2024 CHRISTMAS DAY TRAGEDY: AZERBAIJAN AIRLINES FLIGHT THAT NEVER MADE IT HOME Exactly one year ago, on 25 December 2024, Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J2-8432 (Embraer E190, 4K-AZ65) was brought down near Aktau, Kazakhstan, while en route from Baku to Grozny, killing 38 people and

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Example Starts from 1) Levis Belts US version vs Indian Version 2) Coke/Fanta etc US/Europe version vs Indian Version 3) Oils, Veggies, Fruits 4) Milk & Milk Products 5) Chocolates, Dairy Milk brands etc And these are not even Counterfeit Products. Companies taking undue

India's biggest, invisible problem: #water youtu.be/bXDHh6Im6Pk?si… via YouTube Sattva Consulting

SOUND ON. Kudos to this IndiGo pilot for patiently explaining facts to misguided passengers. Many times ground staff load up airplanes to keep everything ready. ATC gives priority to those all prepared and ready to fly. Biggles this should be stand training for all pilots. HT

My article in The Hindu speaks of the high rate of #Suicides in the A&N Islands, part of the #research I conducted there, while on probation. A targeted approach is needed to deal with the crisis. #policy thehindu.com/opinion/open-p…

Not many will prominently report it But a massive farmers rally is currently underway in Palghar, overwhelmingly comprising tribals Thousands are marching towards the collectorate, demanding restoration of MNREGA & proper implementation of Forest Rights Act, among other things

‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it. A 2024 meta-analysis of 119 studies of early-literacy tech interventions, led by Rebecca Silverman of Stanford

Booking.com Public Affairs Booking.com Ministry of Tourism Ministry of Tourism need to regulate Booking.com . Lost cancellation refund destpite requesting 3 days back, When contacted again today, again asked whether I want to cancel the flight? Flight ref 22P5CE. Who will pay the lost money?

If we don't educate children in history, culture, languages, religion, traditions, ethics and critical thinking preferring instead to limit them to STEM subjects, then we are raising a generation of easy to manipulate morons. This is becoming ever more obvious today.

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Does anyone know if the UN still exists? Just curious.

Exact same issue for me- I know my previous books and articles have been used to train AI (looking at you anthropic)- & when I run previous articles (written pre-AI) into AI checkers, they can come back as high as 90% AI. It's not artificial intelligence- it's collective human

OpenAI Bought the Plumbing, Not Just the Tools shashi.co/2026/03/openai…

This is the life Tolstoy longed for, the one he tried to get us to recognize through both Anna Karenina and War and Peace; it is not fame, passion, war, success that bring meaning, but the simple beauty of hard work in a field beneath an autumn sun, a wife and child waiting at

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Book signing day! You can get signed copies of my book No Gods No Gurus - A Radical Guide to your Wellbeing in these stores in and around Church Street 1. Blossoms 2. Bookhive 3. Gangaram’s 4. Bookworm 5. Higginbothams

A few field notes stayed with me longer than expected! Wrote about them here: open.substack.com/pub/ajinkyagon…

The Institute of Economic Growth recently hosted Tanu Gupta for a seminar on “Milking Long-Run Benefits from Nutrition: Operation Flood and Adult Health in India”. The study shows that exposure to Operation Flood improved long-run human capital, increasing adult height and reducing stunting