26th July will be special for every proud Indian. For those who don’t know – it is Kargil Vijay Divas. This is a story of peace, bravery, and above all – our brave soldiers. 🧵👇 To set the background – by 1999, India and Pakistan both had become nuclear-powered neighbours. United Nations named South Asia the most dangerous zone for a nuclear war. Peace was not an option, it was a necessity.

1st May onwards everyone above 18 is eligible for a vaccine. That's 90 crore Indians. The question being, how are the states going to make sure everyone gets the 💉 without overcrowding?
Some 💭 here (1/n) 1. The first priority has to be making both the doses reach the vulnerable 30 crore people. They are the ones getting critical and need hospitalization. A vaccine may not give you "God mode" against the virus. But it reduces chances of hospitalization.

I think I need to remind everyone about vaccination because I have seen so many careless tweets on it in the past few days

Read this 🧵 to get some perspective. We made a video on the vaccine shortage in India. Here is the link. Please watch it.

Decoding the Ministry of Defence Budget for 2021

A 🧵 To understand a broader picture, listen to this podcast by the @TakshashilaInst

open.spotify.com/episode/6gnQXd…

You don't need the Spotify app for this. It opens in the browser as well.

Decoding the Budget Documents: A 🧵

RT if you found it helpful Budget Speech : What the Finance Minister talks in Parliament
Key to Budget Document: Other details to speech
Economic Survey: A survey of the economy for the previous year
Expenditure Budget: Where money is spent, in total and ministry wise

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Blockchain is not equal to #cryptocurrency. But both technologies depend on each other. Feed on each other. Without the incentive of being paid in a decentralized cryptocurrency, there cannot be a blockchain. It will be just another centralized mechanism. Blockchain needs resources: giant computers eating up a lot of power that act as extremely honest accountants. They are devotees of the work they are assigned to do and not of the company that owns them. Their work is their religion and crypto is their prasaad. (reward)

I am an honest taxpayer. It is my taxes that make subsidies for farmers possible. And yes, there are HEAVY subsidies given to farmers. So, if anyone ignorant fool comes and says I don't care or contribute for them, then buzz off. You have no right. I will make a detailed video showing these numbers. But don't you dare assume that I sit around with no concern for the country. So sick of the justification for the violence. Excuse me? The taxes I honestly pay to develop the country helps people earn TAX-FREE income

Lastly, it is a huge shame @narendramodi @nstomar, the inability to take stakeholders along messed it up. The way the laws have been handled, their hurried passage in Rajya Sabha with voice vote was despicable. This conduct alienated people and pushed them towards misinformation.

https://twitter.com/abhiandniyu/status/1352306058048405505

I only hope the smarter thing to do @nstomar @PiyushGoyal is to invest more in Krishi Vigyaan Kendras, strengthen agri education in India, and find a way to implement the good sections of the law in a few States as an example. We urgently need water management in farming.

The see-saw in farmer protests is to be really honest, baffling. Having open discussions should be the norm. But the attitude of the farmers to not have any discussions is really making them lose credibility. The theory that protests have been hijacked is tending to make sense. The tragedy of this colossal mishandling by the Govt is that now this method of blackmail becomes a template for people to oppose any reforms happening in the country, on petty political grounds. Shame.

@ShekharGupta, we read a lot of The Print to get a perspective on different matters. When it comes to the #FarmBills, I genuinely hope you can start providing more well-rounded coverage that nobody is doing these days
I would love to see farmers from Odisha, TN, Assam interviewed I would love perspective of Agri ministers, FPOs, Co-operatives from other parts of the country. Your own publication had a well written article by @ShamikaRavi about the decline on Punjab. And while I agree to it, I can't help but think at present, the focus is only on Punjab

One of the biggest ailments these days is whatabout-ism

Someone talks about A - but what about B

Someone talks about B - but what about C

Followed by hatred, canceling the person and general trolling. I'm very curious about who all these gatekeepers are:

1. To decide every topic of what we should talk about

2. To decide how much to care about a particular topic

3. To jump to assumptions that we speak about one topic means we exclude every other topic we care about.

Let's talk menstrual cups and periods. Ask me whatever questions you have and I'll do my best to answer.

I have been using a cup since June 2020 and it has literally freed me. I use a Sirona Small. I've answered some really common questions below. 1. The best way to find your size is a finger test. You will need to insert a finger in your vagina and then find your size. This video will help you:

Note to self
Things to keep in mind when u r helping a Dhaba wala get back on his feet #Thread
1. If you're asking for donations from the people DO NOT TAKE IT INTO YOUR OWN ACCOUNT. Give direct details. You are not a registered NGO. How are you going to explain it to IT dept? 2. Don't give your wife's / friend's / anybody else's account either. Of course, unless your ultimate plan is to fool the IT dept and keep all the money to yourself.