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Assam, India
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Dehing Patkai in Assam, referred to as 'Amazon of The East', is part of the largest stretch of
tropical lowland rainforests in India. It is criminal to allow coal mining in our carbon sinks
@moefcc @PMOIndia @sarbanandsonwal
#DumbOrGreedy #SaveAmazonOfEast #BiodiversityDay
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Wrote a longish essay exploring whether a university education is worth it in today's time.
One of the arguments people often invoke is that much of the knowledge is now freely available online.
However, the track record of people learning online—and finishing courses—is rather poor. Scholars at the world's best universities have made their lectures freely available for nearly two decades now. Gilbert Strang's first lecture on linear algebra has 4.9 million views; by the last lecture, we are down to about 200,000. Across such courses, the fraction of people who make it to the end is anywhere from 1 in 20 to 1 in 100.
There are several problems with today's universities. But, I reckon that the alternatives are vastly inferior.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/…
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Cutting tax rate does not lift "pre tax return" for investors BUT investors are interested in "post tax return" and that of course depends on tax rate.
There can be no 2 views on this- this is just arithmetic.
🚨 ‘Cutting a tax rate doesn’t lift returns’: Ridham Desai on whether an LTCG cut can bring FIIs back
Morgan Stanley India’s managing director argues that a lower long-term capital gains tax may improve sentiment briefly, but foreign investors will return only when Indian equity returns and earnings momentum improve
Read More:
moneycontrol.com/news/busine…
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World-leading cardiac surgeon Asif Hasan was surrounded by the children who received the gift of life thanks to his unerring skills at the emotional climax of another memorable Pride of Britain ceremony. 🥹
Now 70 years old, Mr Hasan has just retired after 35 years of service at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne, but just after receiving his Lifetime Achievement Award, he had an extra special surprise: a cast of patients who would not be alive without him. ❤️
Today, I’m giving away the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra.
To participate:
1. Like this post
2. Quote repost using #winGalaxyS26Ultra #GalaxyS26UltraAt79999
3. Answer some questions
Happy winning ❤️
Note: Multiple entries are strictly not allowed. Please make sure to follow all the rules.
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বৰহোলা পৰা গৰঙা লৈকে PWD কাম চলি আছে। প্ৰায় ৪ মাহ হল। ৰাস্তা, ফুটপাথ , ৰেলিং বনোৱা আদি। প্ৰায় ১০-১২ কিলোমিটাৰ।
কামকৰা শ্ৰমিক, ড্ৰাইভাৰ, চুপৰভাইজৰ, মহৰী প্ৰায় গোটেই খিনি মিঞা মানুহ। দুই এজন অসমীয়া আছে। নামনিৰ পৰা অহা।
চোকা ৰদ, বৰষূণ একো নাচাই। উঃ আহ কৰি ছাঁ পৰা ঠাই...++
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If Congress wants to distinguish itself from the BJP’s handling of Brij Bhushan, it must ask MP #Akoijam to step aside pending an inquiry. Otherwise, women’s safety is just a game of smoke and mirrors.. a political tool for all political parties .
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Maharashtra Drought: Farmers Sell Cattle As Crops Fail, Fodder Crisis Looms In 265 Talukas
#MaharashtraDrought #Farmers #Agriculture #DroughtCrisis #IndiaNews
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5-yr rolling returns:
Nifty 100 - 2nd decile
Nifty 50 - 1st decile
Nifty Top 10 - Low single digit percentile
Rolling returns mean revert.
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Ok, I'm sorry, but I absolutely cannot let this slide because it's just so appalling and downright shitty.
@TheEconomist says it's "Extraordinary" that India, "still a relatively poor country," can manage "something as selfless as protecting other creatures."
How terribly kind of you to notice! And do allow me to return the favour.
India gave the world Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, three faiths built on 'ahimsa' - the idea that every living being is to be protected and respected.
Jain monks still sweep the ground before them rather than tread on an insect.
Around 243 BC, Emperor Ashoka carved a list of protected creatures into stone, from parrots and bats to Gangetic dolphins, tortoises and squirrels.
Britain passed its first animal-cruelty law in 1822. That's roughly two thousand years later.
Now do try to keep up.
In 1730, at Khejarli in Rajasthan, 363 Bishnoi villagers gave their lives rather than let a king's men fell their sacred trees. Conservation, it turns out, was not invented in a London editorial meeting.
And the "relatively poor" results?
Well, about 75% of the world's wild tigers live in India, and the population rose from 2,967 in 2018 to 3,682 in 2022.
Every wild Asiatic lion on Earth lives in Gujarat. The 2025 census counted 891, up 32% in five years.
More than four in five of the world's greater one-horned rhinos live in India, 3,323 of 4,075.
All of this shares the land with over 1.4 billion people.
Meanwhile, for those of you back at the editor's desk at The Economist:
- Britain killed off its wolves centuries ago!
- Its own Natural History Museum finds that only about half of its native biodiversity remains. That puts it in the bottom 10% of countries worldwide and last in the G7. Rather a lot of hedgerow, rather little left living in it, wouldn't you say!
As for "relatively poor", the IMF puts India's economy at roughly the size of Britain's, and it is growing considerably faster! No thanks to your crazy, woke liberal/ communist strategies and agenda!
You bunch of absolute morons and cretins!
So yes, it is downright "extraordinary"! What's truly extraordinary is that a publication founded in 1843 still believes compassion is a luxury good, available only above a certain GDP per head.
Compassion is not bought, @TheEconomist.
India was practising it millennia before you even existed, you cretins.
By all means, do keep taking notes!
It is extraordinary that India, still a relatively poor country, can achieve something as selfless as protecting other creatures. We explain how it became remarkably good at animal conservation economist.com/asia/2026/10/0…
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Nations do not acquire compassion with wealth. It is hardly a luxury acquired with better living standards. It is intrinsic to you as a person, rich or poor. Why wear an expression of patronising surprise when a relatively poorer country than yours, effectively conserves and preserves its precious wildlife? The measure of moral imagination is not per capita income. #WildlifeProtection @TheEconomist
It is extraordinary that India, still a relatively poor country, can achieve something as selfless as protecting other creatures. We explain how it became remarkably good at animal conservation economist.com/asia/2026/10/0…
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Tweet from The Economist circa 1880, recirculated due to a delayed Y2K bug and a pompous and out-of-touch desk.
It is extraordinary that India, still a relatively poor country, can achieve something as selfless as protecting other creatures. We explain how it became remarkably good at animal conservation economist.com/asia/2026/10/0…
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On anime, ethical dilemmas, and how growing up mostly means discovering that being right is rarely as simple as you thought. Maybe, the most personal write up so far and I assure you that this is not a UPSC GS4 answer, haha!!
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Senior Congress leader and former MLA Debabrata Saikia on Wednesday wrote to President Droupadi Murmu seeking protection of Assam’s downstream interests, public safety and ecological security in connection with the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP) in Arunachal Pradesh.
In his representation, Saikia said, “I respectfully submit this representation seeking Your Excellency’s intervention for safeguarding the long-term interests, lives, livelihoods and ecological security of the people of Assam in connection with the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project / Upper Siang Multipurpose Storage Project (USMSP) in neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh.” Read more: nenow.in/environment/arunach…
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The Indian Hindu pilot who saved 170 Israelis, Captain Smit Machchar bravely fought off a co-pilot attacker who allegedly tried to hijack and crash the plane.
In a podcast last year, he humbly urged passengers to be kind and treat airline crew with respect.
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#Opinion | "On September 18, Sahil Wakode, a second-year BTech student, was found dead on the campus of IIT-Bombay (IIT-B). His was the third suicide or unnatural death at IIT-B this year. This year, there have been two suicides at IIT-Delhi and two at IIT-Kharagpur"
"All IITs have combinedly reported at least 11 student suicides or unnatural deaths. In the last five years, there have been at least 53 suicides/unnatural deaths at the IITs"
To read the full story 🔗
hindustantimes.com/opinion/t…
(✍️@ProfRavikantK)
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"Rarely in the annals of Indian constitutional history have two key institutions, the Supreme Court of India and the Election Commission, acted in tandem with such shameless disregard for the constitutional purpose of their office, inflicting administrative cruelty on citizens and disenfranchising them."
Sharp words from @pbmehta
indianexpress.com/article/op…
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A showpiece Government initiative to make funds available to emerging private companies engaged in deep-tech research has hit pause after the only agency selecting beneficiaries decided to stop inviting applications — because it hasn’t received the money needed to proceed after one round of funding, The Indian Expresshas learnt.
Written by: Amitabh Sinha
🔗 indianexpress.com/article/in…
