Chirag Gupta
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Chirag Gupta
@CommittedChirag
Chirag leads 8X Ventures. He has held leadership positions at 500 Global, Careem, McKinsey, PwC/Strategy& and Korn Ferry.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Katılım Şubat 2015
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The UAE Ministry of Defence announces the martyrdom of two members of the Armed Forces following a helicopter crash due to a technical malfunction while performing their national duty in the country today, Monday, March 9, 2026.
The Ministry of Defence extends its deepest condolences and sincere sympathies to the families of the two martyrs, praying that Almighty God grants them His vast mercy and gives their families patience and solace.
#وزارة_الدفاع
#وزارة_الدفاع_الإماراتية
#MOD
#UAEMinistryOfDefence

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“Technical malfunction.” The vocabulary that crosses borders.
The UAE learning the American method in real time. Medical problems in Kuwait. Non-hostile incident in Saudi Arabia. Technical malfunction in the UAE. The taxonomy of suppression spreading from CENTCOM to its partners. The allied forces adopting the allied language. Each country finding its own euphemism for the same thing — combat deaths classified as something else.
A helicopter crash. During a war. While performing national duty. On the same day the UAE published 253 ballistic missiles and 1,440 drones absorbed. On an island taking strikes since day one. Technical malfunction. The malfunction that happens during the war but isn’t caused by the war. The helicopter that crashed for technical reasons on a day the airspace was full of missiles and drones and the air defense was firing at everything.
Two dead. Called martyrs. The word martyr telling you what technical malfunction won’t. Martyrs die in service. Martyrs die for a cause. The UAE’s defense ministry using the word that means combat death in the same sentence as the phrase that means it wasn’t combat. The contradiction in the same statement. The honor and the denial occupying the same paragraph.
The pattern now across three countries. American service members dying of medical problems and non-hostile incidents at bases under active bombardment. Now Emirati service members dying of technical malfunctions on a day their country absorbed 253 ballistic missiles. The casualty suppression spreading through the coalition the way the war spread through the region. Each ally learning from the lead partner. Each ally finding the local euphemism. The dashboard methodology exported alongside the weapons.
The UAE published the real numbers for missiles and drones. 253. 1,440. But the casualties stay managed. Four foreign workers dead. 117 injured. And now two military martyrs from a technical malfunction. The transparency on incoming. The opacity on consequences. The missiles counted honestly. The deaths counted carefully.
Technical malfunction. Medical problems. Non-hostile incident. The thesaurus of the uncounted. The vocabulary that keeps the number manageable across every country hosting the war nobody authorized.
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Exciting news! @PritamDhalla, founder of #Larkai Healthcare, will share insights on the AI landscape in Indian markets.
Big thanks to @carvestartuplab & @GoogleStartups for hosting this impactful event on #AI.

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⇢The #Indian water and waste management industry is growing at 10%
I would love to talk to you if you decide to build your next #DeepTech #startup in water.
Read how these two startups aim to fight water scarcity with data: news.crunchbase.com/venture/overlo…
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Potential startup founders - Solve for "#WATER," and you will have the next unicorn.
⇢ 2.5bn people don't have safe drinking water
⇢3.5bn people have almost no access to water-related sanitation
A thread...
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My latest fascination is deep #Geothermal, #Ladakh, and #ONGC.
This story may spark a #business #opportunity!
A thread...

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Dear @MCA21India
We cannot incorporate a new company as we cannot get mobile OTP for Profile Registration. Due to this website's fault, we had to apply for an extension. We had already raised ticket FO_202308271081367.
Please resolve the same at the earliest.
@nsitharaman
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Dear @MCA21India We cannot incorporate a new company as we cannot get mobile OTP for Profile Registration. We have already raised ticket FO_202308271081367. Please resolve the same at the earliest. @nsitharaman #MCA
CA. Anurag Gupta@CAAnurag9
Dear @MCA21India We cannot incorporate a new company as we cannot get mobile OTP for Profile Registration. Due to this website's fault, we had to apply for an extension. We had already raised ticket FO_202308271081367. Please resolve the same at the earliest. @nsitharaman
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Tech solutions need to solve "Organic Food Scams" in India. Fast!
Let's put the fancy tech terms ("blockchain," "AI monitoring," etc.) to good use.
If not, bad food will undoubtedly eat the world.
#OrganicFoodFraud #FoodTechInnovation #ConsumerAwareness
GIF
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Fortunate to hear more about this firsthand from Prof. @ramgopal_rao.
Read more about the PhD-DRIVE here: tinyurl.com/auavextm
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I love the initiative by the @bitspilaniindia, to find the middle ground. A #PhD for the #startup track, PhD-DRIVE (Deep-tech Research, Innovation, Value generation & Entrepreneurship).
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