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@fordsmith Yes, in India volume is good, Currently focused on Zurich, Munich and Mumbai, Start with some partner in the USA, and UK

@ashishbarve Great to see pet healthcare becoming more connected and accessible through technology. Sounds like an amazing event for everyone in the pet ecosystem 🚀

Amazing day representing VetMedd at the 🐱🚀Connected with breeders, vets, pet parents & leading pet brands while showcasing how VetMedd is digitizing pet healthcare in India.#VetMedd #CatExpo2026 #PetTech

One life is not sufficient to explore Vedic Heritage Site...

268 years ago this day, on May 8, 1758 - The Marathas defeated the armies of the Durani Empire at the 'The Battle of Peshawar'. Peshawar was captured by the Maratha forces. The Marathas were led Raghunathrao (younger brother of Nanasaheb Peshwa) and Malharrao Holkar. (Read more about this campaign in @MulaMutha's excellent books about 18th century Maratha History). This victory helped the Maratha Empire reach its peak - its control now extended to the border of present day Afghanistan, located nearly 2,000 km away from their base in #Pune. Most of Central and Eastern India was also under their control. The Maratha Empire extended from 'Attock to Cuttack'. Ten days earlier, the Marathas had won 'The Battle of Attock', on the banks of the Sindhu (Indus) river. The planting of the Maratha flag on the Attock fort was a key moment in the history of Maratha Empire's expansion. An expression popular to this date: 'Atkepar Zende' ... ['(Maratha) Flags Beyond Attock'] was coined. Historically, the Attock Fort guarding the passage across the Indus river, and Peshawar were considered to be the northwest frontiers for many empires. Around the time of Battle of Peshawar, there is a record of correspondence between Raghunathrao and the Shah of Iran. The Shah wanted to cooperate with the Marathas in crushing the Durani Empire. Raghunathrao mentions how an Indian empire needs to reach Kabul and beyond (as in the past).

In 1919, 1 man bought a Ghost Ship & challenged the entire British Navy. They tried to bankrupt him with a Zero-Price war, but he won by turning a ferry ticket into a vote for Freedom. From building India’s 1st aircraft factory in secret to carving railway tunnels through impassable mountains, he was the Industrial Guerilla who taught a colony how to fly, sail, & drive. Discover the man who made Made in India a threat to the Empire. He is the man who looked at the British "No Entry" signs across Indian industry & decided to build a sledgehammer. After WWI, the British shipping giant BI (British India Steam Navigation) had a total monopoly on Indian waters. No Indian was allowed to own a large-scale shipping line. On 5th Apr 1919, just days before the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, an Indian man, with no background in shipping, Walchand Hirachand Doshi spotted a ship called the SS Loyalty in Bombay harbor. It was a hospital ship being sold after WWI. W/o waiting for a license, he bought it & launched the SS Loyalty, the 1st ship of the Scindia Steam Navigation Company. The British tried to sink him financially. They started a Price War, dropping ticket prices to almost zero to bankrupt Walchand. Walchand did not blink. He appealed to Indian pride. He told the public: "Even if their tickets are free, if you travel with them, you travel in chains." Indians chose to pay for Walchand's tickets. He broke the 100 yr British naval monopoly. This is why 5th April is still celebrated as National Maritime Day. The British govt in India had a strict policy: "India will produce raw materials; Britain will produce machines." They flatly refused to give a license for an Indian car factory. Walchand realized he could not wait for permission. He went to the USA & met Walter Chrysler. He told Chrysler, I want to build an Indian car for Indian roads. Chrysler was impressed by his grit. Together, they bypassed British red tape to set up Premier Automobiles (the birthplace of the legendary Padmini/Fiat). He proved that an Indian could build an engine, not just a bullock cart. During WWII, the British were desperate for aircraft maintenance in the East but did not want Indians to know the secrets of aviation. Walchand did not ask the British. In Oct 1939, Walchand was returning from the United States (where he had gone to explore setting up a car factory, including talks with Chrysler). On a Pan Am Clipper flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong, he had a chance meeting with American industrialist William D. Pawley (president of Intercontinent Corporation and involved in aircraft manufacturing for China). Pawley was on his way to China to support aircraft production there (for the Chinese government amid the war with Japan). During the flight, Walchand discussed his ambitions with Pawley, who shared insights from his China operations. This conversation sparked the idea for an aircraft factory in India. With the help of Maharaja of Mysore, he set up Hindustan Aircraft Ltd. (now HAL) in Bangalore in 1940. When the British realized what he had done, they were furious but had to nationalize it because they needed the planes for the war effort. Every time we see a Tejas/a Sukhoi take off today, remember that the runway was laid by Walchand’s defiance in 1940. Walchand’s company, Hindustan Construction Company (HCC), was responsible for the Bhor Ghat & Thull Ghat railway tunnels. British engineers said the Sahyadri mountains were too tough for Indian contractors. They wanted to give the contracts to London firms. Walchand took the contract, used indigenous techniques, & completed the tunnels ahead of schedule & at a lower cost. He proved that Indian Civil Engineering could move mountains.. literally. Despite being 1 of the richest men in India, Walchand was a symbol of the Swadeshi spirit. He would walk into boardrooms with British Lords & present his papers in Marathi/Gujarati if he felt they were being condescending. His agenda was clear: "I do not want to be a rich man in a poor country; I want to be a productive man in a rich country. Walchand Hirachand was the Architect of Infrastructure. If Tata built the Steel, Walchand built the Speed.... the ships, the cars, & the planes. He was the 1st Indian to understand that true independence is the ability to move our own people on our own machines. He was the man who turned "Made in India" from a dream into a Turbine. He did not just compete with the British; he made them irrelevant in their own specialized fields.

मराठी भाषा जी टिकवली ती संतांनी टिकवली... #महाराष्ट्रदिन

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@SwissAmbIND Surprising India will be competing with CH :)

@VishalBhargava5 @TVMohandasPai Agree with you since I live in Andheri, Mumbai is ruled by builders, contractors and babus, it wont improve

@TVMohandasPai Andheri is a disaster. Completely rotten governance in that locality.

The tragedy of our cities. World class buildings, third class roads and footpaths in many areas. Private quality, public disaster driven by deep corruption! Was in Mumbai today at Andheri-totally shocked at bad roads,huge debris on road, slow work, poor quality of new concrete road, never ending works….

Kapil Dev's legacy in terms of number - He remains the only man in the history of Test cricket to claim 400 wickets and score 5,000 runs. No one else has even managed the 400-wicket and 4,000-run double. From 1988 to 1994, he was the leading wicket-taker in the world in ODIs, finishing ahead of legends like Imran Khan, Richard Hadlee, and Malcolm Marshall. He was the first bowler ever to reach both 200 and 250 ODI wickets. He is the only captain in the 140-year history of Test cricket to take 9 wickets in a single innings. He is also still the youngest captain to ever win a World Cup, lifting the trophy at just 24 years old. If you want to talk about sheer aggression, his ODI batting strike rate was 95, and his Test strike rate was over 80. He hit four consecutive sixes in a Test match to avoid a follow-on. He still holds the record for the fastest Test fifty at Lord's off just 35 balls. Add in the fact that he batted 184 times in Test cricket and was never run out a single time.

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@mybmcWardKE @MumbaiPolice @CPMumbaiPolice banner blocking live traffic signal. Why is it still there and why no action taken aginst it yet? Can someone expect same inaction if he/she were to park a vehicle there at that spot?

🚨 Gaganyaan IADT-02 Completed!! ISRO has successfully conducted the 2nd Integrated Air-Drop Test (IADT) of Gaganyaan on today morning after the first one in August 2025! 🔥 The aim of this test was to validate the parachutes and other recovery systems on board Gaganyaan that are necessary for safely landing the Crew Module on Earth upon its return from orbit. In this test, the Crew Module, weighing in at 5.7 tons, was lifted by a Chinook aircraft and dropped from an altitude of 3 km over the Bay of Bengal near the Sriharikota coast. The Crew Module subsequently slowed itself down autonomously using a series of drogue and main parachutes, followed by a soft splashdown in the sea.

Big smiles from Christina and Victor on the deck of the USS John P. Murtha, as they waited to be escorted for their routine post-mission medical checks.

HOME. The Artemis II crew has arrived back on Earth, ending a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon. The trip took them farther into space than humans have ever gone before, and now they're safely home with us. go.nasa.gov/41r9eL0

Welcome home Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy! 🫶 The Artemis II astronauts have splashed down at 8:07pm ET (0007 UTC April 11), bringing their historic 10-day mission around the Moon to an end.

NASA photos

@AshwiniBhide Congratulations, looking forward to great improvement at BMC

Congratulations to Prime Minister @narendramodi on inaugurating @NIAirport - the largest Swiss investment in India by @zrh_airport. From visiting the site last year to seeing it come alive today, it’s exciting to witness Swiss expertise in #innovation and #sustainability take flight alongside India’s scale and growth. This is more than an #airport - it’s a milestone for🇨🇭🤝 🇮🇳 partnership and a soaring testament to the power of #TEPA. ✈️ #TEPAinMotion #NoidaAirport #Jewar #SwitzerlandIndia @PMOIndia @myogiadityanath @CMOfficeUP @mppchaudhary @brajeshpathakup @kpmaurya1 @dr_maheshsharma @cschnellmann @RamMNK @MoCA_GoI @DGCAIndia @SwissEmbassyIND