Bharat Rakshak

VenkataS

Yep. What works for the US would not work for India. When US offloads its manufacturing to China and gets benefited by cheaper good (they get more bang for the buck), they end up with large trade deficit. But the US can afford to run large deficit because of USD' status of reserve currency. If US s...

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Swimming is something that we should absolutely go for. There are a lot of medals to be had in swimming (123 in total and 41 golds)(Also this does not include Diving which has 14 events on its own). Japan and China each won 19 golds and 52 and 50 medals respectively from swimming alone at this years...

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According to IMF estimates for 2018 India is now a $10 trillion dollar economy ($10.385 Trillion to be precise) in PPP terms: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2018/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=48&pr.y=6&sy=2017&ey=2018&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=...

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This is a radical thing to consider but is needed so that we do not suffer from any import lobbies in the future and ensure that build a strong local defense industry. Tejas is sufficiently developed now for us to do this. Blanket ban on any foreign fighter imports from now onwards. Probably muster ...

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Yes if we continue to grow between 7-10% per year over the next 10 years, keep our inflation down and keep our merchandise trade deficit within control then we have a decent chance of being a ~$10 Trillion economy in nominal terms by 2028. Our services trade surplus coupled with remittances and FDI ...

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Suraj - Organizing CWG, AG, OGs or World Championships will boost the local economy of the city/state that it is held in. We do need international level sports infrastructure in every major city in the country. Big sporting events will boost public interest in sports and encourage further investment...

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BTW - Why aren't we hosting Asian games anymore. The last time we hosted AGs was in 1982. They have already been allocated until 2026. That is a long time without hosting games that should be within our reach. In the meantime between 1982 and 2026, South Korea and China would have been hosts three t...

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26 Gold, 20 Silver, 20 Bronze
Not a bad performance by India.

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I am wondering why India did not negotiate and ask for retaining the same number of medals in wrestling, shooting, weightlifting and boxing. They should have negotiated under the threat of leaving the Commonwealth if our core sports are not included at the same levels in the future. Our TV market sh...

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http://bwfbadminton.com/rankings/2/bwf- ... &page_no=1
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are ranked 21st in MD
Sikki Reddy and Pranaav Jerry Chopra are ranked 25th in XD

This is an improvement from a couple of years ago right?

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I remember seeing a discussion about this several years ago. We were on pace to hit $1 trillion in trade volume in early 2010s but faltered along the way. Total merchandise trade volume actually decreased from $760 billion in 2011 to $758 billion in 2015. Hopefully that will not be the case going fo...

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If I am right about the rumors I am hearing - wait for the announcement by LIGO Team at 7 AM (California Time) on October 16. (It seems that CXO noticed a pulse when two Neutron stars merged and which may be officially confirmed by Gravitational Wave team and may be even by another optical telescop...

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If a war does happen we should grab twice the land that they have grabbed from us in the past before a cease fire is declared. This is so that when they eventually come to the negotiating table we would at worst only lose the additional half that we grabbed and retain the part that we have lost to t...

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2) Hold: Pragmatists want this We cannot cede anymore strategic depth to them, we have done that enough in the past. We have enough trump cards to play as well starting with de-legitimizing Chinese occupation of Tibet. If push comes to shove we should occupy Chumbi valley as well and hold on to it.

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Chinese only understand show of force. Us not showing it is considered a sign of weakness. We should publicly lay a claim to larger and larger land parcels in Tibet as our own until they stop with this foolishness. For every 100 SQ Kms of Indian territory that they lay a claim on we should lay a cla...

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The dark side of plummetting solar prices http://www.forbesindia.com/article/special/the-dark-side-of-plummeting-solar-prices/47357/1 According to the above the primary advantages for Chinese manufacturers is the availability of low cost debt at scale and the domestic sourcing of raw materials. I wo...

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I notice that there is only one road "Sriharikota Road" leading into SDSC and SHAR. For such a high profile installation shouldn't we have an additional road as backup?

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Mods : I am hoping that these inline images are not a violation and that you will allow them to remain as they are very illustrative. I collected some information and produced this table and chart (with help from Chacha and based on World Bank data). It shows the importance of sustained economic gro...

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Assuming that our GDP is $2.6 Trillion this year. In 10 years (by 2027 and assuming average annual inflation rate is 3% and assuming a 2% average Rupee appreciation per year) we can be a: $8 trillion economy if we grow at an annualized GDP growth rate of 7% per year (total average growth rate per ye...

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Excellent match by PV Sindhu to beat Wang Yihan and reach the semifinals. She beat her 22-20, 21-19. Her net play was excellent. She moved Wang Yihan around the court and probably tired her. She was down most of the first game but somehow pulled out a win in it. I really liked her temperament in the...

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It does not matter if the technology was handed to SpaceX on a platter. What is stopping ISRO from doing the same thing and cultivating capable private Indian players in the space market. What ISRO is doing is cool and what SpaceX is doing is cool as well. They are treading new territory with respec...

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First year they have crossed $100 billion exports. That is awesome.

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One of the commentators in the broadcast mentioned that the target was to have 6 PSLV launches and 2 GSLV launches in a year in the near future.

The next GSLV MK II launch will be in June/July 2016 according to the mission director.

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Should I hold on to TTM or sell it. I bought (Tata Motors) here in the US about a couple of months ago as it looked like about the only stock that I could buy directly in the US. I have lost more than 20% on it over this time (from $42 to $34 now). I initially intended to hold on to it over the long...

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^ China went from $2 trillion in 2005 to a $10 trillion in 2014. I would be surprised if we do not cross $4 trillion in 2020 (unless the World economy tanks completely). If Modi is at the helm for 10 years we should be more than half the Chinese economy by 2025. Hopefully it is not all wishful think...

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Australian Open Superseries: Kidambi Srikanth Advances, Parupalli Kashyap, PV Sindhu Exit

Strong showing as well by Sindhu and Kashyap in losses to higher seeds.

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Guys - I have a basic question. How can I invest in Indian mutual funds in rupees (such as HDFC Balanced Fund). I am an NRI based in the US. If there is a way for me to invest which ones do you recommend I should choose. I plan to hold these long term. Currently I have an account with Fidelity.

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Our GDP PPP improved by $620 billion between 2014 and 2015 according to IMF. That is a good chunk of change. BTW China's GDP PPP increased by $706 billion during the same period. We are moving towards closing the gap here. However China's nominal GDP increased by $831 billion during the same period ...

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Arshyam - I cannot see a video link in your post with respect to Modi speaking about Education. Can you please edit your post.

VenkataS

Agreed, awesome stuff by both Saina and Srikanth. I did not think we would have world's number 1 singles player in women's and world's number 4 singles player in men's so soon (and at the same time). Now we need more players in the top 10 in both men's and women's singles. However we seem to be weak...

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Tulsi is not SDRE. She has a white mother and Polynesian father. Her mother who is a practicing Hindu introduced her to Hinduism (AC Bhaktivedanta school I believe). She was raised a Hindu and is a practicing and proud Hindu (first Hindu member of congress). She used the Bhagavad Gita for her sweari...

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I am wondering if the Lee Chong Wei doping scandal has affected the way Chinese players "prepare" for these tournaments! Irrespective of the above, great achievement by Srikanth Kidambi. I saw the match, he was playing better than Lin Dan throughout the match. Being down 17-19 in the first...

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I have a Lumia 520 that I bought in the US for $50 off-contract at a Microsoft retail store (they even gave a case for the phone for free). I am using this as a stop gap until my two year contract ends in Jan 2015 (the previous phone that I had fell and went kaput, I had the phone in the pocket whil...

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India reach Uber Cup semis

Indian women's badminton team reach Uber cup semis for the first time ever. They are assured of a bronze.

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Muppalla, About the boundary wall constructed by the Nizam! If you take my family's history on my mothers side. My maternal grandfather's ancestors migrated from Nalgonda district in TG to a village in Vizianagaram (north coastal AP) in the 1840s. My maternal grandfather married and found work in Kr...

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^
Does BJP realistically expect more than 50 seats in AP and TG. I think 50 is very generous for a party which only won 2 seats in the last elections.

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Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema voters should realize that a vote for Jagan is a vote for Congress at the center. If they do not want to reward congress for this division then do not vote for Jagan.

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Andhra Pradesh to be under President’s rule; sops announced for Seemandhra The sources also said that the revenue generated from Hyderabad will go to Telangana only as separate sops, like a special category status for five years and tax incentives for 10 years, have been extended to Seemandhra regi...

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Telugu is a Dravidian language and is not derived from Sanskrit, unlike Marathi, Gujurathi, Hindi and Bengali. However Telugu loans a large number of its words from Sanskrit. I agree with Lilo the new state should be based on a shared identity of Telugu language and Telugu culture. There should be a...

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BTW I dislike the term Seema-Andhra. It feels like forced union of two disparate entities.

I would prefer any of the following:
Telugu Desam
Telugu Rashtram
Andhra
Vijayanagaram
Kakatiya Desam

Do you guys have any other suggestions.

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