Aditya Asopa

@abhijit_MLab I know many scientists who would find a way to pay the internees. Surprised to know that there are public institutes 'charging' for internships! How much is it? and is it for the engineering faculties where there are markets and high placements later?

Quality education can quietly become exclusionary. 1st, internships r made compulsory: a +ve step. Then public institutions r pushed toward self-reliance. They begin charging high for internships as thr r many takers. Soon, only those with money can access quality opportunities.

Guys if you work in an MNC and are being victimised share your story. There are enough media outlets and podcasters that have a conscience and will speak up for you irrespective of their political leaning. Please speak up. And remember sources are protected.

The author writes - "The *Pakhyanam* also explains Ayyappa’s aversion to women," Could not figure out *Bhuta-natho-pakhyanam* is Bhutanatha and Upākhyānam? Pakhyanam indeed.

National Quantum Mission achieves 1,000-km secure communication milestone India has successfully demonstrated a 1,000-km secure quantum communication network, which is one of the longest in the world. This achievement comes less than two years after the mission's launch in October 2024, far outpacing the original timeline to reach 2,000 km in eight years...... For more information PIB Link: pib.gov.in/PressReleasePa… @MIB_India @airnewsalert

Today, India takes a defining step in its civil nuclear journey, advancing the second stage of its nuclear programme. The indigenously designed and built Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam has attained criticality. This advanced reactor, capable of producing more fuel than it consumes, reflects the depth of our scientific capability and the strength of our engineering enterprise. It is a decisive step towards harnessing our vast thorium reserves in the third stage of the programme. A proud moment for India. Congratulations to our scientists and engineers.

Your weather app runs on models built for London and New York. Indian thunderstorms are 2-3km wide, last under an hour and form where no model predicted. The same GFS that nails London rain 3 days out struggles with Pune rain 3 hours out. I built MausamNow to fix this. 5 models, live radar, satellite tracking, locality-level answers. Works across 38 radar stations in India. Try it: mausamnow.com How it works: abhijitvaidya.substack.com/p/your-weather… #Weather #India #Monsoon #Pune #Punerains

Everyone remembers the trains. Nobody reads what the British wrote about us before laying those tracks. Zoom in. Then defend it.

@shekhu04 PDF copy of the original paper about the use of the so-called Fibonacci numbers in ancient and medieval India, many centuries before Fibonacci cs.umd.edu/~gasarch/BLOGP….

@ParveenKaswan @nirman_vihar It was diclofenac. And for a long time, people continued using aciclofenac as well. One of my seniors, Dr. Pradeep Sharma, published data from Jorbeer, Bikaner, that showed, the effect of this whole group of drugs. I had fun collecting freshly laid vulture poop that season.

Yes. one drug killed them in such a huge number is Diclofenac. Diclofenac used to be administered to cattle and then leading to eating of dead cattle by the vultures. Vultures die of kidney failure (I am explaining in way simple manner) within some time. Crystal formation in kidney. This took a decade of research by people like Dr Vibhu Prakash to find out the exact reason behind their mortality. Because it was so difficult to find exact reason behind deaths, as vultures used to fly for kilometres once they had food. You see how one thing has a direct and life threatening impact on other species !! By the time we knew the cause it was already too late. The base became small. Cattle grade diclofenac was banned from India and an alternative was proposed called as Meloxicam. But still diclofenac is used in many parts of India, which is a matter of worry. I worked as director of one of the captive breeding programme for some time. So had first hand knowledge about these things. I explained in simple terms, but things were more complex than this.

India lost 99% of its vultures due to a drug called 'Diclofenac' used in cattle.

If you were any sincere with your observations, you'd see through the reciprocal theatrics of all these. Or may be you do, but choose not to talk about it.

We’re cooking something big for indianspaceflight.in The biggest hurdle? Syncing our dashboard with the official #ISRO countdown in real-time.

Your life simply reflects what you’ve prioritized. ㅤ What you've achieved tells you what you were willing to suffer for. ㅤ What you failed at tells you the opposite.

@Ugra___ Is there a collection archive of all the discovered seals?

Some of the sentiments in this article are spot on. The last twenty years have yielded more insights than the previous twenty - many of them downstream of methodical attempts at TIFR and a clutch of mathematical institutes in India.

@Unnitalks Happened with me too. I immediately opened my ola app, showed him my ride history and the amount of the just finished ride, and the sms as well. Paid on his QR that I had scanned before this all started, and walked away. Basic human corrpution @Olacabs

NEW SCAM BY OLA DRIVERS IN BANGALORE Extremely disturbing experience with an Ola ride today from Majestic to Jalahalli, Bengaluru. The ride initially showed a fare of ₹285 in the Ola app. However, after reaching my destination, the driver showed a bill of ₹5950 on his phone and demanded that I pay the full amount. He claimed that I had cancelled some old rides and that the amount would be deducted from his account if I did not pay. When I tried to explain that my app clearly showed ₹285, the driver started becoming aggressive and repeatedly insisted that I must pay ₹5950. Since he was speaking mostly in Kannada and I am not fluent in the language, the situation quickly became stressful and difficult to manage. I then contacted Ola’s emergency support through the app expecting immediate help. Unfortunately, the response from the support representative was extremely disappointing and dismissive. Instead of trying to understand the situation or deescalate it, she repeatedly questioned whether it was a “safety issue”. When I explained that please consider it as unsafe and that I felt unsafe, the representative responded in a rude and dismissive manner and abruptly disconnected the call stating that it was “not an emergency”. At that moment I was left alone to deal with an increasingly tense situation with the driver. Fortunately, my house owner arrived at the scene, understood the situation, and advised the driver that we should go to the police station to resolve the matter. I followed him on his bike while the driver followed us in the cab. However, midway the driver suddenly rerouted and fled the area. This entire experience was extremely stressful and raises serious concerns about: • Fare transparency on the platform • Driver conduct • The attitude and responsiveness of Ola’s emergency support team An emergency line that dismisses passengers during a tense situation defeats the very purpose of having a safety feature. @Olacabs @bhash @BlrCityPolice Can you please help with this situation. I can share all the details.

When I was on the ISS for my nearly year long mission, there was a telomere experiment comparing my telomeres to my earth baseline and my twin brother as a control. Hypothesis was they would get damaged and worse due to the environment. Turns out they got better. Initially NASA thought maybe it was due to exercise and diet. After I returned we learned JAXA had a telomere experiment on some small worms the same time I was there. Their telomeres got better too. Never saw the worms doing any exercise. After further study determined it was the radiation.

@mayukh_panja @ydnad0 @PrinSciAdvGoI @PMOIndia @isro @kvijayraghavan @stellensatz Thank you 🤝 Sadly, not official ISRO github repo, as ISRO doesn't have ANY public API But I will continue developing this one, and will try to make it vercel-independent in next cycle. x.com/adityaasopa/st…

@adityaasopa @ydnad0 @PrinSciAdvGoI @PMOIndia @isro @kvijayraghavan @stellensatz Awesome work Aditya! It is concerning though that the APIs are being hosted on Vercel! India has the best software talent in the world, we should find a fix.

The ISRO API serves data about one of the most ambitious space programs on the planet. It deserves to be reliable, queryable, and well-tested. github.com/isro/api — open for review and contribution. @PrinSciAdvGoI @PMOIndia @isro @ydnad0 @kvijayraghavan @stellensatz

@Marswalkerr @gareebscientist @isro @PrinSciAdvGoI @narendramodi Should not be allowed, right?

@gareebscientist @adityaasopa @isro @PrinSciAdvGoI @narendramodi Have known this repo for the past copule of years. Does not seem official at all. But I am jealous that someone managed to grab the username.

**1/** I recently discovered that @isro has an open-source API serving spacecraft, launcher, and mission data. As an Indian scientist, I look closer. What I found was a data quality challenge hiding in plain sight. A thread on what I did about it. 🧵 @PrinSciAdvGoI @narendramodi

@gareebscientist @isro @PrinSciAdvGoI @narendramodi You are right. This one isn't. Thanks for pointing out. I had been looking to access the data, but all I could do was scrap from their sites. This one also does that. I guess, we all can build something that reaches ISRO or they bring out their own which others can contribute to

@adityaasopa @isro @PrinSciAdvGoI @narendramodi That github one for sure is unofficial, Gmail idea gives it away and there's no mention on official site. Cool project regardless

@gareebscientist @isro @PrinSciAdvGoI @narendramodi I made few PR and a fork of the API repo from the following github account (which looks like ISRO's to me) github.com/isro my fork: github.com/AdityaAsopa/IS… either there is no official ISRO account on GH or someone abandoned a project. Either way, this helps build!

@adityaasopa @isro @PrinSciAdvGoI @narendramodi Or are you referring to some Api you found and made your own api on top of it I'm so confused with the original tweet, please explain

@ydnad0 @PrinSciAdvGoI @PMOIndia @isro @kvijayraghavan @stellensatz Thank you for your tag sir, hope the boost adds up to reach @ISRO

@adityaasopa @PrinSciAdvGoI @PMOIndia @isro @kvijayraghavan @stellensatz This is excellent work. Tagging @isro Will get this to the attention of some folks do check out.