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Bits from my trip to #India ๐ฎ๐ณ โ such an amazing civilisation and a big part of my ancestry.
๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ง๐ช๐บ๐
'๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ' or '๐ข๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ' ๐ต๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง 2026 ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ค๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐
It made landfall early on Oct. 28, causing extensive damage ๐.
NOAA-20 captured this image before landfall. ๐ฐ๏ธ.
Arnab, the first named storm of the 2026 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, made landfall in India early on Oct. 28, 2026, causing extensive damage.
The NOAA-20 satellite captured this image of the storm prior to landfall on Oct. 27 at 1:42 a.m. local time.
ALT A nighttime satellite image shows Arnab's circular structure with bright white clouds as the storm approaches India's east coast. City lights are visible on darkened land surfaces on the left side of the image. Borders are outlined. Credit: NASA
๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ, ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด.
The official name on the North Indian Ocean list is Arnab ๐.
It was contributed by Bangladesh and means "ocean" in Bengali.
๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐
๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ
Odisha & Andhra Pradesh, recently hit by Ornab.
Could intensify from depression to cyclonic storm. Peak Tue to Wed. โ ๏ธ
youtu.be/bLAL4T739UM
๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ
๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ โ๏ธ
๐๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ท๐ถ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐ฐ
PM Dr @AndrewHolnessJM is freezing certain public sector travel to fund recovery without new borrowing. ๐
People first! ๐ฅ
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says the freeze on certain public sector travel and spending is needed to find money for Hurricane Melissa recovery without new borrowing.
Read more:ย jamaica-gleaner.com/article/โฆ
๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐จ๐ฝ ๐ฅ
๐๐ช๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด "๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค," ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐
From soaking lentils to aged ghee. ๐
#India
youtu.be/N2a6vVGBujA
๐ฆ๐ผ๐ณ๐ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ถ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐. ๐ซ
๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ข, ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ต, & ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ธ๐ข. ๐พ
Knead 2 cups atta, ยพ cup warm water, pinch of salt. ๐ฅฃ
Rest 20 min. โณ
Roll thin. ๐ซ
Cook 30 sec per side on a hot tawa. ๐ฅ
Puff over flame, brush with ghee. ๐ง
See ๐
๐ฎ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐๐บ๐ฝ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ
๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด 2026
#India's Praveen Chithravel & Selva Prabhu Thirumaran won silver & bronze in men's triple jump ๐ฅ๐ฅ
Jordan Scott of #Jamaica took gold, edging Chithravel by 14cm ๐ฅ
๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฌ
๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ฎ๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ โน1,424 ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด. ๐ฐ
Close to 2019's โน1,595 crore record. ๐
Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey led the surge. ๐ฟ
๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ'๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐
๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐! ๐จ
๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ-๐๐ผ-๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐บ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ #India ๐ฎ๐ณ
๐ 2๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฃ'๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ข, ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ณ๐ข ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฉ & ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ญ โ ๏ธ
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๐๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐
#India is home to over 60% of the remaining Asian elephant population in the wild, making #Indian wildlife reserves critical to the species' survival.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
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This is an AI-generated creation. Nothing to do with reality.
x.com/dintentdata/stโฆ
tiktok.com/@nature.love63โฆ
๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐๐: ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ'๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ ๐
๐๐ช๐ด๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ, ๐ณ๐ฐ๐บ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ 4 ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ด.
From Lord Ganesha & Airavata to the Gaja-Sena of ancient armies, elephants embody wisdom, power and prosperity. ๐๏ธ
๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ
๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ก
๐๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐
@MetserviceJA and Ministers launched the system and outlined next steps for forecasting and recording. ๐ฆ๏ธ
For more info follow:
@matthewsamuda
Tomorrow we join the team of @MetserviceJA in commissioning our Doppler Radar, and outlining the next phase of development in our forecasting and recording capabilities.
See you then.
๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. ๐ก
๐๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ต. ๐
That shift reveals speed and direction, letting forecasters track storms, rain, and wind. ๐ช๏ธ
๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ฑ'๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ: ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ 1 ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฌ+ ๐
๐๐ฏ ๐๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ 1996, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ช.
#India has homegrown fast food chains:
Burger Singh & Faasos
๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ'๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐บ: ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต? ๐ฅ
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ต ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ-๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด: ๐จ๐บ๐ฎ-๐จ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ด & ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐ช
๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ: ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ'๐ ๐ข๐น๐ฑ-๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป ๐ง
๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฉ, ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐จ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต. ๐
Mild, milky & firm, it doesn't melt, so it holds its shape in curries. ๐
