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by A_Gupta
05 May 2024 20:29
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1916
Views: 479177

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

"Miller said students who come to Canada must be here to study" -- so if some of the alleged killers of Nijjar came in on student visas, and were not even enrolled to study, no doubt this is a RAW ki saajish.
by A_Gupta
05 May 2024 20:03
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8926
Views: 2546201

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

^^^ Just help make sure Trudeau loses the next election and a Canadian conservative government that can make a course correction for Canada is elected.
by A_Gupta
05 May 2024 18:07
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8477
Views: 3067641

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Wondering why we "should" move millions of rural people out of agriculture and into factories/service jobs in polluted congested cities.... At a minimum, they have to have some other income generating activities whether at home or elsewhere. There is a fixed quantity of arable land. It ha...
by A_Gupta
05 May 2024 09:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8926
Views: 2546201

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

This is worth a read: Israel lost control of the ‘narrative’ to Left academics. India must not go the same way Israel is paying a heavy price today for ignoring the vicious propaganda unleashed by academic cabals in the West. India runs the same risk unless it takes the battle of words forward. http...
by A_Gupta
05 May 2024 08:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 810
Views: 196320

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

My new dhoti-shiver - in the time between the Lok Sabha elections and next state assembly elections, the southern regional parties, perceiving a danger from the BJP to their local domination, will cultivate the seeds of division - language issues, North vs South, and so on, in order to preserve thei...
by A_Gupta
05 May 2024 05:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4448
Views: 1361128

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

https://english.metrovaartha.com/news/crime/gujarat-cops-arrest-maulvi-unearth-plan-to-kill-hindu-leader#:~:text=Surat%20%7C%20A%20man%20was%20arrested,connivance%20with%20his%20handlers%20from Surat | A man was arrested in Surat in Gujarat on Saturday for allegedly planning to murder the leader of ...
by A_Gupta
05 May 2024 04:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1916
Views: 479177

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

> That able-ness didn't seem to help Kulbhushan Jadav, and now Nikhil Gupta.

a. You can't win everything and b. what's holding up Nikhil Gupta's extradition from Czechia?
by A_Gupta
04 May 2024 22:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Requests to Admins - 2019
Replies: 74
Views: 60202

Re: Requests to Admins - 2019

Please change the "understanding" (like "Understanding the US") threads to "comprehension of" One common meaning of "understanding" includes "having sympathy for", "sympathetically aware of other people's feelings; tolerant and forgiving". ...
by A_Gupta
04 May 2024 21:59
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8926
Views: 2546201

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

"External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on May 4 said what is happening in poll-bound Canada over the killing of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar is mostly due to their internal politics and nothing to do with India." I imagine the reaction would be the same if the matter of Biden...
by A_Gupta
04 May 2024 21:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1916
Views: 479177

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

"External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on May 4 said what is happening in poll-bound Canada over the killing of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar is mostly due to their internal politics and nothing to do with India."
by A_Gupta
04 May 2024 17:49
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8926
Views: 2546201

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Damage control mode: Q So, the — the President last night described Japan as “xenophobic” along with China and Russia. Was that intentional? And does — does the President want to apologize to Japan? MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, look, I think the broader — the broader — the broader case that he was trying to...
by A_Gupta
04 May 2024 17:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8926
Views: 2546201

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Biden States that India and Japan are Xenophobic Countries https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-india-japan-china-russia-immigration-economy-74a50301fac4f48fd5e5a4cc9b1bb3ff He made this statement at a fundraiser where the audience was predominantly Asian Americans. So much for the MUTU's on this f...
by A_Gupta
04 May 2024 11:09
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8477
Views: 3067641

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Hi tech is strategic, not employment generating. Hi-tech is exciting, glamorous so should not lead to neglect of low-tech, labor-intensive, that can move people out of agriculture.
by A_Gupta
04 May 2024 11:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1916
Views: 479177

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

The other thing to ponder is the timing of the arrests. If the Canadians had these suspects under surveillance for months, what triggered the arrest at this moment?
by A_Gupta
04 May 2024 10:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1916
Views: 479177

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

One former Canadian intelligence chief says - since the arrested did not leave the country after the murders they committed, but stayed put in Edmonton, it shows how sloppy/incompetent RAW is, using such people to murder Nijjar. (The natural thing, if you think your alleged adversary is competent, i...
by A_Gupta
04 May 2024 07:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7957
Views: 2266439

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

"Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by $25 million on a weekly basis, clocking in at $8 billion as of April 26, data released on Thursday showed."

https://www.brecorder.com/news/40301437/ajax-request
by A_Gupta
04 May 2024 07:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1916
Views: 479177

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

CBC News:
Arrests in Nijjar killing don't confirm link to Indian government: ex-CSIS head | Power & Politics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJvnCi0eiGc
by A_Gupta
04 May 2024 07:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1916
Views: 479177

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

> Sources close to the investigation also told CBC News that police are actively investigating possible links to three additional murders in Canada, including the shooting death of an 11-year-old boy in Edmonton. > Sources said investigators identified the alleged hit squad members in Canada some mo...
by A_Gupta
04 May 2024 07:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1916
Views: 479177

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

By the above definition every non-Indian who expresses an opinion that is accessible within India about a preference for a candidate is committing election interference.
by A_Gupta
04 May 2024 07:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1916
Views: 479177

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

India mentions: page 19 Though this assessment may vary over time, CSIS views China as the biggest threat to the Canadian electoral space by a significant margin. Foreign interference by the PRC is generally thought to be independent of political parties. The PRC does not support any particular part...
by A_Gupta
04 May 2024 06:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1916
Views: 479177

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

"According to court documents, Karanpreet Singh, 28, Kamalpreet Singh, 22, and Karan Brar, 22, have been charged with first-degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder in Nijjar’s death. The three men arrested on Friday were living in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, and will be tr...
by A_Gupta
04 May 2024 05:16
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8477
Views: 3067641

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

^^^ Remember that debt is paid back in current (i.e., non-inflation adjusted rupees) while GDP is measured in constant rupees (because increase in rupee value because of inflation is not real growth). Therefore, the appropriate measure is debt/gdp(in current rupees). Per the Reserve Bank of India, t...
by A_Gupta
03 May 2024 18:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4448
Views: 1361128

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

With the current trends, there will be 500 million impoverished howling jihadis in Pakistan by 2047. Something has to break the trend line, it is unsustainable.
by A_Gupta
03 May 2024 17:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8926
Views: 2546201

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

bwog.com is the Columbia students' newspaper. Update made on Tuesday, April 30 at 3:26 am: Hamilton Hall At around 3 am, a student standing outside of the Undergraduate Admissions Entrance to Hamilton spoke into a megaphone, asking “Why are we here today?” The crowd responded “Palestine.” The speake...
by A_Gupta
03 May 2024 07:41
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4448
Views: 1361128

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

I actually tried to give advice to the TFT opinion maker - how dumb am I? Need to record it here so that I don't relapse. In response to this whine: https://thefridaytimes.com/02-May-2024/no-handshake-on-offer-why-does-india-not-see-the-need-to-engage-with-pakistan "No Handshake On Offer: Why D...
by A_Gupta
03 May 2024 07:36
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8926
Views: 2546201

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

^^^ No, it is political campaign time in the US - the silly season. The event at which Biden spoke was closed to the press and he was making political points about his opponent Trump. BTW, you can't have Biden senile and on the verge of dementia and also having in his mind an-obscure-to-America topi...
by A_Gupta
03 May 2024 07:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8926
Views: 2546201

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Biden calls US allies India, Japan 'xenophobic', says blocking immigrates causes economic woes WTF is he talking about? Apalled by his ignorance and at the same time, happy that the country which has probably the most widespread data gathering of Indian citizens (via NSA etc) has no idea about Indi...
by A_Gupta
03 May 2024 07:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8926
Views: 2546201

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Manish_P wrote: 02 May 2024 09:20 ^ American Urban Naxals... are a significant percentage of them of Arabi Nassal?
This PGurus youtube has some info, specific to the college student protests:
https://www.youtube.com/live/MT5Ile67jC ... p5dJlexLsV
by A_Gupta
03 May 2024 02:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 810
Views: 196320

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

The basic rule of democracy is not - "vote for the best candidate".

The basic rule of democracy is - "vote for the least lousy candidate".

(Incidentally, Sadhguru also said the same thing.)
by A_Gupta
02 May 2024 18:28
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8477
Views: 3067641

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2019262 The Gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections hit a record high in April 2024 at ₹2.10 lakh crore. This represents a significant 12.4% year-on-year growth, driven by a strong increase in domestic transactions (up 13.4%) and imports (up 8.3%)...
by A_Gupta
02 May 2024 18:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 810
Views: 196320

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2019294 ECI’s efforts, over last two years, for inclusion of PVTG (Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups) communities and other tribal groups in the electoral process have borne fruit with scenes of tribal groups in various States/UTs participating enthu...
by A_Gupta
02 May 2024 06:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 810
Views: 196320

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

jalal sanitized him completely, but later fell out with the paki army on another book that she wrote and ran away to britshitland for safety. She is married to a bengali Indian who hates India.
Jalal vs Siddique confusion. Both Ayeshas.
by A_Gupta
02 May 2024 00:56
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Environment, Sustainability Circularity Solutions
Replies: 23
Views: 13910

Re: Environment, Sustainability Circularity Solutions

https://india.mongabay.com/2024/04/indian-ocean-headed-for-a-near-permanent-state-of-marine-heatwave-cyclones-to-intensify-fisheries-at-risk/ The findings of this new research, led by Roxy Mathew Koll, scientist with Climate Research Lab, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, are pu...
by A_Gupta
02 May 2024 00:30
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8926
Views: 2546201

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

https://abcnews.go.com/US/nyc-officials-allege-agitators-opting-columbia-university-protest/story?id=109821934 American Urban Naxals: Protests at Columbia University against the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza have been allegedly "co-opted" by what New York City police officials described as prof...
by A_Gupta
01 May 2024 18:06
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7517
Views: 1764738

Re: Understanding the US - Again

The Poll conducted by Heartland Institute ... https://heartland.org/opinion/heartland-rasmussen-poll-one-in-five-mail-in-voters-admit-to-committing-at-least-one-kind-of-voter-fraud-during-2020-election/ Twitter article - Justin Haskins https://twitter.com/JustinTHaskins/status/1784279942743867480 F...