Sansiddh Jain

Why FII’s r selling : Some data : PAT expected for the current year : Samsung : $250 bn SK Hynix: $150 bn TSMC : $ 100 bn India Inc. : $200 bn

Menu of the banquet hosted by President Murmu in honour of Vietnam president To Lam

I dont undertand Tamil politics, but why can’t DMK and AIADMK join to form the govt?

Have to disagree with Ruchir Sharma’s view on India facing indifference from foreign investors as far as AI is concerned. While I do agree that India’s R&D budgets are too low. - India is prioritizing developing its own foundational models to ensure data sovereignty and reduce dependency on foreign platforms. - India has built its own AI models - GoI has pledged 10k crore - Microsoft, Google , Amazon, Reliance, Tata Group are heavily invested in building AI infrastructure and products - Ranks 3rd in Stanford Global AI vibrancy index The only reason I put this out is because it isn’t a wise idea to keep dismissing India’s capabilities and capacities.

White towels are a legacy of British era, when there were few roads, fewer cars and no ACs. Officer toured on horses and towels were an integral part of hygiene routine. British left, horses were sent away, but towels stayed! It’s not just towels, the size of tables and colour of ink are also defined by hierarchy. When I was working at Joint Secretary level with the Vice President of India, I had to fight a stiff battle of sorts to order a smaller table that would fit better in my office. The system would not approve of a smaller table! Regarding the colour of ink to be used for noting and signature, Sh. Arun Shourie has written a hilarious, if not ridiculous, memoir as minister. In 1999, two officers in the Ministry of Steel made notings on files using red and green ink. This raised a furore as they were junior officers. The seniors were scandalised and an enquiry was initiated. India’s bureaucracy spent 13 months debating which colour ink officers could use on files. The enquiry was routed through several ministries and departments: Ministry of Steel wrote to Dept of Administrative Reforms It referred to Directorate of Printing (ink experts) Printing referred to Dept of Personnel & Training (DoPT) DoPT threw the ball back: “it’s your Manual, you decide” National Archives was consulted for longevity of ink colours Ministry of Defence consulted for Army ink hierarchy Conclusion after 13 months: juniors wrote in blue-black or blue ink, because that has the longest life of impression. In British era, the files had to travel to Britain, so juniors would write in ink that would stay for the longest. The top brass would sign in green and red. Ruling: Two new paras were added to the manual of office procedure: Para 32(9) says that only officers of Joint Secretary level and above may use red or green ink, and that too only in rare cases. Para 68(5), on the other hand, does not limit the use of these colours to any particular rank (as modern ball pen ink have no issues of shelf life for any colour!) The white towel on the officer’s chair. The red telephone on the desk. The peon standing at the door. The green ink reserved for the senior sahib. These are not accidents of history. They are architecture, the physical grammar of a bureaucratic culture that worships hierarchy.