Prabodh Mhalgi

Jairam Ramesh tweeted in September 2024 that the Adani Nairobi airport proposal would spark protests turning into anti-India anger because of the Prime Minister’s so-called “special friendship” with Adani. What actually happened tells a very different and disturbing story. Adani offered nearly $2 billion to upgrade Jomo Kenyatta International Airport under a concession model. The deal was cancelled in November 2024 after a coordinated campaign of protests, negative publicity, and a social media drive led by Kenyan influencer Nelson Amenya all fuelled by US allegations that have now been closed by the Department of Justice for lack of conclusive evidence. Even a fake press release was circulated to damage Adani during this period. Two years later, Kenya awarded a $2.9 billion contract almost 50% higher than the original Indian offer to a Chinese state-owned company. India lost a major private investment opportunity in East Africa. China gained strategic ground while Kenyan taxpayers were forced to pay significantly more. Jairam Ramesh and the entire Congress party didn’t just stay silent they actively amplified this controversy from India. Their political attacks helped turn a legitimate commercial proposal toxic and made it easier for China to step in after an Indian company was pushed out. Was this really just political opposition, or was there something more deliberate behind it? Congress has a long and consistent history of aligning with China. They had signed an MoU with the Chinese Communist Party and maintained that relationship for years. Whether it is weakening India’s stand on the border, opposing Indian companies abroad, or creating obstacles for projects that can strengthen India, Congress has repeatedly shown that it has no problem working against Indian interests when China stands to benefit. When it comes to choosing between protecting Indian interests and helping China, why does Congress always seem to choose China? Their actions in the Kenya airport case have once again exposed whose side they are truly on.

Most organizations still rely on traditional encryption, but it comes at a higher cost and an inability to scale for AI. In Capital One Software’s recent deep-dive they explained why organizations must find the balance between data security and usability. bit.ly/49pvnxF

@docbhooshanNo1 I think @ramprasad_c had same issue and he seems to have gotten his account back.

Hi Everyone, I am Dr Bhooshan Shukla, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Pune, India. My account since 2012 is (@docbhooshan). I was hacked in march. I still have not been able to get control of it. So i have created this account to continue to be on X.

I have seen many marathi movies, specially chhatrapati shivaji maharaj movies But this is a peak for me, the guy who played lead in this movie gave absolute GOAT performance

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@GabbbarSingh What’s with that generic and ominous background score?

After BR Chopra’s Mahabharata TV series, a lot of people tried re-creating the epic, but most of them failed. Coz people were not ready to accept any other faces for iconic characters like Krishna or Duryodhana, or even Bhishma Pitamah. Even the actors suffered, as they got typecasted. Similar issues are with recreation of Harry Potter. The memories are still fresh, faces still vivid. Yet this looks like a good attempt:

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Ranji Trophy named after JamSaheb Ranjit Sinh ji of Jamnagar, Gujarat. Duleep Trophy named after Duleep Sinh ji of Jamnagar, Gujarat.

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On one end, the Anthropic team is a massive user of AI to write code (80%+ of all code deployed is written by Claude Code). They ship amazingly fast. On the other hand, seeing these beyond terrible reliability numbers suggests there might be a downside to all this speed:

@aparanjape Patrolling can only cover so much. We need systemic enforcement for these traffic / driving indiscipline issues. 1. Start with strict training and tests for drivers 2. License renewals every 5 years 3. Link violations to renewals using a points system, and finally 4. 10X fines

Yesterday, through the entire Satara - Pune stretch of NH48, numerous slow trucks were driving in the fast (rightmost) lane. Slowing down the traffic, and creating serious safety issues (a car driving at 80 km/hour... suddenly encounters a truck at 30 km/hour!). This is a chronic, ubiquitous problem across all highways in India. And looks like we are not doing anything about it! Every time there is an accident - we react by putting more speed-breakers, rumblers, etc... and further slowdown the traffic (and increase risk for smaller vehicles). I have written about this many times in the past - if the local police are not doing sufficient enforcement on highways - NHAI should have its own 'Highway Patrol'. When we are collecting so much toll... basic traffic enforcement is the most rudimentary expectation. Note - all these issues are adding to India's logistics cost and making us more uncompetitive in the global market place. cc @NHAI_Official @mohol_murlidhar @nitin_gadkari @narendramodi

🚨Iran media confirms “The Supreme Leader of Iran Has Reached Martyrdom,” state broadcaster IRIB reported Sunday morning.

🚨Iranian state TV announces the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.

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@MandarKasture This is good! It is commendable that USCIS is being proactive this time. Ref: Note D Though they already have 24k+ pending applications waiting for green cards (based on EB inventory from Oct 25) So they probably are not expecting a huge inflow of new applications.

EB2 India filing dates moved forward almost by a year. Incredible 🎊😊

Software engineers: Context switching kills productivity. Also software engineers: I'm now managing 19 AI agents and doing 1800 commits a day. We’ve spent years complaining that managers who expect a quick 5-minute chat ruin our focus for the next hour. But a ping from an agent every few minutes, that’s ok? We celebrated Paul Graham’s essay “Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule” in which he argued: “When you're operating on the maker's schedule, meetings are a disaster. A single meeting can blow a whole afternoon, by breaking it into two pieces each too small to do anything hard in.” Now we see software engineers claiming huge productivity gains from hordes of AI agents, celebrating thousands of commits per day from their 19 agents. Either context switching was never really the problem, and we oversold our need for deep focus. Or we're not actually reviewing 1800 commits a day. If we couldn't context switch before, we're not managing 19 agents. We're blindly trusting them. That’s not engineering, it’s gambling.

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