Smita Purushottam
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Smita Purushottam
@smita1900
Ambassador (Rtd) to Switzerland , Economic Counsellor, Embassy of India, Beijing. Founder SITARA. Pro-Indigenisation, S & T, Green Planet, Astronomy.


🔥 NEW: Fox News’ @Johnny_Joey speaks out directly to President Trump and Pete Hegseth on troops potentially going into Iran: “I’m personally very torn on this. I sat besides Pete Hegseth for years on the couch on Fox & Friends. I had a lot of conversations with him before he was confirmed as Secretary of War. I know what’s in his heart and in his experience.” “I’ve also watched President Trump for more than a decade who’s said ‘no new wars’, ‘no forever wars’ and backed that up. The track record is there. I don’t think he’s changed, I don’t think he’s owned Netanyahu. I do think there are complexities.” “I am going to say this: President Trump, Pete Hegseth, General Caine and the rest of the generals: if you send our men and women into that country to ki|| our bad guys, to spill their blood because they deserve it, I’m going to have to agree with you on it.” “Just please do this: Don’t nation build. Don’t win hearts and minds. Don’t spread democracy. Spill the blood without our hands tied and without a PR campaign and get the hell out of there. That’s all we have tolerance for. That’s all that will work.” “We won every battle in Iraq and Afghanistan - but we lost the war because our politicians don’t have a spine. Don’t be those people.”

Ilyushin Il-76LL engine test bed with Indian Kaveri turbofan



"The orangutan, which shares 97 percent of its DNA with humans, on the Indonesian islands of Borneo and Sumatra may have once had a population of almost 250,000. They have lost over 150,000 of their population in the last generation due to deforestation. 1/6


Nitin Gadkari ji says "A new AI-driven toll system will capture photos of number plates & deduct toll amount directly from bank accounts". So why can’t we use same technology to capture photos of potholes & deduct salaries of govt employees? Accountability can't be one sided!






Make In India had two broad aims: - increase manufacturing to 25% of GDP - transition workforce from agri to industries Manufacturing is lower as % of GDP today than in 2014 and a higher % of workforce is employed in agri today than in 2018.











