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#VaccineMaitri
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| India has always been ahead of the times, be it in mathematics or medicine.
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We've been free for 75 years.
It's time to reconnect with our rich heritage. Listen in to
@palkisu
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Let's bring back gravitas!
@palkisu
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@UN
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#GravitasPlus
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@palkisu
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After a massive, viewer-led 12-hour campaign that saw over 26K (and counting) tweets in our support, YouTube unblocked WION. This image was created by one of you and it helped a great deal.
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#GravitasPlus
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@palkisu
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Over the next two hours, all the tweets from WION will carry
#ManipulatedSocialMedia
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Support WION's campaign against
#ManipulatedSocialMedia
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@palkisu
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#SaveAfghanWomen
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On
#GravitasPlus
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@palkisu
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#Gravitas
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#reservation
?
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Is reservation killing merit and giving undue advantage to a selected few?
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@palkisu
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An open letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping on why it is in his and his country's best interest to unblock India's only international news channel WION
@palkisu
@MFA_China
@ChinaSpox_India
@MEAIndia
@SpokespersonCHN
#ChinaBlocksWION
Read here:
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@JustinTrudeau
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@palkisu
tells you
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@palkisu
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18 months & 3.7 million deaths later, the
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@palkisu
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so contested?
@palkisu
explains.
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In retaliation, Beijing has blocked access to the WION website in mainland China
#ChinaBlocksWION
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@palkisu
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Track updates:
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India's external affairs minister
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#GravitasPlus
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#VladimirPutin
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Why is he invading
#Ukraine
?
Why isn't he afraid of the consequences?
Nothing answers these questions better than stories that have shaped Putin's life.
@palkisu
takes you inside Putin's mind.
#RussiaUkraineWar
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#IAFAirStrikes
: Media reports states eyewitnesses saw up to 35 bodies in
#BalakotAttack
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WION's
@SinghBhairavi
spoke to journalist
@francescam63
for more on this. Listen in!
#IndiaPakistanTension
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YouTube refuses to censor assassination calls by US Senators against Vladimir Putin.
But they have blocked WION for broadcasting a live speech by Russia's foreign minister.
Will Big Tech now decide media ethics?
Special report on
#Gravitas
by
@palkisu
.
#YouTubeUnblockWION
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#YouTubeUnblockWION
is now trending at
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on Twitter.
Join our campaign against Big Tech censorship.
@palkisu
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#GravitasPlus
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#Khalistan
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@palkisu
explores how history is being used to hijack the present.
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#Gravitas
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#RiyazNaikoo
.
@palkisu
tells why we must not humanise terrorism.
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Another feather in our cap! Congratulations,
@palkisu
#WION
#ManagingIndiaAwards
@aimaindia
#MIA2022
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#GravitasPlus
| India's neutral approach to the Ukraine conflict has upset many.
A pressure campaign is underway to compel India into taking sides.
Should New Delhi give in?
Or should it uphold national interest?
Here's what
@palkisu
has to say.
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On
#GravitasPlus
,
@palkisu
decodes the underlying tensions behind the great Islamic schism.
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India is gifting 2,000 tonnes of rice to Syria where people have been starving due to economic collapse and constant violence
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From the Koh-i-Noor to the Rosetta stone, western museums are filled with colonial loot. They're holding artefacts that were either stolen or taken unfairly.
On
#GravitasPlus
@palkisu
asks: Do they have any right to keep displaying them?
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#Gravitas
| America is struggling to elect its leader. India, a country of 1.3 billion, conducts smooth elections every 5 years. Have we forgotten to give India its due credit?
@palkisu
makes a case.
#USElectionOnWION
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WIth this record, Jin has surpassed PSY with ‘Gangnam Style’ as that became quite a rage in its time too.
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A photo of Ukrainian President
#VolodymyrZelensky
standing alone as other participants at the
#NATOSummit
in Vilnius talk to each other goes viral.
Can you caption this?
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The world is witnessing protests of all descriptions. But, are we protesting to bring change or to become part of a trending story? On
#GravitasPlus
@palkisu
tells you how protests today are becoming an exercise in collective meltdown.
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#GravitasPlus
| The story of the Ukraine-Russia crisis does not begin in 2021, or 2014, It begins in the 9th century.
There was a time when the 2 countries were one.
There was a time when Ukraine gave its nuclear arsenal to Russia.
@palkisu
will tell you why Putin wants Ukraine.
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#GravitasPlus
| As more & more governments ban the Hijab, the piece of clothing has become a political statement. It is imposed on many women & adopted by some as part of their identity. But does Islam mandate the hijab?
@palkisu
unveils the history, relevance & complexities.
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Brazilian President
@jairbolsonaro
thanks Indian PM
@narendramodi
for sending Covid vaccine supplies with a picture of Lord Hanuman bringing the holy 'Sanjeevani'
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The international media can't get enough of
@JustinTrudeau
's hair locks & 'good looks', but is Canada's 'fresh-faced' Prime Minister the leader many believe he is?
On
#GravitasPlus
,
@palkisu
tells you how there's less to Trudeau than meets the eye.
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It's no secret that China doesn't like the idea of a free press, and the ban on WION is part of the same strategy of press censorship
#ChinaBlocksWION
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Truly out of this world!
This Ganesh pandal showcases the brilliance of
#Chandrayaan3
with working models of the Vikram Lander, Pragyan rover, and Moon Orbiter.
Don't miss the end!
#GaneshChaturthi
#GaneshPandal
#Chandrayaan
#ISRO
#Moon
Watch more:
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#GravitasPlus
| Unpopular opinion alert. Do those protesting the JEE, NEET have the candidates' best interest in mind?
Listen to
@palkisu
's argument before you pick your side.
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#StraightTalk
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#JosephWu
talks about his love for Indian movies, lists 'Hindi Medium' and 'Dangal' as his favourites.
@palkisu
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#GravitasPlus
with
@palkisu
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@Mohammed11Saleh
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"Most Hindu religious temples come under government control, and then India asserts that it is a secular country. Does that make sense? Other religions have autonomy", says
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@jasperindia
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@Twitter
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#GravitasPlus
on
#abortion
as 'sensitive content'. It restricted access to quote tweets, tweet activity.
@palkisu
calls out
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#Gravitas
|
@JustinTrudeau
says Canada will stand for the right to peaceful protest. But has the Canadian Prime Minister upheld the right to protest for his own citizens?
@palkisu
tells you how vested interests are leading a bid to internationalise India's farmers protests.
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Korean band BTS' latest documentary ‘Burn the Stage: The Movie’ grossed $2.3 million over the three-day weekend.
@BTS_twt
#BTS
#BURN_THE_STAGE
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#Gravitas
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@EmmanuelMacron
is paying the price for rejecting the politics of appeasement and not using secularism as a political tool.
@palkisu
tells you why instead of trolling, the world must support the French President.
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China has destroyed 70 per cent of the mosques in Xinjiang, and with this toilet, it is only adding insult to injury
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The American experiment on Afghanistan has come to an end. Washington has failed to control the Taliban monster it created. On
#GravitasPlus
,
@palkisu
tells you why this failure should weigh heavily on the American conscience.
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IMF's Chief Economist Gita Gopinath has said that India's recently-enacted agriculture laws have the potential to increase farmers' income
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