# ![@RShivshankar Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::635895185.png) @RShivshankar Rahul Shivshankar

Rahul Shivshankar posts on X about india, bangladesh, tariffs, china the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[countries](/list/countries)  #2600 [finance](/list/finance)  13.9% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  2.14% [stocks](/list/stocks)  1.07% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  1.07% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  1.07% [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands)  1.07% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  1.07% [currencies](/list/currencies)  0.53% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  0.53%

**Social topic influence**
[india](/topic/india) #334, [bangladesh](/topic/bangladesh) #268, [tariffs](/topic/tariffs) 5.35%, [china](/topic/china) 4.81%, [in the](/topic/in-the) #691, [iran](/topic/iran) 4.28%, [money](/topic/money) 3.21%, [products](/topic/products) 2.67%, [russia](/topic/russia) 2.67%, [venezuela](/topic/venezuela) 2.67%

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**Top assets mentioned**
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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"INDIA-E.U. "MOTHER OF ALL TRADE DEALS" IRKS U.S. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: We put 25% tariffs on India for buying Russian oil. Guess what happened last week EU signed a trade deal with India. Russian oil goes into India refined products come out and Europeans buy the refined products. They are financing the war against themselves. SO WILL U.S SLAP 25% PUNITIVE SANCTIONS ON E.U. TOO https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015968803809853666 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015968803809853666"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2015968803809853666)  2026-01-27T02:03Z 309.7K followers, 59K engagements


"WHAT MODI AND VON DER LEYEN WON'T ADMIT IN PUBLIC: The India-E.U. deal will strengthen and diversify critical supply chains in clean tech pharma and semiconductors by reducing over-dependence on any single country especially China and U.S"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2016044673769603282)  2026-01-27T07:04Z 309.7K followers, 118.8K engagements


"WHAT IS BENGAL CM SUGGESTING Speaking on Ajit Pawar's crash MAMATA BANERJEE: "Nobody is secure. Supreme Court monitored proper investigation is required.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2016408240284926011)  2026-01-28T07:09Z 309.7K followers, 190.1K engagements


"NO MR BESSENT. UNLIKE U.S EUROPE'S ACCEPTED INDIA'S RISE AND FINALLY SEEN THROUGH U.S. HYPOCRISY. US Treasury Secretary slams Europe for trade deal with India Europe is putting trade over the interests of the Ukrainian people. America put 25% tariffs on India for buying Russian oil. Europe did not because they wanted this deal with India https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016700519482609737 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016700519482609737"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2016700519482609737)  2026-01-29T02:30Z 309.7K followers, 37.9K engagements


"NYC MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI EXPRESSES ALARM OVER ATTACK ON JEWISH CHABAD HOUSE IN THE BIG APPLE. Doesnt a proverb says "If you sow the wind you shall reap the whirlwind.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2016737788528591090)  2026-01-29T04:58Z 309.7K followers, 16.4K engagements


"ECO SURVEY: India's FY27 GDP projected to grow by 6.8-7.2% The outlook for FY27 is one of steady growth amid global uncertainty requiring caution but not pessimism"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2016771682967732327)  2026-01-29T07:13Z 309.7K followers, [----] engagements


"BREAKING NEWS: The European Union has declared the Revolutionary Guards a terrorist organization"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2016904506014126355)  2026-01-29T16:01Z 309.7K followers, 42.3K engagements


"WHEN INDIA TOLD CANADA STOP SHELTERING K-GROUPS THEY LECTURED US ON FREE SPEECH. Now when Trump courts Canadian separatists they are accusing them of treason. David Eby Premier British Columbia: To go to a foreign country and to ask for assistance in breaking up Canada there's an old-fashioned word for that. And that word is treason." https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017070312089931860 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017070312089931860"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2017070312089931860)  2026-01-30T03:00Z 309.7K followers, 272.8K engagements


"As demand grows to bar non Hindus at Mahakal Temple more priests demand same across all [--] Jyotirlingas. Here's my view in @Openthemag on why barring non-Hindus from temples corrects a historical imbalance. I know the left ecosystem will be triggered but can they deny the facts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2017449243511062594)  2026-01-31T04:05Z 309.7K followers, 20.9K engagements


""NO TO CHINA LED BLOCS YES TO FAIR TRADE." In an interview to me Piyush Goyal was most scathing when discussing the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). He stated categorically that the NDA government would never conclude a deal with China-led trading blocs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2017582551968452841)  2026-01-31T12:55Z 309.7K followers, 32.2K engagements


"GOLD AND SILVER CRASH WHY + US dollar has strengthened sharply while US bond yields remain elevated on expectations that interest rates will stay higher for longer. + Profit booking + Silver has industrial demand concerns over global growth weakening"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2017817105400258724)  2026-02-01T04:27Z 309.7K followers, 24.8K engagements


"FM: CAPEX AT HIGHEST EVER AT [----] LAKH CRs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2017838568442409105)  2026-02-01T05:52Z 309.7K followers, 26.9K engagements


"NO.1 on TV No.1 on YT Thank you for your trust. [---] lakh concurrent views. @CNNnews18 Makes Sense"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2017858189803565063)  2026-02-01T07:10Z 309.7K followers, [----] engagements


"THE OP SINDOOR EFFECT: Allocation on Intelligence gathering up [--] fold. 21% rise in Defence capital expenditure in this budget"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2017873760725176645)  2026-02-01T08:12Z 309.7K followers, 12.2K engagements


"PAK HAS HAD ENOUGH THRASHINGS FOR A LIFETIME"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2017972294405202137)  2026-02-01T14:44Z 309.7K followers, 216K engagements


"WHY SIT ON THE FENCE GIVE PAK THE BOOT. "ICC hopes that the PCB will consider the significant and long-term implications for cricket in its own country." Doesn't not participating in a multi-lateral tournament mean automatic expulsion So what's ICC waiting for"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2018152321382007069)  2026-02-02T02:39Z 309.7K followers, 60.7K engagements


"BIG BREAKING: Trump announces landmark US-India trade Deal: India to halt Russian Oil Purchases boost American Energy Buys Tariffs Slashed to 18%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2018369711164256750)  2026-02-02T17:03Z 309.7K followers, 80.6K engagements


"TRUMP ANNOUNCES INDO-U.S. TRADE DEAL It was an Honor to speak with Prime Minister Modi of India this morning.He is one of my greatest friends and a Powerful and Respected Leader of his Country.We spoke about many things including Trade and ending the War with Russia and Ukraine.He agreed to stop buying Russian Oil and to buy much more from the United States and potentially Venezuela.This will help END THE WAR in Ukraine which is taking place right now with thousands of people dying each and every week Out of friendship and respect for Prime Minister Modi and as per his request effective"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2018372297149800897)  2026-02-02T17:13Z 309.7K followers, 61.7K engagements


"IMP: OVER $8bn OF INDIA'S EXPORTS MAY STILL FACE HIGHER TARIFFS. A 10th of Indias exports to U.S. worth $8.3 billion will still face tariffs of 25% or more. Duties levied under Sec [---] of Trade Expansion Act of [----] would remain untouched as they have for others"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2018391317597073559)  2026-02-02T18:29Z 309.8K followers, 40.8K engagements


"SHOCKING FOOTAGE: Islamic State militants set off explosions and roamed among passenger planes during an attack at Niger's main international airport according to footage distributed by SITE Intelligence Group which tracks jihadist activity worldwide"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2018503112747868627)  2026-02-03T01:53Z 309.8K followers, 64K engagements


"WHILE THE FINE PRINT IS YET TO BE MADE PUBLIC here's a ready reckoner to help understand the deal: * Average tariff cap fixed at 18% * Applies across select traded goods & sectors * Replaces higher fragmented duty structures WHY THIS DEAL MATTERS * Strengthens strategic partnership * Signals global economic alignment * Counters supply chain disruptions * Reinforces Indo-Pacific cooperation SECTORS LIKELY TO BENEFIT * IT & Digital Services * Pharmaceuticals * Agriculture & Food Processing * Defense & Aerospace * Clean Energy * Manufacturing & Electronics LONG TERM ECONOMIC IMPACT * Trade"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2018528673289388473)  2026-02-03T03:35Z 309.8K followers, 23K engagements


"HOW A SECTION OF U.S. MEDIA IS REPORTING THE DEAL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2018541300212265311)  2026-02-03T04:25Z 309.7K followers, 94.1K engagements


"BJP MPS FELICITATE THE MAN AND THE MOMENT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2018543625182024105)  2026-02-03T04:34Z 309.7K followers, 134.2K engagements


"UNDER REPORTED ANGLE: Trump says India will buy $500 billion of U.S. goods. But India's total goods imports in FY25 stood at 720$bn. This mean he expects India's economy will super size. That by itself is big news"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2018586597890138138)  2026-02-03T07:25Z 309.7K followers, 207.2K engagements


"Three Big Takeaways from Govt Sources take on the India-US Trade Deal. Broken first on CNN NEWS [--] TAKEAWAY [--] + NO COMPROMISE ON FARM DIARY AND AGRI SECTORS + INTEREST OF FARMERS WONT BE COMPROMISED *GOVT SOURCE* TAKEAWAY [--] + INDIA WILL CONTINUE TO PUT PEOPLE FIRST WHILE DECIDING OIL PURCHASE STRATEGY +INDIA WILL BE BUYING FROM ONLY NON-SANCTIONED ENTITIES + INDIA RESERVES ITS EIGHT TO BUY OIL FROM MARKETS THAT PROVIDE BEST PRICES *GOVT SOURCE* TAKEAWAY [--] ON TRUMPS $500 BILLION CLAIM GOVT SOURCE CLEARLY SAYS THAT INCREMENTAL PURCHASE AND INVESTMENT IN BIG US SECTORS OVER 6-7 YEARS *GOVT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2018600376849608852)  2026-02-03T08:20Z 309.7K followers, 109.4K engagements


"Three Big Takeaways from Govt Sources take on the India-US Trade Deal broken first on CNN NEWS [--]. TAKEAWAY [--] + NO COMPROMISE ON FARM DIARY AND AGRI SECTORS + INTEREST OF FARMERS WONT BE COMPROMISED *GOVT SOURCE* TAKEAWAY [--] + INDIA WILL CONTINUE TO PUT PEOPLE FIRST WHILE DECIDING OIL PURCHASE STRATEGY +INDIA WILL BE BUYING FROM ONLY NON-SANCTIONED ENTITIES + INDIA RESERVES ITS EIGHT TO BUY OIL FROM MARKETS THAT PROVIDE BEST PRICES *GOVT SOURCE* TAKEAWAY [--] ON TRUMPS $500 BILLION CLAIM GOVT SOURCE CLEARLY SAYS THAT INCREMENTAL PURCHASE AND INVESTMENT IN BIG US SECTORS OVER 6-7 YEARS *GOVT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2018601328075735315)  2026-02-03T08:23Z 309.8K followers, 15.3K engagements


"BREAKING: AIR INDIA & INDIGO WING TIPS COLLIDE AT MUMBAI AIRPORT. BOTH AIRCRAFT HAD PASSENGERS ON BOARD. AIR INDIA WAS PUSHING BACK FOR TAKE OFF AND INDIGO WAS TAXIING AFTER LANDING"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2018721883966132393)  2026-02-03T16:22Z 309.7K followers, 74.9K engagements


"Dear @Shehzad_Ind sorry to hear this. Hope justice is done. Hope your mother recovers. Keeping her in my prayers. God bless. A few hours ago an extremely disgusting human being ran his car over my mother deliberately - leaving her seriously injured and ran away. She will be undergoing a surgery very soon. Kindly pray for her. My mother is one of the kindest & nicest human beings and for her to be https://t.co/WzWMXRPDC0 A few hours ago an extremely disgusting human being ran his car over my mother deliberately - leaving her seriously injured and ran away. She will be undergoing a surgery very"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2018731985607544969)  2026-02-03T17:03Z 309.7K followers, 87.6K engagements


"NO ASPIRING GLOBAL POWER CAN RUN PRIMARY DEFICITS WITH ITS PRIMARY RIVAL. Chinas envoy calls IndiaChina ties improving as trade hits a record $155.6 bn in [----]. HARD FACT: this relationship is structurally skewed in Chinas favour undermining India's autonomy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2018866897723486499)  2026-02-04T01:59Z 309.7K followers, 53.5K engagements


"WH Press Secretary Leavitt claims REPEATS TRUMP'S POST: "India committed to not only no longer purchasing Russian oil but buying oil from the United States also perhaps from Venezuela too which will now have a direct benefit on the US and American people. PM Modi committed to an investment of $500 billion into the United States including energy transportation and agricultural products." https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018870121239093450 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018870121239093450"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2018870121239093450)  2026-02-04T02:12Z 309.7K followers, 11K engagements


"PAK FM WATCHED PAK COMPLIANT VERSION OF DHURANDAR Pakistans terror flip-flop now on record. After every major attack Islamabad points outward. This time its Defence Minister points inward in Parliament. Khawaja Asif admits terrorism in Balochistan is driven by corruption oil smuggling criminal rackets and state failure not external hands. Indian agencies have long said this: Pakistan accuses without dossiers intercepts or forensic proof only narrative management. Today Pakistans own Defence Minister confirms it. ORIGINAL INPUT: MANOJ GUPTA https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018901601822687674"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2018901601822687674)  2026-02-04T04:17Z 309.7K followers, 33.1K engagements


"THE "DHARNA" DEMOCRACY Opposition MPs confronting Speaker in his office in Parliament"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2018975493983514725)  2026-02-04T09:10Z 309.7K followers, [----] engagements


"WHILE ICC WAITS FOR AN OFFICIAL LETTER TO ACT: PAK PM SHARIF: "We will not play the match against India in the T20 World Cup. We have made the decision not to play against India after careful consideration. We should stand with Bangladesh.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2019095886614368685)  2026-02-04T17:09Z 309.8K followers, 54.9K engagements


"A TOTAL NIGHTMARE At 1:30 a.m. the propane gas tanker was removed and the MumbaiPune Expressway was reopened. People had been stranded for [--] hours after a propane gas-filled tanker overturned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2019228603863691726)  2026-02-05T01:56Z 309.7K followers, 220.4K engagements


"WHY BIGH TECH GETS AWAY The suicide of three teenage sisters in Ghaziabad has reopened an uncomfortable question about Indias approach to Big Tech. By design the law grants digital platforms intermediary protection limiting liability unless narrow conditions are met. India has no dedicated digital child-safety regulator or age-appropriate design mandate not even enforceable curbs on addictive features. One reason is that Big Tech is seen as an engine of growth investment and digital expansion and governments have been wary of taking it on frontally. After tragedies blame shifts to parents."  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2019229710455304568)  2026-02-05T02:00Z 309.7K followers, [----] engagements


"STATUS IS SUPREME So now even voter list verification has a VIP list blessed by the Supreme Court Scrutiny must bow to status. Aren't all citizens equal Or for Milords there are now "first" among equals"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2019263579795677246)  2026-02-05T04:15Z 309.7K followers, 32K engagements


"DEAL SIGNING NEXT WEEK. Here's the score before terms are locked-into an agreement. Note U.S.A imports"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2019303429743706325)  2026-02-05T06:53Z 309.8K followers, 102.8K engagements


"NOW THE QUESTION IS WHAT BROUGHT TRUMP TO SUDDENLY AGREE TO A PACT India's key redline respected by Trump. There's been no compromise on Agriculture and Dairy. Infect lower tariffs will boost Rice Spice and Textile exports- especially cotton. Union Agriculture minister Shivraj Chauhan confirms. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019592905841848647 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019592905841848647"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2019592905841848647)  2026-02-06T02:04Z 309.7K followers, 69.7K engagements


"PM MODI'S X POST:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2019965496649740614)  2026-02-07T02:44Z 309.8K followers, [----] engagements


"THE BIG TAKE AWAYS AFTER A DETAILED READING OF THE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT [--]. NEW DAY A RESET: The framework restores equilibrium to IndiaU.S. ties after months of tariff tensions. Trade friction no longer threatens to overshadow the broader strategic partnership. [--]. BETTER TARIFF TERMS STRONGER EXPORT PROSPECTS: India secures improved access relative to several regional competitors. Labour-intensive exports such as textiles leather footwear and select manufacturing segments stand to gain. Export upside is real if firms scale efficiently. [--]. CORE REDLINES INTACT: Agriculture and dairy remain"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2020013494217892338)  2026-02-07T05:55Z 309.8K followers, 11.2K engagements


"Knife Attack at Medical University Hostel in Russias Ufa; [--] Injured 15-Year-Old Arrested. A serious knife attack was reported at a hostel of Bashkir State Medical University in Ufa the capital of Russias Bashkortostan Republic on Saturday February [--]. The hostel houses foreign students. According to media reports a masked man entered the hostel set off firecrackers threatened students and then carried out a knife attack. At least six people were injured in the incident. Frightened students locked themselves inside their rooms and alerted each other through WhatsApp groups. Reports also claim"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2020191721989329083)  2026-02-07T17:43Z 309.8K followers, 13K engagements


"EYEWITNESS VIDEO BULLDOZES THE LIES Shivam was behind the wheel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2021127141468082378)  2026-02-10T07:40Z 309.8K followers, 17.4K engagements


"The biggest concession that U.S. President Donald Trump may have arguably wrung out of Prime Minister Modi was the opportunity to announce the deal first. The only reason that word appears in quotes is because strictly speaking no deal with Trump is done till it has been inked. The Canadians and Mexicans found that out the hard way. What Modi and Trump have finalised is a framework for a deal and interlocutors on both sides will now sit together to work on finalising a joint statement followed by the signing of the agreement. But despite no visibility on the fine print the broad contours of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2018881230071271883)  2026-02-04T02:56Z 309.8K followers, 42.2K engagements


"The Washington Post long regarded as a grandee of Western liberalism is teetering on the precipice of irrelevance. Its proprietor billionaire Jeff Bezos has effectively called time on the papers haughty certitude by cutting back funds needed to run the broadsheet forcing job cuts estimated at close to [--] per cent. Hundreds of positions have evaporated leaving editors and reporters contemplating a moribund future. More than one retrenched journalist has described the layoffs as the death of democracy. One insider reportedly characterised the newsroom atmosphere as funereal. Bezos is being"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2019438475569770586)  2026-02-05T15:50Z 309.8K followers, 39.8K engagements


"DOG DAYS DEMOCRACY AND DEBATE Katne Wale Kutte toh Parliament Mein Baithe Hain Sarkar Chalate hain says Cong MP Renuka Chowdhary on bringing a dog inside her car in the Parliament complex"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/1995438605792432350)  2025-12-01T10:23Z 309.8K followers, 36.8K engagements


"India has lower tariff compared to competing export economies India 18% Indonesia 19% Vietnam 20% Bangladesh 20% China: 34%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2018388821600309409)  2026-02-02T18:19Z 309.8K followers, 194.7K engagements


"DUOPOLY = DOUBLE TROUBLE AIR INDIA: Flight AI2732 operating from Mumbai to Coimbatore on [--] February was delayed after the aircraft scheduled to operate the service came into contact with another airlines aircraft while waiting on the taxiway prior to take-off. The wingtips of the two aircraft made contact resulting in damage to our aircrafts wingtip. As a precautionary measure the aircraft has been grounded for further technical checks. All passengers were safely disembarked and our ground teams are making alternative arrangements to fly them to their destination at the earliest. The incident"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2018728872884515193)  2026-02-03T16:50Z 309.8K followers, 30.9K engagements


"INDIA HOLDS ITS GROUND. THIS IS A BARGAIN NOT A SURRENDER UNITED STATES-INDIA JOINT STATEMENT MAIN POINTS* INDIA US have reached a framework for an Interim Agreement regarding reciprocal and mutually beneficial trade (Interim Agreement). This will include additional market access commitments and support more resilient supply chains. The Interim Agreement demonstrating a common commitment to reciprocal and balanced trade based on mutual interests and concrete outcomes. *Sector-Wise Key Terms of the Interim Agreement Between the United States and India* *Industrial Goods & Manufacturing* India"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2019964045462499611)  2026-02-07T02:38Z 309.8K followers, 24.5K engagements


"CHECK OUT THE MAP RELEASED IN THE NAME OF U.S. PRESIDENT What do you see"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2019971304250835186)  2026-02-07T03:07Z 309.8K followers, 34.4K engagements


"U.S. VETO POTENTIAL DEAL BREAKER 25% punitive tariff risk linked to dealings with Russia hangs in the background. Strategic autonomy will be squeezed. WHY HAVE INDIA'S TIES WITH RUSSIA BEEN WOVEN INTO A INDIA-U.S TRADE PACT VETO ACCEPTABLE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2020027591189557311)  2026-02-07T06:51Z 309.9K followers, 36.2K engagements


"BREAKING: HAS ICC BOWED Pakistan set to Play Against India On Feb [--] In Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan President Made Special Request To PCB. Official announcement soon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2020899789714731152)  2026-02-09T16:37Z 309.8K followers, 37.4K engagements


"BREAKING TIANJIN: [--] MINUTES Meeting between PM Modi and President XI lasted [--] minutes more than stipulated time. This is a clear indication that the meeting was not just about OPTICS. Trump will not be pleased"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/1962021153842851857)  2025-08-31T05:14Z 309.9K followers, 144.4K engagements


"BREAKING: CAP ON AIR TICKETS NOTIFIED. Passengers take note. Don't pay any price above these levels indicated by Ministry of Civil Aviation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/1997257241481908481)  2025-12-06T10:50Z 309.9K followers, 589.3K engagements


"FIRST VISUALS OF PM AFTER DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT PM in a buoyant mood. Modi has delivered [--] mega deals in [--] weeks. Both deals shot in the arm for India's burgeoning growth story"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2018539272660451826)  2026-02-03T04:17Z 309.9K followers, 364K engagements


"RT @RShivshankar: [--] Crore Wheels A VIP Brat and the Impunity of New Money: The long arm of the law should have reached him first. Inst"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2021049719670309294)  2026-02-10T02:32Z 309.9K followers, [---] engagements


"MEA Release on FS Meet with Vice Foreign Minister of China says China's EVFM understands and respects Indias Aspirations for UNSC Membership"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2021262522834117085)  2026-02-10T16:38Z 309.9K followers, [----] engagements


"THIS IS BIG NEWS White Houses changes.'committed' to 'intends' to buy more American products and purchase over $500 bn. in updated White House Fact Sheet on U.S.-India Trade Deal. See drafts below"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2021417467311239174)  2026-02-11T02:54Z 309.9K followers, [----] engagements


"RT @CNNnews18: Exposed: Cong's Dalit disregard 'Haq' raga empty poll slogan Watch #TheHardFacts with @RShivshankar at 9:35 PM only on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2021604025741758517)  2026-02-11T15:15Z 309.9K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @CNNnews18: Sold India in [----] sermon in [----] RaGa's Trade deal tirade credible Watch #TheHardFacts with @RShivshankar at 8:55 PM o"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2021604050861531353)  2026-02-11T15:15Z 309.9K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @CNNnews18: Full Vande Mataram restored: A historic course correction Watch #TheHardFacts with @RShivshankar at 9:20 PM only on CNN-N"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2021604091244236955)  2026-02-11T15:15Z 309.9K followers, [--] engagements


"INDIGO has also damaged Bharat's reputation. The Centre has indulged it long enough. The Civil Aviation minister must impose costs and strictures. But will the Centre stand with passengers Waiting and watching"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/1996831163051286555)  2025-12-05T06:37Z 309.9K followers, 80.6K engagements


"The General "fact checks" Rahul Gandhi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2021196852998402401)  2026-02-10T12:17Z 309.9K followers, 122.8K engagements


"A 13-year-old Yes A 13-year-old shouting "ALLAHU AKBAR" stabs two other boys at a school in Brent U.K"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2021421736953340378)  2026-02-11T03:11Z 309.9K followers, 116.3K engagements


"BIG WIN FOR MOVEMENT TO RECLAIM SYMBOL OF HINDU CIVILIZATION. MHA issues new guidelines ordering full rendition of India's National Song Vande Mataram. Till now in deference to Muslim sensitivities only first two stanzas were sung. Now Vande Mataram to be national song for all official events like governors address president's arrival official functions. Audience to stand in attention. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021430594325082306 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021430594325082306"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2021430594325082306)  2026-02-11T03:46Z 309.9K followers, 322.7K engagements


"SELECTIVE AMNESIA I.N.D.I.A. led by Cong has rushed to claim the moral high ground on "strategic autonomy" accusing Modi of trading India's energy security but NDA sources point to a time when UPA negotiated the N-deal with the US. Then US said: India committed to separate its military and civil activities and submit its entire civil program to international inspection". In other words USA decided how India would run it N-program"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2021502456119853105)  2026-02-11T08:31Z 309.9K followers, 29.7K engagements


"BALLOT PAPER ARE MORE DECISIVE THAN VOTES CAST IN EVMs. Polling day is today but in Bangladesh the votes have been counted the night before Here's what a message accompanying this video posted on FB says: Alhamdulillah voting in the Gazipur-2 constituency has been completed at night. Please extend thanks to Dr. Yunus Tarique Zia and Shafik. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021766541742850262 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021766541742850262"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2021766541742850262)  2026-02-12T02:01Z 309.9K followers, 158.5K engagements


"THIS TOP U.S. OFFICIAL MAY AS WELL HAVE SAID: "ASK THE MEA" Congressman: How are you going to enforce (deal terms) to ensure India has stopped buying Russian oil Assistant Secretary Kapur: I don't know the details of how that's going to be done. That's for my DOW colleagues"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2021829014294528034)  2026-02-12T06:09Z 309.9K followers, 21.1K engagements


"ARRESTED [--] DAYS AFTER HIT & RUN AND BAILED OUT IN [--] HOURS Justice bulldozed by Shivam Mishra's privileged status in Uttar Pradesh. This is "evidence" of inequity before the law"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2021897177107509530)  2026-02-12T10:40Z 309.9K followers, 115.1K engagements


"SC CHOKE ON WOKE ANTI-HINDU BIAS APPARWNT IN THE FILM TITLE "GHOOSKHOR PANDAT" IS WELCOME. Heres the "RAW DISPATCH FROM MY DESK". A barely disguised culture war is being waged in this country. A target has been painted on the backs of certain groups and they are repeatedly lampooned because it suits the narrative of woke progressives. Hindus and their cultural symbols are routinely reduced to satire critique and brazen derision. Conferences are organised to dismantle Hindutva. Reports are commissioned to battle Brahminical patriarchy. Campaigns are mounted to brand the reclamation of temples"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2021966140512383069)  2026-02-12T15:14Z 309.9K followers, 17K engagements


"This statement by Awami League on behalf of its leader Sheikh Hasina who lives in exile in India will irk Bangladesh's newly "elected" BNP. How will Dhaka respond Will it de-link diplomacy from Delhi's decision to shelter Hasina Or will it link ties to Hasina's extradition"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2022182735180402928)  2026-02-13T05:35Z 309.9K followers, 12.3K engagements


"JAMAAT ON INDIAS DOORSTEP. BORDER DISTRICTS OF BANGLADESH BACK ISLAMISM. From Satkhira to Rangpur the arc facing Bengal & Assam is shifting. INDIA IS JUST A STEP AWAY. ISLAMIST CONSOLIDATION GETS A VOTE FROM BANGLADESH MUSLIMS The concern isnt immediate violence but Islamist mobilisation and radicalisation in areas in Bangladesh contiguous with India. Original Input: Manoj Gupta. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022204644441625067 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022204644441625067"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2022204644441625067)  2026-02-13T07:02Z 309.9K followers, 62.6K engagements


"BIG: Nikhil Gupta charged with orchestrating anunsuccessful Indian government-backed plotto kill a Sikh separatist in New York City pleaded guilty on Friday to three criminal charges a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan told Reuters"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2022354247610986568)  2026-02-13T16:56Z 309.9K followers, 14.9K engagements


"UNPRECEDENTED CRACKDOWN. NSA (National security Act) TO BE INVOKED AGAINST AQUEEL KHAN Additional DCP Rajesh Dandotiya tells @CNNnews18 that the accused was heavily intoxicated and could have even attacked the players"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/1982644091566329928)  2025-10-27T03:02Z 309.8K followers, 20.4K engagements


"ARCH-COMPETITOR India really has come a long way. Now being benchmarked against the U.S. by its 45th and 47th President"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2018361790254440867)  2026-02-02T16:32Z 309.8K followers, 23.1K engagements


"WHAT IS "GDP" IF IT HURTLES INDIA'S KAMALS TO THE ABYSS OF PRIMA FACIE NEGLIGENT GOVERNANCE A motorcyclist died after falling into a Delhi Jal Board pit in the Janakpuri area of Delhi. The rider has been identified as Kamal a resident of Kailashpuri. According to available information he was returning home at night from his office in Rohini. He was in constant touch with his family but when he did not reach home till late at night his family began searching for him. According to the family they spent the entire night visiting around half a dozen police stations including Janakpuri Sagarpur"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2019655116866142394)  2026-02-06T06:11Z 309.9K followers, 52K engagements


"10 Crore Wheels A VIP Brat and the Impunity of New Money: The long arm of the law should have reached him first. Instead Shivam Mishra was reportedly pulled from the wreckage of his crashed Lamborghini by the muscled arms of his bodyguards. At least six people lay injured at the crash site one said to be in critical condition. Each allegedly a victim of the inebriated in more ways than one waywardness of an entitled scion who it is alleged believed his wealth placed him beyond consequence. According to eyewitness accounts Mishra was allegedly driving at high speed on a VIP stretch of Kanpur"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2020902681267916932)  2026-02-09T16:48Z 309.8K followers, 32.3K engagements


"NO PENALTY ON BANGLADESH CRICKET BOARD FOR WALKING OUT OF T20 WC. Odd. Weren't we told that BCCI boycotting Pak in multi-nation ICC tournaments could lead to disqualification from World Cricket Which is why India had to play Pak in Champions Trophy post Op Sindoor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2020915055504785689)  2026-02-09T17:37Z 309.8K followers, 168.7K engagements


"PUBLIC COLLEGE OR PRIVATE FIEF In Delhi University (North Campus) Hansraj College students are protesting as the principals son ties the knot allegedly on the college grounds. Khelo Hansraj sports tournament abruptly cancelled. Playground cordoned off reportedly decorated for wedding. Boys hostel vacated last year over infrastructure issues allegedly being used as a guesthouse. BIG Q: Are public educational spaces private estates"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2021155535056437534)  2026-02-10T09:33Z 309.9K followers, 63.7K engagements


"PAK ALLOWED TO TURN CRICKET INTO A SHOWDOWN OVER SOVEREIGNTY. Hear PCB chief & Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi says hes not intimidated by India or the ICC. Then pointedly invokes Field Marshal Asim Munirs fearlessness. ICC gave Pak the satisfaction of flaunting defiance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2021415607431041305)  2026-02-11T02:46Z 309.8K followers, [----] engagements


"THERE'S MORE: AFTER SOFTENING "COMMITTED" TO "INTENDS" THE U.S. ALSO EXCLUDES "AGRICULTURE" FROM LIST OF PURCHASES"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2021423225436242128)  2026-02-11T03:17Z 309.8K followers, [----] engagements


"EXCLUSIVE NEWSBREAK: "JITNI ABAADI UTNA HAQ" FARCE Gandhi Cong talks social justice but the numbers from the largest state it rules tell another story. [--] SC/ST Development Corporations see allocations cut or stagnate even as board chiefs enjoy cabinet rank perks. Ambedkar Corp: Rs218.5 Cr (2022-23) to Rs107 Cr (2023-24). Adijambava: Rs148.69 Cr to [---] Cr to Rs89 Cr. Check out details below exclusively reported by @harishupadhya CABINET STATUS UPGRADE FOR NETAS BUT BUDGET DOWNGRADE FOR SC/ST PRAJA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2021518666974503195)  2026-02-11T09:36Z 309.9K followers, 14.2K engagements


"Was Vande Mataram restricted to protect faith or to accommodate [----] politics A Jinnah mindset so to speak. In "RAW DISPATCH FROM MY DESK" i argue that NDA's decision to restore Vande Mataram to its 6-stanza glory is not anti-Muslim but a rejection of the politics of 1937"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2021596928971039088)  2026-02-11T14:47Z 309.8K followers, 11K engagements


"Dear friends. I've written a book on the [----] poll. It answers vital questions: Why does the left fear a Modi win Will Modi's win propel a dharma-inspired second republic The intensely researched book has the answers. [--] big names rate it highly. Order at: https://amzn.eu/d/evV87Jh https://amzn.eu/d/evV87Jh"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1715398900369199273)  2023-10-20T16:05Z 309.9K followers, 1.7M engagements


"There's another way of looking at it. The U.S. is a $30 tn economy. It absorbs $80 bn of Indian exports annually. Russia absorbs $45 bn. Before [----] Russian crude was less than 2% of Indias imports. We sourced oil from elsewhere without difficulty. The recent spike to 3540% was opportunistic driven by discounts. Those discounts may have saved a few billion dollars a year. But access to U.S. capital technology and markets shapes tens of billions in trade annually and long-term growth. India hasnt compromised relations with Russia. It has dehyphenated its partnerships. Discounted oil is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2020704930332627414)  2026-02-09T03:42Z 309.9K followers, 190.4K engagements


"WHAT A JOKE After [--] hours Kanpur Police arrested Gutka empire scion Shivam Mishra whose Lamborghini ran over [--] people. Mishra got [--] days to: [--]. "establish" he wasn't driving [--]. Work out of his body any substance he may or may not have consumed. [--]. Compensate the injured and potential witnesses. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021806940725424147 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021806940725424147"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2021806940725424147)  2026-02-12T04:41Z 309.9K followers, 89.2K engagements


"INDIA HAS A NEW PROBLEM. AND IT ISN'T GOING AWAY SOON. "India baiting Hindu "genocide" normalizing Bangladeshi parties elected in the first poll after regime change in [----]. For India the "elected "solution" is potentially trickier. Here's why: [--]. BNP is going to be even more militant with Delhi about providing refuge to arch rival Awami League Ex-PM Sheikh Hasina. Could link ties to India's "co-operation" in extraditing the "fugitive" from Bangladesh law. [--]. BNP has denounced the "heroic legacy" of Bangladeshs founder Sheikh Mujibur Rehman who spearheaded the countrys liberation struggle and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2022137469714804825)  2026-02-13T02:35Z 309.9K followers, 488.5K engagements


"NOTE: Will need to watch if whether U.S. prosecutors explicitly link Indian state actors in court proceedings. India has expressly denied any connection to Gupta"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2022355884811391333)  2026-02-13T17:03Z 309.9K followers, [----] engagements


"2020 Delhi riots accused Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid have been denied bail. It is fair to say that the Supreme Courts decision rejecting the fervent bail pleas filed by Imam and Khalid came as a surprise. Of late in [----] and [----] the top court had clarified that even under strict statutes like the UAPA or the PMLA constitutional courts retain the discretion to grant bail if trial delays are undue or if allegations lack a prima facie basis. In Imam and Khalids case pre-trial detention was a serious constitutional concern. The duo had already spent five years in prison. Time lost in jail can"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2008215733373989296)  2026-01-05T16:35Z 308.4K followers, [----] engagements


"GREAT INDIAN ROPE TRICK In Uttar Pradeshs Kannauj two prisoners escaped after climbing a 22-foot-high wall by making a rope out of blankets; six police personnel have been suspended"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2008222906321637721)  2026-01-05T17:03Z 308.8K followers, 31.1K engagements


"2 IN [--] HOURS. AND WHAT WILL INDIA DO ISSUE A STATEMENT BAN A BANGLADESH PLAYER A Hindu called Sarat Mani (below right) killed by Islamists welding sharp weapons outside Dhaka hours after Rana Pratap Bairagi (below left) was shot dead in Jessore district of Bangladesh"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2008363669953122801)  2026-01-06T02:23Z 308.7K followers, 24K engagements


"MASSIVE FIRE IN ONGC WELL RAGES. [--] Villages in Konaseema AP evacuated. Fire broke out during re-drilling operations at an ONGC well. Officials said crude oil and gas suddenly gushed out with tremendous force leading to huge flames and spread of gas in the area"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2008368057367011835)  2026-01-06T02:40Z 308.6K followers, 175K engagements


"NATION'S "FUTURE" DIGS "GRAVE" OF CONSTITUTIONAL VALUES IN JNU ON TAX PAYER MONEY Instead of sophisticated legal arguments students of SFI DSF & AISA present in JNU "defend" constitutionalism by raising violent anti-Modi slogans to protest SC denying bail to Khalid & Imam"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2008387412456849792)  2026-01-06T03:57Z 308.5K followers, 19.2K engagements


"TWO CHILLING CRASHES IN [--] HRS. Gujarats Botad an overloaded Bolero overturned twice. [--] dead including a child [--] injured. On the DelhiMumbai Expressway near Nuh a car skids miraculously sparing all [--]. Two mishps One warning: speed fatigue & negligence kill"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2008389428092538910)  2026-01-06T04:05Z 308.5K followers, 15.8K engagements


"INTERESTING. FARA (Foreign Agent RegistrationsAct) filings in the USA by alobbying firm-SHW Partners LLC headed by Trump's former adviserJason Millerhas disclosed he assisted India in organizing several engagements pertaining totrade deal negotiationsthrough 2025"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2008397076913127821)  2026-01-06T04:35Z 308.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Deepathoon of Aastha has been lit to illuminate the dark shadow cast by a divisive Dravidian politics that sought to extinguish the light of Sanatan in the land of its own birth on false pretexts. Madras HC (Madurai bench) has upheld a single judge's order directing lighting of the lamp at the stone pillar atop Thiruparakundram hills near a dargah while saying this: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2008419923832287366 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2008419923832287366"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2008419923832287366)  2026-01-06T06:06Z 308.9K followers, 13.4K engagements


"Here's a "RAW DISPATCH FROM MY DESK" on the hate filled violence inciting sloganeering in JNU. There are serious constitutional arguments against SCs refusal of bail to Khalid & Imam. [--] years of pre-trial detention deserved rigorous debate. What followed at JNU was not dissent but sloganeering that normalised violence. That isnt free speech. Its intellectual collapse"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2008533986579280166)  2026-01-06T13:39Z 308.6K followers, 20.7K engagements


"TRUMP 2ND TIME IN [--] HOURS: I have a very good relationship with PM Modi but he is not happy with me as India is paying high tariffs due to its purchase of Russian oil.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2008583867511492831)  2026-01-06T16:58Z 308.6K followers, 43K engagements


"SHOCKING. POLICE ATTACKED FOR COURT ORDERED DEMOLITION NEAR Faiz-e-Ilahi Mosque Turkman Gate Delhi. Crowd gathered raised slogans tried breaking barricades. Interestingly Red Fort suicide bomber Umar Nabi had visited the mosque before the delhi blast"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2008724622032978223)  2026-01-07T02:17Z 308.8K followers, 429K engagements


"AMERICA HAS COLONIZED VENEZUELA Trump: Venezuelan oil will be sold at market price and that money will be controlled by me.to benefit people of Venezuela and U.S.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2008728662141809043)  2026-01-07T02:33Z 308.7K followers, 21.5K engagements


"TRUMP'S ON A ROLL ON PM MODI AGAIN ". India ordered [--] Apaches and Prime Minister Modi came to see me. May I see you please. I have a very good relationship with PM Modi.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2008729971561558361)  2026-01-07T02:38Z 308.8K followers, 25.4K engagements


"THE CALL AND THE EFFECT Demolition carried out as per court orders in Delhi near a masjid was ambushed in a blatant display of pre-meditated street veto power and now politicians from certain parties are normalizing this mobocracy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2008793814400750012)  2026-01-07T06:52Z 308.5K followers, 125.8K engagements


"RELIGIOUS SLOGANS PROPELLED STREET-OCRACY Amid cries of Allah Hu Akbar stone pelters attacked an instrument of the Indian State. Several policemen injured for doing their job. This riot took place [--] Kms from Parliament"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2008815513024213036)  2026-01-07T08:18Z 308.8K followers, 187.7K engagements


"PAYING THE PRICE OF RESTORING TO HINDUS THEIR RIGHT UNDER THE LAW HC nixes shocking campaign to smear the reputation of "Deepam" judge GR Swaminathan who only upheld the letter of the law. After facing an impeachment motion an attempt at character assassination"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2008872348817260798)  2026-01-07T12:04Z 308.5K followers, 10.2K engagements


"THEY ENCROACHED [----] SQ FT OF ROAD [-----] SQ FT OF SARKAR'S LAND WHERE THEY SET UP A THRIVING BUSINESS. But when asked to vacate they hid behind religion to unleash mayhem. Some think they are above the law"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2008873615081848839)  2026-01-07T12:09Z 309K followers, 128.4K engagements


""KABR KHUDEGI" CHANTING JNU STUDENTS BELONGING TO HARD LEFT PARTIES BOOKED BY DELHI POLICE F.I.R registered for the following offences: Provocative statements Section [---] Disturbing public peace Section 353"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2008943063335620902)  2026-01-07T16:45Z 308.5K followers, 15.3K engagements


"BREAKING: Biman Bangladesh Airline will start non stop Dhaka - Karachi Airline from 29th January. Service resumes after a hiatus of almost [--] years. The step is a reflection of the growing closeness between Bangladesh and Pakistan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2008948275249021202)  2026-01-07T17:06Z 308.9K followers, 81K engagements


"LOST THE WAR BUT WON "PR" WAR Yes Pak panicked but let's also concede Pak won the narrative war. It went on an overdrive to manage headlines and seed their false narrative in the Western media after Op Sindoor. This list of lobbying efforts released in U.S. exemplifies this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2009091342878822536)  2026-01-08T02:34Z 308.5K followers, 16.2K engagements


"SANCTIONS WMD LOADING IN U.S. Trump has greenlit the bipartisan Russia sanctions bill that will give him tremendous leverage over India Brazil and China for doing oil business with Russia. Note all [--] are BRIC founding nations"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2009093502433677563)  2026-01-08T02:43Z 308.8K followers, 20.9K engagements


"MOTHER OF ALL ROUND TRIPPING BY KING COLONIZER TRUMP. So U.S. sells Venezuelan oil. Takes the money shares a bit with Venezeula then asks their puppets running Caracas to use the money to buy U.S. made products. BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY 2.0"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2009094582605385849)  2026-01-08T02:47Z 308.9K followers, 56.8K engagements


"DELHI DEMOLITION: THE POLICE TEAM NEVER EVEN GOT CLOSE TO THE MOSQUE Body cam footage shows police deployment was restricted only to the encroached area marked by HC for demolition around the mosque at Turkman Gate in Delhi and did not enter the Mosque contrary to what Opposition politicians are claiming. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009110670361677892 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009110670361677892"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2009110670361677892)  2026-01-08T03:51Z 308.5K followers, 27.5K engagements


"HUNTED FOR HIS FAITH. [--] year old Hindu man Mithun Sarkar was killed when he tried to save himself from an enraged mob in Bangladesh. The mob chased him saying Sarkar had stolen valuables. But when his body was dredged from the pond no stolen goods were found on his person"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2009137615925334117)  2026-01-08T05:38Z 308.6K followers, 20.8K engagements


"IRAN IN FREE FALL. END OF DAYS FOR ISLAMIC THEOCRATS Nationwide internet shutdown amid fresh escalation in Tehran; death toll [--]. Trump puts Ayatollah on notice. U.S regime change in Iran in 1950s pushed it into the vortex it finds itself in now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2009456915550752869)  2026-01-09T02:47Z 308.6K followers, 15.1K engagements


"A STUNNING BUT NOT SURPRISING INVERSION. Growing Islamist radicalism in U.K is a direct fallout of political appeasement of Islamic hardliners shariat proponents personal law apologists in the name of multi-culturalism tolerance and secularism. Sounds familiar"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2009475648113537400)  2026-01-09T04:01Z 308.6K followers, [----] engagements


"STAGE SET FOR "OIL CHORI". Representatives from Chevron the only US oil company currently active in Venezuela Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips are expected to attend a meeting with Trump at the White House. The gathering comes as Trump says Venezuela will turn over millions of barrels of oil to the United States. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009476479579787530 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009476479579787530"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2009476479579787530)  2026-01-09T04:05Z 309K followers, 12.6K engagements


"NO "SIR". MODI DIDN'T GROVEL Lutnick confirms: India trade deal isn't done because PM Modi did not call Trump" claims US Commerce Secretary Lutnick "I set the deal up. But you had to have Modi call President Trump. They (India) were uncomfortable with it. So Modi didn't call.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2009491877599563822)  2026-01-09T05:06Z 308.5K followers, [--] engagements


"NO "SIR". MODI DIDN'T GROVEL Lutnick confirms: India trade deal isn't done because PM Modi did not call Trump" claims US Commerce Secretary Lutnick "I set the deal up. But you had to have Modi call President Trump. They (India) were uncomfortable with it. So Modi didn't call." https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009492364759646256 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009492364759646256"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2009492364759646256)  2026-01-09T05:08Z 308.7K followers, 187.6K engagements


"VIJAY'S FILM GETS NOD Jananayagan to get censor certification. U/A for Jananayagan. BEHIND THE SCENES POLITICAL REEL-ALIGNMENT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2009493979604373781)  2026-01-09T05:14Z 308.6K followers, [----] engagements


"LUTNICK IS BEING ECONOMICAL WITH THE TRUTH. FACTS SAY SOMETHING ELSE: courtesy CNBC TV18"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2009541544647286784)  2026-01-09T08:23Z 308.6K followers, 50.8K engagements


"BREAKING: The US Supreme Court will not rule in the Trump tariffs case today. Verdict postponed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2009645310549598437)  2026-01-09T15:15Z 308.8K followers, 26.3K engagements


"IRANIANS ARE TURNING ON THE SYMBOLS OF THE ISLAMIC REGIME. An Islamic center of learning torched in Farrukhshahr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2009821312089530789)  2026-01-10T02:55Z 308.6K followers, [----] engagements


"IS THIS ABOUT FAITH OR ABOUT POLITICAL ISLAM THRIVING UNDER PAK'S CULTURE OF IMPUNITY Another Hindu killed in Pak. This time 25-year-old Kailash Kohli shot dead for his minority rights activism. Sit-in protests continue for days roads blocked arrests demanded"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2009868940550520956)  2026-01-10T06:04Z 308.6K followers, 16.3K engagements


"Opinion Somnath And The Unfinished Reckoning READ SHORT TAKE: A nation cannot aspire to inclusiveness while selectively denying its own past. From Somnath to Kashi reconciliation cannot be demanded from only one side. Until history is confronted honestly closure will remain incomplete. READ FULL ARTICLE: The Somnath temple is where it all began. In [----] Islamic zealotry erupted upon the Indian subcontinent in the form of Mahmud of Ghazni. The marauders intent was unambiguous: to desecrate Hindu sacred space and assert religious supremacy. That first act of cultural destruction did not remain"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2010187265348382934)  2026-01-11T03:09Z 308.9K followers, [----] engagements


"OWAISI ON ONE OF THE BIG REASONS WHY KHALID & IMAM WERE DENIED BAIL. "In short because terror under UAPA was defined by the UPA." Even under NDA a further amendment was supported by Cong says Owaisi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2010189780953510058)  2026-01-11T03:19Z 308.8K followers, 110K engagements


"Somnath Ayodhya Kashi and Mathura. Vikram Sampath explains why Islamic theology has not come to terms with Hindu sacred places. And possibly never will at least not unless"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2010261865000235393)  2026-01-11T08:05Z 308.7K followers, 26.3K engagements


"VIJAY FLYING OUT TO DELHI TO APPEAR BEFORE CBI The CBI took over the Karur stampede case from an SIT after a Supreme Court order directed the agency to lead the probe. Was CBI the better option"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2010541651794759856)  2026-01-12T02:37Z 308.8K followers, 150.4K engagements


"RESPONDING TO MAHUA MOITRA & MANI SHANKAR AIYAR DURING A DEBATE BJP'S SUDHANSHU TRIVEDI asks" .which culture gives you the authority to debate even on religious texts. It is only Hindu. I would like to ask why the term Hinduism Why is 'ism' associated with all the religions which originated in India Hinduism Buddhism Sikhism and Jainism. You have never heard of Islamism and Christianism.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2010544454789386512)  2026-01-12T02:48Z 309K followers, 144.8K engagements


"My opinion piece in the latest edition of @Openthemag focusses on how the SC's decision which clarified the provisions of the UAPA is a warning to the "Chakka Jam" fraternity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2010546425181196440)  2026-01-12T02:56Z 308.7K followers, [----] engagements


""ACTING PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA" Trump on Truth Social"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2010561519294333141)  2026-01-12T03:56Z 308.7K followers, [----] engagements


"U.S ENVOY TO INDIA SERGIO GOR BEGINS TENURE BY STRIKING CONCILIATORY NOTES: "Trump's friendship with Modi is real. Relationship anchored at the highest level. Real friends can disagree but will always resolve differences." INDIA TO BE PART OF PAX SILICA. Pax Silica is a US-led partnership securing silicon AI and semiconductor supply chains through trusted allies coordination resilience and innovation. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010606754640388158 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010606754640388158"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2010606754640388158)  2026-01-12T06:56Z 309K followers, 131.7K engagements


"IMP: U.S ENVOY TO INDIA GOR SPEAKS OF "RECIPROCITY" Amidst talk of friendship a caveat"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2010612887434539167)  2026-01-12T07:20Z 308.8K followers, 32.6K engagements


"BIG BREAKING: The Maharashtra Election Commission has imposed a ban on depositing Ladki Bahin scheme funds into beneficiaries bank accounts a day before the polling. The step has been taken after Cong and other non-NDA parties claimed NDA was trying to influence the poll"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2010719847991439781)  2026-01-12T14:25Z 308.8K followers, 143.5K engagements


"Trump says countries doing business with Iran to face 25% tariff. India has reduced trade with Iran drastically since U.S. sanctions but still does business with the Islamic country. Here are figures put out by India's embassy in Tehran"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2010890238261174447)  2026-01-13T01:42Z 308.8K followers, 14.5K engagements


"IF YOU THINK IT'S JUST TRUMP YOU'RE WRONG. Here's widely followed U.S. geopolitical expert Peter Zeihan on the long term prospects for India - U.S. ties. His words are a timely reality check that India's foreign policy mandarins should not ignore"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2010905380499702120)  2026-01-13T02:42Z 308.9K followers, 149.8K engagements


"TIME IS RUNNING OUT Another Hindu man beaten to death in Bangladesh. 28-year-old auto driver Samir Das was thrashed and stabbed to death in Daganbhuiyan Chittagong on Sunday night. Police say the murder appears pre-meditated"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2010909788826386713)  2026-01-13T03:00Z 308.9K followers, 18.3K engagements


"Unecessary MoU or Moment of U-Turn While it's always good to know what's on the other side's mind but China is not to be trusted. And right now China's looking to prove to the West that it isn't isolated or losing influence. Such meetings boost China's image. Agree"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2010925393860313250)  2026-01-13T04:02Z 308.8K followers, 12K engagements


"HYPOCRISY ALERT Tumkur's MG Stadium (Mahatma Gandhi) to be renamed after Karnataka HM Dr G Parameshwara. Congress outrages over NDA renaming MG-NREGA to G-RAM-G stalls Sansad but its own Sarkara removes Gandhi jis name in a state it runs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2010934808864833677)  2026-01-13T04:39Z 309K followers, 139.1K engagements


"BLINK IT BLINKS "Updated from 10000+ products delivered in [--] minutes to 30000+ products delivered at your doorstep"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2010991751566377204)  2026-01-13T08:26Z 308.9K followers, 36.1K engagements


"BREAKING: Four Indian tourists reportedly missing from Pangong lake. Last seen on 9th January"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2011020280282615885)  2026-01-13T10:19Z 308.9K followers, 234.3K engagements


"Trump "invades" Venezuela declares himself "acting president" preps military for intervention in Cuba Colombia Greenland and even Iran. Whats the moral difference between Americas law-enforcement operation and Russias special military operation In "RAW DISPATCH FROM MY DESK" i argue that Trumpism marks the collapse of Western credibility. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2011052000717521294 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2011052000717521294"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2011052000717521294)  2026-01-13T12:25Z 308.8K followers, 22.2K engagements


"NOT IF BUT WHEN. U.S. & Israeli assessments of the meeting on Iran led by VP Vance that Trump attended briefly suggests U.S. will use kinetic & non-kinetic options to end Iranian Islamic regime. Another murderer the deposed former Shah of Iran is front runner to replace"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2011267950830039455)  2026-01-14T02:43Z 308.8K followers, 30.6K engagements


"SALUTE SPIRIT OF IRANIAN PEOPLE AND THEIR LOVE FOR LIBERTY. Despite mounting body bags they are out in Teheran wanting to rule or govern themselves through a choice they make. They deserve better than a U.S. propped puppet regime"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2011272377183961340)  2026-01-14T03:01Z 308.9K followers, 61.9K engagements


"GHEE AFTER GOLD STATE CONTROL OVER HINDU TEMPLES IS JUSTIFIED BECAUSE "IT AVOIDS MISMANAGEMENT". But look who's got their hand in the till. The very State that doesn't trust Hindus to manage their own temples NDA MUST PROMULGATE A LAW TO END STATE CONTROL OF HINDU TEMPLES"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2011275043188379828)  2026-01-14T03:11Z 308.9K followers, 34.5K engagements


"MUMBAI'S SCAPE IS CHANGING. This enigmatic promo shot by drone cams captures the transformation underway. A beginning that must have no end. Mumbai is India's financial capital and its infra must compliment & advertise the audacity of India's growth aspirations to the world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2011306619922235680)  2026-01-14T05:17Z 308.8K followers, 69.7K engagements


"MUSLIM ENCLAVE IN INDIA Kerala Muslim Jamaath demands bifurcation of Ernakulam district citing demographic changes & social conditions. Don't be fooled by the stress on administrative efficiency. Identity of group alters how demand is read. JITNI ABAADI UTNA HAQ MINDSET"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2011312357998485944)  2026-01-14T05:40Z 308.9K followers, 116.7K engagements


"BREAKING ON IRAN INDIA'S 2ND ADVISORY IN A WEEK "In view of the ongoing developments in Iran Indian nationals are once again strongly advised to avoid travel to the Islamic Republic of Iran until further notice.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2011382218837672425)  2026-01-14T10:17Z 308.8K followers, 17.6K engagements


"COURTED TO CONVICTED There was a time when Asiya Andrabi was allowed a free run in J&K to terrorise liberals in particular women to fly Pak flag and dream of a caliphate. Today Kashmiri separatist Asiya Andrabi was convicted in UAPA case. NIA had charged Andrabi and two of her associates with waging war against India through hate speeches criminal conspiracy and offences under UAPA. Andrabi who founded the all-women separatist group Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DEM) in [----] was arrested in April 2018"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2011394136977375412)  2026-01-14T11:05Z 308.9K followers, 70.1K engagements


"BIG BREAKING IRAN FM DIALS EAM JAISHANKAR DISCUSSED THE EVOLVING SITUATION IN AND AROUND IRAN"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2011458037836644425)  2026-01-14T15:19Z 308.8K followers, 38.2K engagements


"PAK BANGLADESH AMONG COUNTRIES FROM WHERE U.S. DOESN'T WANT IMMIGRANTS US has frozen all immigrant visa processing for [--] countries indefinitely"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2011481952168141256)  2026-01-14T16:54Z 309K followers, 25.6K engagements


"AGE OF AMERICAN IMPERIALISM TRUMP LINKS IMPENDING GREENLAND TAKEOVER TO NATIONAL SECURITY. Imperialism playbook of the 19th century being re-loaded. Trump even refers to 100-year old Greenland plan CHINA RUSSIA ALL SET TO GET A LICENSE TO FOLLOW"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2011624440392736980)  2026-01-15T02:20Z 308.9K followers, 13.1K engagements


"They are not asking papers from Ram they are asking papers from Rahim we will not tolerate this . MANIRUL ISLAM TMC MLA before he was accused of ransacking a BDO in Bengal protesting submission of form [--] that seeks deletion of illegal voters. Government officials suffered injuries. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2011631143028961676 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2011631143028961676"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2011631143028961676)  2026-01-15T02:46Z 309K followers, 44.9K engagements


"JAN WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR NAYAGAN SUPREME COURT REFUSES TO ENTERTAIN KVN PRODUCTION'S PLEA REGARDING VIJAY'S FINAL FILM SC asks KVN productions to approach Division bench of HC. Calls on HC to decide matter on Jan 20"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2011673463451521330)  2026-01-15T05:35Z 308.9K followers, [----] engagements


"BREAKING: RELIEF FOR ED VS DIDI SC STAYS BENGAL GOVERNMENT'S PROCEEDING AGAINST ED"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2011728741983256962)  2026-01-15T09:14Z 308.9K followers, 35.1K engagements


"SC ON ED RAID ON PARTY OFFICE ASKS: Can a party take shield of party activity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2011729512799830075)  2026-01-15T09:17Z 308.9K followers, [----] engagements


"SC: DID TMC WANT TO TURN HC INTO JANTAR MANTAR NOT JUST ED BUT HC INTERDICTED ED submitted WhatsApp messages detailing an attempt by TMC to gather its supporters at the HC. HC had to adjourn the Jan [--] hearing under duress citing "over whelming crowd""  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2011738979163652491)  2026-01-15T09:55Z 308.9K followers, 56.5K engagements


"Why should India care about a municipal election in Mumbai Because this isnt just about potholes and pipelines. Its about money identity power and national politics and also impacts India's economic credibility. How Watch this "RAW DISPATCH FROM MY DESK""  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2011795423535775859)  2026-01-15T13:39Z 308.9K followers, 35.6K engagements


"NOW BUDDHISTS JOIN HINDUS SIKHS AND CHRISTIANS TO EXPRESS CONCERN Zanskar Buddhist Association issues an urgent representation raising serious allegations of abduction fraudulent religious conversion and what it describes as love jihad targeting Buddhist women"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2011843239847084546)  2026-01-15T16:49Z 309.1K followers, 27.1K engagements


"UNENDING XENOPHOBIA THE WORLD WATCHES SILENTLY Another targeted attack on a Hindu family in Bangladesh. The home of teacher Birendra Kumar Dey (Jhunu Sir) in Sylhets Gowainghat was set on fire again"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2011978077853925628)  2026-01-16T01:45Z 309.1K followers, 79.1K engagements


"HOW INDIA HOLDS INDIA BACK. CLASSIC EXAMPLE. Did you know that Bengaluru Suburban Rail is Indias longest-running proposal. Discussed for [--] decades sanctioned in [----] promised by [----] and still not ready. Project couldve spared Bengalureans airport commute misery. At PRAGATI meet PM Modi asks Karnataka to get going. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2011994546432065861 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2011994546432065861"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2011994546432065861)  2026-01-16T02:50Z 309K followers, 128.7K engagements


"OPINION: Mumbai is hailed as the New York of the Subcontinent. The financial capital of India and a city of dreams that never sleeps. Subjective assessment aside it is also figuratively like its celebrated and glamorous American cousin. It is an island-based city that like New York has nowhere to grow but upwards. But unlike Americas Big Apple Mumbais shimmering sky-scraping faade stands on desiccated land pockmarked by a profound and unjustifiable disregard for urban niceties: fetid chawls usurped commons rivers that resemble swamps and garbage-strewn beaches that fringe a sea soiled by"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2011996549291917448)  2026-01-16T02:58Z 308.9K followers, [----] engagements


"DRUMS OF WAR. IRAN FEELS HEAT. The US military is moving a carrier strike group to the Middle East region as tensions simmer over protests in Iran according to a source familiar with the matter reports CNN"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2012010673967173878)  2026-01-16T03:55Z 308.9K followers, [----] engagements


"EACH TIME BLEEDING HEART NETAS SAY IWT SUSPENSION IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY SHOW THEM THE PAHALGAM VIDEO"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2012013715848384736)  2026-01-16T04:07Z 309.1K followers, 11.5K engagements


"IT DOESN'T TAKE SC TO POINT OUT THE OBVIOUS: LAWLESSNESS. West Bengal's Beldanga erupts after Murshidabad workers death in Jharkhand. The deceased Alai Sheikh (30) was found hanging in his room. Villagers block national highway railway station demanding arrests"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2012058287244787932)  2026-01-16T07:04Z 308.9K followers, 23.2K engagements


"D.C. - DELHI DRIFT IS DEEPER AND THE SOONER INDIA FACTORS THIS THE BETTER IT IS FOR US. Now US Senators urging Trump to force India to scrap its 30% duty on yellow peas. Besides further complicating trade talks this exposes a deeper DelhiWashington disconnect. The demand reflects a transactional US pivot that sidelines Indias domestic realities signals disregard for the strategic partnership. Even to the point of risking long-term damage to trust in IndiaUS ties"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2012366294511919209)  2026-01-17T03:28Z 308.9K followers, 36.6K engagements


"ANTI-INDIA HATE IS REWARDED BY DHAKA. AND DELHI WAITS FOR POLLS IN BANGLADESH IN THE HOPE THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY Muhammad Yunus has created a post at Bangladesh's UK mission for Omar bin Hadi brother of slain anti-India Islamist leader Sharif Osman Hadi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2012368623273230623)  2026-01-17T03:37Z 308.9K followers, [----] engagements


"LET'S BE HONEST WITH THE FACTS. INDIA IS SQUEEZED BUT HASN'T SURRENDERED. US Treasurys October [----] letter granting a conditional waiver on Iran-related engagement is being misread as surrender. This is untrue. The waiver valid till April [----] reflects New Delhis effort to hold on to Chabahar amid a Trump's 25% added penalty on Iran trade. MEA statement implies India is negotiating with D.C. The question is what price will India have to pay for a further exemption. Will it have to buy U.S. Venezuelan oil Will it have to sweeten trade talks Concede on Russia-Ukraine position Undoubtedly India"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2012373781319434497)  2026-01-17T03:57Z 309.1K followers, 31.9K engagements


"STUNNER Indias first Vande Bharat sleeper train between Howrah and Guwahati to be unveiled today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2012378931962265782)  2026-01-17T04:18Z 308.9K followers, 27.5K engagements


"DATA SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. UBT CONG NCP HAVE SHRUNK. HARD FACT 1: BMC strike rate Party: Seats contested/Seats won/Strike rate BJP: 135/89/66% UBT: 160/65/40.62% Shiv Sena: 90/29/32.22% Congress: 151/24/15.89% Sharad Pawar NCP: 11/1/0.90% MNS: 53/6/0.86% NCP: 37/3/0.81% HARD FACT 2: Vote share in Mumbai BJP: 45.39% UBT: 27.37% Shiv Sena: 10.28% Congress: 9.41% MNS: 2.91% .HARD FACT 3: Parties achieved success compared to [----] (Overall State) BJP: 2017: 1125/now [----] Shiv Sena: 2017: 501/now [---] (UBT: 154) Congress: 2017: 486/now [---] NCP: 2017: 309/now [---] (Sharad Pawar: 36) MNS: 2017: 27/now 13"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2012469976696033771)  2026-01-17T10:20Z 309K followers, 26.6K engagements


"Trump announces 10% tariff on Denmark Norway Sweden France Germany UK Netherlands and Finland beginning February 1st over Greenland"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2012582086390005994)  2026-01-17T17:45Z 309K followers, [----] engagements


"BIG NEWS: DGCA imposes a penalty of Rs [----] Crore on Indigo Airlines. Serves Caution to the CEO. Senior VP relieved of current operational responsibilities Warning to other top executives. [--] crore bank guarantee to ensure compliance according to prescribed schedule"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2012583750899753290)  2026-01-17T17:52Z 308.9K followers, 10.2K engagements


"TRUMP'S TRADE COUNSEL PETER NAVARRO(REMEMBER HIM) PIPES UP. ASKS: "Why are Americans paying for AI in India ChatGPT operating on US soil using American electricity servicing large users of ChatGPT in India and China." WOW someone tell him.India matters because AI needs scale data & human feedback to improve. Cut India out and U.S. gets weaker models and China fills the gap https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012856547161071857 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012856547161071857"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2012856547161071857)  2026-01-18T11:56Z 309.2K followers, 75.6K engagements


"E.U. NATION MAY SLAP COUNTER SANCTION AGAINST U.S. Mull curbing imports into EU zone. European ambassadors hold emergency meeting over Trumps latest Greenland threat. Interestingly PRESIDENT OF E.U. COMMISSION URSULA VON DER LEYEN will be in Delhi for Republic Day parade"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2013080137416208659)  2026-01-19T02:44Z 309K followers, [----] engagements


"BACK TO BALLOT UNDER CONG RAJ BREAKING ON KARNATAKA POLLS. Bengaluru Municipal Corporation elections will be held on ballot papers not EVMs. [---] wards to vote via ballot Decision taken by State Election Commission after stakeholder consultations Karnataka Cabinet had recommended ballot papers for local body polls last September. KARNATAKA State EC: We have taken a considered decision"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2013162557855719874)  2026-01-19T08:12Z 309.1K followers, 178.9K engagements


"Trump has asked India to join his "Gaza Board of Peace". In this "RAW DISPATCH FROM MY DESK" I answer questions: What should India do Should it decline I list five reasons why saying yes is not an option. What do you think Leave your comments"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2013251473350836303)  2026-01-19T14:05Z 309.1K followers, 27.9K engagements


"INDIA - UAE JOINT STATEMENT. Read the fine print. Refers to promoting "bilateral civil nuclear cooperation." It is one of the first MoUs of this kind with a Gulf power"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2013271544420507885)  2026-01-19T15:25Z 309.1K followers, 69.1K engagements


"FASCINATING CONVERSATION: Canadas largest pension fund La Caisse (AUM: $360370 bn) is being pitched India as a major investment destination. The minister hooes 4050% of its global corpus could be deployed in India. If even a fraction materialises it shows confidence in Indias growth. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2013303797012173243 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2013303797012173243"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2013303797012173243)  2026-01-19T17:33Z 309.3K followers, 126.3K engagements


"SABARIMALA SHOCKER: GOLD PILFERAGE WAS "ORGANISED SYSTEMATIC". Kerala HC finds prima facie evidence of organised systematic pilferage of gold from temple idols as chemical analysis suggests replacement of gold plates. This is the cost of state control over Hindu temples in the name of a warped secularism. WOULD THE STATE STILL BE A CUSTODIAN HAD THIS BEEN ANY OTHER FAITH https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2013445916297175206 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2013445916297175206"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2013445916297175206)  2026-01-20T02:58Z 309.4K followers, 65.9K engagements


"JOIN BOARD OF PEACE OR. Trump turns the pressure dial to max. Threatens 200% tariffs on French wine & champagne to force Macron on his Board of Peace then shrugs: Hell be out of office soon. INDIA IS YET TO TAKE A STAND. WILL REFUSAL BE LINKED TO SANCTIONS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2013512553394250132)  2026-01-20T07:22Z 309K followers, 31.6K engagements


"THE DIVIDE IS REAL. SO IS THE ANIMUS. Danish MEP Anders Vistisen to Trump: Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President fuck off"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2013651252828082369)  2026-01-20T16:34Z 309.4K followers, 48.2K engagements


"TARGETED KILLINGS CONTINUE. NO ONE RAISES A VOICE. Based on reports the body ofAbhi Chandra a Hindu youth and a student in the Management Department at Naogaon Government College was recovered from the Naogaon River in Bangladesh.No arrests"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2013655055954825234)  2026-01-20T16:49Z 309.3K followers, 43.8K engagements


"FEDERATION YES FRAGMENTATION A BIG NO. India pavillion at DAVOS [----] is split into state stalls. Each competes against the other for the same cheque. U.S.A pavillion isn't diced into [--] states. U.S. pitches to the world as "team U.S.A." despite being a federation. AGREE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2013805312495714720)  2026-01-21T02:46Z 309.1K followers, 66K engagements


"SEES RED OVER BHAGWA Udupi DC flags off the centuries-old Paryaya Mahotsava with the Bhagwa Dhwaja citing administrative duty & established custom. Cong writes to CM seeking action. Is a customary religious symbol at a traditional event a service violation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2013827378896871496)  2026-01-21T04:13Z 309.1K followers, 59.4K engagements


"NOTE: HE' TAKEN OATH ON OUR CONSTITUTION TMC MLA MANIRUL ISLAM (FARAKKA): EC will be taught a lesson before threatening to hunt it down from underground." This MLA had earlier led a mob that ransacked a BDO office in Murshidabad. Threats to constitutional authorities. DEMOCRACY "SAVIOUR" ECOSYSTEM SILENT https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2013846921560117326 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2013846921560117326"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2013846921560117326)  2026-01-21T05:31Z 309.4K followers, 58.8K engagements


"Davos isnt irrelevant. But if WEF claims to shape the future it can't be anchored in the economic past. If WEF is to be a bridge between North-South and stay relevant there's a need for an Asian-hosted WEF Summit. How about Delhi Here's a "RAW DISPATCH FROM MY DESK""  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2013981438115475918)  2026-01-21T14:26Z 309.1K followers, 12.5K engagements


"CHINA SAYS NO TO TRUMP INVITE TO JOIN GAZA BOARD OF PEACE India's official response awaited. Internal discussions are on assessing merits/demerits of Trump's offer. Pak Turkiye are on board. What should India do"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2014226767003972015)  2026-01-22T06:40Z 309.3K followers, 33.1K engagements


"TRUMP-SHARIF TANGO IN DAVOS. WHAT TO MAKE OF IT U.S. lines up Pakistan for Gaza even as Islamabad has courted Hamas and berated Israel. SCENARIO 1: U.S. is willing to trample Israeli red lines. Unlikely SCENARIO 2: Israel ignores in exchange for Paks diplomatic recognition"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2014533907736297727)  2026-01-23T03:01Z 309.2K followers, 19K engagements


"BREAKING. AXIOS REPORTS: US Senator Ted Cruz in conversation with donors said he was battling" the WH to accept a trade agreement with India. Cruz mentioned Peter Navarro Vance and "sometimes" Trump were resistant to getting the trade deal done"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2015473442024526136)  2026-01-25T17:14Z 309.3K followers, 34.3K engagements


"#NotebandiDay49 has the pain been worth it Tell us your experiences. Tweet back @TimesNow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/814344325790363650)  2016-12-29T05:36Z 305.4K followers, [--] engagements

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