The most outstanding diplomatic outreach by the @narendramodi Govt. gets lost in the din - Our use of Buddhism as a diplomatic tool. I try to contextualise it as succinctly as possible, in this oped for the @JagranNews. Do read & let me know what you think.

Sauron tracking the Ring

hyrox is just takeshi's castle for people going through midlife crisis

भई, ये तो हद हो गई!!

“I’m excited that he’s doing something that he loves. It’s a pity that it’s going to destroy everything that I love.” As a high-school friend group reconnects for a wedding, they reckon with the fact that one of their own is designing A.I. technology, in “Josh’s Wedding.” Watch the full documentary: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/hP…

近日，重庆一名网友的行车记录仪拍下轻轨出现瞬间，宛若蛟龙出海，科幻感满满。👏

Defence Secretary Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh, met with a bipartisan delegation from the United States House of Representatives, led by Representative Brian Mast, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Their discussion centred around the evolving #IndiaUS Comprehensive Global #StrategicPartnership with special emphasis on defence industrial and technological cooperation. @IndianEmbassyUS @USAndIndia @MEAIndia

Congratulations Vithya!! Records are meant to be broken & there is no greater reward for an athlete than to see the next generation go beyond the boundaries we once set. Vithya Ramraj breaking my 43-year-old national record in the 400m hurdles is an incredibly special moment.

Nouveau plagiat de Thélyson Orélien identifié. Son poème "Déchirures" publié sur son blog est un agrégat de trois poèmes japonais. Un célèbre haïku du moine zen japonais Ryōkan (1758–1831), un poème d’Ono no Komachi (825-900), et un extrait de Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192-1219).

So when Somalis do its “piracy”, but when America does it the ships are just “seized”?

Anatomy of a baguette 🥖 Who gets the crispy quignon at your house?

This was posted on 4chan in May of 2013. Reflect on how the world has changed in just that period of time. “There will be no “collapse” the way some of these people think of it. It’s not going to be like the movie “Dawn of the Dead” or whatever where one day suddenly shit hits the fan and prices skyrocket and everyone begins to riot and the SS comes marching down the street to kill everyone. There will be no “happening.” It’s far more insidious than that. Read the poem “The Hollow Men” by T.S. Eliot and you’ll understand. You’ll just notice that every day simple things will become a little more expensive. Everyone’s homes and apartments will start to get smaller. Your work hours will get longer, but your pay will decrease. You’ll see family and friends less, and find that in time you care less about them. Every day you’ll find yourself lowering your standards for everything: work, food, relationships, etc. Job security will no longer exist as a concept. People will start hanging on to clothing longer and longer. Less people will get married, even less will have children. People will engross themselves in technological distractions and fantasy while never truly experiencing the real world. Whatever dream people used to have about what their lives were going to be will become for them a distant memory. The only thing left for them will be the reality of their debt and their poverty. And every minute of every day they will be told, “You are stupid, ugly, and weak, but together we are free, prosperous, and safe.””

習近平が訪米時に日本のタイガー魔法瓶を使っていたことでプチ炎上中

On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell @jvplive) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same @Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.

Trail of leopard poaching and ivory and elephant smuggling leads straight to Wildlife SOS, the self proclaimed ‘saviour of elephants from the cruelty of temples’.

Agratas is central to Tata’s EV strategy because it is supposed to supply the batteries for Tata Motors, JLR and its energy-storage business. In other words, Tata is trying to bring one of the most expensive and technically difficult parts of an EV inside the group. But the interesting part is how this “Indian” battery capability is actually being built. Agratas has licensed NMC and LFP technology from AESC, bought development cells from its Jiangsu operations, and is now using Tata Technologies’ Shanghai team for engineering and manufacturing support just as its factories move toward commercial production. Battery manufacturing is not mastered by buying a patent. The difficult part comes when a factory has to make millions of cells at stable quality and acceptable cost. This is where process knowledge and engineering experience become critical. China is therefore supporting Tata at almost every stage, from technology and samples to the actual industrialisation of production. Tata’s approach is straightforward, borrow China’s industrial depth to build its own. That is why the trade-deficit argument often misses the point. India’s dependence on Chinese imports is also, in many sectors, the mechanism through which Indian manufacturing is being built. livemint.com/companies/news/…

Russia’s🇷🇺 President Vladimir Putin: “Interfering in such a delicate, multifaceted relationship between two countries like India and China is a thankless task. But we are, of course, in contact with our friends in both India and China. And you know what I want to point out? I won’t go into detail because it would be improper, but I can say with confidence that both Prime Minister Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are committed to resolving all issues of mutual interest, including border relations. I have no doubt about it. Russia has its own relations with China and its own relations with India. And this doesn’t bother anyone, believe me, it doesn’t bother anyone. Russia’s relations with India do not hinder China, and Russia’s relations with China do not interfere with India. And the combination of the three countries helps everyone.”

a rogue openai agent broke into my freezer last night and ate an entire quart of ice cream

‘Let me hold you, my son’: Vietnamese mother, 95, reunited with fallen soldier after 53 years Read more: news.tuoitre.vn/let-me-hold-…

Between analysing his performance & being 🇮🇳 athletics reply guy on Twitter, Tejaswin Shankar spent last night catching up on work -grading students papers- as teaching assistant at Kansas State U. But before that he was candid as usual about his Asiad🥉sportstar.thehindu.com/asian…