Mahesh Murthy
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If you've EVER stayed in a hotel in
#Hyderabad
, the Telangana cops
@TelanganaCOPS
sent your details and that of who you stayed with to an American crypto firm that never took your informed consent for this. (Hat tip to
@DigitalDutta
for shining a light on this illegal atrocity.)
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Was just at a pharmacy in Hyderabad. A gent asked the lady in a white coat behind the counter if a certain item had side effects. She told him loudly "it's natural, so you're safe". I was standing next to them and said "Ma'am, the datura plant, castor seeds and cobra's bite are
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Nobody did family business like MGR: He became CM. Then wife became CM. Then girlfriend became CM. Now girlfriend's girlfriend becomes CM.
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What Norway is telling its students. If you're in a 3rd world country like the US, return home :-)
#coronavirus
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After
@republic
being dropped by
@RenaultIndia
this is another huge change.
@OpIndia_com
being dropped by
@RubiconProject
one of the world's biggest ad exchanges.
NEW:
@RubiconProject
(ad exchange) has confirmed that they’ve dropped Hindu nationalist media outlet OpIndia from their inventory.
They found the site violates their policies. Thank you Rubicon!
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So who is this crypto firm Zebichain? Turns out it's a near-defunct crypto company based in California, founded by 2 Bay Area gents
@BabuMunagala
and Pruthvi Rao
@PointsOfFew
. Munagala apparently spent 18 years at
@Oracle
and then started doing some
#crypto
stuff
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Your Indian passport can get you to 59 countries without an advance visa! My updated list:
http://t.co/OkATOhjq
Pls RT:)
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Dear
@Manekagandhibjp
If trolling against women = crime, what abt trolling against religion? Will Minorities Commission get Bhakts arrested?
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Who authorised this? What is this firm doing with this data? Apparently
@BabuMunagala
left in 2019 so it's all
@PointsOfFew
and
@SudheerKuppam
now - but how did they get their hands on this precious feed of data. Do they intend to use the data for blackmail? For surveillance? For
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This gent
@BabuMunaagala
claimed in a 2018 interview that loads of people were voluntarily sharing this information from 200 hotels in India. I have stayed dozens of times in
#hyderabad
hotels in these 6 years and I have NEVER been asked for consent to share my name and details
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Today, for once, not many Indians had a problem with the Sensex dropping 465 points.
#SurgicalStrike
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That's not all the data that's moved to the US - apparently all of Andhra Pradesh land records are already with him as well, per his claim 6/n - source:
#Data
#Fraud
#DataTheft
#Privacy
#India
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Zebi USA in their white paper claim that they have a large contract with an Indian state - which I deduce to be Andhra Pradesh - for managing land records. How this data can leave government hands, or even India - I do not know 9/n
#Data
#Fraud
#DataTheft
#Privacy
#India
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Sir, you are an idiot but I can't do anything about it. Hence I am a terrorist.
Criticism without giving a solution is nothing short of terrorism.
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His partner Pruthvi Rao
@PointsOfFew
worked for
@Citi
for 8 years across cities and then linked up with Munagala - both seem to be currently in the Bay Area. 4/n
#Data
#Fraud
#DataTheft
#Privacy
#India
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But imagine that - there are over 1,100 hotels in
#Hyderabad
- and assuming an average of 25 rooms across each, and an average occupancy of 75%, with an average of 1.5 people per room - that indicates that up to 1 crore names of hotel residents a year have been sent illegally
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Thread (1/7): So I tried to get tested for
#COVID19
. Really. I have no symptoms, but wanted to be sure.
I got off a flight from Amsterdam yesterday at 0100, and took a cab straight to Kasturba Hospital in
#Mumbai
, the only authorized
#coronavirus
test center in the city.
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So
@snapdeal
lays off 1,000 people. If their salaries average 40k/mth that's a saving of ~48 cr. Which is what each founder's salary is. Hmm
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Meanwhile the US company has an 'affiliate' in India called Zebi Data India
@ZebidataIndia
which is based in Gannavaram, Vijayawada. For a company with little apparent activity, there's a paid up capital of nearly Rs. 3 crores 7/n
#Data
#Fraud
#DataTheft
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The Directors in this Indian company again appear to be the very same
@PointsOfFew
with a co-director Sudheer Kuppam
@SudheerKuppam
another US NRI who's also a Director in a couple of funds 8/n
#Data
#Fraud
#DataTheft
#Privacy
#India
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I took a picture in Bali. Mom embroidered it into art.
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A thread: My personal experience with
#TRPscam
:
(1) It’s been rigged in India for at least 30 years
(2) Not just
@Republic
but many channels benefit
(3) Scam value is up to Rs. 25,000 cr a year
(3) Don't blame Republic, but
@WPP
that owns
@Mindshare
@GroupMworldwide
@Ogilvy
1/n
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Nepal. Perhaps 15 minutes ahead of us in a few ways :-)
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68 countries Indians can visit without a prior visa. My fully updated list :-)
And 173 you can visit easily:)
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Apparently
@IKEA
India did Rs. 2.4 crores (US$350,000) before lunch today in Hyderabad, including it seems Rs.11 lakhs in food. Might make it India's no.1 restaurant, among other records :)
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(7/7) He reiterated "I can't give you the test."
It was 0230 by now, and I gave up. Called a cab, went home.
One thing I know for sure. No matter what the announcements, or WhatsApp forwards, our country is not prepared in the least for
#CoronaVirusInIndia
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Don't fall for this
@Facebook
scam! Just in a new name. Not digital equality but slavery.
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@RakeshKumarAhu1
it didn't stop :) in fact we hired the fake currency printers to print our new currency :-)
@ArvindKejriwal
@CNNnews18
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You say
#AAP
is inexperienced
I say BJP/Cong hv 60 yrs experience in corruption. Better honest novice than mature thief
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Dear
@narendramodi
its fine to set this attack dog on Sonia & Vadra. But keep him off Raghuram Rajan pls? Tx.
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Good to see Ratan Tata at Taj hotel wait for car like everyone else. Mind-blowing to then see him get into a Tata Indigo
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So
@Zomato
took in 1,500cr to do 97cr sales at 137cr loss. If I said a Fixed Deposit would've done better, I'd be called Startup Hater:)
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So what is
#Demonetisation
really all about? We were told it’s to stop terror attacks.
But now the attacks have increased. 1/14
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Woke up for an early flight, dressed in the dark, left for the airport, and then noticed this.
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So
@DasShaktikanta
it's OK for
@Flipkart
to sell potentially insulting goods featuring US flag? Should
@realDonaldTrump
cancel their visas?
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@DevitaSaraf
I've met him in person too & he didn't grope me, so I wouldn't know what kind of dad he is :-)
@vishalgondal
@realDonaldTrump
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Some countries may have moon on their flags
🇵🇰🇹🇷🇹🇳🇱🇾🇦🇿🇩🇿🇲🇾🇲🇻🇲🇷
While some countries may have their flags on the moon
🇺🇸 🇷🇺 🇮🇳 🇨🇳
#Chandrayaan2
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58+ countries Indians can travel to without prior visas. My updated list:
http://p1n.in/visa
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So
@SadhguruJV
will drive a polluting SUV that does 5kmpl to support rivers?
Good, I'll eat some chicken to support vegetarianism.
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I call my driver to tell him to come pick me up. He SMSes me back:
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We’re told
#Demonetisation
hurts criminals & not common man. But no tax criminals have died but 70 common folks have, waiting in line. 6/14
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A friend just said in relation to
#BiharResults
: Our voters may be illiterate, but they are not stupid.
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Storm of CVs from failed startups. But arrogance still remains: ppl wth 2 yrs exp seeking 15L, 6 yrs seeking 35L!
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Govt knows what really matters in
#MumbaiRains
So they won't fix drainage but will spend 3,600 cr on Shivaji statue to lift
#SpiritOfMumbai
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#RaghuramRajan
nudged out by govt. Who probably want to make room for someone more qualified, like
#PahlajNihalani
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Who gives a f? For this milk brand, maybe if the cows had gone to IIM, it might be worth a mention... :-)
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We hv an unplanned, badly executed, lethal & likely ineffective country-wide change & we hv to wait with faith because well,
#AccheDin
14/14
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.
@narendramodi
calls Badal our Mandela. Mandela's kids looted S Africa like Badal's looted Punjab?
#YoBadalSoMandela
Badal Sahab is sitting here...he is the Nelson Mandela of India. He has spent so many years in prison & that too for political reasons: PM
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Why is China ahead of India? Many reasons, our toxic masculinity might be one:
India's popn = China's popn = 1.4 billion
China's workforce = 776 million
India's workforce = 400 million
We don't encourage / allow our women to work. Think of impact to GDP & per cap income it makes
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The Telangana State Fisheries Department building. Curious if they have similar architectural plans for Sanitation and other departments.
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Yes madam, we agree. You're a high-end, top-class, premium-category thief. But what to do. Jail same no madam.
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@vijayshekhar
@IncomeTaxIndia
@FinMinIndia
@nsitharamanoffc
@vijayshekhar
all numbers are visible - as long as you're okay with it
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Entrepreneurship isn't about funding, valuations & exits. It's about a way of life where you're the captain of the ship and not a passenger.
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Voice is data. Roaming is data between 2 points on the net. Both should really be free. Telcos hid this for years. Good work
#RelianceJio4G
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Seems a BJP guy in fake auto driver uniform & AAP cap slapped
@ArvindKejriwal
Stay calm, slap back Jhaadu button on EVM
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The farmers and the billionaire industrialists want loan waivers. Guess it's up to all of us in the middle us to keep the banks afloat :)
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A year ago
@JabongIndia
sought a valuation of $1 billion+.
Now it's selling for 1/20th of that.
That bubble? It just burst.
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Hey
@bookmyshow
&
@fafsters
disappointed u chose to insult every other startup by making a profit. What now, u won't cry 'capital dumping'?
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#KanhaiyaKumar
- this boy will be PM one day, if he doesn't get assassinated first.
See his talk today:
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Thoughtful of
@MVenkaiahNaidu
to tell
#KanhaiyaKumar
to not be a student leader at 28. Sir, you were president of
@ABVPVoice
at 27, right?:)
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Man who benefited most from violence in Gujarat
@narendramodi
now asks for calm, saying says violence benefits nobody :)
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For all the "Hindus & Indians" in the US who are so happy that
@realDonaldTrump
is in power: your parents are next to be strip-searched
1. Story time: was too upset to say this morn, but my Dad - U.S. Citizen for 17 years, born in India - was strip searched last night at IAD
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So
@Flipkart
'dumped' 24,000cr foreign capital here to kill
@indiaplaza
etc But wants govt to stop
@amazonIN
'dumping' 15,000cr against it:)
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So
@Swamy39
says Raghuram Rajan is "mentally not fully Indian". I contend Swamy is mentally not fully alive.
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BJP says
@ArvindKejriwal
slaps are great promotion strategy
Then
#NaMo
&
#RaGa
should get themselves slapped daily na?:)
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So
@BJP4India
stand is "
#KanhaiyaKumar
shouldn't be doing PhD at 29, but unqualified TV actress should be Edu Minister". OK.
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Dear
@BJP4India
guess who in Modi govt raised prices payable to Reliance? Ambani's son-in-law:)
http://t.co/vMeZvJ9ctW
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Trump's win is killing IT stocks.
500/1000 rupee note ban is killing real estate stocks.
Those in IT buying real estate?
You're screwed.
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Need a place to hang in Bandra, Khar, Andheri West, Colaba or Pedder Road? Head to
@godoolally
- doors are open, chai's on us.
#MumbaiRains
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Dear China, thank you for offering to mediate between us and Pakistan. Can we help you mediate between you and Taiwan? Warm regards, India
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Hey copy-paste entrepreneurs and VCs of copy-paste startups - here's 17 ready-made businesses for you!
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No license. Drunk driving. Overspeeding. Killing innocents. Running away. Lying. Covering up. Hey Bollywood, what are you defending?
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Let
@Flipkart
be a lesson in seeking ridiculous over-valuation. You'll end up with your firm being run by the VC.
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Hey
@YESBANK
thanks for sending a credit card. It's 8cm x 5cm and weighs 5 grams. However your packaging and useless junk around it is 30cm x 20cm X 5cm and weighs 1 kilogram+.
No thanks for cluttering the planet. I'm not impressed.
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I congratulate HRD Minister
@smritiirani
for saving the future of Indian education with this brilliant innovation!
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The answer to student suicides is to educate parents to not care for kids getting into IIT. Not to make ceiling fans in Kota hanging-proof.
Kota hostels to get ceiling fans with springs and sensors to check suicides
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Just boarded
@emirates
and the song playing is "I believe I can fly".
Hopefully that's more assertive than speculative.
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So
@narendramodi
's interview with Rajat Sharma is like
@udaychopra
's audition with his brother for Dhoom. Fixed & useless
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WhatsApp founder got turned down by Fb for a job. 4 years later Fb pays $19bn for the decision
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Is
@Chinmayi
a vindictive liar? She harassed me to remove
@RajanLeaks
from
http://t.co/6d5jFOPW
I said no: now she has him jailed
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Idris Latif was India's Air Chief. India has had military chiefs who were Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Parsis, Christians... you name it.
So Pakistan appoints a Ahmedi as Chief of Army staff. Well done. Impossible to minorities in India to reach at positions of power.
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So Nepalis want our media out of there. We don't seem to want them either. Where then? Pakistan?
http://t.co/Vh8cKx0Ael
#GoHomeIndianMedia
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Me to investor in
@hikeapp
: No one uses it, numbers are fraud
He: We know
Me: Then why?
He: He'll inherit
@airtelindia
good to be connected
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