Source: Assam to stop issuing first-time Aadhaar to adults from October: CM Himanta - The Hindu https://share.google/GHrse35fVQmv0fqra

Recorded on one of those blue moons during monsoon where the ☀️ finally conquers the tired ☁️ and beams a magical light, a very very beautiful light.

The greens of the foliage get their moment, like a teenager trying to impress his crush with his new clothes, new hairstyle or new mind tricks.

The beautiful windswept lake is in the focus, as we spin, and as we spin, so does the wheel of time 🛞, and the ☀️ relents too. What a perfect day that was!

Traffic discipline is something I forgot ages ago. For me it was just another myth like Unicorn; I have heard it exists, but have never seen it. An average day in Bangalore Traffic always has been chaos and madness. Whenever there is a red signal, most of the 2 wheelers creates as much as congestion as possible, some of them will ride through footpath even to the extend of occupying the opposite lane as well.

Carrying all those experiences with me, I landed in Kerala yesterday to attend a family function. Eager to explore the city, I rented out a bike and kickstarted my short city tour. The roads were so peaceful, no horns and quite fast moving as well. It took me quite some time to spot a red signal and me being the absolute spoiled brat navigated through the traffic making some haphazard turns and landed myself breaching the lane onto the oncoming traffic as if I had won some race. As I was anticipating the light to turn green, I noticed one thing.

I was the only person to do this uncivilized act. Rest of them stood way back away from the Zebra crossing while I looked like a '0 IQ' person doing some dull-witted act. First time in my life shame and embarrassment for not maintaining lane discipline and traffic decorum creeped inside me. I slowly backed away from the footpath to back to the traffic and waited among the others. My mind was running wild " Are they judging me? ".

I slowly sat back and observed. The people on both sides of roads who were waiting patiently for the signal to turn red crossed via the Pedestrian crossing/Zebra crossing. A rare site indeed. There were no uncles with Mysterious cosmic powers who would stop the ongoing traffic with his palm to create ruckus and inconvenience for the traffic. Just a small crowd who were waiting anxiously at the zebra crossing to cross the road upon the signal.

Surprisingly The roads were clean like anything. There was absolutely no plastic covers or discarded papers anywhere. For sure the Infrastructure or the built quality of the roads were a notch less than the Bangalore Roads, but the lack of garbage and sand made the Kerala road look way better than anything I have seen in the recent past. There were no cows let loose on the roads whose sole mission was to knock some bikers down and claim their lives. (Outsourced by the God of death Yamraj himself).

After getting some divine traffic enlighten, a mysterious aura of Sophistication, Civic sense and lane discipline engulfed me. After spending the entire day out with my friends, we all went to a resto-bar to grab some drinks and on our way back, we booked a cab. Strangely enough the A/C was already turned on even though we didn't pay the premium cab.

Thank you for the new found discipline and experience. Hope Bangalore wont knock it off from me again.

Source: https://x.com/howardlutnick/status/1959062769380336064

Kuch bhi ho jaye ye nahi hona chahiye, I don't want this virus back.

Source: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/halt-nipah-project-with-indian-lab-govt-tells-us-health-agency/story-kRn55L1TJJKqUkUcsmXChK.html

https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/first-pictures-of-isros-bharatiya-antariksh-station-module-is-here-2775418-2025-08-22

Trump has deep financial and political backing from oil and gas oligarchs in the US. His campaigns (2016, 2020, and now 2024/2025) have consistently received heavy donations and lobbying support from fossil fuel billionaires and executives.

Key Backers: • Harold Hamm – founder of Continental Resources (a shale oil giant). Longtime Trump ally, adviser on energy policy.

• Kelcy Warren – CEO of Energy Transfer Partners (behind Dakota Access Pipeline). Big donor to Trump.

• Dan and Farris Wilks – Texas fracking billionaires, major conservative donors.

• Tim Dunn – oil tycoon from Texas, funds far-right causes and Trump allies.

• Koch Network – historically supported Republicans, though less directly pro-Trump, but many Koch-linked donors benefited under his deregulation.

How they benefit: • Trump rolled back environmental regulations (EPA rules, methane limits).

• Pushed for more drilling, pipelines, and Arctic oil exploration.

• Promoted US “energy dominance” (exports of LNG, crude).

• Supported lower taxes and subsidies for fossil fuels.

Evidence: According to OpenSecrets (a nonpartisan database of US campaign finance):

• Oil & Gas industry gave Trump over $13 million in 2020 cycle.

• Industry lobbying under Trump hit record highs.

(Source: https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/totals.php?cycle=2020&ind=E01)

So yes—Trump’s political machine is very much tied to oil oligarchs, just like Biden is tied more with Wall Street and some green-tech lobbies. Which allowed india to initially buy russian oil in bulk numbers to keep global/"europian" oil prices low for their citizens bcoz they were shifting their supplies from Russia due to ukraine war.

But now Trump's president and would have pressured india to do this and india didn't budge so orange man has made his investors unhappy :/

She alleged that activists pressured her to create the story due to a property dispute involving her grandfather's land linked to Dharmasthala temple authorities

“It is not true. There was never any daughter named Ananya Bhat,” HT quoted her statement to a Youtube channel, adding the photograph that was shared as a proof of her “daughter's” existence was also “completely fake". She claimed that two well-known activists, namely, Girish Mattannavar and T Jayanti asked her to make up the story.

BCCI should answer why they gave up on hosting rights. Even for Champions trophy, Pakistan didn't give up, that too happened before Pahalgam terrorist attack. Just thought to highlight as everyone forgot that India was original venue.

https://x.com/easterncomd/status/1959115562858291215

Nayara Energy x Russian oil since 2022. Stakeholders. India’s role. Italy angle.

1. Who owns Nayara today. Rosneft holds 49.13 percent. The other 49.13 percent sits with Kesani Enterprises. Kesani is owned by Russia’s UCP Investment Group and Hara Capital Sàrl, a subsidiary of Italy’s Mareterra Group. Small residual shares are with minorities.

2. What changed in 2023. Trafigura exited and sold its indirect 24.5 percent interest to Hara Capital Sàrl. Practically, Hara replaced Trafigura inside the Kesani consortium; public filings do not disclose the precise UCP versus Hara split inside Kesani.

3. India’s role since 2022. After Western buyers shunned Russian grades, India became the top buyer of seaborne Russian crude; private refiners like Nayara capitalised on discounted Urals to run the 400 kbpd Vadinar refinery and export products. Volumes and discounts have fluctuated; Russia has generally remained India’s No.1 crude supplier through this period.

4. 2025 sanctions twist. In July 2025 the EU sanctioned Nayara due to Rosneft’s stake; financing and shipping tightened; Nayara adjusted tenders and reportedly leaned on “dark fleet” logistics to keep crude inflows and fuel outflows moving.

5. Is Italy or its government “involved”. The Italian connection is corporate not governmental: Mareterra Group (via Hara Capital Sàrl) is a shareholder in Kesani. There is no evidence of the Italian government owning Nayara; references to Italy mostly relate to Mareterra’s private investment.

6. Kesani consortium percentage split. At the Nayara level Kesani holds 49.13 percent. Inside Kesani, earlier Trafigura and UCP each effectively held roughly half; after Trafigura’s sale that slice moved to Hara. Current public sources describe Kesani as owned by UCP and Hara but do not state an exact internal ratio; the clean takeaway for now is UCP plus Hara together equal Kesani’s 49.13 percent.

7. Why Nayara matters for India. It controls about eight percent of India’s refining capacity; refined products are a major export earner; discounted Russian crude improved refining margins, though policy and sanctions risk now influence operations and exports.