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Pavan Misra retweeted
PoK is a part of India....it will come back....this is our national resolve!
-Dr. S. Jaishankar🔥
Pavan Misra retweeted
WILL TRAIN YOU HOW TO FIGHT"
UAE PRESIDENT REMARKS LIGHT HEARTEDLY TO CAPTAIN SMIT MACHCHHAR.
With stitches stapled to his head and his left arm wrapped in a sling, Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar showed up at a ceremony hosted by the United Arab Emirates to honour him and his fellow flydubai crew members for averting a terror incident on Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight FZ 1073.
UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan conferred the First Class Order of Zayed II on Captain Machchhar and fellow crew members. But what has caught the attention of people on the internet is a sweet interaction between Machchhar and the UAE President.
"It's my honour, Your Highness," Machchhar said as he hugged UAE President.
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan then inspected Machchhar's head injury and the stitches. Later in the video, the two can be seen chatting and sharing a light-hearted moment.
"When will you heal?" Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan asks, looking at Machchhar's arm sling.
"Maybe two months," he replies.
"So I have an idea. When you heal, I want to have a session with you to train you how to fight," Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan says and the two share a hearty laugh.
"It's my biggest honour," Machchhar replies with a hand on his heart.
Pavan Misra retweeted
A friend recently asked me which digital payments app I was using.
When I told her, she promptly asked, “Why not use BHIM, our very own Indian app?”
I admitted I didn’t know much about it.
“Well, let me introduce you to someone you’ll enjoy meeting.”
That someone was Dilip Asbe, MD & CEO of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
Dilip kindly agreed to come over for a chat.
That conversation was illuminating, to put it mildly.
We all know the payment apps we use every day. PhonePe, Google Pay, Paytm, BHIM…
But think of them as trains running on a railway network.
NPCI provides the tracks.
And what an extraordinary railway India has built!
In September, UPI alone processed over 2,400 crore transactions. That’s more than 80 crore transactions every single day!
India is now the world’s largest real-time payments market. A true global force multiplier.
And Dilip has been one of the key people behind that remarkable achievement.
His mind is buzzing with plans to build more ‘railroads’ that will enable new apps in wider financial spheres.
But here’s what struck me most about him.
Not the scale of his achievement. Not his knowledge of the technology.
His humility.
Dilip is well known in financial & technology circles. But I met a man with no airs, no sense of self-importance & seemingly little interest in the spotlight.
Just immense pride in what his team has accomplished & a genuine sense of privilege at being able to serve his country.
I also learned that his mother was a teacher.
Perhaps I’m biased, but I’ve always believed that mothers who are teachers have a special knack for instilling values that last a lifetime. And I couldn’t help wondering if that explained something about Dilip’s grounded personality.
People like him derive their satisfaction not from being seen, but from seeing their work make a difference.
Thank you, Dilip, for the conversation. And for reminding me that ambition & humility can indeed travel together on the railroad to success.
And I’ve switched to the BHIM app now!
#MondayMotivation
Pavan Misra retweeted
Only Arnab has the guts to do such Reporting!
Haan Bhai Saurav Das, kahi nepal se to nahi?
Pavan Misra retweeted
This Gulfam Hasan was silent throughout TMC's 15 years of atrocious rule in Bengal. He stayed mum on the Murshidabad riots, Sandeshkhali & 100s of other incidents where Hindus were at the receiving end.
But losing his mind now over 6 month old BJP govt
Pavan Misra retweeted
Ek Jhatke mein Comrade ki Saari Karnti Nikal Gayi
Listen to Neha Bora taking a UTURN
Pavan Misra retweeted
She theatrically waved her hands to deflect. Her colleagues conspired to shut India down...
"BUT WHO CREATED THE PROBLEM?"
With that one line opening NDA minister Piyush Goyal gives a master class to censorious, patronizing Europeans on climate double standards and their sneaky way of blaming "those developing countries" for the climate mess they themselves created.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE INDIA IS NO JUST A PARTICIPANT AT THE GLOBAL HIGH TABLE BUT IS CONFIDENTLY HOLDING ITS OWN.
Pavan Misra retweeted
विपक्ष वोट चोरी के नाम पर घुसपैठियों का वोट बचाना चाहता है।
@AmitShah
Pavan Misra retweeted
Remember how, amid chants of Allah-u-Akbar, the State had granted thousands of Muslims to bid a teary-eyed farewell to SA Basha, mastermind of the Coimbatore terror attack that killed 58? Well, today the State has granted parole to five of his accomplices.
You can't do anything.
Pavan Misra retweeted
Sourav Das is hiding his father’s name precisely because the father is not Indian. The day this is exposed, this illegal migrant’s public life is finished.
Just imagine a foreigner seeking India’s CEC resignation for cleaning the voter list
Pavan Misra retweeted
From "amnesty" to "undertaking". The surrender is complete.
DAS, RANKA RELEASED AFTER SIGNING A "WONT DISTURB PEACE" BOND.
A clear admission of guilt if there was one?
Pavan Misra retweeted
Curfews in France: restoring order ✅
Barricades in Delhi: fascism ❌
Western democracy lecturers and their frustrated Indian cheerleaders really do make a cosy little hypocrisy club.
My take:
Pavan Misra retweeted
Big Scare before Festive Season
CISF personnel at Jama Masjid Metro Station sprang into action after a suspicious dense object appeared on the baggage scanner.
When the passenger allegedly tried to flee, officers chased and apprehended him near the exit gate.
A search reportedly uncovered an unidentified semi-solid substance concealed in a stitched section of his undergarment.
Pavan Misra retweeted
JAMA MASJID. ANOTHER SCARE.
VIDEO ACCESSED. A SUSPICIOUS SUBSTANCE, FLIGHT ATTEMPT & CISF CHASE!
A suspicious, dense object flagged by an X-ray machine at Delhi Metro’s Jama Masjid station triggered a dramatic CISF intervention. When challenged during inspection, the passenger allegedly tried to flee but was caught.
A semi-solid substance was found concealed in a stitched portion of his undergarments. The man claimed to be an NRI residing in Kuala Lumpur. The substance remains unidentified, and its nature and purpose are yet to be established.
Pavan Misra retweeted
Indira Gandhi dissolved 9 State assemblies because the ruling govts were from opposition parties.
This is what regime change looks like.
This is what hijacking of electoral mandate looks like.
