While growth in manufacturing jobs is mostly about SMEs & MSMEs these numbers about the growth of large but mostly automated units do have a trickle down impact and help India’s balance of payments. We must pursue Make in India

The incessant rains in Delhi this year could give Mumbai monsoons a complex! Never seen such consistency and intensity of rains in 25+ years in this city. Seasonal total rainfall already at 175% at >1100 mm. #DelhiRains

This mailer from News18 claims 64% market share of the English TV News genre citing BARC data. TIMES NOW #2 at 20.6% | @Republic 11.4% | IndiaToday 4.3%. Target audience defined as 2-40 year Males! Why not 18-55 & females? Surely 2-15 year olds are not prime news watchers.

In Mumbai they just call it bAI. As in kaamwali.😉

India beat Pakistan🇵🇰 2-1 in Asian Champions Trophy to top group. India 🇮🇳thus won all their 5 group games. They earlier beat Malaysia 🇲🇾 8-1; beat Japan🇯🇵 5-1; beat South Korea🇰🇷 3-1 & beat China 🇨🇳 3-0.

NCP leader Sharad Pawar's opposition has held up #Mumbai AC local train upgrade plan. The plan to convert Mumbai's local trains into AC fleet is ready to be implemented, but has been put on hold due to politican opposition and it is Mumbaikars themselves who need to form an

Happy Onam!!

• What do u call a baby Hippo? • A Potamus.🦛 #SundayFunday

India's 1st 'liberalization' generation- whose lifestyles leaped from their parents' 'survival' existence -is about to retire. The next generation (GenZ)- born to relative comfort & the internet - does not want to repeat their lives. Great op-ed by Monika Halan 🇮🇳 in today's HT.

ET #SuitsandSayings thinks Sanjay Nayar is MAKING THE MOVE for InCred, formerly KKR which he headed. Wonders why Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani, KM Birla, Chandra didn’t make a GUEST APPEARANCE at the AbuDhabi Crown Prince’ lunch! Who’s in a FARMHOUSE FRACAS after the mega-listing?

The best coffee I’ve had at a coffee shop in recent times was at BreadTalk at Ambience mall, Gurgaon. I love a double-shot flat white and I can swear the storied names in coffee don’t even come close. Bangalore’s Hatti kaapi though remains my #1. #CoffeeBreak

Good to see Preeti Choudhry catch the nuance that senior AAP leaders (Gopal Rai & Somnath Bharati) feel a sense of resentment that Atishi has been made #DelhiChiefMinister and are at pains to say she is a stop-gap choice till AK comes back!

India are playing China in the final of the Asian Champions Trophy. No points for guessing who the Pakistan Hockey team are supporting in the finals.

Olmypic bronze medal winners are India are now Asia Hockey Champions! 🙌 Beat China 1-0 in the Asian Champions Trophy.

The average waiting time for a Doctors appointment & Non-emergency surgery in the Western world. A reality check for those despondent about healthcare standards in India.

In a country where the number of fliers is growing by the day & the choice of airlines is shrinking (now effectively down to 2) we urgently need an empowered body that can exclusively safeguard passenger interests. Great op-ed in today’s Hindustan Times by Anjuli Bhargava #Airtravel

The untimely death of a 26 year old EY employee has sent shockwaves through corporate India & turned the spotlight on the issue of toxic work environments & overworked employees. I discussed this issue on Shreya Dhoundial ‘s show on Mirror Now #workstress