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First phase of trial runs and testing on Central Silk Board to KR Pura section of ORR Blue Line metro will likely start from May 2026. With 5-6 months required for testing phase and construction of key stations still in progress, Dec 2026 completion timeline looks very difficult

Sarjapur-Hebbal Metro Red Line will likely get delayed to 2033-2034 completion timeline due to delay in approval from PMO and MoHUA due to concerns over double decker metro line plan across full stretch.

Tired, but not giving up! Pls download and share before there is a gag order on me. Thanks to @IndiaESI (who also impleaded in my PIL against misleading branding of sugary drinks as ORS), @FAIMA_INDIA_ , HRDA Andhrapradesh, HRDA Telangana, MARD Thane, MARD Nagpur, Junior Doctor's Association Ahmedabad, Telangana Junior Doctor's Association, Junior Doctor's Association Ranchi, T-SRDA, GARD, Telangana Doctor's Forum, RDA Aligarh, RDWS UP, IMA Telangana State, IMA Hyderabad Airport, Endocrine Society of Telangana, Indian Doctor's and Dermatologists against quackery, for condemning the notice of Johnson&Johnson and Kenvue in which they accused me of disparaging them for my commercial benefits and views! Thank you for staying by my side! Grateful!

How does a truck like this even pass through a busy ITPL Road in Whitefield without being stopped by traffic police? Are we just waiting for an accident to happen before acting ? Enforcement needs to be visible, not optional. No-KA53 D 8933 @wftrps @acpwfieldtrf @3rdEyeDude

@ValueWithPrem Agree, using Bosch since long time. Best purchase ever, super helpful during covid times. No hard water stains, sanitised, better than maids. Even washed heavily oiled chimney filters. On rare occasions need manual cleaning of cooker/kadai.

You don’t value your mom & wife’s time. You will spend ₹1.5 lakh on a phone upgrade. But hesitate at a ₹5000 EMI on a device to make their life easier.

@IndiGo6E @MoCA_GoI @TheRedMike Isle and window seats cost more.

@IndiGo6E passing dec'25 flight cancellation losses straight to passengers. pay ₹400 for middle seat on many routes. Don’t pay? Seat gets assigned randomly. For many women who prefer not to be seated between men, this isn’t a “choice” — it’s coercion. @MoCA_GoI @TheRedMike

@bhash At least they will be able to pay and drive unlike @OlaElectric vehicles rotting on service centres and catching fire.

Those 20 mn people who will buy an ICE 2W this year will spend ₹40,000 crore on petrol in just a year! That’s how much money will be wasted by still not buying an EV!

@CMOMaharashtra Another one. Lodha is Indian company. Why go to Switzerland to sign MoU ?

Maharashtra @ Davos 2026 🤝MoU Signed between Govt of Maharashtra & Lodha Developers Ltd. Total investment: ₹1,00,000 crore Employment: 1,50,000 Sector: IT/ITes - Data Centres Region : Mumbai Metropolitan Region CM Devendra Fadnavis & Abhishek Lodha, MD and CEO, Lodha Group witnessed the MoU signing. @Dev_Fadnavis #WEF26 #MahaAtDavos

@ANI What a waste of tax payers money for personal trip of government officials to switzerland. Why this meeting could not be held in India ?

Davos, Switzerland | The Delegation of the Government of Madhya Pradesh today met with officials from JioStar to discuss potential collaborations on video and audio documentation of tourism and travel projects, including for National Geographic. The aim is to capture and showcase the scenic beauty of Madhya Pradesh.

@theliverdoc Generic drugs are generally effective, but not always equivalent in practice. In my personal experience, statins from well-known manufacturers seem to work better than some generic alternatives, despite having the same composition and comparable quality standards. Not sure why.

STAY WITH ME. A few years ago, a patient was referred to me because he was diagnosed with complicated cirrhosis. He had an infection which led to a condition called hepatic encephalopathy (brain failure due to high ammonia levels). The treatment largely involved ammonia reducing therapies. One drug was central to this - Rifaximin - a non-absorbable antibiotic that reduced ammonia in the body. I prescribed him Rifaximin for 6 weeks and advised him follow-up. He came back to me, not after six weeks, but in 4 weeks, this time, in liver coma (worst stage of brain failure - due to very high ammonia). He spent two days in the ICU and six days in total in the hospital. His hospital bill was close to INR 80,000. He had no insurance and his wife borrowed the money from neighbors and friends to clear hospital dues. Upon questioning, I found that he was not taking the Rifaximin drug I had prescribed. He was only on the other two drugs (one, a syrup called lactulose for improving ammonia clearance in gut). I was furious, because the patient spent a whole week unecessarily in the ICU and wasted so much money that he never had - just because he was "not compliant" to my orders. I decided it was time for me to school him a bit. But I was wrong. He was compliant. He had purchased Rifaximin and was on it. For 15 days. Thereafter, he could not afford it. He was an autorickshaw driver who shuttled school children every morning and evening. He could hardly make ends meet. He had two children of his own. The Rifaximin brand I prescribed him was 42 rupees per tablet. He had to consume two a day - which would mean 2520 rupees a month. He just did not have that money - so he skipped it - to not compromise on other important matters - childrens education and food. He was confused and scared about opting for a cheaper version of Rifaximin because one, he was unsure about the quality of Rifaximin that was not prescribed by me and two, he was "scared" that I would scold him for buying a cheaper Rifaximin and if that got him into trouble. I was confused and scared about prescribing a cheaper version of Rifaximin because one, I was unsure about the quality of Rifaximin that was not "a good promoted brand" and two, I was "scared" that his family would scold me for prescribing a cheaper Rifaximin and if that got him into trouble. It is heartbreaking that many doctors still simply don’t trust generic medicines. Too often, they worry that these cheaper options are lower quality or might cause more problems than the big, famous brands. This fear leads them to prescribe expensive drugs instead, and the real tragedy is that it pushes vital healthcare out of reach for the ordinary people who need it most - like my patient. This narrative, that generic drugs 'are never good' and that only big pharmaceutical marketed drugs are what works has been deeply ingrained into doctors and patients alike - I do not know by whom and since when. Looking back, these strong emotions were based on either opinions, testimonials or second- and third-hand information. Not evidence. Like I said. Stay with me. This is life changing and will disrupt the drug market in India. Here are the results of The Citizens Generic vs. Brand Drugs Quality Project. 1/11

@AnandShawKr @HDFCERGOGIC Insurance companies have agreed rates on procedures with hospitals. Was this procedure laproscopic or robotic ? What was the procedure mentioned in insurance approval ?

₹50,000 premium. ₹15 lakh coverage. ₹0 peace of mind. India's health insurance system is broken. And no one's fixing it. Let me tell you what happened to my family last week. My wife needed gallbladder surgery. We have HDFC Optima Secure with @HDFCERGOGIC . We've paid premiums for years. We did everything right - got cashless approval, chose a network hospital (@ManipalHealth Whitefield), followed every process. On 26th Dec, I received the settlement letter: "Amount to be paid by insured: ₹0" Surgery happened. It went well. She was recovering. We were ready to go home. The hospital refused to let us leave. Despite holding a valid insurance document that said we owe NOTHING, they wouldn't discharge a recovering patient. My wife sat in that room - tired, in pain, wanting to go home - while I begged at the billing counter. We were only "allowed" to leave after I blocked ₹X,XX,XXX on my credit card. A patient. Held hostage. In a hospital. In India. In 2025. Then on 30th Dec, magically, a new settlement letter appeared: "Amount to be paid by insured: ₹X,XX,XXX" Same surgery. Same bills. Same everything. But now I suddenly owe lakhs. Here's how the trick works: The hospital bills ₹5.8L. The insurance company says "we have an MOU with the hospital, agreed package rate is ₹1.9L." So they settle for ₹1.9L. The remaining ₹3.9L? "Patient to pay." But wait - the MOU is between the hospital and insurance company. The "agreed package rate" is THEIR agreement. Why is the patient paying the difference for a deal they negotiated? The letter was updated AFTER we left. The hospital and insurance company sorted it out between themselves. The patient? Just a pawn in the middle. Both letters say: "No amount to be collected from insured" Their own words. Their own document. Exposed for what it is - meaningless paper. This is not a one-off incident. This is the system working exactly as designed: → Insurance companies collect premiums for years, then find ways to deny or reduce claims → Hospitals inflate bills knowing insurance will negotiate down, and patients will pay the difference → Patients are trapped between the two - too exhausted to fight, too scared to refuse → IRDAI exists but is reactive, not preventive - they'll act after you file a complaint, not before you're harassed Where is the protection for patients? Where are the regulations that say a hospital CANNOT hold a patient hostage for payment disputes? Where is the accountability when an insurance company issues two contradictory letters and expects the customer to just figure it out? We pay GST on premiums. We pay taxes. We fund the regulators. And when we need help, we're left standing at a billing counter, blocking credit cards to take our family home. I've filed a complaint with @IRDAI_official. I have every document. I'll fight this. This is not customer service failure. This is systemic exploitation. @HDFCERGO - honor your own document. Claim: RC-HS25-15349896_1 Policy: 2856205638548200 @IRDAI_official - regulate before patients are harassed, not after. @JPNadda - health insurance is not a luxury product. Millions of Indians depend on it. The current system is failing them. @raghav_chadha Need your help to raise this insurance scam in parliament.

@drprashantmish6 @AnandShawKr @BhagwaanUvacha @HDFCERGOGIC Most probably it was robotic surgery which usually costs significantly more than laproscopic procedure.

Gall bladder surgery and 5.8 lakh bill , exorbitant bill , here no mistake of insurance company , bill should not be more the MOU rate and in Gall bladder surgery our MOU is 98000 in single room , 1.98 is very very good MOU rate , this hospital should be blacklisted by Insurance company for exorbitant bill.

@talk2anuradha This is not correct. Hospitals these days have pre-agreed treatment packages with insurance companies. Paying out of pocket can cost 5%-10% more as compared to insurance.

If you have no insurance, hospital bill for a surgery – Rs 2,00,000 If you have 10 lakh insurance, hospital bill for a surgery – Rs 10,00,000 We have MRP for products. Why can’t we bring Maximum Treatment Price (MTP) in healthcare?

After much 'whodunit' style of investigation, we finally figured out the reason for the patient's severe hepatitis and jaundice. It was this Chinese Jasmine Coffee that he consumed for a week (2-3 cups a day) prior to onset of symptoms (yellow eyes and urine + severe itching of hands and feet). 滇二娃 (Diān Èr Wá) - a Chinese brand name - and 茉莉黑咖 - "Jasmine Black Coffee" - 固体饮料 - "Solid beverage" (meaning it's an instant powder drink) True Jasmine (Jasminum species which includes Jasminum officinale, Jasminum grandiflorum, Jasminum sambac) is generally considered safe in the low amounts it is used in food products such as in teas and flavouring. But some other plants commonly referred to as "jasmine" are highly toxic and can cause liver damage. Yellow Jessamine / Carolina Jessamineor Gelsemium sempervirens, Night-Blooming Jessamine / Day-Blooming Jessamine or Cestrum nocturnum, Cestrum diurnum and Star Jasmine or Trachelospermum spp. are poisonous and can cause severe toxicity including liver, heart and kidney. The Night-blooming Jasmine is very notorious. All parts of these plants are toxic, especially the fragrant berries. They contain a steroidal glycoside that is hydrolyzed to a form of Vitamin D3, which can cause severe illness and organ damage due to excessive calcium absorption. Most of these herbal teas and coffees are unregulated and there is ABSOUTELY NO WAY a consumer can be sure of what type of plant(s) or plant part(s) is in the product. My suggestion is to stay away from "exotic herbal drinks." Because none of these are tested for the health benefits they claim, nor the safety we assume them to have. The patient is recovering well.

Hearing about several people getting IT notices because their CAs claimed fraudulent refunds or reduced tax liabilities under various sections e.g. section 10. These CAs have been earning commission out of refunds and now tax payers are caught in the net.

In 2010, 158 passengers were killed when @airindia flight 812 overshot runway in Mangalore airport. Its been 15 years, runway extension still not done. Stalled due to delays in land acquisition, funding disagreements between the state government, AAI and airport operator.

@WeekendInvestng The irony is that he won’t be staying in India—he’ll go back and live happily in the US. Unless required by work or because of ailing parents or relatives, most NRIs don’t want to settle back in India. He was just trying to make you feel better about living here.

A friend visited me from New York today. He had come to India after 8 yrs. He was all praise for the amazing energy in the country and how rapidly he felt India is growing. An outsiders perspective can be so different from our own. He was shocked to see our cost of medical care, transportation, internet and mobile costs. Said pays $600 for mobile and data at his house Pays $30k for health insurance for 4!! Per annum Pays 2 pct as property taxes per year..!! Yes air is cleaner there but there are many more good things happening here.

@CAHimankSingla @IncomeTaxIndia It is just system generated notice due to mismatch in form 16 vs ITR. Which deduction was not claimed with employer but claimed in ITR ?

New day. New drama by @IncomeTaxIndia Now, if an employee hasn't reported any deduction claims to employer but has claimed those in ITR, does that mean he is a tax evader ? Assessees claiming genuine deductions are receiving this email treating them as tax evaders and creating panic! Also, when will @IncomeTaxIndia serve Notice on the MLA who lit up Rs. 70 lakhs worth firecrackers on a wedding ? Probably never!!

@rishibagree There is no way to validate this claim as data is reported to ministry by discoms which is at feeder level. If feeder has supply then it is counted even if households r not getting power or getting low voltage. We have become power surplus now but distribution is still challenge

Electricity Coverage in 🇮🇳 2014 : 65% 2025 : 99% -------------------------------------- Rural Electricity Availability in 🇮🇳 2014 : 12.2 hours 2025 : 22.5 Hours