This makes him the second Field Marshal of Pakistan. The first one, Ayub Khan, assisted Iskandar Mirza in staging a coup, then declared himself a Marshal after deposing his boss. This one runs a Disneyland with Saeed and Masood Azhar as Mickey & Donald livemint.com/news/world/pak…

At this point, the Monaco GP exists only for the glam factor. It is boring, outdated and cannot be overhauled. #MonacoGP #F1

Pretty wild when you realise that Odisha once bordered Antarctica and Australia. The Mahanadi graben lying underneath central Odisha is still geologically active, hence the hot springs at Deuljhari, Taptapani and Atri. The Greater India marked lies beneath the Himalayas now

I have had more colourful plain rice in my life

One of the major causes of a tiger turning man eater is this. Porcupine quills, if aimed directly at the face or paws, turn septic and incapacitate the tiger, often for life. After that, humans are the only thing the starving animal can easily hunt.

Just two years later, this very plane as Air India 245 crashed into Mont Blanc while approaching Geneva on this route. Captain Alan Saint probably descended more than he should have. 16 yrs after that, Air India 101, a Boeing 707, crashed at almost exactly the same place..

The settler colonialism to birthright citizenship dialectic. Early modern European conquest of the Americas relied on settler colonialism and green on the map is where we have unrestricted birthright citizenship.

Terrible news! The Dreamliner hasn't had a single hull loss incident since its launch. A crash so soon after take off can mean a catastrophic failure, a configuration issue or maybe some external factor. Prayers for the departed and hoping DGCA can get to the bottom of it!

The plane looks clean, no smoke, flaps hard to discern..but a definite lack of thrust and stall. Thoughts and prayers with those who lost their loved ones here!

There have been issues with Boeing, but none of these accidents had anything to do with that. Each accident mentioned here was due to human factors or pilot error. In fact the last widebody that Air India lost was Kanishka in 1985. Media should tone down the sensationalism a bit!

We should be glad our leaders, right from Pt Nehru onwards, rejected the discriminatory NPT and CTBT regime. In this 1913-esque world order, carrying the biggest stick is the only guarantee of state sovereignty.

Typical Brits in India story. Once they come in, they never leave.

Really wish that we rename Wellington. The Duke was a great commander, but his legacy in India is of defeating the last two powerful independent Indian states - Mysore in 1799 and the Marathas at Assaye in 1803; the former through treachery. Manekshaw would be a good replacement