On the revolution in India's ports. 'Enormous progress has been made. At what the government classifies as its “major ports”—a dozen of them—capacity has more than doubled in the past decade from 745m tonnes to over 1,600m' economist.com/asia/2024/05/0…

Took part in the Civil Investiture Ceremony-II this evening. It is gladdening to see people from different walks of life, who have made grassroots level contributions, being conferred with the Padma Awards.

Interesting conversation between former RBI Governor Mr Subba Rao and the Business Standard’s Editor AK Bhattacharya reflecting on his journey as a Public Servant. Great initiative by Frob

Nostalgia Corner:

The multi-talented Prof. J.R. Isaac was a visionary leader, who played a key role in setting up the Computer Center & Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering. From his renowned teaching skills to participating in theatrics, his talents knew no bounds!

Three 'eminent citizens' who are so disconnected from reality thanks to their elitism that they could not even get the street addresses right of the Prime Minister's residence and that of Mr. Rahul Gandhi (unclear in what capacity though he has been invited to the debate)

You missed “Horse & Hound”

Good to see the push back and the calling out of overt partisan bias

express.co.uk/comment/expres…

'The Guardian’s recent editorial on India’s general election clearly indicates a bias, stating: “Indian voters ought to think hard about giving Narendra Modi another popular mandate.'

Editorials of this nature hinder the work of foreign press in India.…

Excellent report - Good to see meaningful coverage of the General Elections by a Global Media outlet

What The World's Democracies Can Learn From India's Massive Elections - I24NEWS i24news.tv/en/news/intern…

This is an except from my 2008 book India: The Emerging Giant, right? In the chapter, I also document that the frequent claim that Pitroda brought telecom revolution to India is without foundation.

Surprisingly the media narrative has been soft on how the old City has been held backwards and hostage for decades by one family run party. Will Hyderabad overcome fear to vote for freedom ?

#WATCH | Hyderabad, Telangana: Amravati MP and BJP candidate from the constituency, Navnit Ravi Rana says '...The manner in which Madhavi Latha is contesting like a lioness, on a family bastion seat and even the Congress is fielding a dummy candidate to support AIMIM - I feel…

The Swapan Dasgupta Piece That New York Times Gagged - Republic World republicworld.com/opinion/the-sw…

As against the common trend among south Asian countries where minority populations have shrunk alarmingly (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Afghanistan) - in India share of minority has increased significantly from1950-2015. theprint.in/india/in-1950-…

This morning at Vemulawada, I prayed at the Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Devasthanam. As the MP from Kashi, the connect with this Temple felt even greater. I prayed for the good health and prosperity of my fellow 140 crore Indians.

India aims to be the AI use-case capital of the world, says Nandan Nilekani

Nilekani also said that doomsday propagators of AI are protectionists while India will open technology for all

moneycontrol.com/technology/ind…

This exactly the point I made on Smita Prakash ANI Podcast on how the Broadcast Media landscape in India has been democratised during the Narendra Modi era through DD FreeDish to level the playing field enabling upstarts to challenge incumbents

Opaque and Ad-hoc policies of BigTech platforms that have a bearing on public discourse in India merit regulatory interventions

Mr. Rahul Gandhi is misstating so many things here. Not just divisive, these ideas are based on outright counterfactual premises.

His comments re: SAT tests and blacks “failing” it because it was set by whites is an example. news18.com/politics/white…