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Woman behind NASA Mars landing 2021: Dr Swati Mohan
- Born in India
- Immigrated to US
- Inspired by Star Trek
- Studied hard
- PhD from MIT
- Lead engineer at NASA
- Flight controller for Mars mission
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BREAKING: France's president suspends payment of taxes, rent, water, gas, and electricity bills for companies during coronavirus outbreak.
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Coronavirus testing in South Korea:
1. Drive to a testing station
2. Stay in your car
3. It takes less than 10 minutes
4. Results texted to you the next day
Done. Oh, and it's free.
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Today I learned: If you share your positive opinion on India, 'you must be an IT cell'
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Female graduates in science, technology, engineering and math:
🇮🇳IND: 43%
🇿🇦RSA: 43%
🇦🇪UAE: 42%
🇮🇹ITA: 40%
🇬🇧GBR: 38%
🇧🇷BRA: 37%
🇮🇩IDN: 37%
🇸🇪SWE: 36%
🇹🇷TUR: 35%
🇺🇸USA: 34%
🇫🇷FRA: 32%
🇨🇦CAN: 31%
🇲🇽MEX: 31%
🇪🇸ESP: 30%
🇩🇪GER: 28%
🇰🇷KOR: 25%
(UN) #WomenInScience
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Me: 'India has managed the pandemic well compared to other large countries'
Now I'm being called:
- IT Cell
- RSS
- Paid by Modi
- Sanghi
- Bhakt
- Secret agent
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Coronavirus strategy:
India: 570 cases
- Whole country is under lockdown
New York: 25,665 cases
- Considering closing down parks
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On this day in 1944: More than 150,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy.
Timelapse shows their 87 days of combat.
- orange: UK
- blue: USA
- red: Canada
- black: Axis
(CRMA) #DDay
Norbert Elekes
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NEW: 101-year-old Dutch woman, who was born during the Spanish flu, has recovered from coronavirus illness.
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Female graduates in science, technology, engineering and math:
🇮🇳IND: 43%
🇿🇦RSA: 43%
🇦🇪UAE: 42%
🇮🇹ITA: 40%
🇬🇧GBR: 38%
🇧🇷BRA: 37%
🇮🇩IDN: 37%
🇵🇭PHI: 36%
🇸🇪SWE: 36%
🇺🇸USA: 34%
🇫🇷FRA: 32%
🇨🇦CAN: 31%
🇲🇽MEX: 31%
🇪🇸ESP: 30%
🇩🇪GER: 28%
🇰🇷KOR: 25%
(UN) #NationalMathematicsDay
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INDIA: TV show Ramayan becomes world's most-watched show in recent years with record 77 million viewers in one night.
Beating Game of Thrones record 19 million
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Have been asked to comment on Kunal Kamra's new YouTube video.
I don't watch things with this ratio. Sorry.
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NEW: India's Bharat Biotech vaccine found effective against coronavirus variant discovered in UK - ICMR
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Good news from Italy:
- Number of new cases down
- Number of new deaths down
- Number of hospitalized down
- Number of ICU patients down
- Number of newly discharged patients up
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INDIA: Journalist Nidhi Razdan, who called herself Harvard professor for months, now says Harvard did not offer her job
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ECONOMY: India projected to become only major country to surpass China's economic growth in 2021 - IMF
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Google Play Store:
- Saves 1.2-star rating Chinese app 'TikTok' by removing 8 million bad reviews
- Removes 4.9-star rating Indian app 'Remove China Apps' for 'policy violation'
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Projected GDP growth in 2021:
🇮🇳IND: 11.5%
🇨🇳CHN: 8.1%
🇹🇷TUR: 6.0%
🇪🇸ESP: 5.9%
🇫🇷FRA: 5.5%
🇺🇸USA: 5.1%
🇮🇩IDN: 4.8%
🇬🇧GBR: 4.5%
🇲🇽MEX: 4.3%
🇨🇦CAN: 3.6%
🇧🇷BRA: 3.6%
🇩🇪GER: 3.5%
🇯🇵JPN: 3.1%
🇮🇹ITA: 3.0%
🇷🇺RUS: 3.0%
🇿🇦RSA: 2.8%
🇵🇰PAK: 1.5%
-IMF
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Some countries India 🇮🇳 has provided COVID vaccines to so far:
🇦🇪UAE
🇧🇷Brazil
🇪🇬Egypt
🇳🇵Nepal
🇷🇸Serbia
🇬🇭Ghana
🇰🇼Kuwait
🇩🇿Algeria
🇲🇽Mexico
🇧🇭Bahrain
🇺🇦Ukraine
🇿🇦S Africa
🇲🇦Morocco
🇲🇻Maldives
🇱🇰Sri Lanka
🇲🇲Myanmar
🇦🇷Argentina
🇸🇻El Salvador
🇨🇮Ivory Coast
🇧🇩Bangladesh
🇦🇫Afghanistan
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TikTok rating in India:
16 May: 4.5 stars
17 May: 3.8 stars
18 May: 3.2 stars
19 May: 2.0 stars
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NEW: New Zealand has discharged its last coronavirus patient from hospital.
Leading by example.
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Says the country that is blocking access to Google, Wikipedia, Facebook and Twitter.
#India’s #AppBan, which “selectively and discriminatorily” targets dozens of Chinese apps on “ambiguous and far-fetched” grounds, is an “abuse of national security exceptions and a suspected violation of relevant #WTO rules”: Chinese Embassy in India globaltimes.cn/content/11931…
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NEW: Indian comedian Kunal Kamra's new video is on the way to become one of the most disliked videos in YouTube history.
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The most admired men in India:
1. PM Modi
2. MS Dhoni
3. Ratan Tata
4. Barack Obama
5. Bill Gates
6. Amitabh Bachchan
7. Sachin Tendulkar
8. Virat Kohli
9. Shah Rukh Khan
10. Jackie Chan
11. Dalai Lama
12. Warren Buffett
13. Cristiano Ronaldo
14. Elon Musk
(YouGov) #MSDhoni
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China's Global Times editor Hu Xijin says the Indian Army does not have 'real modern' combat capabilities.
This is China's 'modern' combat capability used in Galwan Valley: nail-studded rods
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USA: 103-year-old Massachusetts woman beat coronavirus, then asked the nursing staff for a cold beer to celebrate.
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Countries that successfully reached Mars on first attempt:
🇮🇳 India (via Indian rocket)
🇦🇪 UAE (via Japanese rocket)
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Disrespecting the country's history and institutions is not acceptable
Neither in the US nor in India
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NEW: India's vaccine production capacity is world's 'best asset' today, UN chief says
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She should have checked the website
Harvard doesn't even have a journalism school or department
I have been the victim of a very serious phishing attack. I’m putting this statement out to set the record straight about what I’ve been through. I will not be addressing this issue any further on social media.
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Translation: India, we need your money
India should curb ‘boycott China’ voices after border clash. Blindly associating border issues with investments and trade is illogical. Both sides need to cherish precious development opportunities amid #COVID19 uncertainty. bit.ly/30U1OSe
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Female graduates in science, technology, engineering and math:
🇮🇳IND: 43%
🇿🇦RSA: 43%
🇦🇪UAE: 41%
🇮🇹ITA: 40%
🇬🇧GBR: 38%
🇧🇷BRA: 37%
🇮🇩IDN: 37%
🇸🇪SWE: 35%
🇹🇷TUR: 35%
🇺🇸USA: 34%
🇫🇷FRA: 32%
🇨🇦CAN: 31%
🇲🇽MEX: 31%
🇪🇸ESP: 30%
🇩🇪GER: 28%
🇰🇷KOR: 25%
(UN) #NationalTechnologyDay
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Banned in China:
- Twitter
- Google
- YouTube
- Facebook
- Reddit
- Tumblr
- Instagram
- Wikipedia
- Reuters
- WION
- BBC
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Household toilet coverage in India:
2014: 39%
2015: 43%
2016: 51%
2017: 65%
2018: 84%
2019: 99%
2020: 100%
(DDWS) #WorldToiletDay
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Renewable energy capacity:
🇨🇳CHN: 759 gigawatts
🇺🇸USA: 265
🇧🇷BRA: 142
🇮🇳IND: 128
🇩🇪GER: 125
🇨🇦CAN: 101
🇯🇵JPN: 97
🇮🇹ITA: 55
🇷🇺RUS: 55
🇪🇸ESP: 55
🇫🇷FRA: 53
🇬🇧GBR: 47
🇹🇷TUR: 45
🇳🇴NOR: 35
🇦🇺AUS: 32
🇸🇪SWE: 31
🇲🇽MEX: 26
🇵🇰PAK: 13
(IRENA) #WorldEnvironmentDay
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India's ban on Chinese apps:
- Powerful action by India
- No question, it will hurt China
- Others might follow India's example
- Can open a new chapter in global politics
#59Chinese
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INDIA-CHINA: 35 Chinese soldiers killed, including senior officer in clash with India, according to U.S. intelligence. - U.S. News
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SPACE: UAE becomes world's second country after India to successfully reach Mars on its first attempt
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INDIA: Bharat Biotech coronavirus vaccine found to be safe, enhanced immune response in phase 1 trials - Lancet
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Success rate of Mars missions:
🇮🇳India: 100%
🇦🇪UAE: 100%
🇺🇸USA: 74%
🇪🇺ESA: 67%
🇨🇳China: 50%
🇷🇺Russia: 33%
☭ USSR: 16%
🇯🇵Japan: 0%
🌐World: less than 50%
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India vs. China military capabilities:
Tanks
India: 4,292
China: 3,500
Aircraft
India: 2,123
China: 3,210
Field artillery
India: 4,060
China: 3,600
Navy vessels
India: 285
China: 777
Manpower
India: 3.5 million
China: 2.7 million
(GFP) #IndiaChinaFaceOff
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India vs. China military capabilities:
Tanks
India: 4,292
China: 3,500
Helicopters
India: 722
China: 911
Field artillery
India: 4,060
China: 3,600
Combat aircraft
India: 538
China: 1,232
Manpower
India: 3.5 million
China: 2.7 million
(GFP) #IndiaChinaFaceOff
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INDIA-CHINA: Global Times editor Hu Xijin says the Indian Army does not have 'real modern combat capabilities at plateau.'
Numbers tell another story:
- Indian troops dead: 20
- Chinese troops dead: 35 (as per US intel)
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INDIA: Kunal Kamra's latest video became the 30th most disliked video in YouTube history, with over 2.2 million dislikes.
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January 2021:
The person with US nuclear codes has been declared too dangerous to post on Facebook
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Vice Presidents in U.S. history:
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Female graduates in science, technology, engineering, and math:
🇮🇳IND: 43%
🇿🇦RSA: 43%
🇮🇹ITA: 40%
🇬🇧GBR: 38%
🇮🇩IDN: 37%
🇧🇷BRA: 37%
🇸🇪SWE: 35%
🇹🇷TUR: 35%
🇺🇸USA: 34%
🇫🇷FRA: 32%
🇨🇦CAN: 31%
🇲🇽MEX: 31%
🇪🇸ESP: 30%
🇳🇱NED: 29%
🇩🇪GER: 28%
🇰🇷KOR: 25%
🇨🇱CHL: 19%
(UN) #WomenInScience
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BREAKING: For first time since coronavirus outbreak, China's epicenter Wuhan reports ZERO new cases of coronavirus.
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NEW: India becomes first country to report successful isolation and culture of UK variant of coronavirus - ICMR
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Losing some followers because I give you my opinion after months of credible, fact-based reporting on coronavirus pandemic - is a risk I'm willing to take.
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BRAZIL: President Bolsonaro thanks PM Modi for Indian Covid-19 vaccines by sharing a picture of Lord Hanuman
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BREAKING: President Trump announces U.S. 'terminating' relationship with the World Health Organization.
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MS Dhoni is the only captain in the history of cricket to win all three ICC trophies.
- T20 World Cup
- World Cup
- Champions Trophy
#HappyBirthdayDhoni
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TWITTER: Greta Thunberg shares 'toolkit' calling for more Indian farmer protests, then deletes the tweet
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NEW: Man, who was taken to UK hospital with coronavirus symptoms, deliberately coughed in the face of two NHS nurses.
He has been jailed for a year.
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INDIA: Google has deleted nearly 8 million negative TikTok reviews over the last days, thus the rating rose from 1.2 to 4.4 stars.
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Hindi news channel Aaj Tak on Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death:
'How did Sushant get hit wicket?'
(A term used in cricket) #ShameOnAajTak
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India
Population: 1.3 billion
Active COVID cases: 446,805
Italy
Population: 60 million
Active COVID cases: 743,168
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What a coincidence:
@elonmusk was born on June 28, 1971, according to the Gregorian calendar.
Nikola Tesla was born on June 28, 1856, according to the Julian calendar.
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Most livable big cities in India 🇮🇳
1. Bengaluru
2. Pune
3. Ahmedabad
4. Chennai
5. Surat
6. Navi Mumbai
7. Coimbatore
8. Vadodara
9. Indore
10. Greater Mumbai
-Govt
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NEW: Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani overtakes Warren Buffett as the 7th richest person in the world.
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Coronavirus success stories:
- South Korea
- Germany
- Norway
- Iceland
- Denmark
- Finland
- New Zealand
Six of these countries led by women.
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China cannot bear the consequences of losing the participation of 120 million Indian TikTok users, analysts said.
#India cannot bear the consequences of losing the participation of Chinese companies in infrastructure and 5G, and the scrutiny on #Huawei and #ZTE may decouple the country from global #5G development, analysts said. bit.ly/2Atss9W
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UK: Government plans to form an alliance of 10 democracies called 'D10' to avoid reliance on Chinese technology.
Members: G7 plus India, S. Korea, Australia
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First volunteer for phase 3 trial of India's Covaxin: the state's health minister
That's the spirit.
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88-year-old Spanish couple, who have been married for 65 years, have both recovered from coronavirus illness.
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Someone wrote that PM Modi actually mentioned my name in his address.
Aatma Nirbhar - A man Norbert
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Indian news channel Aaj Tak advertising a Chinese product less than a day after the deadly clash between the two countries.
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NEW: India to introduce bill to prepare for creating its own digital currency and ban private cryptocurrencies
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