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25 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Scientists warn of new Covid variant with high number of mutations

The B.1.1.529 variant was first spotted in Botswana and six cases have been found in South Africa

theguardian.com/world/2021/nov…
"Scentists have said a new Covid variant that carries an “extremely high number” of mutations may drive further waves of disease by evading the body’s defences."

theguardian.com/world/2021/nov…
"Only 10 cases... have been confirmed by genomic sequencing, but the variant has sparked serious concern among some researchers because a number of the mutations may help the virus evade immunity.

(B.1.1.529 variant has 32 mutations in the spike protein)

theguardian.com/world/2021/nov…

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26 Nov
New Covid variant roils global markets with oil sinking 5%

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The World Health Organization will meet Friday to address the emergence of the B.1.1.529 variant, which South African scientists have said contains more than 30 mutations to the spike protein.

cnbc.com/2021/11/26/new…
Many of these mutations are linked to increased antibody resistance and could affect the variant’s behavior with regard to vaccines, treatments and transmissibility, health officials have said.

cnbc.com/2021/11/26/new…
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10 Aug
India's journey with the #Olympics started at a sports meet of the #DeccanGymkhana Club in #Pune in 1919.

Sir Dorabji Tata was so impressed with the performance of the athletes that he decided to personally finance a team for the Antwerp games (1920).

business-standard.com/article/sports…
The Deccan Gymkhana Sports Club, #Pune was set up as far back as 1906, with a vision to provide good sports facilities to the local population (clubs back then were exclusively for the British). One of the key persons involved in this was Lokmanya Tilak.

deccangymkhana.co.in/history/
100 years of India at the Olympics… Deccan Gymkhana honours Punekar Olympians in memory of how it all began

On November 8, 1919, the Indian Olympic Association was formed at the Deccan Gymkhana
hindustantimes.com/cities/100-yea…
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9 Aug
#Pune - Bengaluru Highway (Bypass from Dehu Road, where the Mumbai-Pune Expressway ends ...all the way to Katraj) is in a very bad shape.

Usual issues:

Potholes
Missing lane marking
Encroachment by fruit vendors
Illegal parking.

Big safety risk!

@NHAI_Official @nitin_gadkari
Similar issues with the Sion - Panvel Highway as well.
Fast tag implementation needs to improve further.

Big delays at Vashi bridge. Tag readers are slow. Manual handheld readers used at some places...all adding to delays.

@nitin_gadkari
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27 Jun
June 28, 2021 is the 100th birth anniversary of P. V. Narasimha Rao, the 9th Prime Minister of India.

#PVNarasimhaRao oversaw a major economic transformation with the 1991 reforms.

"Rao was personally responsible for the dismantling of the Licence Raj."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._V._Nar…
"...his knowledge of Sanskrit was profound."

"His roots were deep in the spiritual and religious soil of India. He did not need to 'Discover India'"

"President Kalam described Rao as a "patriotic statesman who believed that the nation is bigger than the political system"."
"Kalam acknowledged that Rao in fact asked him to get ready for nuclear tests in 1996 but they were not carried out as government at centre got changed due to 1996 general election. The tests were later conducted by Vajpayee-led NDA government. In fact Rao briefed Vajpayee..."
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26 Jun
Today is the 133rd birth anniversary of the legendary Marathi stage actor and singer Narayan Shripad Rajhans (popularly known as #Balgandharva). Image
"पुण्यातल्या बालगंधर्व रंगमंदीराच्या उदघाटन प्रसंगी एक गीत हवे होते,पु.लं नी पंचवटी गाठली व गदिमांनी गीत दिले

"जसा जन्मतो तेज घेऊन तारा!
जसा मोर घेऊन येतो पिसारा!
तसा येई घेऊन कंठात गाणे!
असा बालगंधर्व आता न होणे!"

पु.लं नी याला संगीत दिले..."

(via -facebook.com/gdmadgulkar/ph…) ImageImage
If you still haven't, highly recommend watching the excellent Marathi film 'Balgandharva' (2011) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balgandha… that chronicles his life.

Great job by Subodh Bhave, @ksinamdar, @anandbhate7 and team in creating this masterpiece, about the legend.
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31 May
Today is the 147th death anniversary of Ramachandra Vitthal Lad (Bhau Daji Lad).

Bhau Daji Lad was an Indian physician, Sanskrit scholar, and an antiquarian. He studied medicine at the Grant Medical College in #Mumbai (part of GMC's first batch: 1850).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhau_Daji
"In 1851, he started practising medicine in Mumbai and became very successful. He studied the Sanskrit literature of medicine."

"Being an ardent promoter of education, he was appointed a member of the board of education in Mumbai."
"He was one of the original fellows of the University of Bombay. He was the first president of native origin, of the Students' Literary and Scientific Society. He was the champion of the cause of female education. A girls' school was founded in his name, for which an endowment.."
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