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Nita K
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Author of The Hawa Mahal Murders, PILF prize-winner, Journalist, Hand Reader.📍Pune India. Passionately interested in World Affairs, Health, Environment, Books. Next novel soon to be published. Working on the third book.
https://www.nitajatarkulkarni.com
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People put labels on others to understand them better or categorise them but humans are too complex, in my opinion. I don’t like labels. For example I am not a #leftist, #rightist or #centrist. I support ideas from all these #ideologies but no, I don’t lean towards any. I am just me. Nita.
It's rare to hear good news coming out of America. DOGE shutting down is good news. It was created on the 1st day of the new admin – it was one of the selling points of the govt. Good to know it's going going gone!
November 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
India makes the most films globally every year but most people aren't going to the cinema. They can't afford the high prices of tickets & popcorn. So premium pricing is paying off? Nope. Fancy cinema halls are drowning in debt as the masses prefer OTT platforms.

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November 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
It isn't just people in Asia who watch #K-dramas but also those in Turkey, Egypt and Nigeria! They are popular in Brazil, Spain and France as well. Apparently, people are tired of American content, which is chock-a-block with sex & violence.

www.insidermonkey.com/blog/15-coun...
15 Countries That Watch the Most K-Dramas
Korean dramas, often known as K-dramas, are so trendy and well-liked that they frequently establish global trends.
www.insidermonkey.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:56 AM
When courts don’t work all that people can hope for is that the undeserving lawmakers make their money and quit!
BREAKING: AOC on MTG retiring:

"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sad to see #Nigeria suffer. I lived in fairly peaceful Nigeria as a kid & have a special love for it. Today, armed gangs kidnap and ransom in the north-west. In the north-east, Islamist militant groups are waging an insurgency. In central areas, there are religious clashes...
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November 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This can happen only in India. Head-on collision between a car and motorbike but no police complaint. No penalties for either side. The bikers came speeding up from the wrong side of the road and rammed into the car, got thrown into the air but didn’t die.

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Video: Bikers flung into air after collision with speeding car in Uttarakhand
A terrifying road accident in Uttarakhand saw two young men thrown into the air after a collision with a speeding car, yet they survived with minor injuries. Another tragic incident in Chamoli distric...
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November 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The statement by Japanese PM that an attack on Taiwan cd "permit" it to exercise "collective self-defense," is not a shift in its policy. Japan always regarded a war in the Taiwan Strait as an existential threat to it. But previous Japanese PMs were more diplomatic.

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What to Know About Japan and China’s Spat Over Taiwan
China has reacted strongly to Japan’s Prime Minister suggesting an attack on Taiwan could prompt Japan to militarily intervene.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
This is from an editorial in The Economist. The editor is calling it the Anything Goes Era in America.
November 21, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Amongst adults raised religiously unaffiliated, 93% still don't identify with any religion. And Hindus & Muslims rarely change their religion. As a Hindu I know why – you can be agnostic & still be a Hindu.
Christians are most likely to change their religion.

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November 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
It’s taking less & less time for new tech to go mainstream. Took 30 years for Radio/TV, 25 for internet, 26 for email, 27 for mobiles, 16 for smartphones, 9 for usb…and #AI, invented in 2017, is believed to be mainstream already. This is our fate.

#technology

www.voronoiapp.com/technology/-...
November 19, 2025 at 2:11 AM
People going about their day struggling to make ends meet are finding their voice on social media in India. This may not be news in rich countries but in India, people like this often do not have the time nor gadgets to be able to do this.

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An auto driver, trucker & delivery man. And India’s tryst with working-class influencers
On social media, painters, mason, construction workers, labourers, delivery boys, truck drivers are owning their work-lives unapologetically with swagger.
theprint.in
November 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
When Epstein was normalised, what he provided – sex with minors – was automatically normalised. Perhaps it was something the richest of the rich felt was their right.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The banality of evil: how Epstein’s powerful friends normalised him
Long after his conviction for sexual abuse, people in royalty, academia, business, journalism and politics sought his ear
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November 17, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Pakistan's constitution is unraveling fast. The Army now has sweeping powers & Munir lifetime legal immunity. The new Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has full authority on constitutional interpretation & judicial review, which the Supreme court once had.

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What Pakistan Supreme Court judge Mansoor Ali Shah wrote in his resignation letter
The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
A positive agenda is the only way for any opposition party in the world to revive itself. You need that Unique Selling Point. Just bitter criticism and hate of the ruling govt. doesn't work. In India, the Bihar state elections have proved that voters aren't buying hate.

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INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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November 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The Congo Basin, a tropical forest bigger than India, absorbs 600 million tons of planet-warming carbon dioxide a year & it's already down from 4.5 billion tons which it used to absorb 2 decades ago. The #deforestation is a huge danger to our planet.

#climate

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The world has a decade to save the biggest tropical carbon sink
The Congo Basin, a region of tropical forest larger than India, absorbs 600 million tons of planet-warming carbon dioxide a year.
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November 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Another glaring instance of the US openly favouring Pakistan. Their reaction to a blast in Delhi and one in Pak couldn't have been more different. People are upset but I think best to shrug it off. Being good friends with a country like Pakistan will backfire on the US.

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November 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Moody, the ratings agency, predicts that India’s economy will grow at 6.5% through 2026 and 2027, despite US #tariffs. The govt. has already approved a $5.1 billion package for exporters to lessen the impact of the tariffs.

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No major impact of Trump tariffs? Moody’s says India to be fastest growing major economy; ‘succeeded in redirecting exports’ - The Times of India
India Business News: India will be the fastest growing major global economy, with Moody's forecasting a strong 6.5% expansion through 2027. This resilience comes despite U
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
#AI is harming the world. It says yes to dangerous conspiracy theories. When fewer people start thinking on their own & have greater access to fake news, the world will descend into chaos. The germ of an idea for a Sci-Fi story? Or too real to write a story about?

www.indiatoday.in/technology/n...
Leaked chats reveal ChatGPT says yes 10x more than no, even to wild conspiracy theories
A new report which analysed over 47,000 ChatGPT conversations has revealed that the chatbot often agrees ten times as much as it disagrees, even when prompted with questionable or conspiratorial ideas...
www.indiatoday.in
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 AM
In S Korea, during national exams, flights are grounded, army training halted & police deployed! There's intense societal pressure on students to excel. One of the reasons why suicides amongst the young are rising. Korea has the 2nd highest suicide rate globally.

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Suicide in South Korea - Wikipedia
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November 14, 2025 at 2:18 AM
#Canada is changing its #immigration policies. Cut the foreign student immigration and bring in top professionals from the US – amid US’ decision to increase fees for H-1B visas to $100,000.

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Red carpet for US H1-Bs, others get in line—Canada's big immigration pivot, courtesy Carney
The Carney govt’s new budget earmarks $1.7 bn to attract top H-1B professionals from US while slashing student & temporary worker visas—marking a sharp shift from Trudeau’s open-door policy.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The recent bomb blast in Delhi was accidental. There was a plan for series of blasts...if it had worked, it would've been the worst attack in the last decade, targeting civilians. India's under grave threat from Pak-based groups post op-sindoor.

#terrorism

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Red Fort blast: A ‘panicked’ doctor & the unravelling of a post-Op Sindoor plan to serial-bomb Delhi
Investigators now say Dr Umar U Nabi, who owed allegiance to Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, a J&K-based wing of Al Qaeda, was in the car at the time of the explosion near Red Fort.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
There's unrest in another African country, Mali. Jihadists linked to Al-Qaeda & ISIS are on a rampage. They've killed a 22-yr old TIkTok influencer in a public square & 5 Indians have also been kidnapped. Countries are calling their citizens back.

#terrorism

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November 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Adulterated food is widespread in India, bc laws are lax. The poor bear the brunt as they buy cheap food off the streets, fr small vendors & unknown brands. And a famous Indian temple fell into the trap too. No wonder Indians suffer from so many health issues.

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Rs 250 crore, 5 years: How a fake dairy duped Tirupati, provided 68,00,000 kg fake ghee - BusinessToday
As per the CBI, the promoters set up a fake ghee manufacturing unit and forged milk procurement as well as payment records.
www.businesstoday.in
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 AM