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Quite SHOCKING - The Samsung 990 Pro 4TB SSD costs ₹46,000 in the US. In India? ₹1,13,660. Same drive. Same brand. Made in South Korea. The entire price difference was created in government offices — not factories. (Detailed Article Link in the end) 🧵 Here's exactly how they did it 👇

@sagarikaghose Then Why Nehru didn't resign after 1962 China war.

In democracies, usually, when elected officials are accountable to the public, and they fail the governance test, they resign. Of course when they are self styled non-biological messengers of God there is no such compulsion. #KeirStarmer

This photograph stayed with me. Not because it is Rahul Gandhi. Not because it is politics. But because of what it reveals about the strange times we live in. A politician floating in the waters of Great Nicobar, trying to understand what lies beneath the surface before speaking about one of the largest and most ecologically contentious projects in independent India. It struck me that there are two ways of looking at a country. One is from the comfort of air-conditioned rooms, surrounded by books, data sheets, opinion polls and ideological certainties. The other is by walking dusty roads, sitting with ordinary people, climbing mountains, entering forests, crossing rivers and, sometimes, diving into the sea. I know which one I find more convincing. The Great Nicobar project is not merely a development project. It is about ancient rainforests, irreplaceable coral ecosystems, endangered species, indigenous communities and a fragile geography that took millions of years to evolve. Yet much of our mainstream media discusses it as if it were a real-estate brochure. Every forest becomes “vacant land.” Every river becomes a “resource.” Every coastline becomes an “investment opportunity.” Every environmental concern becomes an “obstacle to progress.” And every citizen who raises questions becomes anti-development. The same media that rolls out red carpets for corporate promoters and celebrates every mega-project with breathless enthusiasm suddenly discovers scepticism when Rahul Gandhi talks about environmental destruction. The same television anchors who never ask difficult questions about forests being cleared, mountains being blasted or coastlines being transformed overnight become relentless interrogators when someone questions those projects. It is a fascinating form of journalism. The billionaire gets a prime-time celebration. The rainforest gets a footnote. The coral reef gets ignored. The tribal community gets erased. And the politician raising uncomfortable questions gets mocked. Meanwhile, many of our public intellectuals continue their favourite pastime: measuring leadership from a safe distance. A leader walks across India? Publicity stunt. A leader sits with farmers? Optics. A leader meets tribal communities? Symbolism. A leader dives into the sea to understand an ecological crisis? Performance. Apparently, the highest form of public service is sitting comfortably in a chair and explaining why everyone else is inadequate. The irony is almost poetic. For decades, India’s environmental movements have pleaded for leaders who would listen to scientists, conservationists, indigenous communities and ordinary citizens before approving projects that alter landscapes forever. Now, when a major political leader actually invests time and energy in understanding such concerns, he is ridiculed for doing exactly that. Looking at this photograph, I was reminded of a simple truth. A nation is not understood from drawing rooms alone. It is understood from its forests. Its rivers. Its mountains. Its coastlines. Its villages. Its people. And sometimes, from beneath the sea. The armchair experts may continue debating gravitas. The television studios may continue manufacturing narratives. The corporate cheerleaders may continue selling dreams of limitless development. But this image tells a different story. It shows a politician willing to leave the shore. And in today’s India, that is rarer than many would like to admit.

@TheReal_Jassi White skin - My lord, you are great. Brown skin Indian - You are dirty and corrupt. When will Indians learn to respect their own and stop bowing to West. Mental slavery still hasn't gone.

Keir Starmer didn't do Vote Chori, Modi did.

Because it's not one student. 22 Lakh students. Imagine if all the students had the flexibility to come in and go out anytime. A headache for the invigilators, centre heads, and even the students appearing. It's an exam centre, not a shopping mall.

The whole emotional drama on kids not being allowed to appear for exam for being late is symptom of deep rooted chalta hai attitude! We don’t want to respect discipline or our own rules. Kids had 2.5 hour window to reach exam centre which was known for weeks in advance yet they reached late fully knowing the repercussions . All these bleeding hearts India to become like Japan China or Europe but don’t want the basic discipline all these countries have. It doesn’t work both ways. So stop crying over the crying kids. They learnt a lesson for the life about being punctual #NEET

If 100 students are appearing for NEET at a centre and 60% arrive on time while 40% fail to make it before the gate closes, then it's an issue that needs to be examined. But if only 1–2% of students arrive late, then the responsibility largely lies with those students/parents.

“Swiss timing” isn’t the issue. Exam integrity is. The moment the paper starts, every minute increases the risk of leaks, communication, and unequal conditions. A national exam with millions of candidates cannot run on “Indian Stretchable Time.” If 2 minutes is acceptable, why not 5? Why not 10? Why not 15? The rule becomes whatever generates the most sympathy on social media that day. Rules announced months in advance are not unfair. Expecting them to be waived for you is.

Dumb suggestion. Here is why - This sounds compassionate until you think about how large-scale exams actually work. Timed entry isn’t just about punishing latecomers. It’s about exam integrity. Once the exam starts, even a few minutes can be enough for information to leak outside the center. A candidate arriving late could potentially receive details about the paper, questions, or patterns from someone who has already entered. In exams involving millions of students and high-stakes careers, rules have to be designed for the system, not for individual anecdotes. If exceptions become routine, every delay becomes a dispute, every center becomes responsible for judging excuses, and the scope for favoritism and litigation explodes. It is unfortunate when genuine candidates are delayed by circumstances beyond their control. But a rule that is harsh in a few cases may still be necessary to protect fairness for everyone else. The purpose of a competitive exam is not merely to test knowledge; it is also to ensure that every candidate takes the test under identical conditions.

I may be proposing something radical but what exactly is the point of timed entry on exams ? A student comes late, he/ she gets less time to answer. That’s punishment enough. Why stop anyone from appearing ? It’s not administrative hassle also because while thousands have entered and giving their exam, a single person can just be appointed to check the late entry and let them go in. Yes, it’s all about discipline and seriousness of the event, but we all have faced situations where things were out of our control. Flights, trains etc getting cancelled, road blocked due to many reasons, health etc etc. The data leans more towards students coming on time and hence the automatic thought process that those coming on time are more serious, keen and particular. But that doesn’t actually imply that if someone is late, their dedication can be questioned. We don’t know what caused the delay. Let students appear. Give them a chance at least. They’ve worked all their lives for this single exam and day. Let reduced time be the penalty. But not letting them appear isn’t fair. 🙏

हिजाब न पहनने पर 74 कोड़ों की सजा… राष्ट्रभक्ति का गीत गया… लोगों को बेइंतिहा पसंद आया… फिर भी सज़ा? क्योंकि गाना बग़ैर हिजाब के गाया.. कहाँ गई सारी My Body My choice का नारा बुलंद करने वाली… All eyes on this and that वाली?

Reality of CJP Reporter: Few students miss there exam in Bengaluru because of Congress rally. Deepke: Sarkar kiski hai? Reporter: Bengaluru mei to Congress ki sarkar hai. Deepke: Neet Exam kaun le raha. Reporter: Aap Modi ji pe bole, Congress pe bolne pe kyun Ghabra rahe. Deepke: Jab Congress ki Sarkar hogi to bolenge. Reporter: Bengaluru mei Congress ki Sarkar hai. Deepka: Chaliye chhodiye. Jaane dijiye.

@ChekrishnaCk So, the first step toward becoming doctors for these kids should be making them irresponsible and undisciplined?

This late entry rule should end. Allow them for remaining time. If someone arrives late, they will just get less time. But this way of not allowing them would lead to severe psychological stress. #NEET

⭕ BREAKING HARD: MOSCOW SHOOTS DOWN NEARLY 60 UKRAINIAN DRONES AS RUSSIAN STRIKES KILL FIVE IN UKRAINE. 🔸 Russian air defenses intercepted almost 60 drones headed toward Moscow. 🔸 Russian attacks across Ukraine reportedly killed at least five people and injured several others. 🔸 The latest escalation comes as both sides intensify long-range drone and missile warfare. More than three years into the war, neither side is backing down. Russia is striking deeper. Ukraine is striking farther. And the battlefield now stretches hundreds of miles beyond the front lines. #RussiaUkraineWar #Ukraine #Russia

⭕ BREAKING HARD: The US military has carried out a direct strike on a vessel in the Caribbean, killing two alleged narco-terrorists. 🔸 US Southern Command says intelligence identified the vessel as part of a drug-trafficking operation. 🔸 Two suspects were killed, while six survivors were rescued after the strike. 🔸 The operation marks another sign of Washington's increasingly aggressive use of military force against transnational criminal networks. For years, drug cartels were treated as a law-enforcement problem. Now, they are increasingly being treated as a military target. The line between the War on Drugs and the War on Terror is getting thinner. #USMilitary #Caribbean #BreakingNews

⭕ BREAKING HARD: Google just lost TWO of the biggest brains in AI within days. 🔸 Noam Shazeer, co-inventor of the Transformer architecture and Gemini co-lead, is leaving Google for OpenAI. 🔸 John Jumper, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist behind AlphaFold, is leaving Google DeepMind for Anthropic. 🔸 OpenAI and Anthropic aren't just competing for users anymore. They're competing for the people who build the future. The AI war is entering a new phase: Not model wars. Not chip wars. TALENT WARS. When the scientists who created today's breakthroughs start changing sides, the balance of power can change overnight. Google still has enormous resources. But losing a Transformer pioneer to OpenAI and a Nobel laureate to Anthropic in the same week is not a headline Google wanted. #AI #OpenAI #Anthropic

⭕ HARD NEWS: The Sensex is up 450 points. Nifty is above 24,150. Financial TV is celebrating another green day. But here's the uncomfortable question: How many ordinary Indians actually benefit when the market jumps? Millions don't own stocks. Many struggle with inflation, housing costs, education expenses, and high taxes on technology and essentials. A booming stock market is good news. But it is not the same thing as a booming economy for everyone. Markets are soaring. Are people's lives soaring too? #Sensex #Nifty #StockMarket

🚨 The Abu Dhabi NEET "scandal" may not be a scandal at all. For days, social media claimed NTA randomly assigned a Maharashtra student to an exam centre in Abu Dhabi. There's just one problem: ✅ Abu Dhabi is an official NEET exam centre. ✅ NTA says the centre preference was selected through the candidate's own login credentials. So how did a routine allotment become a national controversy? Read the full investigation 👇 thehardnewsdaily.com/the-abu-dhabi-…

⭕ DID YOU KNOW? For years, many believed Kolkata's Suhrawardy Avenue was named after Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, the controversial Premier of Bengal and later Prime Minister of Pakistan. The historical record says otherwise. Municipal records from 1933 show the road was actually named after Dr. Hassan Suhrawardy — an eminent physician, FRCS, and former Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University. So why did the confusion persist for decades? We dug into the archives, municipal records, and historical sources to find the answer. Read the full story: thehardnewsdaily.com/what-is-the-hi… #Kolkata #WestBengal #History

@dhanyarajendran Damn, she is some journalist. Sympathy for students is natural. Demanding that rules be waived for some candidates is not. In a national exam, fairness means the same deadline for everyone, not different rules for those who miss it.

What is this ridiculous rule of not letting students in, and that too for a re-test which isn’t their fault

Nobody is confusing Dr. Hassan Suhrawardy with H.S. Suhrawardy. Yes, Hassan Suhrawardy was a renowned doctor and Vice-Chancellor. Nobody denies his academic achievements. But why should those achievements place him beyond historical scrutiny? He was a prominent member of the British colonial establishment, accepted honors from the Raj, and never played any meaningful role in India's freedom struggle. Indians are free to debate whether roads and public institutions should continue to honor colonial-era elites who remained aligned with the system rather than those who fought to end it. History is bigger than titles, degrees, and FRCS credentials.

The road is named after a RENOWNED DOCTOR not a politician. The @BJP4India government in Bengal which does not know and cannot tell the difference between Dr Hassan Suhrawardy—eminent physician, former Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University and FRCS—and H.S. Suhrawardy, HAS NO BUSINESS lecturing anyone on “historical justice.” Learn some history first and get your facts right first. The @BJP4India parades ignorance and hate as governance.

5/5 China made hardware cheap → built Shenzhen South Korea subsidised components → built Samsung USA signed a free trade deal with Korea → pays zero import duty on SSDs India taxed hardware at 4 layers → holds press conferences about being a tech superpower We did the full investigation. Every tax. Every layer. Every rupee. Read it 👇 thehardnewsdaily.com/india-wants-to… RT if you think technology should not be a luxury. 🔁

India organises AI summits. Announces semiconductor missions. Talks about becoming a tech superpower. Meanwhile: → A student in Lucknow can't afford the SSD to run ML models → An indie dev can't afford the hardware his Polish competitor has → An AI researcher leaves India because compute is cheaper abroad We call it brain drain. The government calls it a mystery. It's neither.

Quite SHOCKING - The Samsung 990 Pro 4TB SSD costs ₹46,000 in the US. In India? ₹1,13,660. Same drive. Same brand. Made in South Korea. The entire price difference was created in government offices — not factories. (Detailed Article Link in the end) 🧵 Here's exactly how they did it 👇