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Trump has lost Congress, not the Presidency.
Will the Democratic sweep change much for India?
Trade, technology & immigration may see little change. But the Iran war, and Washington's power to fund it could be the real game-changer.
My latest piece : faultlinesandforecasts.subst…
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दिवाली की रात 2 बजे: दिल्ली के 39 में से 25 स्टेशनों पर PM2.5 का आँकड़ा दर्ज नहीं
8 से 9 नवंबर की रात 2 से 3 बजे के बीच CPCB के data अनुसार दिल्ली के 25 स्टेशनों पर PM2.5 का कोई आँकड़ा दर्ज नहीं हुआ। ये उन 39 स्टेशनों में से हैं जिनका आँकड़ा पिछली दिवाली की रात भी दर्ज है।
इन 25 स्टेशनों का आँकड़ा इस घंटे दर्ज नहीं हुआ: Anand Vihar, Ashok Vihar, Aya Nagar, Bawana, CRRI Mathura Road, Chandni Chowk, Dwarka Sector 8, IMD Lodhi Road, ITO, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Mandir Marg, Mundka, NSIT Dwarka, Najafgarh, Narela, Nehru Nagar, North Campus DU, Okhla Phase 2, Punjabi Bagh, Pusa, R K Puram, Shadipur, Sirifort, Sri Aurobindo Marg, Wazirpur।
जिन 9 स्टेशनों का इस घंटे दोनों दिवाली का आँकड़ा है, वहाँ औसत PM2.5 576 µg/m³ रहा, WHO की 24 घंटे की सीमा का 38.4 गुना। पिछली दिवाली इसी घंटे इन्हीं स्टेशनों पर यह 562 था, यानी इस बार 2.5% ज़्यादा।
शाम 6 बजे से हर घंटे का औसत PM2.5 (µg/m³):
शाम 6 से: 141, पिछली दिवाली 107 (31.5% ज़्यादा)
रात 7 से: 181, पिछली दिवाली 146 (23.9% ज़्यादा)
रात 8 से: 265, पिछली दिवाली 222 (19.4% ज़्यादा)
रात 9 से: 403, पिछली दिवाली 354 (13.8% ज़्यादा)
रात 10 से: 506, WHO सीमा का 33.7 गुना
रात 11 से: 515, WHO सीमा का 34.4 गुना
रात 12 से: 610, WHO सीमा का 40.6 गुना
रात 1 से: 597, WHO सीमा का 39.8 गुना
रात 2 से: 576, पिछली दिवाली 562 (2.5% ज़्यादा)
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हवा WHO सीमा से 38.4 गुना भारी, फिर भी 25 स्टेशनों का आँकड़ा दर्ज नहीं।
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Wishing you a Diwali filled with peace, prosperity, joy, good health, and great success. May this festival of lights bring harmony and unity to the world, ushering in brighter, kinder, and happier times for all.
Happy Diwali! 🪔💫✨🙏 #HappyDiwali
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In a rare interview with Guardian's @HannahEP, Sonia Gandhi reflects on Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination, the personal cost of political life and marrying into a family whose history is inseparable from modern India.
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People say Delhi has a separate Pollution season. Reality is Delhi is being choked almost the entire year.
The cycle of allegations and counter allegations will begin. No accountability and No real policy measures would be implemented.
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Mallikarjun Kharge is an absolute chad.
Punjab Congress leaders presented him a sword.
He pulled it out of its sheath and raised it on stage. 😂
Rachit Seth🇮🇳 retweeted
Trump has lost Congress, not the Presidency.
Will the Democratic sweep change much for India?
Trade, technology & immigration may see little change. But the Iran war, and Washington's power to fund it could be the real game-changer.
My latest piece : faultlinesandforecasts.subst…
Rachit Seth🇮🇳 retweeted
to the most respected finance minister. i have a doubt. please find time to answer me.
you say that the venue for a debate is the parliament.
you say that my home minister, amit shah has offered a special session to debate.
you say that if rahul gandhi - the leader of opposition, wants to debate my prime minister, he should come to the parliament.
ma'am, let's start by pointing out some facts.
jul 20 - the parliament session opens. narendra modi, the ever so hon'ble prime minister - addresses the media - outside the parliament. he asks for a fact-based debate.
jul 24 - Amit Shah's National Honour Bill is introduced in Rajya Sabha, by Nityanand Rai, who is MoS for home affairs. Jairam Ramesh asks "Where is the Cabinet Minister". This is present in the RS Transcript.
jul 29 - Rahul Gandhi, the leader of opposition - asks "why is the Home Minister not here today?". This is also present in the LS Transcript.
jul 30 - Rahul Gandhi asks "why Shah is so scared of coming to Parliament"
aug 4 - Amit Shah, is seen in the parliamentary complex. at an NDA Parliamentary Party Meeting. He Doesn't enter the house. as per reporting from Navbharat Live.
aug 6 - Mallikarjun Kharge, in Rajya Sabha, asks "Why is the Prime Minister not coming? Why is the Home Minister not coming?" as Per Kerala Kamudi - this is consistent with the RS transcript.
aug 11 - congress MP Manickam Tagore attacks the absent home minister. as per reporting by the ANI.
aug 12 - Amit Shah says to the media, "have been coming to Parliament regularly since the Session began; I sit in my chamber."
talking to the media, at around 12:30 PM, Amit Shah offered "If the Opposition wrote to the speaker, there would be a debate from 3 PM wednesday (12 aug - the same day) to 3 PM thursday (13 aug - the next day)
this was roughly a 2 hour window to submit the letter.
he further said "I will sit in the House; I will listen to everyone and respond to every point."
Rahul Gandhi said "We are not interested in listening to his lecture, Who shot those students? Who blinded that student? Who ordered the lathi charge?"
this referred to the Pellet Shots fired at the Student, Sahil Lochav. He asked about the Lathi Charge that happened in the protests on July 20th.
The Opposition wanted a statement from Shah about this, Shah wanted them to submit a letter to the speaker, in a window of roughly 2 hours - after not being present for 17 straight settings. with no recorded appearance.
aug 13 - Lok Sabha sits for 4 minutes. 11:00 AM to 11:04 AM. The National Song, Vande Mataram, is played. and then, the house is adjourned sine die. Both ever so honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Shri Amit Shah were present on these days. for the 4 minutes.
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Respected Finance Minister Ma'am,
These were the facts I have pointed out. I have not said anything that was my own opinion. I have not framed the facts in a way that support any party. My facts were gathered by scraping Documents from the LS and RS portal, OCR'ing the PDFs, then parsing them and then Aggregating News Sources. - and pointing out facts from them. Cold, Hard, Records.
I have not asked any questions yet - which I will do now.
I am a human. I have evolved Pattern Seeking skills.
I spot a pattern here. I see that for the entirety of the Monsoon Session, Prime Minister Modi, and Home Minister Shah, did not utter a word on the record of the Lok Sabha. They were not present in the house except for the last 4 minutes, on the last day.
Shah says "He was sitting in his cabin",
Ma'am, I don't think debates happen when you sit alone in a cabin. It happens on the floor, where the other side can ask questions too.
I don't see a meaningful debate happening in an environment like the Parliament. I say this with utter disappointment.
If Parliament is the venue for debate, why did the two most senior members of the government not speak there once in 19 sittings? And why was the one offer to debate made to the press on the 18th day, with a deadline of a couple of hours?
Why are there "offers" even? I think it is your responsibility to be in debates because that is your entire job.
As you say, "Demanding answers also carries an obligation to hear them." -- Well, were Amit Shah or Narendra Modi, hearing the Questions being asked? They were not in the house even.
Please Answer my Doubts. I would be very obliged if you do so.
Regards,
Sarthak
Rahul ji, you ask the Prime Minister to choose a venue for a debate. There is already one: Parliament, where you happen to be the LoP.
Just yesterday, Home Minister Shri @AmitShah offered a special session to debate SIR and EVMs. Why not show the same enthusiasm for a debate in Parliament that you show while issuing challenges on social media?
Demanding answers also carries an obligation to hear them.
There have been several occasions when you and your party have walked out of Parliament while the government was responding to your allegations. How do you claim to be so eager for a debate when you don’t even stay to hear the other side?
It doesn’t stop at walkouts. You and the INDI Alliance have repeatedly disrupted proceedings, leading to entire sittings being washed out. If you are so keen on debating, why not allow Parliament to function in the first place?
And then there’s the mock Parliament you recently held at the Congress President’s residence. Frankly, that was more a ‘mockery of Parliament’ than a ‘mock Parliament’. You found the time and enthusiasm for that exercise. Surely, the real Parliament deserves at least as much.
You speak endlessly about protecting democracy and the Constitution. But that respect should also reflect in how you treat the institutions they have established.
As for the issues you frivolously raise, bring specific allegations and evidence to back them up. Simply throwing together a long list of accusations doesn’t make your case any stronger. As LoP, you are expected to show some seriousness and responsibility.
You say, “Daro mat.”
Then bring the facts, face the scrutiny and stay to hear the answers. In the House, uphold the standards of debate you demand from others.
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जब बेरोज़गारी,पेपर लीक और रद्द परीक्षाएँ युवाओं के भविष्य को अंधकार में झोंक रही हों तब छात्र राजनीति और छात्र संघ का महत्व और बढ़ जाता है
छात्र राजनीति की सार्थकता और प्रासंगिकता को दर्शाता ‘हिन्दुस्तान’ अख़बार @Live_Hindustan के राष्ट्रीय संस्करण में प्रकाशित मेरा आलेख 🙏
छात्र संघ ही युवाओं के आक्रोश को सकारात्मक और लोकतांत्रिक रास्ता देता है..जामिया के विद्यार्थियों का संघर्ष इसी लोकतांत्रिक अधिकार की लड़ाई और जीत है
छात्र संघ प्रशासन और छात्र समुदाय के बीच पुल का काम करता है..असहमति को संवाद का रास्ता देता बै और नेतृत्व की नई पौध तैयार करता है !
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Don’t know how delusional cranky senile 75-80 years old old men are being allowed to rule our world. They are pushing the world into unprecedented crises. They need to be voted out & younger, calmer, sensible leaders need to be voted in if we want to save our planet & way of life
As the US votes in its midterm elections today, glad to have completed an intensive Expert Capsule Course on “The American System: How the US Works” at @TakshashilaInst.
My fifth course with Takshashila, including its postgraduate programme. The learning continues!
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ये बेहद दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण और आपत्तिजनक समाचार है कि कोई राजनीतिक प्रश्रय प्राप्त ‘लघु-बंधु’ बनकर घूम रहा व्यक्ति सनातन समाज की एकता को तोड़ने का अति निंदनीय कार्य कर रहा है। ये गहरी जाँच का विषय है कि सनातनियों के बीच सामाजिक सौहार्द बिगाड़ने का षड्यंत्र कौन कर रहा है, क्या इसके पीछे कोई बाहरी शक्ति है या आंतरिक, इसकी पड़ताल अपरिहार्य है।
हमारे पूज्य अवतारों के बीच नकारात्मक भाव से जानबूझकर अपमानजनक तुलना की जा रही है। एक अवतार के मुक़ाबले दूसरे अवतार को बेहतर बताने की साज़िश सनातन समाज के विरुद्ध चली जा रही बहुत गहरी चाल है। हर सच्चा सनातनी इन दोनों अवतारों का उपासक होता है। नवमी-अष्टमी का भेद किसी के मन में नहीं होता है। इस अवांछित तुलना से सनातन समाज इतना आहत हुआ है कि दोनों अवतारों के नाम का उल्लेख करके हम उसे और आहत नहीं करना चाहते हैं। सनातन समाज के अतिरिक्त भी अन्य समाज और वैश्विक संगठन भी घोर आहत महसूस कर रहे हैं।
‘लोकरक्षक’ और ‘लोकरंजक’ दोनों ही एक ही के अवतार हैं, दोनों की लीलाएं अपने समय-काल के अनुरूप घटित हुई हैं फिर ऐसी गरिमाहीन तुलना का तर्क क्या है और उसके पीछे क्या मंसूबा है ये स्पष्ट किया जाए।
ईशनिंदा का अपराध करनेवाले ऐसे व्यक्ति के पीछे, उसके किसी संगी-साथी की कुटिल मंशा कार्यरत दिखती है। ऐसे निंदात्मक विषय पर तो हर राजनीतिक दल और उसके समर्थक भी इस तथाकथित वाचक के विरुद्ध एकजुट हो गये हैं। अगर इसे नहीं रोका गया तो इससे समाज में अशांति और असंतोष का वैमनस्यकारी वातावरण बनेगा। ये अक्षम्य पाप है, ऐसे व्यक्ति को समाज, सनातन, देश हित में निरुद्ध-अवरुद्ध करना ही एकमात्र उपाय है।
पूजनीय देवी अहिल्याबाई होल्कर जी की मूर्ति का अपमान, मणिकर्णिका घाट का तोड़ा जाना, जगह-जगह मंदिरों को तोड़ना; परमपूज्य शंकारचार्य जी पर निकृष्टतम आरोप लगाना और उनके बटुकों पर प्रहार करना; जन्माष्टमी मनाने पर रोक लगाते हुए तोड़फोड़ करना; ये सब अनायास ही नहीं हो रहा है, इसके पीछे कोई तो है जो इस छल-कुचक्र को रच रहा है। अब वो सब कहाँ हैं जो अपने को सनातन का ठेकेदार मानते हैं, क्या वो अपने परंपरागत भूमिगत निवास में जाकर छिप गये हैं।
हर धर्म-मज़हब-संप्रदाय या उसके आराध्यों-महापुरुषों के प्रति किसी भी प्रकार का विष-वमन कदापि स्वीकार्य नहीं है।
सर्वोच्च स्तर पर संज्ञान लेकर दंडात्मक कार्रवाई हो।
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Don’t fret . Her style typically . In all the years I have reported from ground , rarely seen her . Occasional visits is not reportage but then sigh .. those who make half hour episodes on journos for a reason kya bolein . BTW even I was not aware of this pass thing - doesn’t make me a bad reporter does it? So chill
Hey Sakshi, I guess this is meant for me, since I was the one who wrote that long post. Let me clarify: I wasn’t hinting at you. I don’t even know you well enough to do that. I don’t follow your news, page or channel. How do you know I was talking about you? Did you see me there? I don’t think you even know me, right? I know you get trolled often, though. And that genuinely hurts me, because you are clearly the Indian version of Christiane Amanpour. 😭
And yes, apparently, I lack the basic sense to report such big rallies. Let me see. I covered the IAC protests and started my career around that time. They didn’t ask for such a pass back then. Count those years: you have 21, I have 15. But unlike you, I’m still learning, and there’s nothing wrong with not knowing a thing or two. I never had the means you did. I was a young chap back then, and nobody asked me for any such pass. Later, I mostly worked on the desk at a news agency, with occasional reporting assignments. I haven’t been to Minneapolis to cover the BLM protests or to Hong Kong to cover the pro-democracy protests. I guess you went there too? Do they issue such passes there as well? What are the arrangements like?
Last December, I covered the Congress rally as well. Nobody asked for any such pass then either. The media was allowed entry, although security personnel kept closing the gates repeatedly. I eventually spotted a Congress leader and requested her help with entry.
And yes, I’m not as big a reporter as you are. You’re right about that. By your definition, I clearly don’t qualify as a journalist either. Fair enough. Thank you for enlightening me. All my seniors were useless, apparently. Not one of them ever taught me these basics. Next time, I’ll go to the Congress office to collect my pass. For that information, I genuinely thank you. And if I see you there, I’ll say, “Hello, ma’am. How are you? Thank you so much. Could you spare a few tips on journalism and reporting?” Clearly, you know much more than all my journalism teachers ever taught me. And I’m not a frustrated soul either. I have a beautiful soul, full of love and humility. 😊
And you may ask me to name the reporter now. I can, but I won’t. I’m scared. So, so scared. I can’t possibly risk having another person unleash this horror on me. Main dar gaya! Bahut zyada! 🤣
Ab jo likhna hai, aap likhte rahiye! Bas aapko Bhagwan thodi humility de de. I’ll pray for that!
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Whispers in Delhi’s corridors of power is that a Union Minister is desperately pressuring Modi Sarkar to weaponise the IT and ED against my Cabinet colleagues and me, using the KPSC investigation as political cover.
The RSS’s newest Group D recruit is also reportedly attempting to use the ED to pressure all accused to falsely implicate Congress leaders and me in the KPSC recruitment case.
It appears the “extremely hard working” Hon’ble Minister is not prepared to go down alone. In his desperation, he seems determined to drag his own coalition partners down with him.
The public impeachment of Gyanesh Kumar and yesterday's Ramleela Maidan rally is a case study on how the Indian people are resisting the dictatorial takeover of their cherished Democracy. The push back is real, visible and making the BJP nervous.
Any serious political observer should appreciate this. People are coming on streets, supporting a diverse Opposition, and shedding their difference, to support their institutions.
Credit should go to @kharge Ji, @RahulGandhi and @yadavakhilesh for taking everyone together.