Vijay Ramachandran
@vijayram
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Storyteller. Enterprise Tech Watcher. Free Agent.
Bangalore
Joined December 2008
A sense of humour is all we have left, everything else the government has put GST on
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“Some will question spending administrative capital on animals amid so many other urgencies. The answer is simple. A civilised state must do more than one good at once…”
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The absence of a coherent, cross-government policy lens on animals creates familiar State-capacity problems at the frontline
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Sad: Noted Indian astrophysicist and emeritus professor Jayant Narlikar passes away at 87.
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FIAPO is participating in the upcoming TCS World 10K Marathon to raise funds for our legal work in protecting captive elephants and advocating for their rehabilitation. Donate by scanning the QR Code or accessing this link - https://t.co/Uv42T1K3X5! Spread the word!
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“If I die, I want a loud death. I don’t want to be just breaking news…I want a death that the world will hear.” She was about to get married; a film about her life in Gaza had just been finished. 10 of her family were killed with her. https://t.co/pcrk38eEnB
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Fatma Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed alongside six family members
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“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that critical job. So I have decided to leave the (Washington) Post” - the brilliant @AnnTelnaes 🖌️
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Standup Comedy thrived in India post 2004. Dr. Manmohan Singh was the key because: 1. The generation and social class that benefited from liberalisation of the 90s grew up to be the voice of the confident new India - demanding accountability and seeing sense of humor as an
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Farewell, Dr. Singh. It will be a shame, if by choosing to replace rational analysis with empty slogans, and genuine reforms with nationalistic chest-thumping, India lets down the memory of its quiet internationalist. My @opinion piece, free to read:
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The former prime minister’s death deprives the nation of sage counsel at a time when his reforms are being replaced by empty bluster.
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On Gandhi Jayanti, a heartfelt pledge to India, Indians and the Constitution by Maj Gen S G Vombatkere (retd)…
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Some incarecrations are a travesty of justice, all that is good. #UmarKhalid1400daysinJail #ReleaseAllPoliticalPrisoners there is also Gulfishan Mahesh Meeran Idisha Adviasi Actiists J & K...how free are we really? @banojyotsna
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“If journalists are left to face penalties in lakhs of rupees in damages, will it not have a chilling effect on free and fair reporting?” wrote the Mumbai Press Club on X today, asking the Hindu to “not abandon” journalist Rahul Pandita in a 2014 defamation suit.
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The press bodies across the country passed a resolution against proposed laws that meant to silence the press. @PressCouncil_IN @MIB_India @PIB_India
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Parents of a fashion design student who died by suicide after allegedly being molested in #Bhubaneswar had to wait for over a fortnight to convince police to register an abetment of suicide case | ✍️ @mehta_asish
@NewIndianXpress @santwana99 @Siba_TNIE
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BHUBANESWAR : In a shocking case of apathy, parents of a fashion design student who died by suicide after allegedly being molested in the city had to wait for o
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#IndiaElection2024 Here’s a free-to-read link to my latest @opinion piece: https://t.co/GszPFjoBeM Why India’s South Rejects Modi — And Why It Matters
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Umar Khalid continues to be in jail without trial or bail for 3 years, 4 months, and 14 days. Despite Justice AS Bopanna-led bench's assurance that the case would take "one or two minutes" to decide, over 6 months have elapsed since then. The bail petition, in contravention of
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https://t.co/13LgSt2vqD No holds barred lecture by the Telegraph’s editor at large R Rajagopal, till very recently the paper’s editor, on why he is a very biased journalist—"I think in these extraordinary times neutrality is a crime.”
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Sh Vijay Ramchandran @vijayram made online presentation on Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 that came 6 years after Supreme Court declared privacy a fundamental right Winner of Polestar Award, Ramchandran is a discussion facilitator & moderator par excellence @GoI_MeitY
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Sh Ramchandran's presentation THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY was analytical, balanced and incisive, it called the Act a new start for the data ecosystem in India highlighting both the positive and negative aspects in a transparent manner #DataProtectionAct
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