A day after Russian attacks left 80% of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, without running water, the supply to homes throughout the city has been fully restored, local officials said. nyti.ms/3TVRths

🧵 ...Good thread.

Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, reported $42.4 billion in net income in the third quarter.

Aramco is the latest oil company to report large profits amid high petroleum prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February.
nyti.ms/3WhFHzs

Quite a sight when a massive A380 aborts landing at the last minute... during a storm.

youtu.be/n6qD5sAxcJc

Good overview - various kinds of turbulences you may encounter during a flight, and their causes.

And remember - always fasten seat belts when seated, even when the seat-belts sign is switched off!

youtu.be/GUYboL86HEM

Do you know what this molecule is?

Acetylcholine is a chemical used to transmit messages between nerve cells.

#Onthisday in 1914 Henry Dale published a paper on the action of the molecule. He received the 1936 medicine prize for his work on its role in our nervous system.

OTD in 1954, Industrial Development Engineering Associates began selling the Regency TR-1, the first-ever commercial transistor radio. The radio, designed in collaboration with Texas Instruments, would herald a wide variety of transistor-based innovation. regencytr1.com

We keep on getting regular messages with 'promotional packages' for PR.
Leading daily used to contact earlier with an annual package for just mentioning the name in print edition for related/unrelated topics.
Noticing my zero presence there, my non medico friends used to ask 👇

WhatsApp's Business bet takes off in India, revenues set to cross $1 bn next year moneycontrol.com/news/business/…

Amit Paranjape dipanita nath Long before that the musical play was started in my hometown #belgaum

Apple supplier Foxconn quadruples bonuses to staff hit by China COVID lockdown reuters.com/world/china/ap…

.Emirates Airline starts work on Premium Economy seats in 120 aircraft (I guess most of their A380s)

Wonder what took them so long?

Premium Economy are higher margin seats...and common on many big international airlines.
khaleejtimes.com/aviation/dubai…

Almost all medical awards, 'featured articles' are available for a price.

Only way to reduce this fraud is by people actually staying away from such awarded and 'special edition ' doctors.

Indeed...and hence very important that the growth engine in Maharashtra moves full steam ahead.

The state of students hostels at quite a few of our top government run engineering and medical colleges is quite sad.

Bad maintenance and shortage of rooms. Poor living conditions.

Student hostels are often the last priority in infrastructure projects funding.

.SpaceX successfully launches Falcon Heavy for the fourth time ever tcrn.ch/3h2h0a7

Falcon Heavy’s side boosters have landed – marking the 150th and 151st recovery of orbital class rockets

Good milestone!

Any update on the opening timeframe for the full routes of Line-1 and Line-2? Pune Metro Rail

#OTD in 1982 laureate James Allison published a paper in the Journal of Immunology identifying the protein structure of the T cell receptor, a previously mysterious ignition switch for immune response.

His research led to a new way to treat cancer by using our own immune systems