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Dinesh S. Thakur
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#PublicHealth activist. Founder @thakurfdn Author of The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India. Available for purchase at: amzn.to/3rCk8eI
St Petersburg, FL
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    Dinesh S. Thakur
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    Jan 25, 2024
    Gratifying to see an acknowledgment of our research and opinion from none other than the highest policy making body in the country. ๐Ÿ™ Hopeful that it leads to a systemic change in regulations and the regulator.
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    EAC-PM
    @EACtoPM
    Dec 16, 2023
    India's pharmaceutical success mirrors Janus, the Roman god with two faces. The sector boasts the highest number of US FDA-approved plants outside the US, showing a forward-looking commitment to quality and global standards. Dr @bibekdebroy writes. (1/5)
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    Dinesh S. Thakur
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    Jul 11, 2025
    ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡ Remember, we had public sector pharma companies once that made life saving drugs.
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    NDTV
    @ndtv
    Jul 10, 2025
    "Can't Buy Daughter's Insulin": UP Man Cries In Facebook Video, Shoots Self ndtv.com/india-news/no-โ€ฆ
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    Dinesh S. Thakur
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    May 10, 2024
    The first time I watched this, I couldnt. It was way too painful. This is what a decades of bigotry has done Then, I went back and watched it over and over again. If this doesnt fill you with rage, to take the country back from divisive and bigoted demagogues, then God help us.
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    Alishan Jafri
    @alishan_jafri
    May 10, 2024
    We need to talk more about the psychological impact of BJP's ugly anti-Muslim campaign on ordinary Muslim citizens.
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    Dinesh S. Thakur
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    Jun 20, 2025
    Isnt this getting a little old now? Even for die-hard bhakts. I mean, seriously, how many times can you repeat this orchestrated drama?
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    The Times Of India
    @timesofindia
    Jun 20, 2025
    #WATCH | Prime Minister #NarendraModi's convoy gives way to an ambulance during the roadshow in #Bhubaneswar, #Odisha (reports ANI)
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    Dinesh S. Thakur
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    Jul 29, 2025
    Remember when @theliverdoc called out a misleading congratulatory message from @viditchess a few weeks ago? Well, @Preddy85 & I unpacked in today's @TheHindu how quackery wrapped in "Hindu Pride" has been implicitly encouraged for years now - Patients be damned.
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    Dinesh S. Thakur
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    Jul 27, 2023
    And the Lok Sabha passed the Jan Vishwas 2023 Bill today with very little debate. This Bill fulfills a long standing wish list list of the industry that if you suffer bodily harm from substandard medicine, no one will be held punitively accountable. So much for Good Governance.
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    Asaduddin Owaisi
    @asadowaisi
    Aug 10, 2022
    When we buy a medicine, we assume that govt has verified that itโ€™ll work & wonโ€™t harm us. But proposed amendments will now reduce punishments for meds that arenโ€™t of standard quality. It benefits big business but harms all of us. Very dangerous. @PMOIndia must withdraw the bill
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    Dinesh S. Thakur
    @d_s_thakur
    Oct 10, 2023
    Thatโ€™s nothing. Modi went for years. Years.
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    Rick Wilson
    @TheRickWilson
    Oct 9, 2023
    Trump went months without press conferences. Months.
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    Dinesh S. Thakur
    @d_s_thakur
    Mar 29, 2024
    Quick ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡ Two members of the Himachal Legislative Assembly, Kewal Singh Pathania and Vipin Singh Parmar did us all a great favor. They asked a question of the HP Ministry of Health to provide a list of all drugs that have failed testing in the last three years along 1/n
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    Dinesh S. Thakur
    @d_s_thakur
    Jul 6, 2023
    I wonder how many of us actually find this abhorrent? This is what we have normalized over the last ten years. These goons (and I am being polite here) would have never dared to do this a decade ago. We, those who remain silent because its not "my problem" enable this thuggery
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    Dinesh S. Thakur
    @d_s_thakur
    Feb 11, 2023
    Interesting experience at @DelhiAirport today. Wanted to buy a pack of gum at one of the bookstores and I was asked for my phone number. When I asked why they need my phone number for buying a pack of gum, I was told it was for โ€œsecurity purposesโ€.๐Ÿค” Upon inquiring what kind 1/n
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    Dinesh S. Thakur
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    Feb 11, 2023
    Replying to @d_s_thakur
    3/n What amazed me was there were so many fellow travelers who obediently disclosing this information even without batting an eyelid. What am I missing here ? How can we be so ignorant and apathetic ?
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    Dinesh S. Thakur
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    Sep 28, 2023
    So @HimalayaIndia got an ex-parte order from a Civil Court in Bangalore instructing @X to withhold his account. Here is the order: dineshthakur.com/wp-content/uplโ€ฆ ex-parte: @theliverdoc wasnt even given an opportunity to present his case 1/n
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    Dinesh S. Thakur
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    Aug 10, 2022
    Longish Thread ๐Ÿ‘‡ Most of us have heard of 'Regulatory Capture' by the industry. But have you heard of 'Capture of Law Making Process' itself? Fasten your seatbelts. A sordid tale of how lobbying has almost succeeded in getting its masters a free pass from accountability 1/n
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    Dinesh S. Thakur
    @d_s_thakur
    Nov 27, 2020
    This is unreal ๐Ÿ‘‡ Farmers filling the trenches drug by the Haryana Administration with their own two hands! ๐Ÿ™Œ

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