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RT @ndtv: #NDTVExclusive | "Misplaced nationalism of our government delayed authorisation for foreign vaccines. Now, we are scrambling for… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @HarmonickaMaini: For divine Navratras, Book gesture “The Hindu Way” for a dear aunt who is avidly a voracious reader. As she says if th… — PolitiTweet.org

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Now that @drharshvardhan has announced the much-needed postponement of NEET-PG, could you also postpone the AIIMS SS DM entrance exams please? It makes no sense to put one set of doctors through the stress that you’ve rightly just exempted another set of doctors from. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a profoundly important & deeply sobering thread. Please read. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DNRamki: Maharashtra and especially the Mumbai Metropolitan Region is now officially beyond redemption. Every single hospital bed you c… — PolitiTweet.org

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"As Trumpism in the US made hate speech mainstream, Modi’s India has made hate speech & violent caste prejudice more respectable." @Stanford scholar Thomas Blom Hansen tells @Ullekh : https://t.co/7lM7sfIlsi — PolitiTweet.org

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While the Govt has suspended school exams, the National Board of Examinations has scheduled the NEET PG exam for 18th April 2021. Around 1.7 lakh applicants around India, including residents working in private& govt hospitals, will be exposed to Covid19. #PostponeNEETnow! — PolitiTweet.org

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@RoflGandhi_ . From Harvard reports to Yale degrees, the BJP tends to be coy about the facts. This is another example of the triumph of hype over evidence! — PolitiTweet.org

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Excellent analysis by @JhaSanjay of ten factors that have led the country to the present #Covid19 crisis: https://t.co/9xQrI1KzXl It is past time for urgent remedial action. Banging plates won't deliver more vaccines; lighting lamps will not create more hospital beds. What now? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nskathy: Thali bajali Diya jalali Kaash akal laga li hoti.... — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @tjoseph0010: What is going on today is surreal. The scale of the tragedy. Then the scale of the denial that dwarfs the scale of the tra… — PolitiTweet.org

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Thank you @Tisisknight ! Always gratifying when one's words (& more important, the ideas behind them) touch a responsive chord in a thoughtful reader. — PolitiTweet.org

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@george_anit . Agreed totally. Should we have election campaigns at all during the second wave of #Covid19? So many politicians in Kerala have come down with the virus, & I am sure many in their audiences have as well. But if there are elections, you can't blame a politician for campaigning. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jameelsjam: The Bill was moved in the Parliament by Dr Ambedkar in 1951 to make @INCIndia President an ex-officio trusty because there… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jameelsjam: When you heard about a plague in any land, then do not enter it. And if plague outbreaks in your land, then do not leave yo… — PolitiTweet.org

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“Shubho Nobo Borsho” to all Bengalis this Poila Boishakh! https://t.co/sPlizUtYXv — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @manaman_chhina: You lost me at “Pakistan has been successful”. https://t.co/O29FtKRTTL — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @samirsaran: #Raisina2021 "On the Trail of the Bear: Russia in a Multipolar World" with Iranian Dy Minister of Foreign Affairs @IRIMFA_E… — PolitiTweet.org

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A blissful Vishu day with my mother and sister. Hosted a Sadya for my staff (including one marunadan Malayali!) May all have a blessed, peaceful & prosperous New Year. https://t.co/7smWWJHUlV — PolitiTweet.org

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A scathing piece by @mihirssharma blames "official arrogance, hyper-nationalism, populism & bureaucratic incompetence" for India's current #Covid19 crisis: https://t.co/V2RCpYu5g9 — PolitiTweet.org

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The dwindling space for press freedom in today’s India is a cause for alarm, I write in my Latest column in @ProSyn : https://t.co/a6BqEQGgtD — PolitiTweet.org

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With all the celebrations going on today, what better time to launch a book of stunning photographs & texts depicting Indian festivals nationwide? Congratulations Sanal Ghosh & ⁦@JaelSilliman⁩ ! https://t.co/fLBaYdJ3NH — PolitiTweet.org

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5. USA hasn't signed UNCLOS, but since FoNoPs is not in UNCLOS, the legal position is irrelevant. We need a pragmatic political approach rather than outrage about a legal breach that hasn't occurred. There has been discourtesy & disrespect, which must be addressed diplomatically. — PolitiTweet.org

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4. So the best we can hope for is an explicit undertaking to (1) inform India in advance as a courtesy and (2) not to publicize the fact that they have thumbed their noses at us. Our diplomacy should have negotiated this; nothing better would have been possible. — PolitiTweet.org

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3. Some ask why the US has done to India what it hasn't done to Canada/UK/Australia etc by exercising FoNoPs through their EEZs. Since those are treaty allies, they have consultation agreements already in place with the US. India not, & is unlikely to ever be, an ally. — PolitiTweet.org

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2. So the Americans are essentially doing near Lakshadweep exactly what they are insisting on doing in & through the South China Sea under the same Freedom of Navigation principle (FoNoPs). The US can be accused of not respecting our sensibilities but not of breaking int'nl law. — PolitiTweet.org

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1. There's understandable anger in India over the US Seventh Fleet sailing near Lakshadweep in waters that are part of our exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). However, there is nothing in UNCLOS (the Law of the Sea) that supports India’s stand on freedom of navigation through the EEZ. — PolitiTweet.org

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Very pertinent point by @JindalGlobalUNI VC Prof RajKumar: for universities to reopen & provide the educational environment they are meant to, every one of India’s 37 million students should be vaccinated in a special drive: https://t.co/uJi8Xm1G26 — PolitiTweet.org

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Reposting my essay on Dr Ambedkar’s legacy as we celebrate his life today: #AmbedkarJayanti https://t.co/22uRt16Q0A — PolitiTweet.org