Had excellent Abhishekam darshan at Tirumala today. H1B equivalent of TTD ticket (booked in 2007 and darshan in 2025)-Just waited for 18 years

Respected IT minister and CM, @OffDSB @revanth_anumula , This is not working in T App Folio which is important for lakhs of pensioners. Please help

Standing united for justice! The Endocrine Society of India supports our young doctors on hunger strike, demanding accountability for the grievous crime at R G Kar Medical College. We call upon all healthcare professionals to join us in our 24 hour fast from 6AM on Oct 14th

This is long, but worth your time. Please read and share widely. I just came to know about this. A well meaning Endocrinologist and Diabetes specialist @PremNarayanan9 has been sued and dragged to Court by an Ayurvedic company (IndusViva) that makes a quack product called iCoffee for control of diabetes and weight reduction. The defamation suit is for $60,000 (50,00,000 INR). The good doctor had made a one-minute reel on the product, discussing the factual lack of efficacy and safety studies of iCoffee, in good quality human trials. He was sent a legal notice to take down the video, which he did. The video (with English subs) is linked in the next post (tweet). But thereafter, a defamation suit was filed at the Bangalore Civil Court against him, by the company, demanding payment for "monetary loss." In the defamation suit (which I have read through), the manufacturer (IndusViva) mentions that they are a multi-level marketing company and their product is "well tested." The first part of the statement is true, but the second part, not so. iCoffee contains: Salcital (extract from Salacia reticulata herb) Premium Coorg Coffee (in decaffeinated form) Velvet Bean (Mucuna pruriens) extract and an iCoffee Creamer which has 22% Salcitol The price for 50 sachets is 3000INR ($36) This is very expensive for an untested product advertised through extraordinary claims and sold through a pyramid scheme. Extract of Salacia is not standardized in the product. The extract dose is not mentioned. Salacia extract is supposedly beneficial at minimum 1000mg where it acts on glucose absorption in intestines, which still remains to be proven in large quality Phase II and Phase III trials. How much of Salacia does this product contain? No idea. The effectiveness of Salacia in diabetes is questionable since the quality of evidence is very poor and only based on small human studies. examine.com/supplements/sala… There is literally ZERO studies peer-reviewed and published on iCoffee in medical literature. ZERO. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?ter… The only study that the manufacturer IndusViva cites showcasing "effectivness" of its quack coffee product, in the defamation suit, is actually a substandard study published in a garbage, third-rate, predatory journal called Indian Journal of Medical and Allied Research, the website of which clearly says they will accept papers "within 24 hours." Clownery from IndusViva company at its peak. And I could not even find that study. ijmar.in/ iCoffee also contains Mucuna puriens or Velvet Bean extract which is a high source of L-Dopamine which carries the risk of the side-effects of L-DOPA, which include several gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms. Like other herbs, it always carries a risk of negative interactions with various medications - meaning it can interact with your real diabetes medications. examine.com/supplements/mucu… iCoffee is a quack product and its marketing is based on flimsy evidence. There is no data of iCoffee improving diabetes or reducing weight. There is no data on its safety and side-effects in the short and long term. Please be aware of such products. I love coffee. Standard black coffee. But this iCoffee, I would not touch with a 10 ft pole. And please support doctors like @PremNarayanan9 who bring evidence-based medicine to the people at great personal cost. I hope he wins in Court.

@PMOIndia Sir It's very sad to see your office, the Health minister's office and the FSSAI pushing something as important as follows under the carpet. Johnson&Johnson seems to be more important than the lives of millions of children thesouthfirst.com/health/thi… Pls help me with this. Children, old people, people with diabetes, and all others deserve to get to buy and drink the correct WHO recommended formula ORS to correct dehydration and PREVENT DIARRHOEAL DEATHS. DO NOT BUY ORSL, REBALANZVITORS etc which are high sugar drinks which will worsen the diarrhoea. Please read the disclaimers on their labels that THEY SHOULDN'T BE GIVEN DURING DIARRHOEA AND THAT THEY ARE NOT ORS. Dr Sivaranjani Santosh

Pathetic state of Parking fees collection at RGIA Hyderabad exit gate, It takes more time to come out of the parking than the total flight duration, Repeated offence, Can someone capable be entrusted the job @RGIAHyd @MoCA_GoI @JM_scindia @vksingh_gen

My 1st telugu story published today.

Not expected this sort of service from a brand known for customer friendliness. Trying to call up Falaknuma for last two days and those guys don't bother at all. @TajHotels @RNTata2000

Tharoor means Chandy??@ShashiTharoor

Back into action after a long hiatus. Thanks to Twitter for unsuspending my account. Take care & Stay Safe

Achhe din kab aayenge???

The irony of the situation is that everybody else is trying to help me, except for the people whom I worked for more than two decades.

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