Saurabh Todi
@saurabhtodi
Analysing geopolitics of emerging technologies, especially nuclear energy and biotechnology. @miis and @ucdavis alum. Tweets = personal; RT ≠ endorsements.
My latest article in @NikkeiAsia argues for India to fully allow private sector in the nuclear energy sector. Budget announcement on SMRs and recent reports of private sector interest are encouraging. However, effective implementation is key. asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/It-s-t…
+100 there should be no India-Pakistan cricket matches even in international tournaments. Either Pakistan is in. Or india is in. India should even be willing to forfeit matches in knockout rounds against Pakistan until Pakistan is thrown out of ICC.
#WATCH | During the discussion on Operation Sindoor in the House, AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi says, "Does your conscience allow you to ask the family members of the people who were killed in Baisaran to watch India's cricket match with Pakistan?... We are stopping 80% of Pakistan's…
China is moving ahead with its plan to build a hydroelectric project on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet. India should be concerned. But appropriately. My Mint column livemint.com/opinion/online…
Indian IT services is one of the most nimble sectors that competes with the best in the world. This further shows that they are adapting proactively and not sleeping at the wheel. Long TCS.
🚨 An important story this Sunday afternoon on TCS TCS to cut 2% of workforce, affecting 12,000 employees amid skill gap and tech shift With @shaw_reshab and @debanganaghosh4 moneycontrol.com/news/business/…
Let’s see if BCCI bows down on this. There’s significant pressure on them for now. But if they don’t budge, will be for all to see the hollowness of the loud declarations by govt about Indian resolve against Pak sponsored terror. Money would win over dead Indians.
+100. Hit on the right button. Its a shame on GOI if it allows cricket matches w/Pak to go on.
Why can't MPs book through the same portal used by the people who elect them and who they represent? Why do they need a separate booking portal?
🚨Railways to launch a dedicated online train tickets booking portal exclusively for Members of parliament (MPs). Portal will allow MPs to book and cancel reserved tickets with ease.
That part on the past “choices” of UPA’s foreign policy vis a vis its posturing today on Pakistan and China, was essentially the first political or public head to head between EAM Jaishankar’s approach versus Amb Shiv Shankar Menon’s approach.
I love dogs. I especially love street dogs. I can befriend pretty much any street dog and get along with them. But there’s no doubt in my mind that there’s a street dog crisis in India. 20,000 human deaths from rabies every year is a serious issue. I’ve been saying this for a…
Supreme Court takes suo motu cognisance of a media report highlighting deaths caused by rabies due to stray dog attacks on children and the elderly. Bench: Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan #SupremeCourt
Waiting for Trump to take credit for this 😬☠️
#BREAKING: IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL CEASEFIRE BETWEEN THAILAND AND CAMBODIA AT MIDNIGHT Malaysian PM @anwaribrahim announces breakthrough after talks between acting Thai PM @phumtham and Cambodia PM Hun Manet in Putrajaya
BESCOM has laid 6,521 km of underground power cables in Bengaluru, sharply reducing transformer failures (from 18.9% to 9.2%) and curbing theft. Distribution losses in the city fell from 9.26% in 2018–19 to 6.68% in 2023–24. deccanherald.com/india/karnatak…
I'm hopeful the order will be about protecting the lives of the poor. Not a order to protect dogs from potential hate crime where you get jailed for 2 months for hitting a dog with a stick. But given it's Indian judiciary anything can happen.
🔴#BREAKING | 'Very alarming news report': Supreme Court takes suo moto cognizance in stray dog case
If this dharna-culture continues, the demand for a Presidential system will only grow. In no time, people will support an authoritarian system, removing all checks on the govt. Mobs deserve to be purged for the sake of democracy. news18.com/india/parliame…
The situation can be partly mitigated by increasing the scale of intake. A much larger student body allows for fixed costs to be spread out. But then that directly eats up into private college seats which are owned by politicians.
Largely accurate. Indira Gandhi obviously took the helm when India was not in a very good place in 1966. At the same time, it’s hard to argue that she left India in a much better place in 1984. If it were not for 1971, the Indira years were almost disastrous.
Quite a few people here are comparing Indira Gandhi, whose first tenure as PM lasted 11 years (1966-77) with Narendra Modi, who has now been PM for as long (2014-2025). Here’s how I think they stack up: 1. Economy: Modi > Indira. [This is a no-brainer, not because NM has been…
I like this framing. It’s quite accurate. Especially —> “Further up the economic ladder you go, the more people outsource empathy to systems or logic.”
Skin in the game isn’t just about risk exposure , it’s also about emotional proximity Further up the economic ladder you go, the more people outsource empathy to systems or logic At the bottom, where shared stakes are raw real, skin in the game becomes instinctive, not…
The cost for UPI should be paid from taxes or dividend paid by RBI. UPI works so well and is so successful because it is free. To start charging for it would be very shortsighted in a country where there is a real dearth of public goods for all.
Free UPI has borne good fruits, but cost of service has to be paid: RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra indianexpress.com/article/busine…
This report quotes my colleague @prof_nithiya newsweek.com/china-worlds-l…
This is for Solar, which is pitched heavily since the last decade, a global international organisation exists with HQ in 🇮🇳 Imagine the barriers existing there for the critical energy sector of nuclear energy with significant advantages in medicine/agriculture/food…
The biggest threat to Indian democracy are opposition parties that are in fact family businesses led by political princes and princesses. share.google/FaeyLp8xOuxNPq…
Couldn't be there but Tema India with the vision of Sh. Haresh Sippy ji and the team led by Sh. Sunil Kubal, is a pioneer in Indian Nuclear Energy sector! Amazing team! A great opportunity for Indian MSMEs to learn from their vision and expertise if they seek to enter the…
NPCIL and BARC officials inaugurated TEMA India’s state-of-the-art private test facility for depleted heavy water upgradation, designed under BARC tech transfer & NPCIL Purchase Order. #AtmaNirbharBharat (1/3)