas Shirse finished second, missing gold🥇 by 0.01 secs.

[nnis Sports @nnis_sports]

🚨 Tejas Shirse wins silver at the New Taipei City Athletics Open 2026!

India's 110m Hurdles national record holder Tejas Shirse finished 2nd in a thrillingly close final, clocking 13.58s at the New Taipei City Athletics Open 2026.

Chinese Taipei's 20-year-old Hsieh Yuan-kai stunned the field to claim gold in 13.57s.

🤏 Just 0.01s separated gold and silver in an incredibly tight finish!

📹 - ELTA Sports

#IndianAthletics #Athletics #TejasShirse #110mHurdles @afiindia

[Agent Peenya @Themangofellow]

My friend quit his high paying job to start his own org with a vision to replace plastic with bio degradable materials.

Among many is this Biodegradable & Compostable End Caps—a sustainable alternative to conventional plastic end caps.

More at: https://t.co/5sGvmlXfkA

[Hockey India @TheHockeyIndia]

𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒! 🏆🇮🇳

India defeat Japan 4-1 in the Men’s U18 Asia Cup 2026 Final to be crowned champions. 👑🔥

A tournament to remember and a team to be proud of. 💙

#HockeyIndia #IndiaKaGame #U18AsiaCup2026 @imsardarsingh8

[Vivek 🇮🇳 @vevck]

6:06 @ 6/6/2026

[Bennett @b_nnett]

23.5 hours later... there's an app and it's open source.

It tracks activities & sleep. It has full sensor support: HR, SpO2, HRV, Temperature, Motion, etc.

[Parimal @Fintech03]

Game is on...Zaynich is to the Indian pharmaceutical industry what the Mangalyaan Mars Mission was to ISRO. It proves that Indian minds can build the most complex, 1st principles systems in the world at a fraction of the cost, w/o relying on Western hand-holding.

Drug discovery is a brutal, high-stakes game of attrition where 99% of attempts end in catastrophic financial failure. It takes an average of 10-15 yrs & close to a billion dollars just to bring a single New Chemical Entity to market. This is why Indian companies historically avoided it, they lacked the capital to gamble.

Wockhardt spent 25 years in research & poured ~$800 million into building an innovative antibiotic pipeline from scratch. When Orchid Pharma discovered India's 1st NCE (enmetazobactam), they were forced to out-license it to a German company because they could not afford the ruinous cost of global clinical trials. The true financial & intellectual cream was skimmed by the West.

Wockhardt broke that trap. They funded the global trials, braved the FDA’s gold-standard scrutiny & retained 100% ownership of the IP. They are launching it in the US & globally entirely on their own terms, tapping straight into a $9 billion market opportunity.

The era of India being just the world’s "low-cost pharmacy" is officially over. The transition to becoming a global superpower of deep-tech biomedical discovery has begun.

[anand mahindra @anandmahindra]

Yeh ladka bahut talented hai.

Kya woh abhi bhi Nainital ki sadkon par kaam kar raha hai?

Main na sirf uski padhai mein madad karna chahta hoon, balki jaadu mein uski dilchaspi ko bhi badhava dena chahta hoon.

Kyon na woh duniya ke behtareen jaadugaron mein se ek bane?

Kya koi mujhe usse aur uske mata-pita se sampark karne mein madad kar sakta hai?

(Video: courtesy @Murti_Nain )

[Norway Chess @NorwayChess]

🇮🇳 PRAGGNANANDHAA IS THE NORWAY CHESS CHAMPION 2026 👏👏👏

#NorwayChess
📷 Norway Chess / Tor Nilssen & Kjetil V. Tveito

[nnis Sports @nnis_sports]

We couldn't help but share this.

These boys were under immense pressure. They could have folded. Instead, they responded with character.

India's U18 men's team fought back to beat Pakistan 5-3 and secure a place in the Men's U18 Asia Cup 2026 Final.

Next stop: Japan. One match. One title.

#IndiaU18 #IndianHockey #HockeyIndia #U18AsiaCup #AsiaCup2026 #Hockey #TeamIndia #IndianSports