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nam wrote:Maldives is asking for 200-300 million in aid to deal with the loan!

Nice bakra is been made out of us...

Well, if that’s what we need to do, we should get one of their islands for perpetual use in return.

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^ it's a good idea, collabrate with China, though complex factors like Pakistan, india's anti Talib stance, OBOR thru Indian territory, and historic Chinese betrayal , and Chinese dishonest/ unprincipled dealings (NSG opposition, nukes for Pak, naval base in SL, Maldives, activity in Nepal and Bang...

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^ If security forces include the state police, then that would be because the crazies’ strategy to go after the police as easy targets and to discourage them.

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http://www.rediff.com/news/report/lankan-parliament-votes-against-pm-rajapaksa/20181114.htm Wow! That was a fairly quick follow-up by the parliament to kick out Rajapaksa! Don't know exactly what efforts and coordination our MEA can take credit for but whatever it is, it was done quietly and with l...

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Lesson To Be Learnt - Don't bring foreigners (e.g. Jean Dreze), or NRI academics in foreign universities (e.g. Raghuram Rajan, Viral Acharya) in important policy-making positions in India's economy. +1 With his statements in totality and its timing , it is clear he is beholden to, for whatever reas...

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https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/china-shuns-rivalry-in-pacific-as-australia-says--this-is-our-patch--10907760 BEIJING/SYDNEY: Beijing and Canberra should be cooperating in the South Pacific and not be cast as strategic rivals, China's top diplomat said on Thursday, after Australia launch...

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Adnan rasool should quickly visit pinki/chitti peerni to see his future. Given the movie DimRan* was shown in China. Such journalists will be paid a visit by ISI. Who knows where he might end up. No embassy fistfights in Land of Pure (no money for paint/bonesaw). Arjun Pundit Ji: Adnan Rasool is cu...

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https://news.rediff.com/commentary/2018 ... 1fede9faaa

Things getting out of control! Also even though Rajapaksa has not proved his majority yet, he seems intent to wield power.

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Ayyappa devotees to submit memorandum to [Tamilnadu] State - The Hindu Need more of this from outside Kerala's diaspora of Ayyapas. A lot more of this!! The Field Marshal, he came like a boss, landing at the Kannur airport being prepped by kammies for launch ( :lol: ) but went back after a few roun...

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Well, I wouldn't have complained if AS mentioned something the central govt intend to do. Yes, his 'support' is indeed valuable, but it could have been better. All these "brick by brick" talk is nice to hear, but a simple statement of some action by the CG would have been immensely better...

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This http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2018/oct/27/amid-political-drama-in-lanka-us-urges-parties-to-follow-constitution/8d9a1a5130dd76358d7ea4c6a5cb4292 And this http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2018/oct/27/chinese-bribing-leadership-in-countries-to-bag-infra-projects-pompeo/27e9f59105a341af9bbcab...

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ArjunPandit wrote:Rajapakse sworn in as pm of sl. Interesting timing by chinese

For what it’s worth he was in India in Aug-Sep and our folks must have used the opportunity to get him on the same page as us. Who knows, maybe this was expected?

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One of my friend asked (he is into sales of printing machinery, japanese). "Why is are the Indians not copying, reverse engineering? We did in 60's, the chinese are doing now, why are indian companies still buying printing machinery, that too old ones from Japan?" I think he missed out on...

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Nepal’s decision on BIMSTEC drill does not signal pro-China stance: official source - Atul Aneja, The Hindu Nepal’s decision not to participate in the India-proposed military exercise of the Bay of Bengal group of countries, instead of a snub to New Delhi, signals that a new set of rules need to be...

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You cannot invite someone and have an unplanned agenda and schedule.Would PM Modi accept such a situ? There are very clear international diplomatic protocols which almost all nations strictly observe. Nice strawman and some empty arguments around it! How did you figure the agenda and schedule were ...

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https://m.timesofindia.com/world/pakist ... 863388.cms

China is digging in deeper... Probably a cover for much more than just surveying tectonic subduction zone...

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Another gem for special relativity is "What is Relativity" by Landau (greatest Russian Physicist of our time). I bought a copy (translation, original is in Russian) for 1 Rs in India. But is is one of the best books for concepts. Landau's series (every branch of modern physics - set of bo...

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Booking train ticket on IRCTC? Railways restricts card payment to these six banks September 22, 2017 News Booking train ticket on IRCTC? Railways restricts card payment to these six banks Currently, the IRCTC website allows card-based payments only for cardholders of Indian Overseas Bank, Canara Ba...

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Yes - Gravitational Waves travels with the speed of light (=c) . Yes - The Event detected on August 2017 happened 130 million years ago. Any particle which has mass ( rest mass greater than zero **note 1 *)* can travel with a velocity less c . Particles (or waves - same thing) of zero rest mass can...

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Beginner question: The graphic in this page answered my first question - i.e., does a gravitational wave also travel at the speed of light/em wave? - and the answer it says is - yes, it does! Does the detection of the event at or near the earth in August 2017 mean that it took place 130 million ligh...

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It looks like the good General's arrows hit their marks perfectly! 8) http://www.rediff.com/news/report/thats-not-what-your-pm-said-china-reacts-to-army-chiefs-remarks/20170907.htm Also interesting to see China's new-found enthusiasm for panchsheel! What is our position on that? Does it make sense i...

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:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: you guys should put these up in the comments to the news articles in the US. ^^^ You seeeener. Nineth seen. You forgot the great Dalai Lama event. The first Dalai Lama, His High Holiness in the 14th century had once visited Boston to admire the beautiful swamps by the sea. Th...

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http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2017/aug/30/learn-lessons-from-doklam-standoff-chinas-foreign-minister-tells-india/0e15dee529cd278791623c449324ec2d Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi today said the 73-day stand-off between India and China in Doklam ended after India withdrew its troops and asked Ne...

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**Dhoti Shiver Alert** I hope IA is already controlling it! But why would the "senior general" believe that "China could occupy Lipulekh"? **Alert off" ^^This is a scenario that was talked about in the Nepali circles when the vice premier lizard visited Nepal last week. But ...

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http://www.rediff.com/news/report/indian-army-divisions-move-to-sikkim-tibet-border/20170818.htm Clearly there seem to be more options for how this could play out! Asked about military options that could provide China with a face-saver, a senior general believes the PLA might choose to occupy anoth...

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They will attack. I know Gobar times is not recommended. But in one of the articles there, a senior pannwallah from the defense institute in China has said that India will pay even if unilaterally withdraws. "This means that even when India withdraws its troops from the Doklam Plateau, China w...

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Other then the dead 80 odd people there is not much hope demonitisation has given which looking back was a political decision , If you are on the street you know you are back to square one , Neither the politician or the builder/business lobby lost their black money they made in into white with hel...

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Admins I don't think chola sir is doing things wrong. If he should be banned for advocating war please ban all those are dhoti shivering (for the same reason). Besides, who reads br and will fight/not fight based on what is written here. He has been polite, only his ideas maybe not to liking of man...

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Looks like problem solved.... If true, WTH!!! :x :x :oops: :evil: Overreaction, let's wait for any official report to come out If true, we can't just measure how far each side goes and decide the winner of this round. What if we just created a 250-500mtr buffer zone through this and use the agreeme...

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http://www.rediff.com/news/report/dont-harbour-unrealistic-illusions-china-warns-india/20170724.htm In this version of the PLA/Defence Ministry hollering today, in the middle of it all lies what almost looks like a plea:"cease provocations, and meet China halfway in jointly safeguarding the bo...

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Withdraw, capture or get killed: Former Chinese diplomat gives India 3 options on Doklam http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/doklam-war-attack-chinese-diplomat-gives-india-options/1/1006378.html Can't believe these people call themselves diplomats. Of course, they march to the beats of the Commies a...

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I am starting to think this is more of a diplomacy/negotiation play than a military confrontation at this time. Our FS repeatedly says diplomats in touch and we can solve this through talks. The Australian FM chimed in to say they preferred to see a peaceful resolution. The US SD prescribes dialogue...

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1. Chinese are so convinced of their overwhelming military superiority that they just don't care. 2. Chinese want to bully India into submission rather than fight. War is uncertain so they might not chance a war. I mean how many warnings does one give. For the past more than a month it has been at ...

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Exactly why Jaishankar should not have talked about the incident. Their Foreign Secretary is keeping quiet and letting his minions handle our Foreign Secretary. Two can play that game. It is not practical that their foreign secretary (or an equivalent ranked official) will keep mum on any India rel...

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A true gem from this land! The image of him that is etched in my mind is that of a slouching (or rather deeply slouching), somewhat corpulent (I thought, typical of Indian babus), speaking an English that was anything but westernized, when I first saw him defending our nuclear tests on the TV channe...

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The latest demarche from the Hans - "withdraw immediately and unconditionally before any dialogue" is apparently a video message released by a political counselor from the Chinese Embassy in Delhi. It started with the PLA Generals and maybe their Foreign Ministry spokies. And then it was t...

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Not a single word from modi Ji. Cool as cucumber as they say. Not just no word, he's been out happily enjoying Israeli hospitality... And no word from Jaitley or Rawat either after their initial blurbs... I love this silent treatment that squeezes all the venom out of the snakes in public! 8) 8) I ...

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:lol: Guess super powers whine like this. Every threat, insult shouted by Chinese look funny. :rotfl: Not just whiny or funny... it is also super-undiplomatic... almost of the type that the US used to talk about Saddam and his cronies in the 90's. If India were "shameless" etc., why are t...

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http://www.rediff.com/news/report/indias-nsg-bid-hits-great-wall-of-china-again/20170605.htm India's NSG bid has become 'more complicated, ' says China June 05, 2017 13:36 IST 'About the Nuclear Suppliers Group, it is a new issue under the new circumstances and it is more complicated than previousl...

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Would you go in your car? Very sad indeed. No, I agree with your logic. And in a different sense, yes, I did once! :wink: 15 years or so back, on a solo road trip from Toronto to Montreal, my first time in Canada and on this route, I found myself needing to go and to my horror there were no public ...

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