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^ More on freeing the agri sector: Agriculture ministry gears up to start trade via e-NAM among seven states (ET) NEW DELHI: The agriculture ministry will, in the next two months, run a pilot project for interstate mandi trade through the electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM). This will ena...

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^ Great news. Have been hearing about hyderogen fuel cells and ammonia based alternatives for a while now. Makes sense from India's POV to diversify risk and invest in different technologies in parallel. Only.

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Chinese People Hope ‘Powerful Grandpa Trump’ Ends the Chinese Communist Party This one's a laugh riot. Illuminating too. Recommended read. Some gem-my excerpts: A deeper meaning underlying the nickname is the fact that, in the eyes of some Chinese people, Trump is daring to stand up against the Chi...

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India is threatening the made-in-China industry (in smartphones, appliances and consumer electronics) The following article is an adapted translation of this article, written by Wang Xinxi and published by Sina Tech. Article seems tad overly pessimistic reg PRC and overly worried about India, IMVHO...

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One goes to the most convenient reliable source. Anyway, weekly foreign exchange reserves statistics are of interest mainly because of the sinking rupee. So it looks like the RBI has not (needed to?) defend the rupee this last week. Abheek Barman in ET yesterday strongly arguing that RBI shouldn't ...

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Modi govt’s Bastar 'development offensive' showing results, tribals getting first taste of freedom (first post) Very heartening read. Mucho recommended. And that too in First Post, must wonder whats going on only. Debobrat Ghose of Firstpost takes a trip through the Dandakaranya forests in the Maoi...

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PRC testing eye-lasers (designed to permanently blind enemy troops, and explicitly banned under UN conventions) against US troops, seems like. Likely to be used against our troops too along the TAR border, I fear. Laser Attacks Against U.S. Forces Spread to the Pacific (popular mechanics) Laser atta...

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+1.

Also, not necessary that the better product win in the short to medium term (and hence die before it gets to the longterm only0. UPI's BHIM is soooo very convenient that by now i'd have thought the paytms of the world would've gone bellyup. But that's not how the world works in the short run.

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Regardless of influencing int'l standards, we should 'nudge' products used by Indians to be NAVIC compatible, using the full force of law if necessary.

Nice to know NAVIC cannot be manipulated, jammed or 'switched off' by outside powers at will, particularly in non-peace-time.

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you can just wink and I will take the hint. :rotfl: wink wink. But more seriously, mil applications for ISRO assets is a hush topic for good reason. Lotsa damage potential in commercial launch orders, inter-agency relationships etc. (not to mention tech sanctions) might apply if ISRO comes out of t...

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India’s first indigenous technology to search, track and kill enemy drones, has been developed and a working prototype is sitting in Bengaluru.

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Excerpt from ZH of what Urijit Patel wrote y'day in an FT op-ed In an op-ed published overnight in the FT, a central banker writes that when it comes to the turmoil gripping the world’s Emerging Markets, whether it is the acute, idiosyncratic version observed in Argentina and Turkey, which accordin...

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Hari Seldon · Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

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Indian Railways To Link All Northeast Capitals By 2020 At A Cost Of Rs 90,000 Crore (swarajya)

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IMHO, our big advantage is that our supply lines are rather short and that we have densely populated regions just south of the Himal. Hence, the PLA will be forced to fight its way inch by inch into our land whereas their side is mostly empty land with infra standing out waiting to be taken out with...

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Xi’s compulsions to meet in Wuhan were greater than Modi’s (AVM ARJUN SUBRAMANIAM (RETD) in the print) The firefight at Nathula and Chola in 1967; the Sumdorong Chu incident and the recent stand-off at Doklam are some examples of India standing firm in the face of attempted coercion by the People’s...

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I for one hope nothing more than chai-biskoot happens. Also, hope NM takes his cook along if not food as well. Another LBS in tashkent moment this country could do without. Only.

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Why give any importance to UKstan at all, I wonder only. Theek hai, NM went there, had his say aimed also at a domestic audience and moved on. Its no secret UKstan routinely kowtows to PRC diktats. I don't see too many cheeni 'dissidents', criminals, venal baboons etc being invited and sheltered by ...

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Was chatting with an entrepreneur friend who is in the 'RegTech' industry - regulatory tech. The next big thing after finTech or so the pitch goes. The vast maze of compliance requirements for orgs of all shades - firms, non-profits, edu institutions etc. - necessitates a 'product platform' that aut...

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Pak diplomat in ‘Wanted’ list: NIA explains horrific destroy south India plot (Newsroom) An NIA source said that his crimes were horrific and had it gone through, the destruction in South India would have been unimaginable. The source also goes on to add that in the history of the organisation, thi...

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Pak diplomat in ‘Wanted’ list: NIA explains horrific destroy south India plot (Newsroom) An NIA source said that his crimes were horrific and had it gone through, the destruction in South India would have been unimaginable. The source also goes on to add that in the history of the organisation, thi...

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Meanwhile in Trumpistan...

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PRC meanwhile is out toneuter and defang its taller than ocean ally TSP. Here's a fresh pic showing the cheenis making the Pak PM do a stool test.... the chair (err, stool) they gave him is so luxurious, the chap's impressive girth is half bulging out only... https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DaZ4pUbWsAAy...

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+1. The Indian State should openly express admiration for PRC strategies in Tibet and Pak ones in PoK.

Should jolt the valley sunnis to their senses in seconds.

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Had to imagine how someone who has lived and worked outside in 'em emerged economies, particularly those in 'em balmy temperate climes, could even contemplate returning to the heat, grime and dust of India. My humble salutes to those who do. P.S. I returned too, a decade off ago. Sometimes wonder if...

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#ISRO #GSAT6A Faces Serious Glitch In Power System, Scientists Say Communication Lost

https://t.co/qsePGXYAeS

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I don;t expect even a peep from those opposing aadhaar in the name of privacy or something.

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+1, RD saar.

Too many who reject Indic dharma jump to pontificate, condescend, cherry-pick and as you aptly put-it 'shame-bait' us Indics for high-crimes we're yet to commit. Blame the victim is effective only so far, perhaps. Only.

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Reg some alleged rumors of GOI kowtowing to PRC, this from the chindu no less: https://twitter.com/the_hindu/status/973133679135371264

The Hindu Verified account @the_hindu

JUST IN: Dalai Lama to be chief guest at Indian Science Congress, Manipur. PM Modi to inaugurate. @neutranino

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Population + Urbanization = High concentration of GDP in cities = Many cities in the list Sure. My point is not a single desi city makes the list. While the likes of jakarta do so. Of course the slimy brish1ts making the list might have some implicit bias spilling over but still, a rather large ove...

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How come sooo many cheeni cities in the list, hain ji?

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Jared Genser Verified account @JaredGenser 1h1 hour ago #China paid hundreds of students $20 each to line streets of DC and wave Chinese flags during #Xi State Visit. #PaidNationalism http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/07/chinas-long-arm-reaches-into-american-campuses-chinese-students-scholars-associ...

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Does anybody hear about "Free Tibet/Taiwan/Tiananmen/<fill-in-d-blank>" brotests againsg PRC anywhere in the emerged world, including UKstan? Used to wonder why not but its crystal clear now. PRC has huge economic heft and muscle to throw around. And knows how to throw it around. Results? ...

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Always thought the week was a leftie rag but sometimes even broken clocks are right and all that i guess ...

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Apart from some historic baggage what exactly is preventing a repochment between China and Japan? Good Q. For starters there's the Senkaku islands which will remain a sticking point. But hey, trust PRC to sweeten the deal by allowing it to become 'disputed territory' from its current status as &quo...

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India imposes antidumping duty on 98 products from China (IE) India has imposed antidumping duty on as many as 98 products, as on December 27 last year, imported from China, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. The products on which the duty was imposed include flax fabrics, vitamin C, certain fib...

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India’s research reactor fleet (by Saurav Jha in the Nuclear Engineering Journal)

Nice snapshot of where things are at present. Recommended read.

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Beijing is pursuing a complex strategy to corner natural resources (Brahma Chellaney) By building cascades of large dams on international rivers just before they leave its territory, China is re-engineering cross-border natural flows. Among the rivers it has targeted are the Mekong, the lifeline of...

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