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India has put out a EOI for 1000kg bomb, for design and development. And planning to purchase 600 bombs! India moves to boost defence indigenisation with EoI for 1,000-kg aerial bomb The Ministry of Defence has "issued an Expression of Interest (EoI) for design, development and procurement of 1...

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Supreme leader felt threatened by Raghav Chadha's speech. https://x.com/OpIndia_com/status/2039908247306432541 @OpIndia_com AAP removes Raghav Chadha as Rajya Sabha deputy leader: How Chadha’s ‘growing clout’ challenged Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP’s power structure I thing Raghav Chadha was busy promot...

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India has released a statement on the US waiver: Never depended on permission from any country to buy Russian oil: India on US waiver amid Middle East conflict "India has never depended on permission from any country to buy Russian oil. India is still importing Russian oil even in February 2026...

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According to news reports, Iranian ship waited for 40 hours to get SL permission to dock in SL port.

Was there any reason they didn't ask the same for India?

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Was it Israel or US that bombed Khamenei's compound killing him? As far as news reports go, it was an Israeli operation

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Push from Saudis, Israel helped move Trump to attack Iran Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman made multiple private phone calls to Trump over the past month advocating a U.S. attack, despite his public support for a diplomatic solution, the four people said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netan...

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Western nations negotiate for options too along with firm orders. There is usually a price commitment for options if exercised within stipulated time. Not sure why india doesn’t go for it. It could have done something similar for scorpenes too, say like 3 options and exercised it. Would have saved c...

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I thought 2024 results would be wakeup call but BJP seems to be intent on committing harakiri. It's major base has been Hindu base, and even there, mainly middle class/OBCs/GC category. However, it seems to be alienating them. I am also seeing that RaGa is getting more coverage on media and also on ...

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Looks like India is negotiating with Israel for getting 767-based tankers. PM Modi’s Israel visit may finally end IAF’s 20-year tanker drought, says report Sources told NDTV that the proposed agreement will see an Israeli government-owned corporation partner with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited to con...

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Wow , this is great news! Was the first flight of UHM publicized at all? Don't remember seeing any news/videos/pics of it.

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It wasn't just a missed call: The currency clash behind the stalled US-India trade deal

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BDs are having a meltdown after they were replaced by Scotland in T20 world series !! Calling ICC Indian cricket council and other names and playing victim :rotfl: As the saying goes these days FAFO :lol: They were punching above their weight thinking they can force ICC to bend to their demands. Don...

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Spineless Europeans! Trump is doing same as what Putin did, but without firing a shot! Europeans are powerless and can just wring their hands in frustration.

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Trump tried to do same thing in Canada earlier. Conservatives were on their way to win power. Trump intervened and made fun of Trudeau and liberal party, and they came back to power. If he tries same in France, people might vote Macaron as a middle-finger to Trump

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Wonder what was the reason for UAE president to visit India on such short notice for a 1.5 hours meeting! There appears to be some realignment going on in West Asia. The recent Saudi-UAE spat in Yemen, the Iran protests, Turkey-Saudi-Pak axis, Israel-Palestine conflict etc has kept the region on the...

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Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first female PM, dies at 80

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SSridhar wrote: ↑24 Dec 2025 19:01
Vayutuvan wrote: ↑24 Dec 2025 10:17 We already have SLBMs, no?
On November 28, 2024, reliable sources indicated that a K-4 missile had been fired from INS Arighat that morning.

2024 or 2025?

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Not to mention that US aims is to directly influence Bangladesh politics and provide covert/overt support to meet its objectives. India's relationship with Afghanistan is like establishing relationships with any other non-democracies , whether it is ME monarchies, communist countries including China...

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Ambassador Sergio Gor tweets: President Trump spoke with Prime Minister Modi this morning. A GREAT call between two friends. Prime Minister @narendramodi reiterated his support for the President’s efforts to bring peace to Ukraine. 11:31 AM · Dec 11, 2025 PM Modi: Had a very warm and engaging conve...

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The Southern American food (Louisiana etc) which uses rice more in their dishes like gumbo etc use American rice. Many of the Thai and other SE Asian cusinies use Jasmine rice from Thailand. Japanese cuisine uses Japanese variety which are bit more starchy&sticky. Indian rice is mainly used by I...

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Was there any reports on the cause of the earlier Tejas crash in Jaisalmer?

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Shouldn't the FBW have prevented this manoeuvre at low altitudes?

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Jeffery Sachs on the reasons behind Ukraine invasion. I think this was posted earlier too

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1904107370205461

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Was the car carrying the terrorists which had premature explosion? Were they on their way to a crowded place and bomb exploded prematurely?

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Wonder if the car was carrying terrorists and it had premature explosion?

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As per reports, while Indian govt refineries reduced purchase from Russia, private sector ones like Reliance and Nayara increased their purchase, and total purchase from Russia almost remained same in Sept. Basically, GoI is saying "we are reducing Russian oil purchase but we can't control what...

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Driscoll goes scorched earth on Army buying inertia ... Driscoll castigated the Army for its reliance on outdated equipment, pointing to a photograph showing a soldier born in 2004 working on a computer system fielded in 1995, a decade before his birth. “Meanwhile, Ukraine is updating its drone sof...

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Unless it's a racially motivated hate crime. Why should we not highlight such incidents that occur against us in what many still consider (rightly or wrongly - it doesn't matter) - as an Eldorado? I take your point. I was looking at it from a different angle. In fact MEA needs to say that some US c...

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Sorry, recent actual experience trumps what is on some website. What is on that "some website" actually controls the process...I presume nobody writes their personal experiences when preparing the H1B petitions. You actually get a copy of entire H1b petition from your lawyers after your h...

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This will hit enrollment at US universities too. If there is not going to be any opportunity to work after studies, with threats of withdrawing OPT too, no one is going to invest crores into education in US. Not just India, this will affect Chinese and lost of East Europeans too , who go to study in...

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chetak wrote: ↑17 Sep 2025 17:07
S_Madhukar wrote: ↑17 Sep 2025 16:35

Do chicken get diabetes from eating too much corn? Well people do like a fat chicken

putnanja ji,

My remark was not flippant

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chetak-ji, the reply was by S_Madhukar, not me

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I think India might agree to import it for ethanol production or chicken feed. But it also has impact of affecting Indian farms producing sugarcane who are getting better prices for ethanol produciton now

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There are many Indian companies which operate garment factories in BD and import the clothes into India.

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https://x.com/sidhant/status/1966691655865823745 U.S wants G7 to sanction India. This is something we will not be able to cope with. Stop all Russian oil purchases with wink to Putin. Along with this cease all FTA talks with U.S on a permanent basis and give two months for U.S companies to vacate I...

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Left and Right are two sides of the same coin. These ideologies from Europe are violent and both are repressive in their own ways. We look at them from their own lens and try to fit ourselves into it which we are not (excluding the left in India and the Christian conservatives who adopt White conse...

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Dems pivoted to centrists and independents so much so that they even campaigned with the republican's while not giving a bigger platform to the extreme gaza/palestine crowd and they still lost. I do not know what a "centrist" actually sees in trump and think...hmmmm, this is a reasonable ...

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The diamond and jewellery exports to US are not only for desi customers. Many of the jewellery items found in big box stores like Macys, JC Penny, Nordstorm etc are from India. It is definitely a big market and contributes lot more in terms of people employed. Clothes is one other big labour-intensi...

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According to speculations, Trump didn't take kindly to Modi saying No to visiting US when Trump invited him to White house on the way back from G7 summit in Canada. Paki army chief was in US at that time. Trump probably wanted to spring a surprise meeting between the two and try to mediate in India-...

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India & US hold 2+2 talks (defence and foreign affairs) India, US hold 2+2 Intersessional Dialogue amid tariff tensions Senior officials of India and the US have discussed bilateral ties in the areas of trade and investment, critical minerals, and energy security, including strengthening civil n...

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Modi refused Trump's calls 4 times in recent weeks: German newspaper US President Donald Trump made at least four attempts to talk to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the phone in recent weeks, but the Indian leader refused to talk to him, according to German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemein...

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