Sanjeev Gupta

Students in #Serbia have finally unseated a long-standing right-wing leader at the ballot box, through peaceful protests and sustained campaigning. A powerful reminder of what peaceful civic mobilisation can achieve. #SerbiaElections During a brief visit to Serbia a few years ago, I interacted with some young people on the streets and sensed considerable resentment against the government. Their sentiments seem to have found a wider political expression today.

Those creating and circulating deepfake videos must be identified, investigated and prosecuted under the applicable laws including the National Security Act, with stringent & prompt action wherever warranted. @PMOIndia, @HMOIndia and @GoI_MeitY must act decisively and send an unequivocal message that such malicious attempts to mislead the public and undermine national security will not be tolerated. Even if a standoff between @adgpi and @MND_China in Arunachal Pradesh exists, as indicated by the DG @ITBP_official, stick to verified facts. Do not manufacture or amplify rumours. Those hiding behind pseudonymous handles to spread disinformation must be held accountable. Direct the full force of the law against those responsible for such mischief. But spare young people who wave the Tricolour peacefully, without violating Section 163 of the BNSS or any other law, and without resorting to violence. Distinguish between those who spread disinformation and those who express themselves peacefully.

AI should supplement human effort and surpass human limits, not supplant humanity.

$30 of value addition in India for every $1,000 iPhone 'Made in India' while @Apple pockets $450 for its software and brand value. Now we're rolling out the red carpet for data centres being set up by multinational IT giants like @Google, @awscloud, @TCS, @Azure @AdaniOnline @reliancegroup etc. that Western nations are increasingly wary of, as these offer only a few hundreds of blue collar mostly indirect jobs in return. A single 1 GW facility can use ~1.8 billion gallons of water a year, enough for a city of nearly 2 lakh people at 100 litres per head per day. Before we trade water, land and forests for Server Farms, we must ask who truly benefits. Proud of my senior in the IAS Mr EAS Sarma for his commitment to the environment and human life. Real lives matter more than artificial intelligence. 💧🌳

Absolutely despicable and irresponsible. State Government should take disciplinary action. @IPS_Association @CGPoliceDept @ChhattisgarhCMO @iamvikassheel @HMOIndia @PMOIndia

Such a close identification with and blind embrace of @elonmusk and @Tesla could well boomerang on @INCIndia and @RahulGandhi. An enemy’s enemy is not necessarily a friend - least of all when national security and India’s strategic interests are at stake. Let Musk publicly produce documentary evidence that his operations comply with the Government of India’s norms on data security, protection and location. Assertions are no substitute for verifiable compliance. @AshwiniVaishnaw @PMOIndia @GoI_MeitY @RajeevRC_X

@nehafolksinger is widely admired for her outstanding folk singing and fearless anti-establishment compositions & statements. I was appalled to learn that @ABPNews had indulged in such fabricated mudslinging against her. @IamRajnishAhuja, abruptly disconnecting the phone was no way to handle this. You owed Neha a sincere, unequivocal apology then and there. You should still offer one publicly, both on social media and on television, without further delay. Don't indulge in 'handout' journalism. Think about it: had @zoo_bear not fact-checked this imaginary “news story”, some blindfolded bigots would still have been peddling this vicious, defamatory smear campaign! If there is even an iota of genuine remorse, Sumanta Dutta and Atideb Sarkar must hold the person who cleared this scurrilous story accountable. That should include dismissal of the news editor concerned. Neha, meanwhile, should reserve her right to pursue criminal defamation proceedings.

If this news is true, it suggests that the organisers of Ram Leela in Delhi are far more interested in a political slugfest than in respecting the sentiments of devotees on the pious occasion of Dussehra. The manuscript of the Constitution’s Chapter on Fundamental Rights carries a hand-drawn illustration of Ram, Lakshman and Sita, revered by more than a billion Hindus. Yet, the organisers reportedly plan to burn an effigy of a cockroach because some young people wish to exercise their fundamental right to protest! Such grotesque and ludicrous symbolism will only serve to give @Cockroachisback and its leaders, including @abhijeet_dipke and @SauravDassss, even greater visibility and relevance.