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manjgu wrote:24 secobds onlee

However they are never fired in continuous mode. At best 10/20 rounds at a time

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Saip, the real joker in the pack is the Trump administration..we really can't say with any certainty what the administrations actions are going to be

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Seen quiet a few defense ministers inaugurating stuff but for some reason i find Rajnath Singhs photos quite pleasing Don't know if it because of desi platforms but he always has this proud, enigmatic look on his face Look at the above photo, he has one hand on the LCH with a half smile, almost lik...

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[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuVuHrghkZeJHQTjesosDJA[/youtube]

This is the YouTube Channel of an Indian Farmer...amazing amount of information & knowledge share..

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvDLYZ1 ... tion=share

TED Ex Presentation By Sudhanshu Mani on Train 18

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Prasad wrote:The ammo is inert ammo not live rounds btw.

What is a 'inert round' for IAF? Is it a round which lacks the 'primer' at the bottom/back of the shell casing?

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Interview with Squadron Leader Minty Aggarwal....loved the bit when she was laughing at the Paki's over SU-30's and more...

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Thousands of migrant workers flee Kashmir following hate crimes and threats by local Muslims: Report https://www.opindia.com/2019/08/thousands-of-migrant-workers-flee-kashmir-following-hate-crimes-and-threats-by-local-muslims-report/ Migrant workers from Bihar, many of whom are Muslims themselves, ...

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ramana wrote:BTW he go ED transferred to him from FM.

When did this happen?

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kit wrote:I feel Modi 1.0 was a closet socialist despite professing to be capitalist oriented

Is their any doubt? Anyway terms like Socialist & Capitalist are not applicable to India they are intended for a European view point

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Reorganize the Ministries in the Union Cabinet. For a start just have 1 Transportation Minister and bring Railways & Aviation under it. This will allow a single Cabinet Minister to be the nodal agency for all Transportation in India

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I think this thread needs to sober up, it’s drunk too much with cool aid and missing many signs. Reading only news and opinions that fit this world view is not good.PP or other twitter handles are only parroting their world view and seeing what they want to see with their biases. BJP is not going t...

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with 48 month construction time , turkiye has built a gigantic new airport in istanbul ... 2 runways (capacity of 6) ... 90 mil pax for now, 200 mil expansion limit. 150 aerobridges. turkish airlines is already a giant with lot of routes. Turkish Airlines is about to give Emirates & Eithad a ru...

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Apparently the Railway Board has placed an order for 44 Train 18 sets with ICF.

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[quote="Mollick.R"]Train 18's Delhi-Varanasi AC chair car ticket to cost Rs 1,850, executive class Rs 3,520

So how does this compare to DEL-VNS flight prices?

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Train 18 Delay Update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8ptzBPOB2E

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What is the cause of Jet downfall ? There were always competitive with good service at competitive rates Is this due to low cost airline Indigo/GoAir or some other reason ? Austin, Jet's failure will make a classic case study. The reasons for their failure is very simple and is as follows (1) Aged ...

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Supratik wrote:Tatas may buy Jet and merge it with VIstara.

I would advise Tata's to let Jet go to the wall and then pickup the pieces for small change. I don't see Jet being able to pull itself out of this loop.

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Looks like Jet Airways is in trouble https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jet-airways-share-slump-debt-payment-failure-091418712--finance.html Shares in India's second-largest airline Jet Airways fell five percent Wednesday after the company admitted it had failed to meet debt payments to banks. The airli...

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Train 18 has been 'vandalised' while travelling at 181 km/h...I really wonder some times!!!!

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Another Big Development UK court orders Vijay Mallya's extradition What next ?? Appeal to a higher court ? Appeal to higher court is possible. The Secretary of State for Home has the final decision post the magistrate hearing pls refer to https://www.gov.uk/guidance/extradition-processes-and-review...

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Also people are forgetting here what a major achievement Train 18 is because all LHB train coaches need a Generator car to be coupled on the train but Train 18 doesn't need a generator car. ICF coaches don't need generator cars since they are supplied electricity directly from the engine. I would re...

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srin wrote:
Which brings the question (analogous to airlines) - should we go for hub-and-spoke model for HSR, ie high-speed between big cities and slow passenger trains from those hubs to other stations ?

This is the model we will end up with given the population density & capex requirements for HSR.

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Singha wrote:They might buy jet and merge into vistara ?

Chandrasekharan might go for it

Yes please the sooner the better

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Kakarat wrote:Me and Bob V had a wonderful opertunity to pick up some rifels including Insas and JVPC

What was JVPC like?

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Surprisingly in aerospace going by past history some obvious ( in hind sight ) error has brought missions down. Simple things like conversions ,reversed connectors etc etc throughput history of aerospace engineering. another case was two teams working on some nasa lander project did some metric to ...

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Yes London Heathrow has tunnels from Terminal 5 to Satellite terminals. The satellite terminals are equipped with the gates. Thanks, are they across the runway itself? No not across runways but across the parking apron at Terminal 5. However there are tunnels which go under the runways and are used...

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arshyam wrote:Do regulations allow tunnels under a runway? A taxiway is one thing, many airports around the world have them, but this is first I am seeing that might go under a runway.

Yes London Heathrow has tunnels from Terminal 5 to Satellite terminals. The satellite terminals are equipped with the gates.

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Gurus, most armies don't use drum magazines, but wouldn't that be better as number of reloads will be lower. Its to do with logistic tail required to support the infantryman and also the load which a modern soldier is expected to carry. I have experience of both 7.62mm * 51 and 5.56mm and I prefere...

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Quick question - GST does cover Mobile Phone calls?

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JohnTitor wrote:Next, India needs to get rid of STD and "circles" for telecoms. Even the EU has scrapped roaming charges across the single market.

Not STD but the concept of 'Circles for telecoms'

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Cooling Nagpur Platforms Using Mist Creation...temps reduced by 15 deg C.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkyJ2pARlLo

Brilliant idea

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Karthik S wrote:I said trans Atlantic flights.

The BA flight is transatlantic...it refuels in LHR and then goes onto NY

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Karthik S wrote:There is more to it. Hyderabad has such a swanky airport but almost all trans Atlantic flights have a stop over in Mumbai or Delhi sometimes for 8 hours.

Wrong...I think only AI flights have to stop over...I use BA flights from HYD a lot and all of them are direct LHR to HYD every time.

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True.. I transit thru Kempegowda (to from Massaland) every other month and can vouch for it. Feels good Are they still checking the checker ? I mean, do they have an immigration officer after the immigration officer at the immigration counter to check if the immigration officer at the counter has s...

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No change at HYD airport. SHQ transited yesterday and no one was stopped. However the ATM's had long queue at HYD and so she couldn't take any out.

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Uber-like app for tractor hailing launched in India http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37690970 An Uber-like smartphone app has been launched in India, aimed at making it easier for farmers to hire tractors. Many small-scale farmers are unable to buy their own and often have to rent them at high r...

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rsingh wrote:Is there any planning/ designing policy about metro being used as bomb shelter in case of nuclear (or convectional) attack on our cities?

Indian metro's are on the whole above ground systems and as such they cannot be used as bomb shelters.

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What's the impact of the rains in Chennai on Chennai Metro?

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^the dilli metro looks more TFTA.. and the chennai metro I guess intentionally made for cattle class! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqrdQ2lHywI why does amma thinks cattle should only stand and not sit with comfort? JMO.. but hard truth... this is more truth in many places where the locals themse...

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