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Some helpful coverage in the Economist about how visa issues for Indian citizens in some countries have allowed some other destinations to take advantage. Also shocked to read that Thailand is now cheaper than Goa as a tourist destination at times. Indian tourists are conquering the world Why are y...

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Cyrano wrote: ↑09 May 2024 13:57
Andreessen Horowitz partner says Google is an ‘amazing example’ of employing people in ‘BS jobs’: ‘Half the white-collar staff probably does no real work’

Paywall article, does anyone have a Fortune mag subscription and can summarize it?

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way ot, but let me also put my 2cents into this matter: 1. chinis will mostly use "english" names in gora lands, james, alice whatever, desis following suit is very very less, they go by their given names 2. chinis are more adept at playing piano, cello, violin than their ancestral equipm...

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vcsekhar ji, while I understand the point that you have made, there are extremely few, if any at all, cheeni kids involved in these protests.... how come ... Are they brainier or are Indian kids just plain dumb to get caught up in such meaningless and inane protests which basically have nothing to ...

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Probably met a Paki/s there and was 'influenced' The pull of virtue signalling is very strong in the younger college kids in the US. My good friends cousin (born and brought up in the US) has swallowed all the anti India propaganda popular in the "progressive" uni's. Its the same for the ...

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How do people find time for these demonstrations etc.? When I was a graduate student, I was so rushed and busy between part time job and studies that there was barely any time to even relax let alone join demonstrations… I don't think these two are doing the type of STEM courses that the majority o...

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Here comes VOA with the propaganda: https://www.voanews.com/a/india-journalists-intimidated-into-silence-says-veteran-broadcaster/7570959.html Have they watched American media lately, as they recite all their talking points in unison? What about the censorship that was prevalent on Twitter, before ...

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Manish_P wrote: ↑18 Apr 2024 12:34 That's the raison d'etre for the 'Discussion' part of the thread title, isn't it. Else one can simply say that since only the services and the defence industry folk know things, this thread will be only for 'News' type posts

I agree 100%

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We will also need to take into account the loyal wingman type UCAVs which the Chinese will likely field in the near future. These would accompany their manned aircraft at altitudes which are outside the engagement range of the cheaper AAA guns The world of warfare in changing and I am sure that the...

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The section in bold requires a stock of close to 6000 missiles at any given point of time. If not more. Along with the orders required to maintain those numbers. The PLAF has over 2400 jets. PAF close to 300. If a pk of .5 is accepted for the missile. Then the IAF needs to have atleast 2700x2= 5400...

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In times of crisis or war, the forces are going to require 10s of thousands of missiles of different types. At that that time you cannot just say let's build 1000 Astra. You require these things in storage for utilization in crisis. The only way to accomplish that is by placing production orders th...

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just low level cannon fodder with no value add, and way out of her depth, because of the wrong skin color and obviously the wrong demographic That was exactly my first reaction. Did she think she was a blond, blue eyed, valley girl to think she could get away with such public threats? she is a stup...

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@vcsekhar my company recruits a lot of new Engg collage grads from top schools. most of Indian and Chinese origin american students are doing very well and out perform their peers. i also see them into fitness and play multiple sports unlike me ( immigrant who came for ms). maybe its selection bias...

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But I am reasonably certain that the prevalence of use of alcohol and narcotics, depression, financial instability, family instability, loneliness and depression, etc., etc., are rather different between the Indian student population and the general student population. My son is currently studying ...

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Question for all mujahids, Is the IAF's fighter gap (30 vs. 42 squadrons) a genuine concern? More is always better, but in terms of deterrence value, does it make a difference? That is to say, what prevents us from investing in long / medium / short / last ditch SAMs by the tens of thousands, along...

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Q: is it good time for those with US dollars to convert to rupees (at 80+) now? Around 4 million indian diaspora with say average net worth of 0.25-0.5 million that would be 1-2 T! If this happens the entire export economy of the country will collapse. All our costs are in INR and the cost structur...

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You do realize that GB News was found to be spreading Russian Propaganda ? what sort of bogus argument is this? and which side propaganda are BBC, skynews, CNN, Nyt espousing? we still quote them & how is that related with the merit of the news quoted? Every news publisher seems to have their o...

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colour revolution in UK: Banks cancelling accounts of customers with contrary political opinion Nigel Farage issues rallying cry as banks close million accounts in just four years https://www.gbnews.com/news/bank-news-nigel-farage-close-accounts-coutts-natwest You do realize that GB News was found ...

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I started my post above with "at some point of time" because I understand all the needs to travel to US to meet friends and family, especially in critical situations. Some time back I came to know that a H1-B holder who comes back to India has to once again get his passport stamped in Ind...

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Isnt it gets refunded? Then how can it be labelled as another tax? It's just for better enforcement and adherence purpose. Yes, it is refunded but only at the end of the year, usually by August of the next year. So people will lose their bank interest on 20% of the money grabbed by the govt who wil...

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able to articulate clearly why another tax (albeit refundable) is needed...These kind of charges affect middle class mainly and I see on SM that middle class are fed up & upset for being taken for granted... I hope this pushback works but I am not optimistic at all. This is ridiculous as they a...

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look at the opposition here in India, from amongst the "minorities" no need to go to far away uganda This is a woke project, started with the weaponization of the "me too" movement, side tracked to marital rape, and then meandered eventually to gay pride dominating the present d...

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The fact that $300B bank bailout is now extended to $2T, there is some serious sh1t covered up inside the balance sheets of banks and FED. FDIC has only $125 B depositor insurance where as banks have $9.9T in assets. There is $620B in unrealized losses in bonds. We don't know what other problems th...

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NHS nurses strike asking for 20% pay rise, another example of how militant labour unions in UK are setting up Sunak govt to fail https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/what-a-tragic-day-british-nurses-strike-in-bitter-pay-dispute/articleshow/96247980.cms Are you serious?? The nurses are effec...

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vcsekhar ji check your browser settings or try and use another browser to isolate the problem On numerous occasions, what you describe has happened to me also I user Firefox as my default browser and I checked the settings and I was using the "Strict" set of options for the "Privacy ...

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Right click on the word "Image" . Then select "Open image in New Tab". This works, but, the word "Image" does not show up as a link, normally if you hover your mouse cursor over a link the pointer will change to a hand, this does not happen in this case. This is very s...

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This is really strange, all I see for the messages above from Chetak, Vijayk & Chetak again is just a word saying "Image" thats it, no link to an image or the image itself in the message. Am I the only one who is seeing this? I am logged into the forum and can post to it. Any ideas? Th...

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I agree with you about the Economist journalists. I was much more interested in listening to the Chairman of Tata's and especially his comments about (1) cleaning up the balance sheet & (2) Tata's allocating capital to be spent within India I agree with you, this podcast is on my daily playlist...

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The Economist Podcast: Money Talk : India's Moment Https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYWNhc3QuY29tL3RoZWVjb25vbWlzdG1vbmV5dGFsa3M/episode/NjMyMWZkY2IxYzIzMGYwMDExZTVhMTQ4?ep=14 As expected from the Economist, they had to speak about the "Hindu rate of growth" and of course t...

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Yes, you're right. Going after Chinese co.s in china is pretty much impossible. Somehow all this didn't prevent the west from outsourcing to China for decades... Was it just to make a quick buck? Yes, it was to make a quick buck. Results of huge stock options to CEO's who did short term stuff to pu...

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BTW, the lux industry goes after buyers of fake lux here instead of going after the producers in China because they see China as a huge market and can't dare to piss of Chinese Govt by accusing them of IP and © theft. As is the case with many other industries. The EU authorities go after their own ...

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Even there, the gap is closing. The counterargument is that if virtually there is no difference, then why not buy cheaper "luxury items"! Also, how can China produce it much cheaper than the original if their quality and workmanship are comparable to the originals? They only way they can ...

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True. Pity that it took them a decade to figure out this obvious issue when it was well known that the AF Tejas variant was low on thrust to begin with. What were they expecting when the Navy version would've been 1 ton heavier and expected to fly on short runways? Remarkable. :roll: It will be goo...

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So they cant make do with LCA navy in the interim and blow billions on a new fighter type? As had been explained by Cmdr Mao, the existing LCA Navy cannot be operational due to various limitations. It has served its purpose of development and demonstration of carrier ops. Maybe it could be used for...

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Sounds like science fiction to me - but may be I'm ignorant. US has already supplied its troops with standard nuclear battery packs which last for 10 to 12 years. Any source for this ? There is a lot of work going on in the US and UK for small containerized Nuclear energy generation systems especia...

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This is such racist tripe but then again its on Brietbart, so can we expect any better??? My experience of studying my Masters in a good US college and then working in several great companies have shown me that the exact opposite happens. There were a few Indians in each of the teams that I worked f...

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Congratulations to the whole BRF team to have kept it going strong for 25 years. I remember finding the site in 2000-2001 time frame when i was searching for information on the LCA and have been following it since then, although I have lost my original account as it was linked to the email of the co...

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csaurabh wrote:Our company received a TDF grant from DRDO. I did a small press release
https://primeinsights.in/vashishtha-res ... e-limited/

Congratulations!!!
Fantastic achievement to get this grant and good luck on developing the technology quickly.

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Vips what exactly with BHEL-GE Power make in India for IN? The article has marketing buzzwords but no details. This unit of GE was actually an independent company from UK called Converteam. They got acquired by GE a few years ago and as with most typical GE acquisitions they screwed it up. we used ...

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Chinmay wrote:Noob pooch: why are the nose cones differently coloured on the Kh-35s?

Looks like the missile on the right has a cover on its nose.

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