Bharat Rakshak

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The AQI in Delhi and across some areas of North India is at alarming levels. It is at 614 in Noida at 5:30 AM Saturday (Nov 16th) morning. The health impact of this level of pollution must be huge. In 2019, one study calculated the economic impact of pollution in India to be 1.36% of GDP. It must h...

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The AQI in Delhi and across some areas of North India is at alarming levels. It is at 614 in Noida at 5:30 AM Saturday (Nov 16th) morning. The health impact of this level of pollution must be huge. In 2019, one study calculated the economic impact of pollution in India to be 1.36% of GDP. It must ha...

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I think this points to lack of sporting infrastructure at the grass-roots level in the country and a systematic plan to medal at the highest level. As a percentage of its total annual budget expenditure Indian government spending on sports (0.075%) appears to be the same as that of South Korea. Not ...

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I think it should have been labelled as the "Persecuted Religious Minorities Act" (PRMA) to accurately represent what it is. This approach should be followed in the future to minimize disruptions to the important work that is being done by the Govt.

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Rohit after hitting a 6 and a 4 in the 10th over should have been more refrained (score was 76/1 in 9.3 overs at this point) and settled to play a longer innings. Instead he tried to go for another 6. You should adjust your strategy based on the situation of the Game, the team batting second under l...

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Soft land achieved. First powered soft descent near Moons South Pole. Congratulations to ISRO and India!

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Why do we need PSU banks if they are charging non minimum balance fees, cash deposit charge, more than 5 atm transactions cost? Is there a strategic need for them to remain as PSUs?

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There should be accountability for the loss and the missteps. Too much is riding on 2024 for this defeat to be not taken seriously.

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It is hard to understand the lower importance given to Defense R&D spending and on building local MIC in India especially because of the Geo Political situation that India is in with massive security threats on both borders. We are loosing valuable time with respect to building our military indu...

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Happy Diwali Everyone!

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Whoever is in charge of disseminating information to the public in clear concise terms, building public opinion for their initiatives is failing in their job. Who can the Govt recruit to fix this?

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India is not an OEM in the league of the US, Russia, France, or China. We have no choice but to import and supplement judiciously with indigenous stuff. Each and every system and subsystem we have, can be sanctioned by the Americans or Russians or French if they feel like it on any given day. You a...

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VenkataS I hope TEDBF will be more than 57 planes and be double that (2x57=114) to ensure squadrons have shore time and deploy on three carriers. Goa, Vizag, and another. With respect to TEDBF for a 3 carrier force we would need (30 + 30 + 40) planes assuming the third one is a little bigger + 40 f...

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Order TEDBF and MK2 now and sanction proof the airforce for the future. You cannot be a truly sovereign nation until you design and manufacture a majority of your critical defense equipment. Apart from HAL who would be the main supplier, develop a couple of other private Indian companies as well as ...

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(The General and his family knew this - that vaccines for him was less effective yet he encouraged everyone to get vaccinated) Please get Vaccinated! Seems they did not get a booster dose! I wasn't able to find what vaccine they had received, but the Pfizer vaccine effectiveness is known to be much...

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PM Modi launches Indian Space Association to boost private sector participation Inaugurating the ISpA, the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi said that the government can no longer act as a handler for the Space sector, but rather has to work as an enabler. He highlighted the four pillars of Indi...

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Suraj - Is this growth in exports sustainable and a result of infrastructural improvements over the last few years or is it because of a post pandemic boost.

It would be great if we can sustain a 20% growth in exports over the long term.

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Our economy and consequently the IAF budget is the primary reason for our current squadron strength. If we want to increase our squadron strength and be competitive with respect to our neighbor the only way forward is to quadruple our economy over the next 10 years. That will directly translate to a...

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So what is India getting in return? It may be understandable if all this money gets the Russians on India's side, so that they openly side with India against China. Or they throw in the 2500 km range Kalibr cruise missile as part of the package. But they are sitting on the fence saying both India a...

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There should be a funnel system for athletes right from school level -> district level -> state level -> national level -> international level. I agree with above post Talent alone is useless unless there is an ecosystem which can nurture and fine tune that talent. We do not have the luxury of inves...

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We should increase security throughout the supply-chain of these vaccine production facilities if we have not done so already. These should be deemed as national security installations.

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From what I have gathered, the world will not be fully safe from future virus mutations until the new case numbers decrease to manageable/low levels worldwide. The more the virus is prevalent in the general population the greater the chance of newer mutations. However not all mutations are more dang...

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https://www.npr.org/2021/05/19/997492570/they-returned-to-india-to-be-near-their-fathers-but-lost-them-both-to-covid-19 "Three days later, his dad developed a fever. And on the next day, April 15, he fell as he tried to walk to the bathroom in the middle of the night. "I went and I picked ...

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Uttar Pradesh aims at getting 8 million doses a month via global bids Uttar Pradesh is looking at getting 6-8 million vaccine doses every month through its global tender of purchasing 40 million doses, to be provided to within six months of the state granting the manufacturers the letters of intent...

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GOI has to start thinking long term in terms of vaccinations, plan for and release funds accordingly. We need to vaccinate 1.4 billion citizens which means we need 3 billion vaccine doses (assuming some wastage and quality issues etc). Assuming those that were vaccinated in early 2021 and for protec...

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I never advocate only Ru milware as if it were an ideological pursuit. "Horses for courses" is my philosophy coupled with cost-effectiveness. My option for a 3rd. CV as spelt out ad nauseum is a desi built ( stretched) sister ship of the Vikrant-2 with larger lifts,so she can operate 29Ks...

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Continuing my efforts to keep with the Jal Jeevan Mission every month: 15 Oct 2020 https://i.imgur.com/ULXaUaD.png Almost 30% coverage now, starting at 17% when JJM began on Aug 15 2019. Here is the live dashboard . Prior statuses: September 20 2020 August 15 2020 Surprisingly Telangana is doing ve...

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Safety violations reported by a Pilot who is a youtuber as well. DGCA says that they are investigating: Youtuber Gaurav Taneja's Fans Trend #BoycottAirAsia After The Pilot Gets Suspended Netizens trend #BoycottAirAsiaIndia after YouTube vlogger and pilot Gaurav Taneja suspended by airlines company z...

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Why not develop a new fighter (with dual engines) design based on the existing Kaveri engine or use the Rafale as suggested above. We need a few fighters flying with a domestically produced engine as soon as possible so that a feedback loop can be setup so that continuous incremental improvements ca...

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Bhavani - What you are saying is that AP is pretty much stuck in a rut for the forseaable future. And it will be open season for conversions and corruption.

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AP needs a city in the 5-10 million range population (in the next 10 years) within its urban area with good universities and a decent technical talent pool to compete with Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Chennai and attract some investments which otherwise would go to these cities. It is a reality in India...

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Further investigation of a post from Shanknad: JNU occupies a total of 1019.38 acres of land (ref: https://www.jnu.ac.in/sites/default/files/FactSheet.pdf) in a region of India, where the cost of sq ft is ~Rs.13,000/-, that Univ is alone sitting on a real estate of 5 or 6 lakh crores !! You are a l...

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We need to massively invest in our cities. Private sector can build flats, roads, schools and hospitals, but the govt has to come up with a master plan, acquire the land, figure out the drainage and water supply and then hand off work orders to private parties to fill in the rest. Unfortunately, ou...

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Got this in a WA forward, from the Rutger's HSC where they are trying to arrange an event with Vivek Agnihotri as speaker. I wish I could attend but still recovering from a major medical procedure. These kids need our support. Namaste, I am a 20 year old student at Rutgers University, and I am co-P...

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I kind of expected this response. Firstly I speak as a friend. Not everyone who opposes s.386 is a hater. Let's get that out of the way first. Its absolutely not OK for anyone to have to go through the wait.I believe I485 is an unnecessary roadblock. The market has already been tested during PERM a...

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Indians in USA, those who do not yet have their green cards are looking at a decades long wait in the green card backlog. This affects all Indian applicants in the US including those working for big companies such as Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon etc and not just those working for desi IT compan...

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Look at the following video where an Iranian immigrant mocks Indians by presenting the Senator a green index card and Senator playing along with him. https://twitter.com/psyinfeld/status/1177355239877427200 I can't get to the video as that account has become private. Is that video available elsewhe...

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Zynda - Rudradev cross posted it there.

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Indians in USA, those who do not yet have their green cards are looking at a decades long wait in the green card backlog. This affects all Indian applicants in the US including those working for big companies such as Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon etc and not just those working for desi IT compani...

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Folks - Are there non-profit type organizations/institutions in US that actively promote an Indian point of view? A bunch of us are looking for such existing infrastructure to work with (instead of creating from scratch). If folks are really interested in changing narrative about India, they need t...

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