Pushpinder Singh

@GKChesterton000 There is always a first officer by the side 😛

@pushpinder I'd consider myself unlucky if I'm flown by a guy who flies minimally just to "retain his license".

MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy, ex-Union Minister, now a commercial IndiGo pilot, used the in-flight announcement system on a Jammu-Delhi flight to give a special welcome to Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Minister Jitendra Singh, who were travelling onboard @RajivPratapRudy @AshwiniVaishnaw @DrJitendraSingh

@Aunindyo2023 The original Oligarch !!!

Sobha Singh was also a prosecution witness against Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt in the Legislative Bombing Case of 1929. He was apparently the only person who saw Bhagat Singh and Dutt throw the bombs, although even the magistrate didn’t really believe him. Sobha Singh was later knighted by the British.

@Alan_Couzens Very sensible and valuable advice. Though I am a bare beginner and also can’t probably afford your coaching.

A warm welcome to the new followers 👋 Thanks for hitting the "follow" button 🙏 If you’re here, you probably care about improving your CV fitness &/or getting better at endurance sport - without the noise. I’m Alan Couzens: Coach. Exercise physiologist. Builder of things that try to make coaching scale. For the last ~30 years I’ve worked with everyone from beginners → World Champions, mostly focused on one question: What actually makes athletes fitter and faster in the long-term? A few things you’ll hear me talk about a lot: → "Real" fitness is slow and laggy. If you can see it, it's not lasting. → Most athletes sabotage themselves by mixing volume + intensity too early → Easy training is a skill (and most people do it wrong) → More training isn't the goal. More fitness is. I write deeper dives here in my online book (models, case studies, practical takeaways): 👉 alancouzens.com/my_book.html And we get into the weeds here with athletes & coaches: 👉 forum.madcrew.app If you're ready to think about training a little differently - Welcome!

@sanjayuvacha Seems fake of course! Can’t be.

Is this for real or is it fake?

The Truth about Bengal's De-industrialisation In 1947, Bengal was the most industrialised province in India, with one-fourth of all registered factories, and 24-27 percent of industrial output. But these figures hide some important truths: a) Bengal's key industries largely produced raw materials and inputs: jute, coal, iron & steel, and tea. b) They were overwhelmingly owned by non-Bengalis, and c) The condition of the working class was abysmal. The largest of the capitalist groups were British expatriates who operated through managing agencies - Andrew Yule, Bird & Co., Williamson Magor, McLeod & Co., Begg Dunlop, etc. As late as 1955, more than two-thirds of India's diversified business groups were British owned conglomerates with headquarters in Calcutta. The second big group was Marwari trading capital - Birlas, Goenkas, Bangurs, Khaitans, Kanorias, Jalans, Bajorias, etc. British control was finally dismantled after the Hazari Reports of 1964 and 1966, and the Monopolies Inquiry Commission of 1965. This accelerated the transfer of corporate control from the British to the Marwaris - something that had already started in the early 1950s. The buyouts were financed by private banks, share market manipulations, and even funds diverted from worker PFs. The focus was on arbitrage earnings, rather than expanding production. What broke Bengal's back, however, was the Freight Equalisation Act of 1956. Before 1956, it made sense to set up factories close to the source of coal, and iron ore. And that gave Bengal its unique advantage, since it was the hub of the mineral wealth of the eastern states. But the Freight Equalisation Act brought in by the Nehru government removed that advantage, by subsidising the flow of raw materials to other states. This meant that factories could be set up elsewhere and didn't need to be concentrated in Bengal. Within a few years, Maharashtra was receiving many more industrial licences than Bengal, and by 1964, well before the Left came to power, Bombay's factories were employing 13.5 lakh workers, compared to Bengal's 8.8 lakh. What about workers? Bengal's jute, steel and mining companies were notorious for exploiting workers. This became a cause of struggle under the national movement as long as their employers were British. But even after the transfer of ownership, the conditions of Bengal's working class continued to be terrible. Even in the early-70s, their wages were about a third less than what workers earned in Maharashtra, and surveys showed they suffered from chronic work-related ailments. That was the ground on which Bengal's militant labour movement arose and then intensified from the mid-1960s. The Left and socialist parties rode on the anger and frustration of industrial workers, miners, and of course, share-croppers. The 1967 United Front govt, brought SUCI's labour leader, Subodh Banerjee, to the labour minister's chair. He would come to be known as 'gherao minister.' Gheraos increased dramatically, and industrial stoppages rose from 179 in 1965 to 894 in 1969. The Left's political obligation was towards workers - not their employers. This accelerated the flight of capital that had already started two decades earlier. Equally important was the collapse of the global demand for jute, which was once the mainstay of Bengal's industry. Along with that the nationalisation of coal by Indira Gandhi also removed another important magnet for private capital in the region. The end of the licence-quota raj after the mid-1980s, caused a massive migration of capital from pro-worker states to pro-employer states. The Left Front's initial strategy was to implement land reforms, and generate capital formation in agriculture. While there is no doubt that Operation Barga was the most successful example of land reforms in India, the LF completely failed in its programme to create rural industries. This was despite the CPIM's trade union, CITU, becoming largely an industrial peace broker, shedding its old militant stance. By 1991, the number of stoppages had dropped to 192 (from 894 in 1969) out of which only 32 were because of workers' strikes. Most of the industrial stoppages were because of employers locking their factories and leaving. By 2003, mandays lost in West Bengal due to lockouts by owners was 16x that of what was lost due to workers' strikes. Of course, this was because other states were much more capitalist-friendly than West Bengal, and were much more open to implement anti-worker 'labour-reforms.' The biggest example of that was the suppression of the long textile workers' strike in Mumbai. The Left Front, under Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee tried its best to compete with other states to present a business-friendly image. It succeeded as well, in attracting capital into real estate, establishing SEZs across the state, and even getting the Tatas to invest in Singur. The rest, of course, is history. The question remains - why did the Bengalis not develop their own capitalist class? That is an entirely different story.

असाधारण प्रतिभा... महज 7 वर्ष की उम्र में झारखंड से नन्हे इशांक ने श्रीलंका और भारत के बीच 29 किमी लंबे Palk Strait को पार कर ऐतिहासिक पल अपने नाम किया है। इशांक की यह सफलता अनुशासन और लक्ष्य के प्रति अटूट समर्पण का अद्भुत उदाहरण है। उन्होंने न सिर्फ झारखंड, बल्कि पूरे देश का मान बढ़ाया है। इशांक और उनके परिवारजनों, ट्रेनर्स को इस ऐतिहासिक उपलब्धि के लिए ढेरों बधाई और उज्ज्वल भविष्य के लिए हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं, जोहार।

@Aunindyo2023 Its neck in neck. Looks like guys are terribly confused after the exits

Since we have all been entertained by the Exit Polls, here's the latest Polymarket status on West Bengal, to add to the fun.

Every day I continue to be astounded by the vast gap between those who are doing amazing things with AI and seeing tremendous benefits, and those who don't know how to use AI and worse than not benefiting from it, indeed can cause harm. It is more than understanding how to use AI. We must also understand its limitations, transcend it in some sense. Closing this gap is a great mission for me. It can be done. It is hard, but it can be done. Every one can ride the AI wave...

On August 9, 2012, David Rudisha delivered the greatest 800m performance of all time

The wild part is not just the weight loss. It’s going from barely completing short runs to running 2:23 for the marathon. That is years of training, nutrition, consistency, patience, and staying healthy all stacking in the same direction. Not everyone is going to run 2:23. But most people are nowhere near finding out what they could become if they actually gave it a few years.

@Aunindyo2023 None

Why does the Congress and/or Left want TMC to lose? 1) Because they, especially CPIM, have faced the brunt of TMC's violence since 2011. So, TMC is enemy #1. 2) They believe that TMC = Mamata Banerjee. So, if it loses, that would be the end of the party and the entire 27% Muslim vote would automatically shift to INC/LF. 3) INC needs to revive in West Bengal to have any chance at the centre. Mamata Banerjee will never back Rahul Gandhi as PM, since she would want that post herself. 4) Opposition parties believe that the Modi govt will face a bigger anti-incumbency in 2029, and it will help them in West Bengal, not just in the next Lok Sabha election, but also in the 2031 assembly elections. Whether any of these are rational calculations is moot.

@vee22n The books were often hardbound

@vee22n MIR was the name of the publisher. They would sell amazing books at dirt cheap prices. In physics whoever could solve the entire IE Irodov was sure to be in top 50 of JEE.

A question When i was younger, Amma used to buy me 'Russian books' from book fairs and exhibitions. These were Russian folktales in English The OH hasn't heard of them Anyone here remember those books? Baba Yaga the witch, a quest of some sort...

From delivery boy to representing India!! Meet Pratik Maharana from Odisha who will represent India at the World Athletics U20 Championships in the USA in Aug 2026. Hailing from Bargarh, Pratik once worked as a delivery boy until his talent was discovered by his coach, Siba Prasad Mishra, in 2017 when he was just 9-10 years old. With his father’s support, he moved to Bhubaneswar to train. His journey wasn’t smooth…COVID disrupted his training, forcing him back home. In 2021, his coach spotted him again, this time delivering food on a bicycle to earn a living. He was then brought back into training and shifted to Rourkela, where he trained at Birsa Munda Athletic Stadium. Since then, there has been no looking back. He won Gold medal in U20 Men’s 200m at National Junior Athletics Championships 2025 With this achievement, he has qualified for the World Athletics U20 Championships. A story of resilience, hard work, and never giving up. Odisha is proud ❤️

@sheela2010 @BJP4India How is BJP winning WB going to be a the beginning of New National Secular Politics? Its unclear from this tweet

IF @BJP4India wins West Bengal it will be beginning of New National Secular Politics. Yesterday’s exit poll of West Bengal, most of it are giving edge to @BJP4India, have spread panic amongst secular and liberal thinkers of Kolkata. That’s understandable. Merely a possibility of victory of BJP in West Bengal is inconceivable for certain class of Bengali bhadralok. For them even if Modi-led BJP gets anything above 100/120 it is sensationally unreal. Whatever be the final numbers, it’s clear that through this election @BJP4India has been ‘accepted’ by overwhelming masses in West Bengal. How did @narendramodi, @AmitShah, @BJP4India and @RSSorg became beneficiaries of ongoing transformation of a highly cultured society? It’s a long story, but, whoever has met Modi and Shah in 80s and 90s will recall how Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee has been a guiding force for them. No political or electoral victory comes without the force of an idea and a dream. In New Delhi, since 2014, BJP under Modi-Shah has been relentlessly working hard to invest in their Bengal dream. Many Delhi-based reporters will remember on 29, June 2016 Amit Shah, then president of @BJP4India, delivered a speech on Syama Prasad Mookerjee. At a personal level it was one of the most important political events for Amitbhai. I was in the audience sitting with few other members of Delhi media. Watching the passion and the resolve of Amitbhai, while delivering the speech, many of us could sense that one day BJP will rule West Bengal. In his lecture at Nehru Library in 2016, Shah had argued that Mookerjee stood firm to keep Bengal in India. Many Bengali leaders were in hurry but Mookerjee refused to budge.  Then, Amitbhai had asked Dr.Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation, headed by @anirbanganguly to exhibit letters between Mookerjee and Jawaharlal Nehru, his speeches in the Constituent Assembly, and photographs with Mahatma Gandhi. In short, at no time the state of West Bengal has been ‘off radar’ for Modi-Shah. One of the important things BJP managed to do is that it learnt right lessons of defeat of 2021 assembly election. @byadavbjp to @amitmalviya executed their tasks in West Bengal keeping low-profile. 👇🏾 @AmitShah address on 'Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee : ... youtu.be/w3vSzp0CTWU?si…

@jalajboy Punjab has not fallen. We could say that if it happens in VS. RS has fallen because of bad HR management of AK

@pushpinder Given the corruption in our political setup and the strong-arm tactics, even large margins can be purchased - Punjab is a good example.

I tried to summarise citizen opinions (media is discredited) using AI engines and it seems there is 50-70% probability that TMC will retain Bengal. The AI suggests that the margin will be small but my gut feels otherwise.

Journalist: King Charles will be in New York. What will you say to him? Mamdani: I would highly encourage him to return the Kohinoor Diamond if I were to speak with him

Had India not complied with US sanctions against buying Iranian oil, and against the Chabahar port; built rail and road infrastructure in Iran, and not curtailed its plans for the International North South Transport Corridor (INSTC) through Iran’s Bandar Abbas, it may have had connectivity in place that would have circumvented the Strait of Hormuz today.