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Where does a western chemical plant that contaminated drinking water go next? To India Miteni factory closed after water pollution scandal but machinery and patents were bought and rebuilt by Indian company

India doesn't just buy plastic waste from other countries, it's also bought a western chemical plant that contaminated drinking water & was forced to close down. Harsh Goenka is on the board of this new company.

#environment
#pollution

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Never thought of it that way...

Which AI Model Is Actually Best? For the last 2 years, the industry worshipped a single model. Then the data flipped the script. The latest data from Artificial Analysis benchmark…

GPT-5 leads in reasoning and agentic tasks; Grok 4 in coding;
DeepSeek & Qwen close the gap — at 1/100 the cost.
The question people will ask is:
“Which model’s best for this task?” and NOT "Which model is the best?"

#AI

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Images showing that unmarried women in India have increased by almost 10% from 2022 to 2021 and that 45% of women all over the world aged 25-44 will be single and childless by 2030.

Indian women are not just embracing financial independence, they are rejecting traditional gender roles. They are following a world-wide trend, as Morgan Stanley stats show. Almost half of all women will be single and childless by 2030, the largest share in history. A significant societal shift.

What does India owe Rhea Chakraborty? Don’t stop at just an apology Rhea Chakraborty’s steadfastness is real, but so is the wreckage. She might have made peace with it, but her life was stolen from her.

The tipping point that led me to change my political affiliation was this incident. A young girl was tortured by politicians and the media alike. That was the time I stopped subscribing to all news channels as well.

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Data on the sale of Russian oil and the countries buying it

These graphs show who bought Russia fuels after the bans. As you can see, the EU continued to buy even after imposing the bans themselves. Other countries did too...but India was the only one punished severely. I guess because we have nothing to blackmail the US with.

Trump hits bull’s eye with US sanctions? Why India, China may stop buying Russian oil - explained - The Times of India India Business News: US President Donald Trump's sanctions on Russia's Rosneft and Lukoil may compel India and China to halt crude imports. While tariffs proved insufficie

India & China might stop buying Russian oil bc of US-imposed sanctions on Russian entities. Sanctions more powerful than tariffs bc sanctions are abt blocking financial transactions with country/entity. Finding alternative transport/payment methods is just too complex.

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I was thinking the same. Improve the education system to teach critical thinking. Also civic sense and concern about the environment and belief in science.

A graph showing that 7 in 10 adults across nations surveyed view false info, economic conditions and terrorism as major threats.

Adults from 25 countries see spread of false info online, the global economy & terrorism as major threats today. But the real threat is from lunatic global leaders who fuel these disasters. Chaos, fear, poverty and hatred helps them consolidate their power.

www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...

Graphs showing drastic decline in adoptions to western countries from poorer nations. It's been almost a 90% drop over the last few decades.

International adoptions have reduced drastically in the west, bc origin countries like China, Guatemala, Russia, Korea banned it. A few rich nations like Netherlands & Denmark banned their own citizens from doing it. But the murky world of international surrogacy is rising.

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World obesity map, 2022, from WHO.

#Obesity rates in some rich countries are scary – over 40% in the US & some M-E countries like Kuwait & Saudi. Frighteningly, in September 25, Unicef reported that obese kids now outnumber those who are underweight.

#Health
(map: WHO data)

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Protesters Flood Tokyo Streets Against Trump–Takaichi Summit as Anger Grows Over Japan–US Alliance Tensions flared in Tokyo as hundreds of protesters took to the streets on Monday to oppose U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit and his planned meeting with Japan’s new Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi. ...

There are protests in #Japan against the US President's visit. They are against the Japan-US alliance. They are calling it an imperialist alliance. Naturally, American mainstream media is either underplaying it or not covering it at all.

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How To Easily Delete Past Activity From Your Google History - BGR Google tracks your online activities through its apps and services. Fortunately, you can clear your past activity from your Google Account settings.

Best delete your Google activity if you haven’t yet done it…

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Man charged with lighting up fireworks at open field near Novena Dilip Kumar Nirmal Kumar allegedly lit up fireworks along the open field at Carlisle Road on Oct 18.

Diwali in Singapore is truly a festival of Lights. As it should be. “The punishment for the unauthorised use of a prohibited explosive is a jail term of up to five years and a fine of up to S$100,000 (US$77,000). “

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Use Scrivener. I can’t write without it now.

Well, at least scientists have realised that #bluesky is better than X-Twitter. A time will come when the only people left on X will be politicians and their bots.

Armed police handcuff teen after AI mistakes crisp packet for gun in US Taki Allen, 16, said he was eating a bag of Doritos after football practice before being handcuffed by police.

TIL they have AI Gun detection tools in US Schools. 🙄 www.bbc.com/news/article...

And another pretty flower- a water lily…

#photography
#nature
#flowers

And one of the richest countries in the world is doing this! It’s shocking.

Why the Poor Don’t Kill Us – Manu Joseph’s darkly witty autopsy of India’s uneasy peace amid inequality In this sharp and unsettling collection, Joseph asks why inequality endures, and finds the answer in habit, hypocrisy and hope.

The poor in India do not rebel; I told myself it’s because of a belief in karma, but that was rather simplistic. Religion, caste and nationalism all combine to transform injustice into destiny…

#booksky 💙📚

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Extreme poverty could strike the US soon, if their govt shutdown continues. It’s defined by the UN as deprivation of basic human needs, like food…a condition prevalent in most parts of the world. The poor in America rely on food stamps/govt food subsidies which are being hit by the shutdown.

Why Indian liberals love Zohran Mamdani but ignore Chandrashekhar Azad The Indian liberal would love to live in New York; would they want to visit Nagina? Between the global and the local, the liberal always chooses the global. And then they are perplexed that “India tha...

Interesting take on the elitism of many Indian liberals - it removes them from the realities of the common man in India.

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Set to declare itself extreme poverty-free by 1 Nov, how Kerala ensured 'no family is left behind' CM Pinarayi Vijayan will declare his state as the first 'extreme poverty'-free state in India at a 1 November event, which VD Satheesan, Mohanlal, Mammootty and Kamal Haasan have been invited to atten...

The state of #Kerala already had one of the lowest rates of extreme #poverty in India, but they will soon announce a zero poverty rate.

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Nothing else has worked – so Starmer and Reeves are finally telling the truth about Brexit | Rafael Behr It is the right way to go, but taking the long way round to such an obvious point has cost Labour precious time and credibility, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

It’s already well-known that #Brexit was bad for the #UK, but here are some facts. “Britain’s long-term productivity is 4% lower than it would have been if the country had retained EU membership.”

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What’s at stake during Trump’s visit to Asia? | Brookings Brookings scholars assess what is at stake in Trump's upcoming visit to the Asia-Pacific region.

The US Pres’ll meet China’s Xi in Nov in S Korea. Who will outwit whom? For US it’s all abt a deal, but China takes years to hone strategy, lying in wait patiently, before… wham! We know who will win, won’t we…especially as US actions are from a place of weakness.

www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...

That’s great!

Good move. But the worst spam is from groups one can’t quit because they are family and friends.

We can’t. The masses will drive it forward. Majority rules. Sadly.

A graphic showing that 50% of people don’t vare that they use AI

People are using #AI without checking and well, they don’t care. And yeah there are those who pretend they don’t.

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