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Ashok Malik

@MalikAshok

5 years

Planning a holiday in Belfast, in English-occupied Ireland

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What an interesting year ... Summer’s epidemiologists have become winter’s agricultural experts

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India Today issues, June 2003 and March 2021: They show the same woman in the same village in Limbdi, Gujarat. The contrast tells the story of the magnitude of Gujarat’s rural water revolution under (then CM) Narendra Modi, and the potential of India’s Jal Jeevan Mission

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Now India formally should raise its border dispute with China — as well as China’s illegal occupation of Indian territory — at the UN. Let the Security Council discuss that as well, since it’s discussing pretty much everything these days

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3 years

Bizarre equivalence, truly bizarre. The authenticity of an Indian Covid vaccine certificate can be verified online, in real time and in less than a minute. How do you do verify the authenticity of security threats?

Sadanand Dhume

@dhume

3 years

@myraemacdonald Yes. The dominant Indian view is that there’s no fake certificate problem, and the dominant Pakistani view seems to be that there’s no real security threat. Would love to see some even-handed reporting, though I’m largely sympathetic to both the Indian and Pakistani positions.

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The two most capable RBI governors in the past 20 years: Y.V. Reddy and Shaktikant Das, both understated civil servants. The two most overrated: Raghuram Rajan and Urjit Patel, who couldn’t decide if they were public servants or public intellectuals

5 years of Shaktikanta Das: How a humble Guv calmed a turbulent RBI

Shaktikanta Das, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, faced a challenging role when he joined five years ago amidst a government-RBI conflict. Tasked with stabilising after his predecessors' -...

economictimes.indiatimes.com

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@MalikAshok

7 years

The Nehrus came from Kashmir to UP. Feroze Gandhi came from Gujarat to UP. Sonia came from Italy to UP. But this Modi fellow is an outsider

ANI UP/Uttarakhand

@ANINewsUP

7 years

#WATCH : Priyanka Gandhi Vadra says, "PM Modi claimed that UP has adopted him, but does UP need to adopt an outsider for development?"

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5 years

At the swearing-in ceremony on May 30, Mr Sharad Pawar was invited to the "V section", where the most senior guests sat. Even within "V", he had a labelled first row seat. Somebody in his office may have confused V (for VVIP) for the Roman V (five)

Allotted seat in fifth row, Sharad Pawar skips swearing-in ceremony | Mumbai News - Times of India

NCP president Sharad Pawar on Thursday boycotted the swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan after he found he had been allotted a seat in the fif

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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@MalikAshok

5 years

The bright boy from a poor family in a small village near Kanpur, who came to the city for senior school — and rose to become President of India. President Kovind goes back to his old school to greet his teachers, all in their 90s. This is such a moving Indian story

President of India

@rashtrapatibhvn

5 years

Honoured to visit my alma mater BNSD Inter college and Shiksha Niketan in Kanpur and felicitate my former teachers Shri Pyare Lal (98), Shri Hari Ram Kapoor (92) and Shri TN Tandon (86) #PresidentKovind

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How a village in Ladakh started getting piped water in every house even through a sub-zero temperature winter. Read about the perseverance of India’s Jal Jeevan Mission

Jal Jeevan Mission: अमेरिका जो नहीं कर पाया, जल जीवन मिशन ने लेह में कर दिखाया, माइनस 30 तापमान में...

भारत में बर्फीले रेगिस्तान कहे वाले लद्दाख में सर्दियों में न्यूनतम तापमान शून्य से 30 डिग्री सेल्सियस नीचे माइनस में चला जाता है और जल संसाधन जम जाते हैं। ऐसे में पाइप से पेयजल आपूर्ति संभव नहीं थी...

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5 years

Self-made woman politician with no family legacy; opponent of the Emergency; mesmerising speaker, whether in Hindi or even Kannada (remember that speech in Bellary?); Minister who opened MEA to the aam aadmi: Goodnight Sushma Swaraj. You always wrote your own script, to the last

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5 years

If anybody understands Shobha De’s column in today’s Times of India, please send me an English translation

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6 years

Just to refute some fake news. CM Arvind Kejriwal of Delhi has very much been invited to the President’s Aug 15 At Home. Card no. 49 was delivered and it’s reception confirmed by the CM’s protocol dept. The CM’s protocol dept told a caller from RB the CM would not be attending

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3 years

The idea that the market can import Pfizer and Moderna and let the rich pay thousands, while the poor get Covaxin and Covishield from the govt for free, is a hare-brained non-starter. It shows little understanding of current global Covid-19 supplies and export constraints 1/2

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5 years

Excited, humbled and overwhelmed by the opportunity of serving in the Ministry of External Affairs, with its exceptional institutional culture and professional ethic. Thank you for your good wishes. I hope to contribute in my own little way to India’s engagement with the world

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2 years

As I move out of @MEAIndia after close to three years as Policy Advisor (and about five years in government overall), I must acknowledge the unstinted support and generosity of my seniors and colleagues, led by EAM @DrSJaishankar , FS @AmbVMKwatra and former FS @harshvshringla 1/8

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Twitter is a strange place. Numerous cases of retired government officials admonishing serving government officials for doing or saying exactly what the retired government official did or said when the retired government official was still a serving government official

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2 years

Took my son for his vaccine shot earlier this morning. My experience is limited to one centre and one hour, but I must say the place was buzzing, with appropriate social distancing enforced, and the children I met and saw were enthusiastic. It was a good start to the year

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Vishwanathan Anand deserves the Bharat Ratna. No disrespect to Sachin Tendulkar, but it remains an act of historical injustice that Anand wasn’t the first Indian sportsperson to get the Bharat Ratna. His achievements and inter-generational legacy are incomparable

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Congratulations! The Indian earthquake in Toronto is the culmination of the shifting tectonic plates in the chess world as the 17 year old Gukesh D will face the Chinese champion Ding Liren for the highest title. The "children" of Vishy Anand are on the loose!

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7 years

Amit Shah is travelling up and down India relentlessly. Congress leaders are tweeting & writing anti-BJP opeds relentlessly. I rest my case

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3 years

Inch by inch, step by step, this battle will be fought and won

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7 years

Discovered today that Rashtrapati Bhawan/the President's Estate has its own exclusive PIN code : 110 004

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4 years

While Cyclone Amphan has been devastating, only a dozen lives have been lost; 30 years ago the toll would've been much higher. Disaster management at national & state levels, and agencies like NDRF, have done remarkably. Gradually, determinedly India's HADR capacities have grown

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On this day 60 years ago, Major Shaitan Singh and 120 immortal soldiers of the C Company of 13 Kumaon, fought to the last man and last bullet in the defence of India. Their incredible valour in the Battle of Rezang La remains one of the most iconic events in military history 1/5

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4 years

Speak to a friend in Calcutta. He is distraught his book collection has been damaged. Later into the chat, I find out his house has also been damaged, but that’s almost an afterthought. The books are priority, as they must always be in Calcutta. God bless my once and forever city

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@MalikAshok

6 years

The incident this piece claims to “analyse” never took place. It’s absolutely fictional

newslaundry

@newslaundry

6 years

'Why is a Dalit president’s insult by Brahmin priests inside a temple not a newsworthy story? Is it because it embarrasses India globally,' asks @scribe_it .

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Internationalisation = Many nations and governments taking cognisance of an issue for reasons of specific and political interest. Internationalisation ≠ Media outlets from a dozen countries mimicking each other’s editorials, pieces-to-camera and talking heads lists

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@dhume

5 years

In the past ten days, I’ve done interviews with media from America, China, Germany, Qatar, Singapore and the UK. (Not counting India obviously.) If you think #Kashmir has not been internationalized by the Modi government’s actions you’re living in an extremely impressive bubble.

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Mumbai | November 26, 2008 | Not forgiven, never forgotten. A pledge to be redeemed

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@MalikAshok

7 years

Uber was the biggest beneficiary of the odd-even scheme. Was there a deal there too @ArvindKejriwal ?

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@ArvindKejriwal

7 years

Paytm biggest beneficiary of PM's announcement. Next day PM appears in its ads. Whats the deal, Mr PM?

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7 years

Alexander died 2,300 years ago. Tamerlane died 600 years ago. If you're still at war with them, the problem is not them. It's you

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4 years

Why is everybody in the Indian media interviewing the same epidemiologist? 🤔 Surely there must be others

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7 years

If you don't like Yogi Adityanath, defeat him in Gorakhpur. Better still put up joint candidate when he seeks election as MLA. Rest is noise

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6 years

We now have two cricket coach templates to choose from. There's a coach who complements the captain, and then there's a coach who only compliments the captain

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5 years

Complete 25 years in Delhi today. I’ve now spent more of my life in this city than in Calcutta. I never thought I’d come here, now I never think I’ll leave! Thank you Delhi for embracing me — you aren’t perfect, but you are addictive

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7 years

Thanks friends for your wishes. Thanks sceptics for keeping me grounded. Working for @rashtrapatibhvn is an honour. I hope I live up to it

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3 years

Purely a personal assessment: South Asia studies departments on many US campuses are increasingly unable or unwilling to understand contemporary India. This is very different from agreeing or disagreeing with x or y policy or phenomenon or approach of contemporary India 1/3

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7 years

Resigned from ORF and all other professional positions that could be construed as conflicts of interest ... Tomorrow is another day

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6 years

Would be nice if the Indo-Afghan test match/series is played for a trophy named after Salim Durrani, the only Indian cricketer born in Afghanistan

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8 months

About the most chilling press releases I've read

PIB India

@PIB_India

8 months

PM @narendramodi 's meeting with the Prime Minister of Canada Read here: @PMOIndia

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7 years

Re-plug: Answering the 3 am tweet: @SushmaSwaraj has reinvented the EAM's office. My piece for @TheAsianAgeNews

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4 years

Strange coincidence that Ram Vilas Paswan passes away on the death anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan, among his earliest mentors. One more star of the Class of ‘77 leaves us. That 424,000-vote victory in Hajipur made it to the Guinness Book and gave him national recognition. RIP

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3 years

Neeraj Chopra is India’s first track and field Olympic gold medallist. This is history being made, genuinely

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5 years

Come back Dravid, all is forgiven

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7 years

Very senior Maharashtra politician has spoken of being approached by 3 or 4 HC judges after Nov 8, for help with their cash reserves

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5 years

Look at it this way: there’s something comforting and nostalgic about waking up early and hearing that India are 35 for three or 53 for four on the opening day of an overseas test match. It brings back the comforting certitudes of childhood and the timelessness of existence

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@MalikAshok

5 years

My tribute to Arun Jaitley — friend, mentor and inspiration

Hindustan Times

@htTweets

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Why #ArunJaitley can never be replaced ( @MalikAshok writes)

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7 years

On a lighter note, I suspect a section of the Delhi media will now start identifying Amit Shah as the "moderate face" of the BJP 😎

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7 years

Rahul Gandhi has compounded the mess with a very immature set of tweets. Wonder who advises him. Probably his mirror

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5 years

Brilliant! Must especially commend the use of “chundering”, a word I first encountered while listening to Men at Work some 35 years ago

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5 years

Delhi | Beating Retreat | Abide with me | Saare jahan se achha

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Don’t want to get into a political argument here, but Rashtrapati Bhavan protocol has the President and recipient both standing, while other guests — including the Vice-President and Prime Minister — are seated. If the recipient is elderly or indisposed he/she may stay seated 1/2

Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳

@priyankac19

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The lady standing is the President of India while the PM of India is seated. Caption the pic please?

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3 years

Further a mass vaccination programme in the midst of a pandemic will be jeopardised if there is a two-order vaccine rollout, with doubts creeping in about whether "more expensive" is "better". It could potentially destroy the credibility of a major public health effort 2/2

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4 years

Happy birthday Arun Jaitley. I have no doubt you’re the life of the party wherever you are. We miss you today; actually, we miss you everyday. Thank you for the wonderful memories. All of those of us you touched will cherish those memories forever

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2 years

After a week of business engagements in the US, I can only marvel at the optimism about India’s economy. It isn’t without problems, but stands out as an outperformer and growth tonic in a tepid global mood. The 2020s are poised to be India’s decade of transformation 1/6

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@MalikAshok

7 years

BCCI officials above 70 will be sacked by the Supreme Court. Their successors will be chosen by Fali Nariman, an eminent lawyer who is 87

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@MalikAshok

5 years

As I conclude my two-year term as press secretary to the President of India, I’d like to thank @rashtrapatibhvn for the privilege of having allowed me to serve in the greatest office I’ll ever know, working under a gentle, dignified and amazingly down-to-earth head of state 1/3

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7 years

As of now Narendra Modi's biggest nightmare is that Rahul Gandhi will retire from politics

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This could well become a turning point in the geoeconomics — and resultantly geopolitics — of the 21st century. An age-old overland and maritime route is being re-imagined, this time with India as both a pillar and an architect. A massive legacy statement for @narendramodi

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@narendramodi

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Charting a journey of shared aspirations and dreams, the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor promises to be a beacon of cooperation, innovation, and shared progress. As history unfolds, may this corridor be a testament to human endeavour and unity across continents.

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5 years

😊 Lovely memory from the first test at the Wankhede — Brijesh Patel being kissed after scoring 50 against the Windies in 1975. This was the second such incident. The first involved Abbas Ali Baig against the Australians in 1959-60, also in Bombay but at the Brabourne Stadium

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5 years

Sorry this #SareeTwitter cannot be beaten

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This day 60 years ago, Subedar Joginder Singh, Param Vir Chakra, and the valiant men of 1 Sikh died in the defence of India at Bum La, near Tawang. Their post was attacked by successive waves of Chinese soldiers. By conservative estimates they were outnumbered 30 to one 1/n

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I’m no fan of Virat Kohli’s over-the-top aggression, but it’s rich, really rich, of a series of Australian cricketers of the past to accuse him of bad behaviour

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3 years

The World Test Championship final begins on an auspicious day — the anniversary of Kapil Dev’s 175. May it end as happily …

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7 years

Each time we over-valorise a public servant for simply doing his job, we create a megalomaniac. Happened with T.N. Seshan, and now Vinod Rai

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@MalikAshok

5 years

When you don’t understand something, just ban it

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@kumarsamit

5 years

What a shame! Why would BMTC do something like this? A citizen is trying to help you & one lakh users in the city and you make it difficult for the citizen instead of applauding & supporting him?Make it work please. ⁦ @BMTC_BENGALURU ⁩ ⁦⁦⁦⁦ @CITAGofficial ⁩

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7 years

Unless I missed it, Calcutta's leading English newspaper has four stories on Mamata vs Governor. Not one detailed report on the violence

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3 years

Just read a hate-filled screed masquerading as an oped on the Central Vista redevelopment project. Counted at least five or six factual errors. Genuine moral dilemma: do I retweet and refute it, giving the crackpot author the oxygen of publicity, or do I ignore it?

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7 years

I hope Rahul Gandhi's first-class cabin/lounge has wifi so that he can tweet about how Modi betrayed the hopes of the poor

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If cross-voting by Congress MLAs in Gujarat in presidential election repeats itself in upcoming Rajya Sabha poll, Ahmed Patel could lose

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5 years

What a cruel, wretched August

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If I'm not mistaken, Balakot (in NWFP/KPK) was the location of the Sikh army's rout of the Barelvi militia in the early 19th century

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To incubate a semiconductor ecosystem in India (or anywhere) is a herculean effort, calling for building several ancillary industries and enormous capital. India has no choice but to do it. Governments in other countries, even the US, are writing much bigger subsidy cheques 1/n

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Ba adab, ba mulahiza hoshiyaar ...

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No comment.

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Spellbinding

Winners of the 2020 BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition

Top photos from this year’s contest, showcasing the Earth’s biodiversity

www.theatlantic.com

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In times of an information fog, try and add to the information -- not to the fog

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Just saw Jupiter shining in the sky, the brightest I’ve ever seen it. It made me feel so small, and made our everyday arguments seem so petty

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Important for public health agencies to communicate that vaccines with a 50-60 per cent efficacy are standard and perfectly acceptable. The 90/93/95 per cent claims may or may not eventually stand to reason. Number wars shouldn’t overrun rational vaccine choices and decisions

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“We will invest ₹75,000 crore, or approximately $10 billion, into India over the next 5-7 years”: Big investment decision by Google in a tough economic year

Sundar Pichai

@sundarpichai

4 years

Today at #GoogleForIndia we announced a new $10B digitization fund to help accelerate India’s digital economy. We’re proud to support PM @narendramodi ’s vision for Digital India - many thanks to Minister @rsprasad & Minister @DrRPNishank for joining us.

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Taimur was a villain. He invaded countries, razed cities, killed many. Alexander was a hero. He invaded countries, razed cities, killed ...

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About 120 million/ 12 crore Covid-19 vaccines will be available in India in the month of June. That’s a significant jump from May, with the promise of higher production and greater availability in the coming months. Fingers crossed, arms steady 🙏🏽

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The Other Guy Blinked

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Am no fan of AAP but if Punjab wants change Kejriwal's party certainly represents it more than a motley crew of Amarinder, Sidhu & Congress

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@sudhirchaudhary Didn’t know this. Please take care. God bless

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Not getting into the politics of it @ShekharGupta & @maneeshchhibber but “titanic”, used as an adjective or descriptor, denotes “great strength” and is derived from “Titans”, the first generation of gods in Greek mythology. Purely on the point of grammar, the usage is correct

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@ShekharGupta

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Oops....why confuse commando-comedians with facts....

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Big news! Agree with them, disagree with them, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo have done great work and produced very readable books. And for all it matters, another Nobel for Presidency College, Calcutta

The Nobel Prize

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BREAKING NEWS: The 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.” #NobelPrize

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I have tested positive, the overwhelming symptom is extreme fatigue. Otherwise manageable, at least so far. No fever, a mild, occasional cough. Fingers crossed. Please be careful

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Prime Minister @narendramodi 's CoP 26 speech was at once realistic, responsible and ambitious. A net zero target year of 2070 means India will among the shortest (if not the shortest) gaps between peak emissions year and net zero year for any major economy or country 1/5

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3 years

Boss, have you ever eaten at Andhra Bhavan canteen?

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3 years

Ladies and gentlemen, remember we always use a knife and fork or chopsticks to eat rice! We do not use our hands or fingers !!! 😨

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Congress argument: 1. Mandate in Goa is hung but anti-incumbency; 2. Mandate in Manipur is hung but pro-incumbency

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Ashok Malik

@MalikAshok

4 years

A year since Arun Jaitley left us. Like so many others whose lives he touched, it would not be an exaggeration to say that I have thought of him every single day, in some context or the other. He remains irreplaceable, and his memory indelible

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Ashok Malik

@MalikAshok

5 years

For what it’s worth, my prediction for a 25-30 year time-frame is this: International attention will have outgrown Kashmir and the LoC. It will be focused on the Ladakh-Xinjiang frontier. Kashmir as a global issue is yesterday’s story. The future is north by northwest

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Ashok Malik

@MalikAshok

4 years

Genuinely surprised how the story you‘ve cited is relevant. As the WSJ report says, data from four countries is being reviewed and India is not among them. Unless you know something we don’t @suhasinih

Suhasini Haidar

@suhasinih

4 years

As the @WorldBank @WorldBankSAsia suspends its own Doing Business (EoDB) rankings due to rigged data issues, worth re-reading this investigation @HuffPost on how the govt lobbied, gamed, changed priorities in order to improve rankings here 2014-2018

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Ashok Malik

@MalikAshok

3 years

One of the giants of Uttar Pradesh politics, first becoming an MLA as far back as 1967. Targeted organised crime and the education mafia in his first term as chief minister (1991) and made quite an impact. Hard to describe his stature in his prime to those too young to remember

Hindustan Times

@htTweets

3 years

Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and former Rajasthan Governor #KalyanSingh passed away at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow

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Ashok Malik

@MalikAshok

5 years

The President of India can vote like any other citizen. Some previous Presidents have voted, some have chosen not to. President Kovind has repeatedly urged fellow citizens to vote. He felt it appropriate to demonstrate by example

Tarang

@jaintarang11

5 years

@rashtrapatibhvn @MalikAshok Isn’t it true that normally President and VP don’t vote so that they remain non partisan? Don’t think Pranab Mukherjee voter in 2014.

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Ashok Malik

@MalikAshok

7 years

Sops, but responsible sops. Call for citizen to contribute as well & not depend on doles. Different philosophy from UPA's giveaway binges

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Ashok Malik

@MalikAshok

6 years

After the President took office in July 2017, he directed Rashtrapati Bhavan being a public building there would be no religious observances at taxpayer expense. This is in keeping with the principles of a secular state and applies to all festivities, irrespective of religion 1/3

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Ashok Malik

@MalikAshok

5 years

Some thoughts from the @narendramodi visit to Houston and the upcoming Howdy Modi! event follow. I spent the day at the NRG Stadium watching preparations and rehearsals for the event and it’s cultural component. Also interacted with volunteers from all parts of the US 1/n

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Ashok Malik

@MalikAshok

4 years

Hate to get into an argument with an idiot, but whatever else happened in 1962 the Indian soldier did not run away. There may have been the odd aberration, but most fought with very limited equipment — and with incredible courage

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Ashok Malik

@MalikAshok

4 years

India used a combination of cost arbitrage and quality delivery to make itself globally competitive in IT services. No reason why our farmers and farm sector can’t do this in the global food supply chain. The three laws passed today are part of several steps in this direction 1/2

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Ashok Malik

@MalikAshok

4 years

“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen” : Vladimir Lenin ... h/t @ianbremmer

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