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- 12 Jul 2021 10:26
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
- Replies: 1902
- Views: 532372
Re: Social Media Watch Thread
It is well known among many of us: The use of "South Asian" when "Indian" (or "Indian-American") is the correct phrase is an attempt by the likes of NYT to downplay the accomplishments of Indian-Americans. It is also used by the likes of the BBC to hide the true nation...
- 09 Jul 2021 14:19
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Terroristan - April 15, 2021
- Replies: 2853
- Views: 843255
Re: Terroristan - April 15, 2021
Pakistan launches its first electric bike. But why does it have a fuel tank with a cap too? Does this too run on water? EVLink Just when you thought to have seen it all, Pakis throw a spanner in the works :( An electric bike in a land with 12-15 hour power cuts :twisted: I wonder how many of these ...
- 04 Jul 2021 18:58
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3174723
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
The new york times has dropped all pretences of impartiality with this job ad for a South Asia Correspondent. They are clearly looking to hire an anti-Modi activist who can also stoke anti-India sentiments in our neighbourhood. preparations for 2024. They got Supari to limit numbers to under 358. A...
- 26 Jun 2021 11:04
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3174723
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
मोदी है तो मुमकिन है all of them are stooges of the mafia famiglia https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E4pSDzxVkAksTVp?format=jpg&name=large Wow! So, out of the INR22K crores stolen by these t*rds, ED/GoI could retrieve INR18K. Did I read that correctly? If true, that's awesome 8) :?: BTW, what is phee...
- 26 Jun 2021 10:46
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Terroristan - April 15, 2021
- Replies: 2853
- Views: 843255
Re: Terroristan - April 15, 2021
Rumors are that it was a joint ISI-MI saazish. General Faiz "shot-in-the-ass" Ham-Eid is reportedly involved. It is the same reason why the baki army wanted to kill musharaff. bajwa has stuck to his seat for 3 years before his 3 year extension. So none of his juniors were getting promotio...
- 22 Jun 2021 09:44
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3174723
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
In Other related news, Arnab is back in Republic I did not see Arnab on Republic at 9 PM, for the last few weeks. Any idea why he was missing? I know he wants to expand Republic TV for a global audience. Was he globe trotting finalizing deals? The worst kept secret. Mahathugbhandan minus Cong-I is ...
- 08 Jun 2021 14:43
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
- Replies: 3259
- Views: 2403325
Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Vips ji: Minor correction - 12 guns a month means 144 guns per year.Vips wrote:12 Guns a month means 96 guns a year. This closely aligns with Isreal's plans to supply 400 Athos guns to India by 2025 under full TOT to Bharat Forge with 70% parts to be made in India.
- 07 Jun 2021 18:41
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3174723
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Master plan as shown in the same article: https://i0.wp.com/www.opindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Central-Vista-layout-drawing.jpg?resize=1068%2C583&ssl=1 I am new to Lutyens' Delhi. My knowledge of Dilli begins & ends with yearly Republic Day parade (my favourite holiday in the calend...
- 07 Jun 2021 11:23
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
- Replies: 3259
- Views: 2403325
Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
I don't know what to make of this. Hopefully, something good for the Indian army & artillery. Bharat Forge to set up new factory for defence business, to acquire land for Rs 240 crore These new assets which will come up at Khed City, will manufacture speciality vehicles, certain systems and aggr...
- 04 Jun 2021 19:48
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 323256
Re: 2021 Five State Elections
Kati ji, no Sir for me please. I whole hoggedly agree that the HS may be useful however if someone else is purportedly pulling their strings like a puppet master, aren't they as dangerous as the Karni Sena in RJ? However, I bet there is bound to be a power struggle within them and things will be so...
- 26 May 2021 13:33
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3174723
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Homegrown Twitter-Rival Koo Raises $30 Million In Series B Funding, Aims To Garner 10 Crore Users By Year End While I am happy home grown app Koo has garnered another round of funding, what if some foreign/domestic individual/company buys out a majority stake and turns Koo into another Twitter? The...
- 18 May 2021 14:34
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3174723
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
finally, telling it like it is has the bullywood's perennial d company forced worship of the overrated paki pasand khans finally turned the corner this guy couldn't act his way out of a brown paper bag, if his life depended on it Who in the Hindi film industry wants to let the 3 idiots (SRK, AK, SK...
- 05 May 2021 12:27
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3174723
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Some members here were reporting that ZyCovid Ph-3 results would be out this month and approval might happen after that. But somehow with this company, seems like things are being taken slowly . Not sure why...BTW, are they even smaller than BB wrt production capacities? If yes, then a mere approva...
- 04 May 2021 17:48
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3174723
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Some members here were reporting that ZyCovid Ph-3 results would be out this month and approval might happen after that. But somehow with this company, seems like things are being taken slowly . Not sure why...BTW, are they even smaller than BB wrt production capacities? If yes, then a mere approva...
- 04 May 2021 14:28
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3174723
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
These are the vaccines approved, in India, for Chinese Wuhan Covid virus. 1. SII's Covishield 2. BB's Covaxin 3. DRL's Russian Sputnik 4. Biological E/J&J vaccine -> Hyderabad's Biological E: The dark horse in India's vaccine race What about Zydus Cadilla's ZyCovid? While 1 & 2 are strugglin...
- 03 May 2021 17:56
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 323256
Re: 2021 Five State Elections
What happened to Kamal Hassan? Did he win? https://theprint.in/politics/kamal-haasan-loses-his-mnm-draws-a-blank-in-first-assembly-poll-outing-in-tamil-nadu/649419/ The nicest thing about recent elections in TS, AP, TN is that the people have stopped electing film stars to public office. MK, MGR, J...
- 03 May 2021 13:40
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Terroristan - April 15, 2021
- Replies: 2853
- Views: 843255
Re: Terroristan - April 15, 2021
Stripping of pakistan of anything valuable they have will continue unabated by the chinese who are experts in exploiting any given situation. Vips ji: Chinese are experts in exploiting any given situation. But guess what, so are these p*kis. They truely are made for each other :) My interest is piq...
- 29 Apr 2021 09:32
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2878070
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
la.khan, you just woke up or what? Go through the last 10-15 pages of this thread and your questions will be answered. I know you said this rhetorically but, in a way, yes. Got an aged parent and myself jabbed in March, my wife in April. With SII's Covishield. Till beginning of April, I was kind of...
- 28 Apr 2021 14:42
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2878070
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
SII - 70 and 100 million per month, as per a Rajya Sabha committee report. Bharat Biotech, -12.5 million per month, per the Rajya Sabha report Thanks for the reply. Underwhelming, if true :roll: What does it take to double the production of Covishield @ SII? And BB increasing production 10-12 times...
- 28 Apr 2021 13:37
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2878070
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
So, where are Bharat Biotech & SII with their assembly line production of Covaxin & Covishield? How much do the companies produce per day? My back of the envelope calculation says EACH company must produce 5 million doses/day, 150 million doses/month, 1.5 billion doses in 9-10 months, of the...
- 22 Apr 2021 14:04
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3174723
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Tata Steel, Jindal Steel, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel, SAIL announce the supply of liquid oxygen from their plants for COVID-19 patients. Where are the capitalism haters, commies, naxals and congis now and what is their contribution to society during these difficult times? I know you asked this rhet...
- 04 Apr 2021 23:38
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Autos Thread -2
- Replies: 703
- Views: 264216
Re: Indian Autos Thread -2
Any opinions on iMT transmission Hyundai introduced in Venue SUV in Aug. 2020? How is the acceptance of iMT vs. MT vs. DCT? Or, is this a dud?
- 14 Mar 2021 15:01
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5683
- Views: 1666914
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
I don't know why we should bother about Commonwealth. There is no reason to quit commonwealth. We probably have to pay membership dues annually, but we are a large country now and we don't need to bother about small change. The important thing is it is irrelevant to us, but Brits consider it very i...
- 14 Mar 2021 13:36
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3174723
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Gurus here , how much of 12th standard level maths actually required for professional courses like engineering , the courses itself have engineering Math in 3 Sems , 1. no clarification regarding entrance exams , where you need to have PCM 2. These days Tier 1 and 2 engineering colleges encourage s...
- 06 Mar 2021 10:14
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 323256
Re: 2021 Five State Elections
Just watched PK’s interview. Presence of hidden psy war. His bet to leave the space of Political Strategist if BJP gets more than 100 seats. How can BJP do UP in WB?? Not Dhoti Shivering but curious question. I am not a Bengali and I don't have my ears/feet/whatever on the ground, but PK is a snake...
- 01 Mar 2021 11:40
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
- Replies: 1050
- Views: 774875
Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
First mission of ISRO in 2021 on a Sunday and it's longest too, and just 2 posts on the event. We have come a long way! I didn’t even watch it, probably the first launch I have missed watching in a long, long time. So, ISRO launched yet another PSLV rocket successfully. Congrats! This is so routine...
- 01 Mar 2021 09:30
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - November 11, 2019
- Replies: 2848
- Views: 959900
Re: Terroristan - November 11, 2019
Carin Jodha Fisher wow ..that's the worst twitter bio I've ever seen and in this day and age that's saying something So, this German/American/whatever stays in J&K for 10 years, considers J&K as "IOK", gets booted out by the BJP government (specifically The Dove). After 10 years o...
- 22 Feb 2021 18:21
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3174723
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
2012 was when the it became clear Namo would be the face of BJP campaign and for 2 years, we saw Gujarat 2002 being replayed again and again. Fast forward to 9 years later, the crosshairs are now on Yogi. Problem is Yogi's stellar record becomes harder for the dumbos to besmirch . They are well on ...
- 14 Feb 2021 15:44
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 04 January 2021
- Replies: 1533
- Views: 717910
Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 04 January 2021
Thanks for the reply. I need new spectaclessrai wrote:la.khan,
Those are work of art (software-aided) ... not real photographs
- 14 Feb 2021 14:50
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 04 January 2021
- Replies: 1533
- Views: 717910
Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 04 January 2021
https://twitter.com/Kuntal__biswas/status/1360222884216492032?s=20 Nice pics from Kuntal Biswas! When I looked at the pictures, it took me a few minutes to realize these might be photoshopped. But again, what was photoshopped? Tail number? Fit & finish? Camouflage colour scheme? Ordnance/missil...
- 04 Feb 2021 17:40
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
- Replies: 2749
- Views: 1146766
Re: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
I hope the picture above of LCA Mk2 with all the weapons it can/meant to deliver is true :eek: Look at the options any airbase commander has if/when called to action :shock: I get most of the weapons are bombs or missiles. But what are 1. TARA 2. Lizard. Is this desi or imported? Who came up with th...
- 29 Jan 2021 10:55
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Social Media Watch Thread
- Replies: 1902
- Views: 532372
Re: Social Media Watch Thread
So, @TrueIndology/@BharadwajSpeaks is gone again from Twitter?
- 27 Jan 2021 11:36
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
- Replies: 2749
- Views: 1146766
Re: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
John: Thanks for the reply. So, Brahmos-A is limited by its delivery platform (only Su30MKI) and only 40 of these :( srai: Thanks for the correction. I thought Brahmos-A and Brahmos-NG were the same. My bad. So, Brahmos-A is meant only for Su30MKI and Brahmos NG, still under development, will be arm...
- 27 Jan 2021 09:56
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
- Replies: 2749
- Views: 1146766
Re: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
We need air launch low-vis CM in hundreds, so it must be Indian developed. Just need a CM engine and a bigger SAAW. For LCA Mk2, I thought Brahmos was a given. Can Brahmos, as it exists today launched from a Su30MKI, be ported over to LCA Mk2? In the case of Su30MKI, ability to launch Brahmos was a...
- 24 Jan 2021 08:39
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - November 11, 2019
- Replies: 2848
- Views: 959900
Re: Terroristan - November 11, 2019
Pakis want 0.5M doses as gift? With an average price of $3/dose this amounts $1.5M. For $1.5M whole Paki cabinet is praising iron blothel China. Pakis are sure cheap.. Chinis even ask them to bring their own plane to carry it:) The doses will go to Gernails and Fauj first... Pakis being pakis do no...
- 19 Jan 2021 09:26
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - November 11, 2019
- Replies: 2848
- Views: 959900
Re: Terroristan - November 11, 2019
HEC’s new PhD policy sparks concern in academic circles. The policy removes the requirement to send PhD dissertations to foreign experts for review and dissertations can now be sent to Pakistani experts too for the purpose Binori Madrasa teacher will now issue a fatwa declaring Abdul/Ayesha as Doct...
- 10 Jan 2021 13:24
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - November 11, 2019
- Replies: 2848
- Views: 959900
Re: Terroristan - November 11, 2019
How pathetic is the electricity/power situation in p*kiland? The Russian Energy Giant Mining Bitcoin With Virtually Free Energy Thanks to the climbing price of Bitcoin, this week the cryptocurrency’s energy consumption topped that of Pakistan--a nation of more than 200 million people. Mining cryptoc...
- 02 Jan 2021 15:10
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread
- Replies: 1964
- Views: 479532
Re: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread
Does an electoral candidate need to specify/declare his/her religious affiliation? I know they have to declare income, assets, caste, pending police/legal/criminal cases. I don't know if a candidate needs to specify his/her religion. Willing to be corrected by legal eagles.
- 31 Dec 2020 09:13
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
- Replies: 3259
- Views: 2403325
Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
Would be interesting to see if Bharat Forge will make a Mounted system of its 52 caliber ULH I am sure they will be able to mount it on a light 6X6. Will be really Kick Ass for our Army. That may be true but the problem is not what Bharat Forge can build; they have built quite a few artillery guns....
- 28 Dec 2020 09:47
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
- Replies: 3885
- Views: 1908681
Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019
The LCA program has been on since the 90s and has run through democrat and republican governments. Nations have interests and no friends. We always forget that and get needlessly distracted. The GOI has had 20-30 years to stock up on GE engines. If they haven't - whose fault should that be? And any...