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by James
30 Mar 2023 14:59
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8429
Views: 2892699

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Came across this press release (released in April 2021) from the Indian Embassy in Moscow regarding the PLI scheme https://indianembassy-moscow.gov.in/press-releases-18-04-2021-1.php#:~:text=The%20scheme%20has%20been%20carefully,thus%20making%20it%20WTO%2Dcompliant. While the tone of the release is ...
by James
26 Mar 2023 09:14
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
Replies: 1020
Views: 611466

Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion

Lift off normal, boosters separated and 2nd stage is ignited
by James
09 Feb 2023 14:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4355
Views: 1200755

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Any chance Pakis will agree to send cannon fodder instead of Ukranians? Zilch. For at least these reasons from both sides: (i) PAK fauj is just a paper tiger capable of bullying their own citizens; they can't even effectively take on TTP. There is no way that they will agree to fight against the Ru...
by James
15 Sep 2022 16:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
Replies: 1776
Views: 571358

Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015

^^ Aha, so that's what its all about. The safe harbour institutions will insist on the transactions being done only in USD, thus effectively extending the hegemony of the petro-dollar which had started to erode of late. As of now, buyers of Russian crude oil are free to price it in other currencies ...
by James
22 Aug 2022 17:58
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5263
Views: 1741695

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

He could have been traded for someone from our side as well, who was caught by the Pakis. Don't know for sure, but it is possible.
by James
10 Aug 2022 17:10
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2224
Views: 778519

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

I fail to understand which places can they (planes) go and bomb. Not China, unless somewhere in Himalayas which are easier and safer to target with rocket force. Mainland is too far to go *and* to get back safely, even with stealth. Maybe launch from India and recover to Japan? Like the Dolittle ra...
by James
15 Jul 2022 13:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7930
Views: 2127027

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

What is a staff level agreement? Plausible deniability for full agreement... End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily repre...
by James
05 Jul 2022 14:16
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4355
Views: 1200755

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

As long as Paxis continue to blame everyone else for their mess we all will do fine and they will stay irrelevant. But the moment they start to do right things then we will have lot to worry. I am having a hard time imagining what “right things” might be when it comes to Bakis, let alone how they w...
by James
30 Jun 2022 18:26
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
Replies: 1020
Views: 611466

Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion

PSLV C53 mission successfully completed. All satellites placed in intended orbits.
by James
23 Jun 2022 16:39
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
Replies: 1020
Views: 611466

Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion

https://www.isro.gov.in/update/23-jun-2022/nsil%E2%80%99s-1st-demand-driven-satellite-mission-post-space-sector-reforms-gsat-24-0 Today, 23rd June 2022 @ 03.20 Hrs IST, NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), a CPSE under Department of Space, successfully undertook the launch of GSAT-24 communication satelli...
by James
07 May 2021 19:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 2811220

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

^^ Definitely by June. But June 2029, after completing 15 yrs as PM.
by James
02 Feb 2021 12:16
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: India Budget 2021 News and Discussion
Replies: 89
Views: 17311

Re: India Budget 2021 News and Discussion

Hmm, this is going to get a lot of brickbats, including from moi... This will also restrict the government's ability to borrow cheap money, since people will try to reduce their contributions and seek other investment opportunities. Not sure why this govt has consistently shown an inclination to to...
by James
20 Nov 2020 18:14
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Replies: 5263
Views: 1741695

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2

^^ This could be a combination of multiple factors at play (i) trying to use the US transition period b/w Trump and Biden to carry out an attack without too much of a blowback from US (ii) trying to test what would be Biden's reaction / redlines (iii) signalling to jihadis that sentencing of Hafiz S...
by James
18 Sep 2020 16:15
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2084216

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EiDGgitVoAAxDOA?format=png&name=small May be we should start a petition to push 100 MPs in LS and RS to impeach Chandrachud for subverting constitution by trying to put a limit of FoE and take over people's mandate The bigger issue is that impeachment is the ONLY act...
by James
17 Jul 2020 23:54
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2084216

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

chetak wrote:
i seem to be in august company :oops:
Abhishek Singhvi@DrAMSinghvi · 9h
In legal terms, we quite simply refer to this as an "admission"
#PropagandaCell
https://twitter.com/Mahesh10816/status/ ... 21249?s=19
What a ...ahem... position to be in! :wink:
by James
13 Jul 2020 16:34
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Replies: 8042
Views: 1529481

Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020

4. Once the Chinese re-supply route via Malacca strait and Gwadar is cut, Nothing to do with with military supplies, but at least as far as crude oil imports by China are concerned, 50% of the oil imported by China in 2019 already did NOT / need NOT have passed thru Malacca straits. To that extent,...
by James
22 May 2020 17:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - November 11, 2019
Replies: 2848
Views: 923906

Re: Terroristan - November 11, 2019

Hmm, it’s the mango season as well. History repeating itself? Will be interesting to see the passenger manifest.
by James
01 May 2020 16:06
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2084216

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

WRT, the UT and his not holding the seat in the LC. I must confess that I don't really understand why UT is in hot water. Can't he simply resign from the post of the CM and then be sworn in again five minutes later. Is this action unconstitutional?? Similar thing has happened before, though for a m...
by James
22 Apr 2020 18:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: North East & Eastern Himalayan: News & Discussion
Replies: 1140
Views: 255723

Re: North East & Eastern Himalayan: News & Discussion

Pls see the video in this tweet. On the T-shirt is mentioned “Ura Uvie Our land is ours” Does this have Naga separatist connotations?


https://twitter.com/rajeshpadmar/status ... 8963615746
by James
15 Apr 2020 00:20
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2084216

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Rahul M wrote:
Yagnasri wrote:As per the reports they want to go to Mandla in WB. Is it possible that they are illegal BDs? The person who spread this rumour is now arrested by Navi Mumbai police and said to belong NCP.
There's no such place in West Bengal.
I think he means Malda.
by James
27 Mar 2020 13:24
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8429
Views: 2892699

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

More than the rate cut, various measures to pump in liquidity into the system and also 3 months moratorium on term loans will have a bigger positive impact. Still the markets are off their intraday highs reached prior to the announcement, but that can be expected after yesterday’s smart gains. https...
by James
27 Mar 2020 13:16
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - November 11, 2019
Replies: 2848
Views: 923906

Re: Terroristan - November 11, 2019

Actually moving suspected Corona infected persons to POK will (rightly) give pause to thoughts of India taking over POK when Pakistan is at its weakest, and rest of the world is focusing on their own Corona battles. Though I doubt that the Pakis would have thought much about this aspect - their inst...
by James
02 Jul 2018 18:40
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8429
Views: 2892699

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Looking at the Historical data of exhange rates from 2013 -2018, we see the Rupee CNY rate today is simlair and Rupee has actually appreciated against Malaysian Ringgit, Thai Baht, Rupiah, Aust Dollar, Can Dollar, Euro, GBP and almost every other currency. This fact is lost on the secular crowd. Wh...
by James
25 Jun 2018 14:31
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8429
Views: 2892699

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Prasad wrote:Does anyone know where we can get more detailed data about our imports? Breakup and share of what gets imported and how much it costs etc.
Pls refer to this site: http://commerce-app.gov.in/meidb/default.asp
by James
29 Jan 2018 16:02
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8429
Views: 2892699

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Here's more proof (if any was needed) that the MSM always tries to portray things negatively. Few days ago, there was an Oxfam report that said that the top 1% in India have 73% of the total wealth. This was portrayed as a big example of income inequality and everybody went to town with this, includ...
by James
13 Jan 2018 08:22
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
Replies: 6030
Views: 1224569

Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion

I think that Jet has also deployed an A330 on a morning departure from Mumbai to Delhi. Given that the NMIA will take at least 3 more years to commence operations, existing and future passenger traffic growth, limited no. of slots at CSIA, i’d be surprised, if we DON’T see more wide body aircraft on...
by James
12 Jan 2018 08:51
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion - Sept 2016
Replies: 4447
Views: 1487772

Re: Indian Space Programme Discussion - Sept 2016

Any links for live feed of the launch?
by James
31 Aug 2017 13:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Positive News from the USA
Replies: 3095
Views: 428886

Re: Positive News from the USA

US R US (Union of Socialist Republic United States) on the lines of Toy R Us?
by James
31 Aug 2017 13:00
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Aug 26 2015
Replies: 4573
Views: 1050608

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Aug 26 2015

I have a few questions on the basic working of DBT (Direct Benefit Transfer) which is to replace the PDS (Public Distribution System) of foodgrains. Currently, the PDS shops provide foodgrains at a subsidized rate [pls note all examples used are hypothetical nos, and may or may not be the correct on...
by James
25 Aug 2017 21:27
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
Replies: 6359
Views: 1312678

Re: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry

^^ Assuming of course that Carolina herself wins her QF match against Nozomi Okuhara.
by James
02 Aug 2017 12:35
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terroristan - June 20, 2017
Replies: 2847
Views: 630186

Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - June 20, 2017

Female PTI MNA Attacks Pseudo Pashtun Imran Khan . Ayesha Gulalai quits PTI, says honour of women not safe because of Imran Khan :eek: :eek: :eek: "I was shocked," she continued. "I saw many of their [PTI members'] misdeeds. One of them is that they send inappropriate text messages. ...
by James
27 Jul 2017 14:28
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Aug 26 2015
Replies: 4573
Views: 1050608

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Aug 26 2015

Part of the reason for decline in exports was also due to reduction in crude oil prices. As you know, we export a fair bit of refined petroleum products. Of course, imports also went down due to decline in crude oil prices, but it also drove down exports of the finished POL products. Also, in 2016-1...
by James
27 Jul 2017 07:46
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Aug 26 2015
Replies: 4573
Views: 1050608

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Aug 26 2015

^^ Two things not explicitly stated but alluded to are: (i) Stronger rupee would negatively impact India's export competitiveness. Of course, as mentioned in the report, a stronger rupee helps to bring down the import bill, but as commodity prices are already quite low, a stronger rupee does not giv...
by James
14 Jul 2017 10:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Amarnath Yatris killed in terror attack. Allahoakbar
Replies: 434
Views: 82165

Re: Amarnath Yatris killed in terror attack. Allahoakbar

A stone thrower is a terrorist who has not yet started carrying a gun. It is important to internalize this first, so that necessary action can be taken. And after that action is taken, AFSPA does exist to provide cover to the forces.
by James
23 Jun 2017 07:15
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
Replies: 6030
Views: 1224569

Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion

Also, SIN-BOM by Singapore Airlines. One of 3 daily flights is an A-380.
by James
10 Jun 2017 19:58
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: GSLV-Mk III launch program/post-launch analysis
Replies: 424
Views: 115862

Re: GSLV-Mk III launch program/post-launch analysis

Third and fourth orbit raising done and solar arrays deployed. http://www.isro.gov.in/update/10-jun-2017/third-orbit-raising-operation-of-gsat-19-satellite-has-been-successfully-carried http://www.isro.gov.in/update/10-jun-2017/fourth-and-final-orbit-raising-operation-of-gsat-19-satellite-has-been h...
by James
06 Jun 2017 19:07
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Currency Demonetisation and Future course of Indian Economy
Replies: 7884
Views: 1406638

Re: Currency Demonetisation and Future course of Indian Economy

Best not to discuss it if it is unsubstantiated. There were rumors of CIC being much more than RBI realized or was tracking. I'm not sure the mechanisms in place are adequate even now. Hopefully they will introduce new notes every 5 years and flush out all fake (or legally double printed) currency ...
by James
30 May 2017 17:09
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Currency Demonetisation and Future course of Indian Economy
Replies: 7884
Views: 1406638

Re: Currency Demonetisation and Future course of Indian Economy

^ There are 2 separate issue here: one is related to inoperative or dormant accounts. IIRC, dormant accounts are those where there is no customer initiated transaction for more than 2 years. The key here is customer initiated. So interest credit in savings account is not considered as customer initi...
by James
30 May 2017 16:05
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Aug 26 2015
Replies: 4573
Views: 1050608

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Aug 26 2015

SaraLax wrote:
JohnTitor wrote:I see. Is it just non-Indian entities that issue them?
IIRC - the most recent entity that usedthis Masala Bonds route of raising money was HDFC Bank.
Not HDFC Bank but the mortgage lender HDFC Ltd.