As Team India gets set for the Women's World Cup, here's a message of encouragement from someone who has inspired generations of cricketers: @sachin_rt

As the Women in Blue begin their T20 World Cup journey, Apollo Tyres stands behind their courage, their belief and every mile that brought them here. This is more than support for a team; it is a salute to the rise of women’s cricket in India, and to every girl who now knows the game belongs to her too. #HarSafarMeinDumHai

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Deeply devastated by the tragic news from the Gulf of Oman. Three innocent Indian civilian seafarers — Patnala Suresh, Shivanand Chaurasiya, and Aditya Sharma — have lost their lives following a targeted US precision military strike on the commercial oil tanker, M/T Settebello. These men were not combatants. They were civilian mariners doing their jobs, caught in the crossfire of a geopolitical standoff. I strongly support the Government of India's swift and firm response in calling out this unacceptable overreach. By summoning the US Chargé d'Affaires to lodge a strong protest and forcefully raising the matter at the United Nations, New Delhi has made it clear that Indian lives are not acceptable “collateral damage”. While the US enforces its maritime blockade, it must cease and desist from targeting commercial civilian infrastructure and crews. A military strike on an engine room, knowing civilians are on board, is unjustifiable. Global maritime forces have plenty of non-lethal methods to intercept, redirect, or board non-compliant vessels. Resorting to missile strikes that kill civilian crews must stop immediately. Freedom of navigation must apply to the safety of the sailors who power global trade. I hope india firmly demands this of its US interlocutors since practically every ship in those waters carries Indian crew. Our deepest prayers are with the bereaved families. We stand with you. 🕉️ शांति!

The Oberoi Concours d’Elegance 2026 offered a stirring tribute to the world of classic motoring. Across three unforgettable days, from 21–23 February 2026, exceptional automobiles and motorcycles, storied provenance and masterful design came together in an atmosphere of elegance, prestige and old-world charm. Set against the iconic beauty of The Oberoi Udaivilas, the event was not merely a showcase of remarkable machines, but a tribute to heritage, artistry and the enduring spirit of motoring excellence. We were honoured to share this vision with our esteemed partners and sponsors - @bmwindia_official, @bmwclassic, @thomasgoode_india, @taruntahiliani, @rollsroycecars and @rolex, whose partnership elevated this celebration of excellence. #DrivenbyExcellence #TheOberoiConcours2026 Know More: youtu.be/OYCEbBOuOxo

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The Oberoi Concours d’Elegance 2026 - YouTube - Probably the most spectacular event I have had the good fortune to attend in many years ! @OberoiHotels youtube.com/watch?v=OYCEbBOu…

From the surface of the Moon, Earth appears as a glowing blue sphere and that's where we live Every city, every ocean, every life exists on that distant planet hanging in the sky. From the silent and lifeless Moon, Earth looks vibrant, full of color and motion. This view reminds us how small we are in the vast universe, yet how special our home truly is. A distant world in the sky... but everything we know is there.

Probably one of the coolest things I was lucky enough to attend in a while ! Oberoi Concours d’Elegance 2026: Inside India’s most regal motoring weekend | GQ India gqindia.com/content/oberoi-c…

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MESSAGE I wholeheartedly endorse the powerful appeal for peace made by the Holy Father, Pope Leo, during his Palm Sunday Mass. His call for the laying down of arms and the renunciation of violence resonated profoundly with me, as it speaks to the very essence of what all major religions teach. Indeed, whether we look to Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism or any of the world's great spiritual traditions, the message is fundamentally the same: love, compassion, tolerance, and self-discipline. Violence finds no true home in any of these teachings. History has shown us time and again that violence only begets more violence and is never a lasting foundation for peace. An enduring resolution to conflict, including the ones we see in the Middle East or between Russia and Ukraine, must be rooted in dialogue, diplomacy and mutual respect — approached with the understanding that, at the deepest level, we are all brothers and sisters. I urge for and pray that the violence and conflicts may soon come to an end. DALAI LAMA 31 March 2026

The damage is actually minor - this high octane reporting is very unnerving as a lot of Indians have friends & family there . The local authorities are doing a superlative job of keeping things under control .

This is such a powerful initiative by Dubai 🇦🇪 Through Bread for All, anyone in need — especially delivery riders and low-income workers — can access a hot, fresh meal with dignity. 🍽️ One Emirates ID = One Meal💯 No cash. No questions. Just kindness. Kiosks are available near mosques, and all locations are listed on the official Bread for All website. This is what real care for people looks like. This is Dubai 🤍 #BreadForAll #DubaiInitiatives #KindnessInDubai #NoOneSleepsHungry #HumanityFirst

Today I used the Emirates terminal in Dubai. Contrary to the videos circulating on social media, there was hardly any congestion. Check-in was extremely smooth and swift, and the flight departed on time. The aircraft itself was full. Just a reminder: don’t believe everything you see on social media. Verify before forming an opinion.

Everyone is watching the oil price. Nobody is watching the water. Eight of the ten largest desalination plants on earth sit on the coast of the Arabian Peninsula. They produce roughly sixty percent of all desalinated water on the planet. One hundred million people drink what these facilities manufacture from seawater every single day. Kuwait gets ninety percent of its drinking water from desalination. Oman eighty six percent. Saudi Arabia seventy percent. Without these plants, the most powerful petroleum states on earth become uninhabitable within days. On March 2, Iranian missile debris struck a power station in Fujairah that feeds one of the world’s largest desalination facilities. Interceptor fragments started a fire at Kuwait’s Doha West power and water desalination complex. Neither plant was destroyed. Neither was directly targeted. Both incidents were classified as collateral damage from nearby interceptions. That distinction is the most important signal in the entire war and almost nobody has framed it correctly. Iran has the coordinates of every desalination plant in the Gulf. The IRGC has struck Fujairah, Kuwait City, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Doha, and Bahrain with ballistic missiles and drones over the past seven days. It has hit refineries, military bases, embassies, and power stations. It has not hit a single desalination plant directly. This is not incompetence. This is calibration. Iran is telling the Gulf states something without saying it aloud: we can turn off your water supply whenever we decide the cost of restraint exceeds the cost of escalation. The near miss is the message. The power station next to the plant burns while the plant itself keeps running. That is not an accident. That is a threat delivered with engineering precision. Now connect this to the structural fact that changes the entire risk calculus. Iran’s military operates under Mosaic Defense doctrine, restructured after studying America’s decapitation of Iraq in 2003. Thirty one autonomous provincial commands, each with independent targeting authority, each designed to continue fighting without orders from Tehran. Khamenei is dead. The central command that decided which targets to strike and which to spare has been destroyed. The restraint on desalination was a centralized strategic decision. The commanders who now hold independent authority over regional missile batteries inherited that restraint. They are under no institutional obligation to maintain it. In 1991 Iraq pumped crude oil into Kuwait’s desalination water intakes during the Gulf War. Kuwait imported 750 emergency water tankers. Recovery took years. The Gulf states in 2026 are orders of magnitude more dependent on desalination than Kuwait was then. The population is larger. The consumption is higher. The alternative freshwater sources are zero. The oil market is pricing a supply disruption. It is not pricing the possibility that the Persian Gulf’s most critical infrastructure is one autonomous IRGC commander’s targeting decision away from turning the richest countries on earth into humanitarian emergencies. The restraint is the weapon. And the hand that held the leash is dead. open.substack.com/pub/shanak…