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Jack Dorsey, the man who gave us Twitter, a digital conspiracy to keep us distracted from achieving greatness, eats as much in a week as I do in 24 hours. One square meal a day for five days, followed by wild weekends spent OD’ing on water.

It’s crazy how much his lifestyle mimics that of a poor farmer, minus his bathing routine, that is more complicated than Cleopatra’s. Jack Dorsey alternates between a mini sauna and an ice bath every few minutes, till the Bay area runs out of water.

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Well into the sixth year of President Xi Jinping’s signature initiative, Beijing is vigorously preparing to host the second Belt and Road (BRI) Forum on 25-27 April 2019. The biennial jamboree is likely to attract 37 heads of states / governments, and representatives of around 150 nations, as per Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

For the first time, Italy, a G7 country, will be participating as a beneficiary. Most leaders from South Asia, barring India and Bhutan, will also be present. But the celebratory mood is subdued, due to mounting criticism of the predatory BRI deals that are trapping member-nations in a debt-web.

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Times Now, on 24 April, took to Twitter to announce that PM Modi would address his first-ever press conference. But only the news was fake.

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Gujarat recorded an all-time high voter turnout in 52 years on 23 April, with 64.11 per cent voting registered across 26 seats. On Tuesday, Gujarat overtook its 1967 voter turnout of 63.77 per cent and the 2014 voter turnout of 63.5 per cent.

The tribal belts led the charge followed by rural voters. Although the urban voters came out in large numbers, the turnout in four out of the six Lok Sabha seats was less than the the 2014 election turnout.

Incidentally, both the BJP and the Congress are over the moon with the record-breaking turnout as both sides speculate that voters favoured their party. However, political analysts are shying away from jumping to conclusions.

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लोकसभा चुनाव की आधी सीटों पर मतदान हो चुका है. अब बाकी बची सीटों के लिए लड़ाई बाकी है. लेकिन इस लोकसभा चुनाव में कुछ सीटें ऐसी हैं, जहां मुकाबला काफी दिलचस्प हो चुका है

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