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NDA Set to Win Bihar Despite Anger Against Nitish: CVoter Survey

The NDA could win 141-161 seats ahead of UPA at 64-84. 56.7% said they are angry with the Nitish Kumar government.

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Note the Orgs and people involved.

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https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-i ... 2020-09-24
Why NGOs fear the new FCRA regulations

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The meat of the piece is behind paywall ... https://www.business-standard.com/article/defence/india-invites-israeli-companies-to-meet-130-billion-weapons-need-120092401665_1.html India invites Israeli companies to meet $130 billion weapons need Defence ministry sets target of 70 per cent self-relian...

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1. Wasn't there a call for a single ISR backbone? If that happens then 30 can be parked with this entity and managed centrally. 2. We do need enhancements to our ISR capabilities which is woefully short as has been proved during the current Indo-China standoff. I don't consider this deal as hafta fo...

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https://twitter.com/SanamF24/status/1309439620585791489 Breaking: reports of an attack near the former offices of Charlie Hebdo here in #Paris. Three are said to have been injured. #f24 For context, this is happening as a French court is hearing testimonies from the Charlie Hebdo trial. 14 suspects ...

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Pankajs as usual, you are making things too complex . For China, there is no border defined and they will keep pushing our green, grey and red - imaginary lines. It is unfortunate but I haven’t seen single statement from GoI that we have clear border as depicted in the Indian map. There are no colo...

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https://twitter.com/anirbanganguly/status/1309356907199492097 Last 48 hours #CBI raids 13 locations across #WestBengal exposing entrenched #CattleSmuggling racket & network. Senior retd police officers from the State say this is unprecedented in the history of #WestBengal, has not happened in 73...

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This will not apply to y-junction because as you yourself note, it applies to Indian positions. There is no Indian position at the y-junction. Y-junction is just a point on the regular patrol path. Isn't Y-Junction not on Indian side of LAC? Or has the LAC moved west beyond this point?? Why should ...

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I wanted to make this point for a while now but kept forgetting ... The FACT that the Chinese are able to intercept Indian troops @ y-junction simply means that they are *watching* our Burtse camp without doubt. There is simply no other way to detect, mobilize and move up to the y-junction 1st befo...

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Reading on twitter that India has cautioned China that IA will open fire if PLA tried to mob or run over Indian positions . So will this also apply to Y-Junction where PLA stops IA from moving ahead by mobbing?? This will not apply to y-junction because as you yourself note, it applies to Indian po...

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You've a point - agreed. But like you say - we're closer to that area - then we should push for the Chinese sooner or later will establish permanent positions (Then they won't be 30 kms from their nearest post) - if not for tactical advantage - just to maintain the pressure upon us, keep us tied do...

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I wanted to make this point for a while now but kept forgetting ... The FACT that the Chinese are able to intercept Indian troops @ y-junction simply means that they are *watching* our Burtse camp without doubt. There is simply no other way to detect, mobilize and move up to the y-junction 1st befor...

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@VikramS - We trusted the army commanders and you see what we have. Commanders on the ground can make a lot of difference even without political backing. If Gen Sundarji had his way asking the army to vacate from Sumdorong Chu - we would have already lost Tawang by now. The commander on the ground ...

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Fishtail - 1 > 29° 6'57.48"N, 96°17'36.15"E
Fishtail - 2 > 28°37'9.23"N, 96°33'26.97"E

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In spite of losing the elections after receiving a sound and savage beating at the hustings, these woke lootyens, commie and naxal guys and their frustrated castrated BIF pals speak so glibly of "majoritarianism" when in fact they are slyly demanding the right to impose the "tyranny ...

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Embedded piece that I haven't read myself. Relying on the quotes portion, it seems most of the Chinese intrusions in the Arunachal are in the fishtail area that India still controls. I did not know that India still controls the fishtail area partially or fully. I was under the impression that we had...

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https://twitter.com/bhartijainTOI/status/1309118816912367616 NIA conducts searches at 30 locations in Bengaluru violence case; arrests alleged conspirator Sayed Saddiq Ali for his involvement in attack on KG Halli Police Station on Aug 11, 2020. Saddiq, a bank recovery agent, was absconding after th...

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About EPW.in editorial ... https://twitter.com/ShamikaRavi/status/1308997983086800896 What an embarrassing editorial! From “ alleged atrocities against Uighur Muslims and Tibetans ” to justifying “ Chinese pre-emptive actions in the eastern Ladakh ”.... The CCP propaganda wing couldn’t have done bet...

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Did anyone see a similar stand during Modi's 1st term? https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/umar-khalid-not-an-exception-to-rule-of-law-in-india-former-judges/656533 Umar Khalid not an exception to rule of law in India: Former judges {IANS} Former judges have hit out at civil society activists...

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Someone a while back wanted to know why Cocos Island, Australia was important and what it offered to India. The answer ... https://twitter.com/detresfa_/status/1309013523381522437 Exploring recent agreements, joint exercises, known & expected deployments here is a map plotting the potential #Ind...

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https://twitter.com/jsaideepak/status/1308676349708566528 1. Absolutely scintillating judgement delivered by d Madurai Bench of the Madras HC on 22/9/2020 in a petition filed by Shri @trramesh, President of d @indiccollective, challenging a tender notification issued by d Executive Officer of d Pala...

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https://www.ft.com/content/e76a835b-27d5-4750-9749-04921d6bf1eb?segmentid=acee4131-99c2-09d3-a635-873e61754ec6 China is escalating its punishment diplomacy Just two days before President Xi Jinping was scheduled to speak to Chancellor Angela Merkel last week, China blocked all pork imports from Germ...

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NO they did not ... 1. Go back to the period and read reports again what their objective was. 2. A video of General Anbu, hope I have the name right, and one other General with Nitin Gokhale discussing Doklam is must watch to understand what the current Chinese deployment on Doklam means. Not much....

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If somebody knows - how is it that the Chinese are stopping us from patrolling beyond the Y-Junction (near Burtse). I can understand they have excellent surveillance in that area so they reach the Y Junction and stop our patrols from going further up the Raki Nala but can't Indian troops then take ...

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In Doklam, the Chinese did not want to stop in Bhutan, they were coming towards Sikkim, they were suprised that they were stopped at the Border and not allowed to construct in India. Their aim was Jampei (Hope I have the spelling right) ridge at least. They did NOT get to it then or now. OTOH, the ...

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While the initial Chinese move was indeed a surprise, it was apparent after some thought that the Chinese plan must have started post Doklam to avenge the "loss of face" then, it being just ONE of the drivers of the current standoff however. That China is preparing for a future conflict s...

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https://twitter.com/Tejasvi_Surya/status/1308757818112004096 Twitter, FB & such foreign social media platforms cannot arbitrarily censor free speech . While they claim benefits as intermediaries, they interfere with content. IT Intermediary Guidelines Rules is ultravires parent act & Constit...

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Embedded piece by Washingtontime.com https://twitter.com/BillGertz/status/1308715812669227014 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says appeasement of China by past administrations has produced the dangers evident today , and the Trump administration has halted the policy and taken a new approach. My inte...

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https://twitter.com/samwestrop/status/1308813832274542597 1/ Emgage, a radical, Islamist-run group tied to Biden campaign, boasts of its work in Washington D.C. to demonize India. 2/ Claims to have sent 5,500 emails to Congress, lead over 60 meetings with Senate and House offices, helped organize tw...

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https://twitter.com/subhash_kak/status/1308856453097283584 Lamenting that there're more activists than scholars at Indian universities, a friend in Europe writes: "Linguists from Switzerland were commissioned to study and standardise the lexicology of Bhutanese language. For a country that prod...

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^^ Q: When will LUH production begin? The issuance of IOC by the Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification (CEMILCA) paves the way for launch of production . We have requested the IAF and Army to initiate the process of AoN (Acceptance of Necessity) to enable HAL to commence production. Th...

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https://twitter.com/sneheshphilip/status/1308835989838876674 China is not planning to back down from Ladakh: @Stratfor analyst @SimTack tells me. #China is laying the foundation today for tomorrow’s crisis with India . Work by him and @detresfa_ shows China actually began building up after Doklam . ...

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10 days of "intense" war ... 40 days of indigenous ammunition .. 60 days of conventional bombs ... Why are we reading only a part of the whole story? If the war extends beyond 10 days, it will become a war of attrition and we have 40 days of reserves for that. Plus by then emergency purcha...

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Chronology is important to understand what has happened. The current GOI allowed many things on TV, Social media and on OTT platform that *could* be hurtful to one side or the other. Their approach to *policing* was pretty relaxed to the extent that IIRC Ravi Shankar Prasad *proudly* stated that the...

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https://twitter.com/sidhant/status/1308819752740028417 Important sign of deep convergence between Delhi & Riyadh. In a very rare development, both India's External Affairs minister S Jaishankar & National Security Advisors Ajit Doval were present at the Saudi National Day celebration in Delh...

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Embedded barandbench.com link ... worthwhile to watch ... https://twitter.com/KanchanGupta/status/1308818185479618560 Petition in Delhi High Court against @Twitter whose "servers were used for the promotion of #Khalistan". Some serious allegations have been listed and directions sought for...

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https://twitter.com/AshutoshGhazal/status/1308781917341233152 43 Bridges made by BRO across 7 states/ UTs in J&K-10 #Ladakh-7 #HimachalPradesh-2 #Punjab-4 #Uttarakhand-8 #ArunachalPradesh-8 #Sikkim-4 dedicated to the nation & Foundation Stone of Nechiphu Tunnel on road to #Tawang will be lai...

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https://twitter.com/sanjeevsanyal/status/1308817382689783808 One more reform done: Major Port Authorities Bill. It provides autonomy to each port authority so that it can made decentralised decisions and thinks of itself as a "developer" rather than a govt department . Most major global po...

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https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/numbers-explain-farm-bill-ruckus-in-rajya-sabha-1724425-2020-09-23 Numbers explain farm bill ruckus in Rajya Sabha Records show that a large number of members of major opposition parties did not come to the House on Sunday, and this includes almost a dozen Congr...

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