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@hvchhangani and I had the honour of meeting Shri @PriyankKharge, Minister of Home, e-Governance, Electronics, IT & BT, Government of Karnataka.
Thank you, Sir, for an incredible conversation. We shared our seven-year journey in Bengaluru's tech ecosystem, from building FRND to growing Interact Group, and our work in social discovery, gaming, voice and AI for the Indic language speakers including Kannada
Met the founders of Bengaluru-based Interact Group to learn more about their work in voice-first social technology, gaming and Indic-language AI.
Their flagship app, FRND, enables people to connect through voice conversations, games and live interactions in their native languages, including Kannada and several other Indian languages.
Had an interesting discussion on the opportunities around regional-language technology, conversational AI and making digital experiences more accessible to a wider audience.
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A bus taking a U-turn across a pitch-dark expressway at 10 PM.
With people standing on the carriageway to guide it.
Traffic here runs at 100-120 km/h. Once the street lights end, your headlights are all you have, and a bus sitting sideways across the lanes is nearly invisible until you're on top of it.
The dashcam driver spotted the hazard lights early and dropped from 90 to 30 km/h. That's the only reason this isn't a crash video.
📍 Near Hasanpur / Garhmukteshwar, UP
Would you have stopped in time?
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Supreme Court judge says 'Don't Travel by Air' on PIL of 700% rise in Airfare, But Can he say 'Don't Pay Income Tax' if Basic Services aren't provided by Govt!!!
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Two additional solutions that may help to solve the persistent traffic nightmare:
1. Even cities with good road networks like Delhi struggle with horrible traffic because of how badly people drive. Lanes being changed every 20 seconds, red lights being jumped, and people driving the wrong side of the road with impunity. This is an enforcement problem.
We need:
a) A nationwide campaign to educate people on what they can and cannot do.
b) Greater presence of traffic policemen to actually implement the law
c) An automated camera based system that takes pictures of violators, and challans them without exception.
Once people realise they WILL get fined, they will start driving better. After all, Indian drivers manage to follow the rules when they go abroad!
2. Pavements, walking tracks and bike paths to enable better connectivity especially to metro stations. If last mile connectivity improves, then more people will take to public transport. That will eventually enable steps to slash private vehicles, including congestion charges in the big cities.
More ideas are welcome!
After the Supreme Court recognised walking as a fundamental right, Indian cities have a moment to rethink what their roads are for.
Indian cities don’t just need more roads. They need better road networks.
Congestion isn’t only about road width. When links between arterials, secondary roads and local streets are missing, traffic gets forced onto a few corridors.
The fix is a shift from a congestion focus to a connectivity focus: complete road hierarchies, closing missing links, planning 10-15 years ahead, and backing it all with strong public transport.
@madpai and I explore this in @scroll_in
@WRIIndia
scroll.in/article/1096692/in…
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The reason developers fearlessly flout norms is because they know they can get away with just few thousands of penalty.
₹5000 probably.
What nonsense is this?
It's a Dust Storm
SOPs for #DustPollutionControl all seem just on Paper..
Watch this blatant Violation of all norms..
What's @mybmc @mpcb_official doing?
Seeking your attention. @DighavkarKiran..
📌'DNYANKUNJ building, nr IIT Main Gate, Jain Mandir Road , Powai.
🎥 © @R_KAMBLE_INDIA
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Delhi GRAP-2 ki aisi ki taisi! 😂😂 by trucks
Spotted a truck bearing registration number HR-55 on the Meerut Expressway, near Akshardham, at approximately 11:08 PM tonight.
I am surprised that despite strict GRAP restrictions in Delhi-NCR, such vehicles are still being allowed to enter Delhi and contribute to the already alarming pollution levels.
What is the point of imposing GRAP-2 restrictions if enforcement agencies cannot stop violations on the ground?
@CPCB_OFFICIAL @NGTIndia @dtptraffic @DelhiPolice @CMODelhi @CAQM_Official @DelhiGovt
Requesting NGT, Delhi Traffic Police, CPCB, CAQM and all concerned authorities to urgently investigate this violation, verify the vehicle’s compliance and take strict action against those responsible.
Delhi cannot afford more pollution because of weak enforcement. Rules must be enforced, not just announced!
#DelhiPollution #GRAP3 #AirPollution #DelhiNCR #DelhiTrafficPolice #CPCB #NGT #CAQM #StopAirPollution #CleanAirIsOurRight #PollutionControl
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Incessant honking across India's cities and towns, including Mumbai is surely one cause of road rage apart from mental health issues for those who spend longer periods on the road.
There are habitual offenders, like two wheelers overtaking from the left, or four wheelers who are more insulated from sounds.
What could be a design intervention to reduce honking, via awareness or some other disincentives + incentives ?
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As I keep telling people who love Noida's wide roads and greenery, it has the worst water quality, the worst air quality in NCR. The gases from all the open drains destroy your electric appliances too. My society used to have 1100+ TDS in the normal water supply.
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“Kale Coat Wale Gunde”
The Attorney General of India, through @VPIndia and @MLJ_GoI, must seek an explanation on this from the Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, which oversees Delhi Police.
Such remarks by an ACP-rank officer are utterly condemnable. The DCP must provide a written response clarifying whether Delhi Police stands by these remarks or considers this an acceptable way to speak about advocates across India!
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This ACP needs to be terminated and face legal action as per law . He is instigating the other uniform personnel that tantamount to treason . If he has any concerns he could have raised it internally on record, in writing with his superiors but this theatrics only denigrates the uniform . @HMOIndia
Delhi: Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Manasvi Vashisht and other Delhi Police personnel gathered at Delhi Police Headquarters.
ACP Manasvi Vashisht says, "We have placed our demands before the Police Commissioner. He provided us with the meeting that we had requested. However, as we had expected, not many people got the opportunity to speak openly. Nevertheless, we have conveyed our demands to him, and they are being discussed. Some matters need to be resolved today... We had a total of five demands..."
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When the Policemen themselves defying prohibitory order of BNS 163 in New Delhi!!!!
Delhi: Visuals from outside Gate No. 1 of Delhi Police Headquarters (PHQ), where police personnel have gathered to discuss the recent transfers of ACP Manasvi Vashistha and SHO Arun Kumar with the Police Commissioner inside the headquarters. They have been asked not to stage a protest on the road following the Shahdara police station incident
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Why everyone is doing a Paid Tweet to prove this complainant wrong?
I can Understand Bollywood/Political Paid tweets but A guy felt harrassed, he went Public about it and you're doing Paid Tweet on behalf of Builder/Society?
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I was looking for a new pair of jeans and somehow Lee came to mind.
I used to love Lee. In fact, I've pretty much worn only three jeans brands all my life: Lee, Levi's and Wrangler.
But I realised something - I can't remember the last time I walked into a Lee showroom. I hardly see their stores anymore, and even when I look online, the brand doesn't seem to show up much.
So I got curious and started reading about what happened to Lee Jeans. Turns out, things haven't been going too well.
In 2024, Lee made around $790 million in revenue and $90 million in profit. In 2025, revenue dropped to $750 million and profit fell to about $69 million. That's a 23% drop in profit in just one year.
And then I came across another interesting piece of news.
In May 2026, Kontoor Brands, which owns Lee, agreed to sell the brand to Authentic Brands Group for up to $1 billion. Interestingly, Kontoor is keeping Wrangler and Helly Hansen but letting go of Lee.
I find this quite fascinating. Lee is a brand I've grown up with. It has been around for more than a century. Yet, somewhere along the way, it seems to have lost its visibility and perhaps its connection with a new generation of buyers.
I don't know whether it's poor distribution, changing consumer preferences, competition or simply a failure to keep up with the market.
But it does make you wonder how many brands we grew up loving are quietly disappearing from our lives.
I hope Lee makes a comeback. I'd still happily buy another pair.
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Damn Bro, M3M builder, Trump towers sector 65, went all out with a paid campaign against this tweet, allegedly, speculatively.
Literal lift video of society is openly shared, wouldn't the Trump tower resident be worried how the lift CCTVs are getting out.
Damnnnn.. no privacy after paying 20 crore for a flat.
This is a first a private builder allegedly spending money for campaign against a complaint.
Is that's why Trump tower sector 65 has become an absolute nightmare for residents and prospective buyers...such are the rumors.
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Diwali House Party Starter Pack these days:
• Unlimited alcohol
• Cigarettes, hookah, cannabis
• Poker, gambling and loan recovery
• Outfit checks every 5 minutes
• Punjabi music at 2 AM
• Fake rich flexing
• Relationship trauma dumping
• Corporate slaves discussing CTC
• Political debates nobody asked for
• Goa trip plans for the new year
• Neighbours filing noise complaints
• Splitting a ₹2000 bill in 17 different ways
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I went to France 24 home page expecting to read up on the riots last night and see the police and Macron's response. Instead, I kid you not, the lead story (yes lead) is:-
"Indian opposition parties stage mega rally seeking election chief’s resignation."
Why on earth would French people be interested in this?
The next story is "How far will 'Cockroach' movement go? India's youth-led protests defy Modi government" and "India bans march on parliament by ‘Cockroach’ activists, risking a standoff".
Can't see anything on the riots in France on its home page. Absolutely bizarre.
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This is not done @IndiGo6E. Just because I asked some real questions to your previous CEO at Wings summit earlier this year, you have not invited me to the CEO meet tom. Very unprofessional on ur part. Cannot muzzle someone who asks questions!!! @DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @RamMNK
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It’s 11 pm at night, an ambulance is surrounded by trucks and traffic, the tragedy of Delhi and India. NH 8 is jammed. It can be better but because the guys we voted to power and the bureaucracy and the cops don’t want to solve the situation. If you know it’s high traffic days, then why give permission to trucks to enter earlier into the city, wait for the roads to get empty, maybe midnight, maybe 1 am. The challenge is no one is monitoring. No one cares. No one even asks. The govt wants the votes but doesn’t want to serve or even do basic work. Please do something, work harder or maybe start working ? @CPDelhi @dtptraffic @LtGovDelhi @gupta_rekha @mssirsa @dcptsr
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We seriously have some LOW IQ people running this city.
A brand new road sign installed right in the middle of a footpath, completely blocking pedestrians.
How does this even get approved?
@ShelarAshish @mybmc @AshwiniBhide @TawdeRitu
