Kaushal
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First, the American dude & Ukrainians.
Now, Russians & Slovaks.
(Were they also headed to Myanmar? Australia also just detained someone for trying to get to Myanmar through Thailand)
NDTV@ndtv
Slovak, Russian Nationals Detained For Entering Mizoram Without Travel Permit ndtv.com/india-news/slo…
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This attack will have a huge emotional impact on Iranians. It will stiffen their resolve to resist. What clearer proof that this is a war on the country and on its people than attacking universities and schools, the human capital infrastructure.
Al Jazeera Breaking News@AJENews
Black smoke now billows over Tehran and Isfahan after early‑morning US‑Israeli airstrikes, with Tehran’s Amirkabir University appearing to have suffered significant damage.
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Soon after MBS bowed to U.S. pressure and opened his country's King Fahd Airbase for strikes on Iran, Tehran retaliated, hitting the base with missiles, wounding U.S. personnel and damaging multiple American aircraft, including an E-3 Sentry AWACS plane. x.com/tparsi/status/…
Trita Parsi@tparsi
Trump: "He [Saudi Arabia's MBS] didn't think he'd be kissing my ass... But now he has to be nice to me. You tell him he'd better be nice to me." This is the choice the GCC will face after this war. If it moves toward deeper dependence on the US to balance Iran, they will become spineless vassals similar to Europe, who have to "kiss Trump's ass..."
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@randomvichar That’s because Indians often come across as pleading for validation rather than simply stating the PoV and letting capability speak for itself. The fact that the GoI sent out an “international delegation” during Sindoor was embarrassing.
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People in a village in Manipur had to walk sometimes up to 2 days to reach a hospital.
Villagers requested a road many times, but the government had ignored the demand for over 30 years.
Then a newly appointed IAS officer, Armstrong Pame, promised to help and build a road.
He asked the government for funds → No response.
Instead of waiting on hope, he created a Facebook campaign and raised ~₹40 lakh through crowdfunding. Donations came from contributors across ~25 countries.
He himself contributed ₹5 lakh from his own savings.
He and the villagers themselves built a 100 km road in ~210 days.
The road is named “People’s Road”.
The government has crores for freebies, but no money for remote villages, because it is never urgent for them.
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RT @Chellaney: From @nytimes: Elon Musk has “long coveted a greater commercial presence in India,” viewing it as “a potentially lucrative m…
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This absolutely is not an "Indian mindset" but a complete failure of our planners / babus / ministers to provide DECENT last mile connectivity.
I am a very pro public transport person, a previous office of mine was 800 m away from a metro station, figured would take the metro in, so took my scooter at the departing end, parked it in the station, took the metro and reached the station.
1) No auto agreed to go 800 M, minimum demand was Rs 150! Ditto Rapido bikes, the distance was too short.
2) It was 38* and hot, but figured will walk it out, about 5 mins in, the pavement ended, there was a giant garbage dumpster in the middle, had to skirt it, and then jostled for space with water tankers, autos, bikes, cars to cross a signal
3) not an ounce of shade anywhere
I never took the metro again.
Similarly once in Bom, decided to cycle to work, it was a distance of 2.5 kms....just once and never again!
Till our cities have DECENT WALKABLE pavements and auto drivers who don't fleece / refuse to ply distances of 1-2 km, even metros will not have a good uptake.
PowerTrain By Aakash Bhavsar@PowerTrain_YT
Typical Indian mindset, If a Metro Doesn't Connect between MY HOME and MY XYZ DESTINATION, then that line is utterly useless and waste of money.
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I really wonder what is the evidence of “diminished India’s stature in the eyes of the world”
No country including Iran is being critical.
Iran is treating India as a friend and allowing passage of India bound shipment through the Strait of Hormuz.
The Diplomat@Diplomat_APAC
Modi’s strong support for Israel – and refusal to condemn the Israel-U.S. strikes on Iran, a long-time friend of India’s – have “diminished India’s stature in the eyes of the world.” buff.ly/L5aPAru
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NEW from @nytimes: Elon Musk was on a call between Trump and Modi this week. The two leaders talked about the Iran War started by Trump and Israel and the resulting energy crisis. Musk has business interests in the Middle East and wants a foothold in India.
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Joe Kent admits the US government intentionally armed Al Qaeda and created ISIS in Syria. They deliberately unleashed a global terror network just to overthrow Assad and protect Israel.
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Under the Fourth Geneva Convention, pillage (looting resources) is prohibited and it is explicitly a war crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Article 8(2)(b)(xvi): “Pillaging a town or place, even when taken by assault”
The Intellectualist@highbrow_nobrow
Jesse Watters: How does taking out a dictator in Venezuela help the average American? VP JD Vance: It means is we are going to be able to control the incredible natural resources of Venezuela. @acyn (2026)
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From outset of this war, U.S. soldiers fled military bases in GCC to hide in hotels and offices. They use GCC citizens as human shield.
Hotels in U.S. deny bookings to officers who may endanger customers. GCC hotels should do same.
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Ha Ha !!! Brutal trolling by Iranians of Donald Trump 😂😂😂😂
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This is bad. Very bad. There should be no financial incentives for stuff like this.
As an example, I do a Flap 3 landing wherever I can. But there are certain runway configs where I can’t do it. So I lose my bonus because of decisions by ATC?
What compromised choice do I then..
Airliners Live@airlinerslive
💷 British Airways Offers Pilots Bonus Pay for Burning Less Fuel 👇 British Airways is introducing a new financial incentive that will reward its pilots with up to a 1% bonus on their basic salary if they successfully reduce aircraft fuel consumption. Starting in 2027, the proposed scheme requires flight crews to collectively reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 60,000 tonnes compared to 2025 levels. Pilots will achieve these targets through operational adjustments, such as optimizing taxiing procedures and carefully managing the amount of extra fuel loaded onto the aircraft. The British Airline Pilots Association, which represents 85% of commercial pilots in the United Kingdom, will vote on the proposal at the end of April 2026. ✈️
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As expected, India will buy more S-400s. This also says 4th system of original order to be delivered in May/June (5th also pending)
This is how crises - in this case, Russian invasion of Ukraine - affect India. The first batch was supposed to have been delivered by April 2023.
Snehesh Alex Philip@sneheshphilip
India greenlights procurement of 5 more S-400 air defence systems from Russia AON for Rs 2.38 lakh crore given 4th pending S-400 coming by May/June What about CAATSA? More on this 👇 theprint.in/defence/india-…
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‘Giving sectarian colour to support from India’
Iran embassy’s selective tweets play on ‘Kashmir angle’
The heights was embassy tweeting a picture of a missile with the caption thanking Kashmiri and promising revenge
@debdutta_c reports
theprint.in/diplomacy/givi…
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Switching over from LPG to PNG is not a geopolitical problem but an urban governance problem. Our plethora of city administrative authorities need to collaborate. Also, divesting end-point connectivity to multiple players by going beyond GAIL will unlock competition effects.
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When a news organisation has to explain why it is calling something what it actually is…
Abby Sewell@sewella
The @AP is now calling Israel’s military actions in southern Lebanon an invasion. Here's why we made that decision: apnews.com/article/iran-l…
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