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#GB11 of the @planttreaty begins in the historic city of Lima in the ancient region of Andes. @FAO

The 3rd Agriculture Working Group Meeting (13–15 May 2026) concluded with constructive deliberations among BRICS members. On the first day the dialogue on Food Loss & Waste (FLW) Reduction in BRICS was held, in which the member nations emphasized collaboration in technology, value chain modernization & innovative solutions to strengthen global food security and climate action. The second and third days witnessed active negotiations toward a progressive, results-driven Joint Declaration.

Yet another insightful piece by @ndtv Mr @pallavabagla on India’s journey toward self-sufficiency in oilseeds! A pleasure discussing some of the strategies needed to expand oilseed production in India both vertically and horizontally. ndtv.com/india-news/ind…

Under India’s BRICS Presidency, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), GoI organised a dialogue on Food Loss & Waste (FLW) Reduction in BRICS on 13 May 2026.

CODE PARODA book by Mr Arun Tiwari - one of the authors who also wrote Best Seller “Wings on Fire” - on Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.

Forget politics and oneupmanship. The full version of #VandeMataram played in Tamil Nadu during the oath ceremony! Bangla song melodiously sung by Tamil artists with a Carnatic tinge. #culture #NatioalIntegrity indiatoday.in/india/story/va…

This is the kind of research we need to put a value on ecosystem services, that are invisible to most of us

Not feeling part of an international community will sink us in the end. Wise words from Sir David Attenborough. True for pandemics, true for climate change & true for biodiversity loss. Time to wake up!

@SudhaRamenIFS @StCrossCollege Great! Congratulations Did you find time to create an Oxford #mandala ? I’m sure your peers are learning a lot from your experiences.

Oxford has a way of making you feel surrounded by centuries of knowledge, ideas, talent, and curiosity — a place where learning feels alive in every corner. Being here at the @StCrossCollege as a Chevening Fellow, pursuing my work on Public Sector Innovation, feels deeply meaningful for a reason beyond academics. Twenty years ago, I missed an opportunity to pursue a Master’s abroad as life moved through career, family, and responsibilities. But the dream never truly disappeared. Learning continued in different forms through every phase of life and work. This journey reminds me that education has no age, learning has no timeline, and dreams patiently wait for their moment. Grateful for this phase again, which strengthens my experience, broadens my perspectives, and kindles even more curiosity to keep learning. @UniofOxford @CheveningFCDO

The 2nd meeting of BRICS Agriculture Working Group wrapped up after three days of focused discussions—advancing key outcomes, deliverables, and the draft joint declaration with strong engagement from all member countries. #BRICS2026 #BRICSAWG

The 2nd #BRICS Agriculture Working Group Meeting commenced today, featuring presentations on key outcomes and deliverables. Member countries shared their perspectives on the proposals, reflecting constructive engagement about advancing the agenda. #agrigoi

@kaneenikasinha Wonderful! May the force be with you

Today, while teaching a lecture on the prime number theorem and the Riemann Hypothesis, I felt strong and positive vibes from my class of amazing undergraduate students. Right after that, I saw this kind post. Grateful to be growing mathematically in India and at IISER Pune.

Watch this video… He’s from Hampi, Karnataka A simple incense stick maker… He cannot even sign his name. He has not been to school. He has an illiterate. HE CAN SPEAK ALMOST ALL LANGUAGES IN THE WORLD Source: patakha.guddi_

The way little girl is selling her painting is just heart breaking, In such young age she is learning the actual meaning of life the value of money Stay blessed 🙌

🎤 Mohammed Qahtani, a Saudi engineer, delivered one of the most impactful speeches ever, winning the Toastmasters World Championship. He showcased the strength found in words...

Today the First BRICS Agriculture Working Group meeting held virtually, chaired by Shri Atish Chandra, Secretary, DA&FW. The members had a productive discussion on the key priority areas - food security & nutrition, agriculture trade & cooperation, Regenerative Farming, Climate Adaptation, Sustainable Agriculture, and innovation for future-ready food systems. BRICS nations endorsed India's priorities and support in the meetings. #BRICS2026 #BRICS_AWG_2026 @BricsIndia2026 @PIBIndia @MEAIndia @narendramodi @ChouhanShivraj @RNK_Thakur @mpbhagirathbjp @icarindia @mygovindia @airnewsalerts

On the auspicious day of #Ugadi the first meeting of the Agriculture Working Group under the presidency of India was held in virtual mode. @shambhuhakki

She puts it so well. Do listen.

June 1983. A 28-year-old Steve Jobs walks into a design conference in Aspen, Colorado. He asks the room who owns a personal computer. Nobody raises their hand. He says “Uh-oh.” Then he spends the next 55 minutes describing the next four decades of technology. Jobs told the audience Apple’s strategy was to “put an incredibly great computer in a book that you can carry around with you, that you can learn how to use in 20 minutes… with a radio link in it so you don’t have to hook up to anything.” That’s an iPhone. In 1983. The Mac hadn’t even shipped yet. He described an MIT project that sent a camera truck down every street in Aspen, photographed every intersection, and built a virtual walkthrough on a computer screen. Google Street View launched 24 years later. He said office networking was about 5 years away and home networking 10 to 15 years out. The web went mainstream in the mid-90s, about 12 years later. Dead on. He described software being sent electronically over phone lines, with free previews and credit card payment. That’s the App Store, 25 years before it launched. He even compared it to the music industry and said software needed “the equivalent of a radio station” for free sampling. Apple built the iTunes Music Store 20 years later. The AI prediction is the one that hits different now. Near the end, Jobs talked about machines that could capture a person’s “underlying spirit” or “way of looking at the world,” so that after they died, you could ask the machine questions and maybe get answers. He said 50 to 100 years. ChatGPT arrived in about 40. The weird part is this speech was lost for nearly 30 years. The full hour-long recording only surfaced in 2012 when a blogger got a cassette tape from someone who attended the original conference. The Steve Jobs Archive didn’t release actual video footage until July 2024. His timelines were consistently too fast. He wanted the “computer in a book” within the 1980s. Apple’s first attempt was the Macintosh Portable in 1989, which weighed 16 pounds and cost $6,500. The iPad arrived in 2010, 27 years late. He guessed voice recognition was about a decade away. Siri launched in 2011, nearly 30 years later. The vision was right every time. The clock was wrong every time. Apple was doing about $1 billion a year in revenue when Jobs gave this talk, with under 5,000 employees. Today it’s worth $3.7 trillion.

#WATCH | Odisha: The partial Lunar eclipse is underway; Visuals of the moon from near Jagannath Puri Temple

Serendipity in Science Episode 2 The Halo That Changed Medicine In 1928 at St Mary’s Hospital in London, Alexander Fleming came back from vacation and found what looked like a ruined experiment. He’d been growing Staphylococcus bacteria in petri dishes, and one plate had been contaminated by mold. The strange part wasn’t the mold. It was the empty ring around it. A clean halo where bacteria simply wouldn’t grow. Most people would have tossed the plate. Fleming stared at the boundary and asked why. That mold, later identified as Penicillium notatum, was leaking a substance that diffused outward and killed bacteria as it went. Fleming called it "Penicillin". It took more than a decade, and the work of Howard Florey, Ernst Chain, and others, to turn it into a usable drug, but the first clue was that quiet circular gap. The breakthrough wasn’t the accident. It was noticing the accident was trying to say something. #Penicillin #AlexanderFleming #Antibiotics #MedicalHistory #SerendipityInScience