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Great news on the additional 83 to be procured, as and when this goes through, paves the way forward for MK 2 and others

Big step forward by the GOI

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To call it a success, want to understand why it was done and if that was achieved. It was announced to remove BM, was that done ? Shifting the goal post and adding different spins makes me suspicious. Let's use this metric. There are two specific logical requirements: * Why was it done ? * What was...

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^^ While I do not necessarily agree with everything you are saying, the part about people's habits, I can. In parts of Bangalore (more so in smaller places like Tumkur, Mysore etc)... businesses are going back to cash only. When asked why they are no longer accepting cards, the standard response is...

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What should have occurred for you to call it a success? ..... If a man gave your child a bag of sweets and said one of them is a cyanide pill would you protest if someone threw the entire bag away? All arguments can be classified as discussion but when logic is discarded in favour of useless rhetor...

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You bring absolutely no facts, apart from random conjecture, to determine whether it is a success or not. And then you call it a "circus". Why ? How are you so sure that it has failed, when the government and the RBI are still working on it ? Well though I called it a circus, I am not sur...

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Oh yes..I actually want another round of DeMo to take 2000s out.. Is that all the straw men you have or you have more? Ha ha ha ... enough said. With your yardstick of success made of flubber, anything will do. Glad at least some are questioning the logic on this one. During Vietnam war some saying...

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see, you have already decided 'this circus' is a failure. ........ If the overall goals were - reducing BM, moving people into formal economy, reducing indirect tax burden on the poor and instead have a fair and progressive tax structure with an increased tax base, reducing cost of money for entrep...

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Not sure if this was posted, at least not in the recent pages that I went through, so here it is

AIB video on demonetization - quite funny !

https://youtu.be/YqwVOWYJSxw

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It's a month plus and people have already moved on, on topics to talk about. While it seemed a huge deal during the 6 weeks...It will be almost forgotten in the next few months. It is all advantage modi as he will have the money to run his schemes and only talk about the positives. The only ones wh...

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Gurus..Need some help on a situation that my friend is facing.. He is in Land of Honey & Milk for past few years..He locked up close to 2L in 500 and 2000 in his home and no one back there to help him. He is wondering how to exchange/deposit his money.. Now he is cribbing his 2L became paper an...

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Am I happy about it ? Yes. Some businesses like mine did need a moderate kick in ass to get in line. Some need much more. What do I think of shameless chors whining like you are ? Screw them. Happy to see them crying. Does it make me a scoundrel pretending to be a patriot ? If yes, screw you. If no...

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Which ever way we look at it, somehow it does not give a good feeling that the govt put all its citizens through all this to remove 400 crores of fake notes or just to remove 6% of black money. Unless I see something more concrete I would assume that this was a political move by Modi for the electio...

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I will make no difference to the government if it plans to have another round of demonitasition. It will simply go ahead. No amount of grandstanding by the opposition will help. Exactly !!! Seems like the govt gave the right impression to the people and on top of it people love it too as it has rem...

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@SRoy, Yes, lets wait to see the next steps before we conclude demo has been a failure. As for aam janta thing have returned to almost normal. Re: govt depts. It is already happening e.g. there was a post on railways in SCC that payments are now almost 99% digital and reserved booking 75% digital. ...

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This issue has gone to rediculous length already - Hope the law and the govt take some stern steps to nip this. It is almost unbelievable that few politicians can even support this.

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It is certainly looking like Modi has saved Sharif's seat and probably his life - atleast gave him an extension. Most probably the last roll of dice for the Sharif and also for the democracy in Pakistan. Ganga also seem to have an understanding of this, and so does many a politician and tounge tied ...

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CRS, I appreciate you for going to such discussions/meetings and asking pointed questions. May your tribe increase. Thx boss for the compliment. What pains me is that whenever I go to such events, and believe me, I have been to several, I don't understand why Indians are so coy to speak up for the ...

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Aha protecting the reputation of the old Alma mater eh? The tendency to rally round the flag of your school and later your regiment is characteristic of these schools and actively inculcated (and I am a product of one such). Except that the people I am talking about are rallying around the Congress...

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Very happy to see the deal go through. Have not been a fan of the procurement process, which instead of helping, has been hurting INdia. Great job by GOI in making the decision. If desci on on the rest of the planes is also taken in time, then IAF does not have to play catch up. Very happy to see Mo...

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Willing to collaborate/research with others for BRM, and any help on the web sites, though Seems like you have enough on that already.

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^^ Fair enough. Just these data points too: I read a few reports from ex-IAS / ambassador types who say that there hasn't been a precedent where SAARC visits have been done this way. Besides, something about this having to be done by the Sec Gnrl and that country in charge and since India currently...

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Lokesh sir, you said it "Cognitive Dissonance" that is exactly what this is - and it probably surprised many on the forum also at the magnitude it is happening in Pak channels. There have been some very insightful posts and I wish there is a seperate thread to save good posts from this thr...

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Americans love to support the underdog - The understanding that Pakistan a underdog is fighting the Big Bad India - and America jumping to help the underdog always give them a release. In all American stories (and even Indian ones) a super hero comes to the rescue of the underdog. So this is going ...

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Just to add to Anujan's excellent post above on the psychology of Indian, Pakistani and American thinking. Quite a few American articles I have read in recent times have accepted the employment of asymmetric warfare through jihadists by Pakistan against India as a fait accompli because of the conve...

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Few years ago, when IAF was taking potshots at HAL and LCA - I was very angry with IAF and their lack of ownership and used to think IAF should be punished for their lack of ownership. But, being a bit more wiser now :) , i think, IAF should be allowed to depute some of its personel in HAL and LCA p...

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Wonder what prompts such naming for the flights with D and F, I can understand the D6 as it had Indian Cryo engine which was tested and named D6. Does anyone know the reason for others? Seems like some other systems are still being tested on these future flights - as D and F seem to happen in parall...

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Breathtaking pictures!! Just cannot get enough of this bird.

Thanks for posting.

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Valid criticism from Mr.Madhavan Nair. Indian space program seems to be aimless at present and lacks any set direction or consistency. First Moon mission happened in 2008 and nothing more to show as a follow up for the next 9 - 10 years. There is no clear identified plan that is drawn out (published...

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shiv wrote:
PRajaram wrote:Not mispronounce but pronounce it differently.

That is a politically correct way of describing mispronunciation.

Ha ha - that is also called having an accent - err what is a auk-shunt!

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EeeeHaaaa!! What a great achievement and a dream come true.

Congratulations ISRO and Congratulations India.

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Congrats on a successful launch - More importantly impressed by NAMO being there and showing what is important to him.

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100% FDI makes sense in an area where no expertise or industry exists, but there is a lot of potential usage and a lot of related resources exist. Pros: It allows India to use the relatively inexpensive manpower and the govt incentives to attract the $ and the companies and allow the companies to so...

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Multiple pronged strategy is need for engine issues. As someone already mentioned we need an integrated program like the one we had for missiles when project Devil failed. This project needs a national project status/ needs high level visibility and funding. I would go a step further and say that we...

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Disappearing act on the cards for Pakistan's ex-dictator Mr Musharraf is under house arrest. His wife, who is in Dubai, has asked that he be allowed to leave Pakistan to receive medical treatment, and increasingly, this appears the most likely course of action. It’s a very Pakistani solution, one f...

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Fair enough. But, is EJ-200 a real plan B? How can EJ-200 be a plan B. Holier than thou EU is going to reject it even before US sanctions GE414. There might however be few options like - France's Senecma, Russia's Saturn. My favorite options for backup are China or Pakistan. We should have referend...

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Sridhar sir, I thought that solid motor was simple and easier to maintain than the liquid ones - My knowledge stems from the reusable components of the solid boosters of space shuttle or uncle had probably the technology for making them so. I believe new Indian versions are also being planned to be ...

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Wow! what a video. Hopefully similar videos can be made once it becomes operational in India. Time to rope in some resources for that.

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The fact that there are private parties coming up with cheaper launches shows that there can be some efficiencies that can be gotten in the system. The fact that some private parties could be cheaper than the already frugal and baniya yindoos is something to be noted. May be they do not have to have...

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Cry-OOOO What a landmark achievement!!

Great Job! ISRO - one of the best institution in India.

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USMC style amphibs are not in IN immediate future. There are probably several more important acquisitions left before these can come in. Indian carriers would have to be bigger at this point as they would have to be the big ships to face other powers in the region and also power projection that thes...

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