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Wild_Born retweeted
A ZERO that speaks volumes.
@crpfindia
Wild_Born retweeted
THIS IS HISTORY FOLK!!!!!!!!!!! 🥹🥹🥹
MANISHA IS INDIA’S FIRST EVER WOMEN WRESTLING CHAMPION!
OMG, YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥
Wild_Born retweeted
🚨✨ OFFICIAL: Ballon d’Or announce Cristiano Ronaldo 2008 has been voted as the BEST BALLON D’OR OF ALL TIME. 🌕
Wild_Born retweeted
History will remember that our LOP and not a single leader of Congress posted about Captain Smit Machchhar's bravery.
Wild_Born retweeted
MLC elections in 28 seats across 4 big states - Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar and Karnataka.
Elections held using ballot papers.
Guess how many seats Congress won? 🧐
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Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, had constituted a Committee to examine alternative proper venues for citizen's right for organizing protest/demonstrations in place of the existing "designated site".
Based on the Committee's recommendations, Jantar Mantar as a protest venue has been de-notified. Three new venues viz Ramlila Ground, Burari Ground and CBD Ground, East Delhi have been designated as new venues for organizing protest/demonstrations.
Detailed and revised SOP for organizing protest/demonstrations at these three venues will be issued separately. This is in partial modification of earlier Standing Order No. L&O/48/22 dated 28.04.2022.
(Notice issued by Anurag Kumar, Delhi Police Commissioner)
Wild_Born retweeted
Elon Musk's recent thread calling Ambani as PM looks written by a "South Asian", and definitely not like his usual posting style.
Excessive politeness, explanatory style with "so", starting a para with "Also". They are all a give away. Just read them for yourself.
So it seems like a coordinated operation run by the same DS which attacks India's companies and capitalists, but now it's using Elon to make it political.
I am at a loss to understand why Elon is getting influenced this way and letting himself be used to generate animosity with 1.4 billion people.
Especially at a time when his companies are gaining acceptance and good traction in India. If he thinks half the Indians may support him due to politics, he's mistaken.
For the small number of Indians getting carried away politically, and taking side with these foreigners interfering in India's sovereignty:
Do understand Starlink is not being unjustifiably stopped. They are in the same regulatory approval status as India's Jio and Airtel.
They have already got required licenses, setup required infra on the ground, and the distributorship to start operations once the final approval is given. Which is also expected soon along with Jio and Airtel.
But Elon seems to be very frustrated that Starlink wasn't approved two years ago when he clearly could have monopolized Satellite internet in India. Now, with Jio and Airtel competing in parallel for satellite net, it is super tough for Starlink.
So, as an Indian, it is important to understand while getting access to newer tech shouldn't be banned by GoI like pre-1990s India, it is also important to have a choice, competition, and clarity on security implications.
The politicians who have suddenly done a 180 degree in taking sides with Elon are the same who were, two years ago, questioning India even considering allowing Starlink claiming "Modi sold out to Elon."
We need to understand these sudden attacks on PM and India's companies are being done in tandem with other, on the ground, operations in India to destabilize and delegitimize the govt - which too has been completely organized via American social media.
The same Elon talking about how India will benefit with Starlink, when it is actually being considered for approval, doesn't say a word about how China - which bans most American companies in strategic sectors and never even considered Starlink - will benefit from it.
From this alone you can understand the agenda. India has enough services, network, the NDRF, and the Army, who can setup communication anywhere, to save our men women and children during a disaster.
Beware of such white savior syndrome. Need to remind ourselves, East India Company came in saying "Indians will benefit from western trade."
Wild_Born retweeted
Mr. Musk, yes, no billionaire should dictate a nation’s policy - Indian or American.
India must welcome competition in satellite internet, from Indian and global providers, whoever offers the most practical and affordable last-mile solution for those in remote regions. In countries with lower per-capita incomes, satellite internet must be affordable too. High subscription fees and equipment costs risk putting it beyond the reach of ordinary households. Connectivity must bridge the digital divide, not create a new one.
India knows our networks and spectrum are strategic infrastructure, not merely commercial assets. India’s national security safeguards are non-negotiable.
Every country makes choices based on its own interests. Those in the West cannot preach free markets while practicing protectionism at home. USA imposed 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs to protect its domestic industry, just as India takes measures to protect its own domestic manufacturers. Both India and the US have restricted Huawei over security concerns. One cannot demand a level playing field from others only when it suits its own agenda.
Indians will internally debate, question and address our strengths and shortcomings as a democratic country.
Take BharatNet, India’s programme to bring broadband to village-level local bodies. We will question why, as the CAG’s 2026 audit report found, the programme is struggling to meet its original objectives. Why were only 33.2% of service-ready Gram Panchayats operational, despite ₹39,888 crore being spent? At the same time, we know to appreciate our telecom sector and regulations, which has made internet data among the world’s most affordable, bringing millions online.
India is a democracy, not a colony. We welcome the world, but we, the Indian people, will decide our own future - not Western vested interests, their double standards or any billionaire - Indian or American.
Wild_Born retweeted
OFFICIAL CLARIFICATION
Some social media handles are claiming that female protesters were subjected to physical assault.
These allegations are baseless and misleading. Female protesters are handled by female staff and are treated with dignity and due regard.
Detentions and releases are carried out in accordance with the applicable law and prescribed procedures. Male protesters who were detained were released within the stipulated time period, following due process of law.
Any claim suggesting otherwise is factually incorrect and does not reflect the actual sequence of events.
#OfficialClarification
#DPUpdates
This is an extraordinary amount of outrage over one dinner menu.
India didn't ban non-vegetarian food. Foreign dignitaries weren't ordered to become vegetarian. The host simply served a vegetarian Indian banquet showcasing regional cuisine.
That's hospitality, not dietary “imposition”.
When Modi visits countries abroad, hosts routinely accommodate his vegetarian preference too. Nobody concludes that America or France is suddenly ashamed of steak.
And since when did Indian culinary diversity become valid only if meat is served?
Dosa, dal, millet dishes, Kashmiri preparations, mushroom galouti, regional breads and desserts are just as authentically Indian as biryani, kebabs or fish curry.
Celebrate the latter by all means. But pretending a vegetarian banquet somehow “hides India” is manufactured outrage looking desperately for a controversy.
The BJP’s habit of imposing its dietary preferences on fellow Indians is already deeply problematic. Now, they have taken it a step further by imposing their own choices on dignitaries from across the world.
India is a rich, diverse, multi-cuisine country, home to some of the finest non-vegetarian delicacies that people across the world relish and enjoy. So why did the Modi government choose to hide this part of India’s culture?
Is it ashamed of the diversity that makes India what it is?
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The bigger issue isn't how impressive the sports budget looks on paper. It is what Punjab actually achieves with it.
Punjab has historically been one of India's great sporting states. Even today the talent is there but the drug menace among its youth remains a far more fundamental challenge.
₹1,791 crore for sports is welcome if it translates into functioning grounds, coaches, grassroots participation and genuine opportunities for youngsters. But it has to go hand-in-hand with aggressive action against drug supply, de-addiction, rehabilitation and employment.
Otherwise ₹1,791 crore becomes another impressive budget announcement rather than a revival of Punjab's sporting culture.
Money allocated is an input. Youngsters actually returning to playgrounds instead of drugs is the outcome that should be celebrated.
This fact is going to blow your mind 🥵
Punjab’s combined sports budget
2012 - 2022 = ₹1268 crores
Punjab’s 2026 sports budget — ₹1791 cr
I wish we had AAP govt while growing up, I’d have been a cricketer 🥹🥹
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Where does all this gyaan about “violence, humiliation and political culture” disappear when Modi is the target?
For months, memes, edited videos and deeply insulting content involving the PM have been celebrated as satire, dissent and “speaking truth to power.”
Come on.
If depicting an elected leader being assaulted is unacceptable, apply that standard to every elected leader; including Modi.
You cannot celebrate humiliation when you dislike the politician and discover morality when the politician happens to be yours.
The problem isn't satire. The problem is the breathtaking double standard.
इस 15 साल की बच्ची का मोदी की ट्रोल आर्मी ने जीना हराम कर दिया है।
दुनिया के सबसे बड़े लोकतंत्र के प्रधानमंत्री 15 साल की बच्ची से लड़ रहे हैं।
ग़ज़ब हाल है।
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Wild_Born retweeted
🚨🌕 José Mourinho: “The Ballon d'Or should go to one of those players who, when they retire, we miss them for eternity.
Maradona, Cristiano, Messi, R9, Zidane...
You can't give the Ballon d'Or to a guy just for winning the UCL or the World Cup.
If you should give it to someone just for winning the UCL, then give it to Luis Enrique.
No, it needs to go to the best player in the world, not necessarily a Spanish guy, or a PSG player.
It needs to go to one of the 3-4 best players in the world, and those guys are HERE.
But politics come into the Ballon d'Or, so I don't like getting into politics”.
Is Mr. Kejriwal reminiscing about Delhi? 😂
“Vote an arrogant government out and they'll get the message” is quite literally what Delhi voters did to AAP after 10 years in power.
From 62 seats to 22, while Mr. Kejriwal himself lost his seat.
So yes, Mr. Kejriwal. Democracies do have a rather effective way of reminding governments that voters shouldn't be taken for granted.
You would know. 😭
BJP’s arrogance has reached a point where they think woh kuch bhi karein, log unhe vote denge.
Kejriwal is right. If Goa and UP vote BJP out, they’ll get the message loud and clear — rollback E20.
Do watch 👇🏼
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It took Congress this many decades to realise that 70 crore women are unique individuals with their own dreams and ambitions?
Great message. Just slightly awkward coming from a party that governed India for most of its post-Independence history.
Perhaps the more interesting question is: what stopped you from “breaking the cage” when you had the keys?
"𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗴𝗲"
• You are unique
• You are special
• You are an individual
And you have your own dream, your own vision for your life.
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This is criticism India should take seriously, not defensively.
We have shown we can build world-class metros, airports, highways and digital infrastructure. But basic sanitation, waste management, sewage treatment and clean public spaces remain embarrassingly inconsistent.
Mumbai should have one of the world's great waterfronts. India shouldn't aspire only to world-class infrastructure. We need world-class civic infrastructure and civic behaviour too.
This requires government capacity, enforcement and citizens doing their part. Economic progress looks incomplete when a modern metro exits onto a garbage-strewn street.
I was just in Mumbai, and I have to give them credit for the progress they’re making on infrastructure. The new Aqua Line metro is phenomenal. But the amount of work India still has to do on basic cleanliness and sanitation and it is hard to understand until you see it yourself. Would love for more westerners to go just to understand how wealthy they are, but that's a different point.
Mumbai is completely surrounded by water, yet there are almost no places where people can actually enjoy the water. The beaches are filled with trash, the water is badly contaminated, and almost nobody swims, even when it’s brutally hot outside. Walking on the beach is just mud and trash meeting filthy water on the horizon.
There are much poorer places around the world where people can still use the beaches. This is not just about money. India has gone decades without adequate trash collection, sewage treatment, or enforcement for a population of more than a billion people. At this point, the scale of the problem feels almost impossible, and the oceans around the world are paying the price for Indias garbage output as well.
I like the direction Modi is taking the country, but India needs to treat cleanup like a national emergency. Stop with the small campaigns and organize a full scale blitz.
Offer unemployed people paid work picking up trash, clearing drains and waterways, cleaning beaches, and maintaining public spaces. Give them proper equipment and supervision. Then build the collection and waste processing systems needed to stop everything from becoming filthy again a week later.
India has shown that it can build metros, airports, highways, and digital infrastructure. Clean streets and usable water should be treated as infrastructure too.
Mumbai should have one of the greatest waterfronts in the world. Instead, it's has basically an irrelevant feature of the city and feels surrendered to sewage and garbage.
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Basketball's present vs its future. 🔥
Jokić - arguably the greatest offensive big man ever.
Wemby - potentially the most complete two-way big man we've ever seen.
Two completely different basketball anomalies sharing the same floor. This matchup could define international basketball for years. ⚔️🏀
Clash of TITANS! ⚔️
Nikola Jokic & Victor Wembanyama squared off in FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifiers preparation game!
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