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6 YEARS: FROM COVID TO IRAN TIME FOR SOME PAINFUL TRUTHS 🚨 Six turbulent years from Covid to the Ladakh standoff to Ukraine war to Trump’s tariff offensive to the current Iran war have exposed a hard truth. India remains dangerously dependent on the world for things a serious power should control at home. Energy first, since that’s on everyone’s mind right now. India imports about 85% of its crude oil and roughly 50% of its natural gas. We depend heavily on overseas supply chains for critical minerals like lithium, cobalt and nickel that will power the next generation of batteries and energy systems. Any disruption anywhere from the Strait of Hormuz to sanctions on major producers immediately ripples through LPG prices, electricity costs and inflation. The current LPG anxiety during the Iran war is just the latest reminder of how exposed we are. Defence is worse. Despite decades of rhetoric about indigenisation, India still imports roughly 45 to 50% of its major weapons systems, making it one of the world’s largest arms importers, if not the largest. During the Ladakh standoff with China (which is still on) the country had to rush through emergency purchases of munitions, drones, artillery shells and winter gear because either we don’t make those items or domestic capacity could not surge quickly enough. A country facing two nuclear adversaries should never have to scramble for weapons in the middle of a military standoff. Pharmaceuticals reveal another uncomfortable truth. India is known as the pharmacy of the world, yet around 70% of our active pharmaceutical ingredients come from outside, including China. During Covid this vulnerability became obvious as India scrambled for oxygen, PPE kits, ventilators and key medical inputs. Technology dependence is the most alarming of all. More than 90% of advanced semiconductors are imported, most high end AI chips and servers are foreign made, and critical digital hardware depends almost entirely on global supply chains. In an era where AI will define both economic power and military capability, this is a profound strategic vulnerability. Add fertiliser precursors, rare earths, electronics components, solar modules and specialised machine tools and the list becomes even longer. Each time the world experiences a shock (Ukraine, Iran, Azerbaijan, Covid) whether it is a pandemic, sanctions on Russia, a war in West Asia or rising great power tensions India is forced into code red emergency management mode. The uncomfortable reality is that true strategic autonomy requires historically painful decisions. Building domestic capacity in energy, weapons, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors and AI will demand huge investment, long term industrial policy, and years of political risk. It may mean accepting higher costs and slower returns in the short term in order to build resilience for the long term. But India’s election to election political cycle rewards short term thinking. No government wants to take decisions that may, beyond a point, take a decade to pay off. The decisions these crises compel from a country like India will mean a total dismantlement of our politics as we know it today. It will mean a generation of turning the country on its head. Yet the alternative is worse. As things stand India remains structurally vulnerable. A country that has to scramble every time the world shakes cannot claim true strategic autonomy. From COVID to Iran, the last six years have made that painfully clear.

This elephant was painted… just for a photoshoot. 💔 Let that sink in. A living, breathing being turned into a prop all for a few viral moments on Instagram. This is not creativity. This is cruelty. Animals are not canvases. They are not objects for our content. They feel, they suffer, they endure everything silently. We really need to question ourselves have we become so obsessed with social media validation that we’ve lost all sense of empathy? Respect animals. Let them live with dignity. They are lives, not likes. #AnimalAbuse

BBC has not an iota of shame left.

TRAGEDY in #Satpura Tiger Reserve! Another tiger, this time a tigress, has been found dead under deeply suspicious circumstances. The relentless deaths are heartbreaking and unacceptable. Is this poaching Park Management is already trying to spin this as a 'territorial fight' to dodge responsibility. Seriously? IF it was a fight, where is the OTHER tiger? Show us the proof, not excuses! The pattern is clear, and the management is failing. We demand immediate and action: 🚫 FIELD DIRECTOR RAKHI NANDA MUST GO NOW! 🔍 A COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT & IMPARTIAL INVESTIGATION is non-negotiable! Satpura needs real protection,not bureaucracy! #Tigers @ntca_india @PMOIndia

@pookiemon_10 @Ajaydubey9 @minforestmp @collectorshivp1 @moefcc @PTI_News @GwaliorComm @JM_Scindia I swear ! There is no accountability and interest in coexisting with nature. Our country needs a overhaul at multiple levels.

@Ajaydubey9 @MafiaSmom @minforestmp @collectorshivp1 @moefcc @PTI_News @GwaliorComm @JM_Scindia Ek Ladli Bahin yojana aur launch karke vote le lenge next time bhi Mama ji. 🤷🏻

Absolute lawlessness in Madhav Tiger Reserve! Despite SC bans,a 7-day fair has left the habitat in ruins while the @minforestmp @collectorshivp1 turned a blind eye.With 7 tigers in the reserve—some missing and others with broken radio collars—this negligence is a death sentence for wildlife. Accountability NOW! 🐅 #MadhavTigerReserve #Tiger @CMMadhyaPradesh @PMOIndia @ntca_india @byadavbjp

@OlatoberuB14050 @WokePandemic It is Bangladesh!! Pls start checking out maps.

@WokePandemic Shame on Indians. I always wonder why you all treat women like goods you can buy, use and just dispose. What a sick culture.

A women single handed took on hundreds of men with a sword in her hand to protect her house. They pelted stones at her even with her kid by her side, but she protected her kid too ran after the mob with sword. Amazing feat of bravery 👍

We are VIPs; we cannot stand in queues. Last time, we were made to sit in the general gallery with the public. This should not happen again, says Karnataka Congress MLA Vijayananda Kashappanavar demanding 5 IPL tickets each to every MLA & minister.

Today's ruling by the IOC means a welcome return to fair sport for women and girls, but I'll never forget the scandal of Paris 2024, when people who consider themselves supremely virtuous and progressive publicly cheered on men punching women.

@sanc_off @tathagata2 @me_sourish_ @Rayaa_Bharat_45 @amytkg @sayan2024 @TithiRoydwitiya @bong_politics @Anirban_SNT @BengalMafia @Anurag_Anu06 Why are people so nonchalant? This is what one pays taxes for?

@tathagata2 @me_sourish_ @Rayaa_Bharat_45 @amytkg @sayan2024 @TithiRoydwitiya @bong_politics @Anirban_SNT @BengalMafia @MafiaSmom @Anurag_Anu06 @AntarAgnika

34 yrs of political revolution, 15 yrs of supremacy. Yet, Cultural Powerhouse of the Country, is in an Infrastructural Crisis. A normal scene across BENGAL. Having cars doesn't mean you will get the bridges to cross the rivers. This is MEDINIPUR. #PaltanoDorkarChaiBJPSarkar

Remi finally heard the words she’d been waiting for. Her joy says it all. Happy new life, Remi.

Why are people so agitated with a film? A film? Is this a documentary...obviously the locations will be different.

They hit him in the head with a soda bottle… and laughed as Baloo tried to drink it. 💔 For 25 years, this gentle Bear has endured unimaginable cruelty ~ tourists throwing objects at him, feeding him alcohol and cookies, and humiliating him for their ‘entertainment’. Baloo didn’t choose this life, but we can choose to change it. @MoveTheWorld have been fighting tirelessly to rescue him and bring him to one of their partner sanctuaries, where he will finally be safe, cared for, and free from abuse ~ forever. 🐻 ❤️‍🩹. Your support can help make this a reality. Every donation brings Baloo ~ and animals like him ~ closer to the freedom and dignity they deserve. 👉 Donate today and your gift will be DOUBLED until through March 31! 🔗 buff.ly/qCUG3Y3 Tourists, #DontBuyATicket 🎟️🚫! #FreeBaloo 🎦 Credit: @MoveTheWorld.

A pangolin happily reacts as a man cleans the spots it can’t reach, showing how helping hands can mean everything. 🐾

This poor mama lived her entire life on wire, never feeling anything soft. The wire cuts into the dogs' feet, leaving many of them with infected cysts. They struggle to walk or even stand. The prosecutor had the audacity to call this normal and humane. Save her. Now.

These collective memories are systematically suppressed. And when a Dhurandhar comes along Rudali brigade starts the no hate chant. Why should we like Pakis and BD junta? Given this is part of wht they represent.

@ARanganathan72 These memories are systematically suppressed and the moment you show who they are the Rudali brigade here starts whining and getting offended!

This day back in 2003, in Nadimarg, Kashmir, Pakistani Zia Mustafa lined up 23 Kashmiri Hindus and shot them point blank. As Zia was fleeing he heard a baby cry. "Ye karnawun chupe" ordered his friend. The baby became the 24th victim. To forgive Pakistanis is to forget Indians.

Shocking ! This was their home — then humans came in and they found themselves living in a drain. Two Nilgai "Blue Cow" the largest antelope of Asia got trapped in a drain. They are forced to survive on human garbage, whereas they belong in grasslands that have unfortunately disappeared. instagram.com/reel/DWNxPaJTc…

This is insane