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My dearest friend @payalmehta100’s cremation will be held at Chandanwadi, Marine Lines, Mumbai, around 1:30 pm. RIP, sister. Miss you forever.

I couldn’t finish watching the video in which a 6 year old died because of a teacher’s mindless behaviour. Life is meant to be lived with its joys and pains. Nothing is worth becoming so obsessed about that it costs someone’s life. In a family I know, a bright young girl is undergoing treatment for severe depression because she couldn’t clear NEET. The education as we know it today may not have any value tomorrow. Given how AI and deep tech are shaping our world, what we call education today may change completely in the future. It is very difficult to even foresee it now. In such a scenario, a 6 year old child dies of cardiac arrest after being humiliated by a teacher for not doing homework. It is perfectly fine to fail in any aspect of life. It is not worth giving up one’s life for anything.

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The students are at top priority, educationally n security-wise, so they need not worry and have their parents worried for them. The Honorable Prime Minister has tweeted, and I am sure that he will take strict action against all those people who are responsible for this leak. So students, plz go back to your parents n homes. Sonam, it's done, bro. Don't extend this. Keep the spirit for another day if there be a need, which I doubt, n eat something. If u want, will send u food from home.

Etched just came out of stealth: $800M raised, $5B valuation, $1B in signed contracts before shipping a single rack. I found their captable super interesting: Peter Thiel. Stanley Druckenmiller. Jane Street. Two Sigma. Hudson River Trading. Angels: Geoffrey Hinton, Andrej Karpathy, Fei-Fei Li. Not one traditional Sand Hill lead. It felt like a friends-and-family round in the Bay Area. The friends run quant funds. The family invented deep learning. An Indian founder with the same chip and the same conviction doesn't lose on talent. He loses on the Rolodex.

Presenting 'Thalapathy: The Inside Story of Vijay’s Meteoric Political Rise' by Vasudha Venugopal and Tarini Kumar, the first major account of one of the most extraordinary political journeys in recent Indian history. Out soon with Hachette India!

The only thing I care about at the #Oscars is that Wallace from The Wire won Best Actor. 🙌🏽

We reported earlier today that MoCA was mulling strong action against Indigo, wanted heads to roll. Now a show-cause notice has been issued to Indigo asking for a response within 24 hours. Meanwhile a meeting was held between ministry officials and Indigo executives today evening and according to sources, following decisions were taken. — From now on, there will be a fortnightly review of IndiGo’s operations, with a special focus on its hiring patterns. •All pending luggage must be delivered to passengers within two days, no extra cost can be levied on rescheduling, and refunds must be cleared by 8 pm tomorrow. •IndiGo was told its communication system is pathetic and needs a complete, passenger-friendly overhaul. •The meeting lasted over 60 minutes. •Ministry officials told IndiGo that the airline had created an impression that it was comfortable with the FDTL guidelines, but had not hired accordingly. •According to sources, retrenchment in IndiGo has been high, and hiring has not kept pace. •The ministry has indicated that seeking the CEO’s removal is well within its ambit, given its authority over various approvals, including security clearances.