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🧵Why China Building Infrastructure in Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim Should Worry Indians
@SushantSin explains in this interview to @scroll_in
#YourWeeklyFix #China #indiachinastandoff +
youtu.be/hyiOjy4gztI
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Rather suspectful when an organisation operating in India will register itself to official scrutiny in the United States of America, but will not register itself in India. While at it, why would it do something like this - is it more accountable to America?
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What a bloody mess. Two foreign airlines will rather not fly out of Mumbai than shift to Navi Mumbai, as Adani wants.
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मुंबईचं नैसर्गिक सौंदर्य विद्रूप करणाऱ्या ‘तरंगते होर्डिंग्ज’च्या निर्णयाला मी तीव्र विरोध दर्शवला असून, ह्या निर्णयात तातडीने हस्तक्षेप करण्याची मागणी मा. मुख्यमंत्री देवेंद्र फडणवीस जी यांच्याकडे निवेदनाद्वारे केली आहे.
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My letter to Chief Minister of Maharashtra, voicing my strong objection to the floating hoardings and asking him to intervene in this extremely ridiculous and possibly corrupt idea of his regime to support the contractor cartel.
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I think that I shall never see
A billboard lovely as a sea
Perhaps unless billboards fall
I'll never see a sea at all
(Apologies to Ogden Nash)
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Mumbai’s Coastline Is Not an Advertising Billboard!
🇺🇸 New York restricts floating digital billboards in its waters.
🇫🇷 France prohibits illuminated advertising at sea.
Why? Light pollution, disturbance to marine life and visual pollution.
Do we really want Mumbai’s beautiful coastline cluttered with giant floating advertisements?
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The attached AI picture is a perfect distillation of how the RSS ideology views the ordinary Muslim and Hindu. Hence the need for a permanent right-wing militia which also exerts control on state power. Thats the only way to keep Hindus secure in a country which is 80%+ Hindu.
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क्या आपको 22 साल का मोनिश याद है. फरवरी 2020 के उत्तर-पूर्वी दिल्ली दंगों के दौरान उसकी हत्या कर दी गई थी.
दिल्ली हाईकोर्ट ने मोनिश की हत्या के मामले में दोषी ठहराए गए पांच हिंदुत्ववादी लोगों की सजा बरकरार रखी है.
निचली अदालत ने अमन कश्यप, देविंदर कुमार, प्रदीप राय, आशीष उर्फ गोली और अरुण कुमार को सात साल की सजा सुनाई थी जिसे हाई कोर्ट ने बरकरार रखा है.
अदालत का कहना है कि आरोपी सिर्फ भीड़ में मौजूद नहीं थे, बल्कि वे हथियारबंद भीड़ में सबसे आगे थे और उन्होंने दूसरों को मोनिश पर हमला करने के लिए उकसाया था.
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My op-ed comment in @the_hindu newspaper on Tuesday titled: "A leadership deficit in the military.
'There is a growing “zero error syndrome” amongst senior Indian commanders. When the Chinese intruded into Ladakh in 2020, Indian commanders shrank from immediate offensive action.'
ajaishukla.com/2026/10/a-lea…
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.@IndianExpress editorial today:
“The affidavit that the Election Commission of India has filed before the Supreme Court is underwhelming, raises more questions than it answers.”
indianexpress.com/article/op…
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Any decent journalist worth their salt will go to jail to protect a source. It’s the basis of public interest investigative journalism. I don’t even remember how many Officials Secret Cases I have had filed against me in The Statesman, Indian Express & Hindustan Times. @Rajyasree will remember when they asked us to reveal the “source” of a story in the fraud in the Olympics & that was my response “jail not revealing the source” I can’t imagine that the Modi govt is trying to destroy the fourth pillar & the free press with this dictatorial proposed litigation
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The @mybmc urges residents in Mumbai, Thane and Bhiwandi to boil water for 7 days:
BMC has completed repairs to Compartment 2 of the Yewai Master Balancing Reservoir at the Pise-Panjrapur water complex. The compartment will be commissioned on Wednesday, October 28. As the process could affect water quality, residents in parts of Mumbai city, the eastern suburbs, and areas of Thane and Bhiwandi supplied by the BMC have been advised to boil and filter drinking water for the next seven days.
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Según leo a los brasileños, la victoria digital de Lula tuvo dos pilares. Primero organizarse en chats y segundo, no interactuar con los trolls de derecha: no responderles, no citarlos, no caer en la provocación y solo bloquearlos. Por eso casi no se vio propaganda de Bolsonaro.
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The systematic dismantling of Mumbai's BEST bus network.
Mumbai's iconic BEST bus service is collapsing by design, not by accident. Stripped of its historical cross-subsidy funding, the BMC pushed this essential transit system into a dangerous wet-leasing privatization model. This shift forces extreme contractor cost-cutting on labor and maintenance, directly driving the recent surge in bus accidents and breakdowns. While the BMC easily allocates tens of thousands of crores for elite coastal road infrastructure, it actively refuses to merge budgets to protect the daily commute of millions. The decline of Mumbai's most vital public transport is a deliberate policy choice prioritizing profit over public utility. @hussaindorewala
youtu.be/vqCuTsZqww0?si=m7sA…
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📺 “We reported events one-sidedly for years”: Serbian TV apologizes to viewers after Vučić's party loses the election
Radio Television of Vojvodina (RTV) opened its news broadcast with footage of celebrations following the Student List's election victory — scenes it had failed to show the previous evening.
“For years, we failed to fulfill our duty. We kept silent, turned a blind eye, reported events one-sidedly, and failed to ask the necessary questions. For that, we owe our viewers an apology,” news anchor Goran Eror said.
Following the controversy, RTV's acting editor-in-chief Nenad Čačić resigned.
A similar incident occurred in Hungary, where state television also apologized to viewers after Viktor Orbán's election defeat.
🎉🎉 Serbia celebrates Vučić's defeat all night — now he's warning the country about sanctions against Russia
After 14 years of Aleksandar Vučić's political dominance, his bloc has lost the snap parliamentary elections. The opposition Student List, which emerged from mass anti-government protests, has claimed victory.
According to preliminary figures from Ipsos and CeSID, the students secured around 53% of the vote, while Vučić's coalition received approximately 39%.
The former president acknowledged defeat. He estimated that the winners could secure 135–140 seats in Serbia's 250-member parliament.
But he couldn't resist issuing a warning about Russia. Vučić claimed the new government could impose sanctions on Moscow as early as March or April.
Meanwhile, Belgrade and other Serbian cities celebrated the student movement's victory throughout the night, with car horns, singing, and crowds cheering in the streets.
Final election results are still pending.
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‘I would take the ECI’s affidavit that claims decisions were unanimous with not just with a pinch of salt but a bagful of salt..’ senior advocate Dushyant Dave says he has lost faith in constitutional authorities who he says live in fear of the executive. Listen in . #SIRShowdown
"A pinch of salt? No, a bag full of salt." Senior advocate Dushyant Dave expresses a complete loss of faith in constitutional institutions as questions are raised over the EC’s claim that its SIR decisions were unanimous. How much trust can an institution command when its own credibility is under scrutiny?
#ElectionCommission #SupremeCourt #IndianJudiciary #ConstitutionalBodies #EC #NewsToday | @sardesairajdeep
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Respected Shri @AmitShah ji
The ₹500 crore matter in Maharashtra must have surely reached you by now.
Until now, the BJP has been buying MPs, MLAs, political parties and elections. Now it has begun buying agitations as well.
The BJP handed over money to Shrikant Shinde so that ₹500 crore could be given to Manoj Jarange Patil.
Where did this money come from? And did it actually reach Jarange or not?
This is a matter under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Kindly entrust the investigation to the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
@Dev_Fadnavis
@PMOIndia
@BJP4India
@RSSorg
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FT’s report on Lula’s comeback says Flávio Bolsonaro’s “nine fingers” jab in the final debate, mocking the finger Lula lost in a factory accident at 17 while working nights, became a turning point.
The attack let Lula draw a sharp contrast between his own working-class history and Bolsonaro’s background, helping shift momentum in the runoff.
How Lula turned his election fortunes around in 3 weeks ft.trib.al/XwYLjjG
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The state of Punjab has given so much to Indian Hockey. I’m so glad to see Jalandhar and Mohali hosting an international hockey tournament in front of their hockey crazy fans. I always loved playing in Punjab. Hope we see a full house 🙏🏽🏑🇮🇳@Nitinsharma631 @IExpressSports
As international hockey returns to Punjab after more than 17 years, what it means for Punjab to host the Asian Champions Trophy. A nostalgia piece for @IndianExpress today.
indianexpress.com/article/sp…
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BJP is protesting nationwide against Kharge today.
How is the Permission granted?
Will they be asked to sign Peace Bonds?
Will there be Lathi charge?
Will there be Preventive arrests?
Will BJP face the same treatment as Opposition protesters? or is the law only for those who challenge the ruling party?
Police, prove your neutrality. Or admit that the law has a ruling-party exemption.
खर्गे यांच्या वक्तव्याविरोधात भाजपचे देशव्यापी आंदोलन!
पोलीस प्रशासनाला प्रश्न:
आंदोलनाची परवानगी कशी दिली? शांतता बंधपत्र भरून घेणार? लाठीमार होणार? प्रतिबंधात्मक अटक होणार?
विरोधक आंदोलन करतात तेव्हा जे नियम लागू होतात, तेच भाजपला लागू होणार का? की कायदा फक्त सत्ताधाऱ्यांना प्रश्न विचारणाऱ्यांसाठीच आहे?
पोलीस प्रशासनाने निष्पक्षता सिद्ध करावी, अन्यथा सत्ताधाऱ्यांसाठी कायदाच वेगळा आहे, हे मान्य करावे!