You asks: Does social media influence voting behaviour.
Me says: It might, like many other factors, but we often confuse between communication and noise.
You: How do you say that?
Me: Please have a look at this: raagdelhi.com/social-media-a…
#socialmedia #election2024 #indianelection

We know, brain is made up primarily of billions of small cells called neurons. There have been attempts to picture them realistically.
This is an electron-microscope image of a tiny part of brain showing neurons and related stuff, released recently by a Harvard Univ lab.
#science

Can you guess how many seats BJP and Congress will win in 2024 Indian general elections?

Beware stock investors!
A renowned market operator and analyst says, there is a risk of Harshad Mehta and Ketan Parikh type scam.
Takeaway: Go for good stocks; don't buy on rumours, especially when someone recommends a stock on WhatsApp or Telegram channel, promising huge gains.

Agree.

Congratulations, Pakistan!
#PakistanLunarMission

Right direction towards a safe environment.
Renewable energy accounted for 70% of the 26 GW of new power generation capacity added in India in the financial year 2024, says a recent report.
#environment #CleanEnergy #EnergyTransition

Ban/ recall of Indian spices, restrictions on metals due to coal and on handicraft due to child labour... restrictive, non-tariff barriers seem to be the real reason in most cases.
A tit-for-tat is needed, like we do with Chinese apps, but our products' QUALITY MUST BE ENSURED.

Interesting!
mAadhaar app is malicious?!
I scanned my mobile for dangerous apps, using mKavach, a govt app for mobile security.
It lists, besides some native android apps that are considered very safe, #mAadhaar !
#mobilesafety

India can't compete with rich nations in attracting tech and funds for frontline, futuristic technologies. We are trying hard but are still lagging behind.
A piece of good news amidst this scenario: Micron says, its Sanand plant will start delivering chips early next year.

All vaccines don't suit everyone because of huge immunological variations among humans.
After #genome project, an ambitious #immunome project is underway to map thousands of immune variations.
Details here: humanimmunomeproject.org

#sciencenews

Is #ArtificialIntelligence taking away jobs big way?
McKinsey says, 800 million jobs to ho due to automation by '30 in manufacturing, transportation, administrative support etc. However, 950 m new jobs to come up in data analysis, tech development, creative content production.

The US is coming down heavily on pro-Palestine protesters, while it has not only been lenient but even protective towards anti-India and pro-Khalistan terrorists.
And what about its #freespeech that it preaches India?
#USA #India #PalestineLivesMatter

Don't smoke that much!
A report says, India is 2nd top country in terms of smoking. It is estimated that India's 27% adults smoke.Over 13 lakh die from smoke-related diseases every year!
On the other hand, smoking has come down globally.
#tobacco #smoking

Many people feel that when they pay their hospital bills through insurance, they end up paying more.
An investigation by TOI reveals that at least big hospitals charge more when you pay from your pocket than if you paid through an insurance policy.
Look at this comparison.

Climate change calls for urgent action on river-linking. Need to immediately find ways to link supplementary rivers, create pumped storage hydro projects, and so on. Of course, long-term environmental impact needs to be studied. Perhaps that's already been done in some cases.

Space travel will have insurmountable limitations, until we learn to travel with the missing [presently dubbed as unscientific] dimension of psyche.
Dear Elon Musk, are you listening?

#Space #TimeTravel #technology #ElonMusk

Am I reading it wrong?
An Economic Times news item says, central government advertised more vacancies last year than there were job seekers for those posts!
To be exact, only 87,27,900 applied against 1,09,24,161 jobs, as per NCS data.
#unemployment #government #government ofindia