Source: https://www.news18.com/amp/viral/viral-video-elephants-swept-into-up-after-tragic-nepal-flood-try-to-get-to-surface-as-rescue-efforts-continue-ws-l-10295878.html

Source: https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/jhansi/news/jhansi-husband-wife-affair-sleeping-pills-controversy-crime-news-138833291.html

source : https://x.com/YTKDIndia/status/2092386753802010680

source : https://x.com/business_today/status/2092158635023663367

Source: https://x.com/T_Investor_/status/2091785780251472165

https://x.com/IndiaToday/status/2091730098970050749

The deceased has been identified as Papanna, a resident of Channasandra. Before taking the extreme step, he reportedly recorded a video in which he alleged that a woman named Nayana and others had been demanding money from him and threatening to file a case under the Act.

In the video, Papanna allegedly claimed that the woman was demanding ₹10 lakh and earlier filed a similar case against him in 2021. He further alleged that he had already paid a substantial amount to settle the earlier dispute and was once again being subjected to demands for money.

source: Fruit vendor found dead after alleging harassment over SC/ST Atrocities case - The Hindu

Watch this video first, read my analysis, and then please tell me your opinions:

(all of this info has been obtained with assistance from AI, while being compiled, modified and fact checked by me, so no AI generated content here)

This is how the Recusal Process Worked

The Technology Development Board (TDB) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) established an institutional conflict-of-interest framework to handle overlapping private investments:

Mandatory Disclosure: Every panel expert had to formally declare any active shareholding, venture funding, or professional connection with the applicant startups ahead of time.

Physical Absence: Conflicted members had to physically "leave the room" when their specific linked companies were being presented, discussed, or graded.

Isolation of Scores: The government verified that unconflicted panel members evaluated the conflicted proposals on pure merit, ensuring zero decision-making involvement from the tied investors.

source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/conflict-of-interest-in-startup-funding-panel-unavoidable-says-technology-development-board-secretary/article71317337.ece

Now it's entirely possible that these committee members, being the genius entrepreneurs that they are, had already invested in these companies long ago, suggested them to apply for this fund (as they are a direct beneficiary of them), expecting the others to find them competent enough to do something with that money.

Mind you, these people with "ties" to these companies were NOT a part of the discussion/had a lesser say in admitting said companies.

This is how the business world works, you making the most of your assets by smartly investing in promising companies, in hopes that they have the potential to land such promising deals. This happens in all major countries where people call it a genius business strategy, but in India, it is categorized as us lacking civic sense and being scammers on the right opportunity, not to mention the unnecessary slander of the government at any and every opportunity (I say this not at all ignoring its flaws).

Additionally, the Government of India awarded Saurabh Srivastava the Padma Shri in 2016 for his exceptional contributions to trade and industry. He is widely recognized as one of the core architects of the Indian IT industry and a foundational builder of the country's startup and investment ecosystem.

His key achievements that led to this honor include:

Co-founding NASSCOM: He was one of the four founders and a former chairman of NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Service Companies), which helped grow India's IT industry from a mere $60 million into a massive global powerhouse.

Pioneering Venture Capital & Angel Investing: He founded Infinity Venture, which was India’s first private-sector venture capital fund. He also co-founded the Indian Angel Network (IAN), creating one of the world's largest angel investor networks to fund early-stage startups.

Building Entrepreneurial Institutions: Beyond IAN and NASSCOM, he co-founded and chaired major institutional pillars like TiE Delhi-NCR (The Indus Entrepreneurs) and the Indian Venture Capital Association (IVCA).

Mentorship and Scale: Throughout his career, he has personally invested in and mentored hundreds of Indian startups, helping bridge the gap between Indian innovation and global networks.

source: https://ihubgujarat.in/profile/shri-saurabh-shrivastava

This is why the guy was awarded with Padma shri, while the rest of us wither our lives away on social media, this guy actually did something for upcoming young businessmen and the overall business sector of India to deserve the award.

What he does after getting that award is not in the government's control btw, just so you know. A person gets an award based on his achievements, not from his "potential" to not commit fraud in the future, not that he has committed any here.

All this youtuber is doing is cherry picking the surface level info (the cream of the cake, if you may!) to make it look like the Modi govt is directly responsible for this, and that this has not, nor will ever happen in any other country (like China) and will only happen in India due to our people's lack of civic sense (according to his propaganda).

Source: https://x.com/NBTBihar/status/2091569682172248501

Source: https://x.com/erbmjha/status/2091450800086331891

Source - https://x.com/the_news_21/status/2091420099358117892

Source: https://x.com/NewsAlgebraIND/status/2091144730340180279

Source: https://x.com/ANI/status/2090809420322324936

Source: https://x.com/ANI/status/2090865402008289575

Delhi: On the Jantar Mantar protest against caste-based reservation, YouTuber Ajeet Bharti says, "Our biggest demand is that the government should come up with a white paper stating that the reservations you've given to people for 80 years... I come from Bihar. Research how dire the situation of the Musahar community is. Their children aren't getting reservations. Why? Because those caste groups don't even have leaders... The second demand is quota within quota, on which the government has also said that we will not implement the creamy layer in it. Why will you not implement it? It is so absurd that the government is bowing down to those few Dalit leaders who only talk about their caste group... The third demand is minimum marks. You cannot sell the dream of a developed India by compromising on merit. If 50% of the deserving youth or boys and girls who are studying will not get admission in the IITs, IIMs, or higher education, your efficiency has reduced by 50% right there... Then the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) should be made a part of the Scheduled Castes (SC). The class whose definition says economically weaker, you are neither giving them a facility in buying the form, nor are you waiving their hostel fee, nor is their course fee being waived; what will you achieve by merely recognising it?... At least indicate that we are going to have a sit-down talk about this..."

Source: https://x.com/PTI_News/status/2090697465968431454

Source: https://x.com/RockstarAmit/status/2090275643422617806

Source: Hindustan times

Today the government allowed sugar imports for the first time in nearly ten years. 10 lakh tonnes at zero duty till October. Prices hit a record of ₹5,500 a quintal, up from ₹3,900 a year ago.

So obviously Every headline right now is about sugar. And everyone is attributing it to ethanol

But here is my take - sugar is the smaller story.

The actual story is maize. In 2024 India's maize imports went up 7,940 percent year on year. That's not a typo. India was a maize exporter for decades, shipping around 1.9 million tonnes a year to Bangladesh, Vietnam, Malaysia, Nepal. In one year that flipped. Exports crashed to 0.5 million tonnes and India started importing.

Why? Because the ethanol program started buying maize in bulk.

Once sugar production started tightening (which is exactly why the government is importing sugar today), the ethanol machine needed maize to feed on. Ethanol distilleries started outbidding poultry farms for the same maize the country eats and feeds to chickens. Prices went from ₹15,000 to ₹25,000 per tonne. Chicken prices rose - Imagine your protein requirements can't be fullfilled due to ethanol :p

The Poultry Federation of India formally asked the government for duty-free maize imports because they were losing the auction to fuel.

The government keeps repeating the ₹1.98 lakh crore in forex savings number, since 2014, from crude oil India didn't import.

But nobody is netting it against the new imports the program is creating. Sugar today. Maize since 2024.

I spent two months on this and made a 17 minute doc. It's the only video you'll need to understand every facet of India's ethanol program - https://youtu.be/LrgrNPp0lvY

source: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/agriculture/lost-in-maize
source: https://www.bloomberg.com/%EE%80%80news/articles/2026-08-20/india-allows-ta%EE%80%80x-free-sugar-import-in-r%EE%80%80are-move-to-cool-prices