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- 19 May 2026 01:42
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
- Replies: 860
- Views: 116571
Re: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
Also: United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms the unprovoked terrorist attack targeting an electricity generator outside the inner perimeter of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in Al Dhafra region, carried out by a drone that entered the country's territory from the wester border di...
- 19 May 2026 01:40
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
- Replies: 860
- Views: 116571
Re: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
^^^ Above news go India's attention. India is deeply concerned at the attack targeting the Barakah nuclear facility in the UAE. Such actions are unacceptable and represent a dangerous escalation. We urgently call for restraint and a return to dialogue and diplomacy. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HIjNN...
- 19 May 2026 01:37
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
- Replies: 4821
- Views: 1454205
Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Norway confers its highest honor- Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit on Prime Minister Modiji.
The Grand Cross is the highest grade of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit.
This is the 32nd global honour for PM Modi.
The Grand Cross is the highest grade of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit.
This is the 32nd global honour for PM Modi.
- 18 May 2026 10:45
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
- Replies: 860
- Views: 116571
Re: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
There have been several recent, significant incidents involving explosions near nuclear (or suspected nuclear) facilities across which have not been talked about widely. Here are the details of the most recent and notable event - (From news reports) Barakah Nuclear Power Plant, UAE On May 16, 2026,...
- 16 May 2026 23:20
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indus Water Treaty
- Replies: 3434
- Views: 1144019
Re: Indus Water Treaty
^^Our response to media queries on matters pertaining to the illegally constituted so-called Court of Arbitration

- 16 May 2026 02:26
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
- Replies: 860
- Views: 116571
Re: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
Sharing: (A current article - what I have talked about here) ' Without firing a missile': Barack Obama defends 2015 Iran deal, says 'We got 97% of their enriched uranium out' President Barack Obama's recent remarks regarding the 2015 Iran nuclear deal (officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Pla...
- 16 May 2026 02:05
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 13173
- Views: 3941606
Re: Understanding the US - Again
"Nothing materially delivered on Iran except platitudes " ?
Trump’s first readout on the Xi summit as he leaves Beijing...

Trump’s first readout on the Xi summit as he leaves Beijing...
- 16 May 2026 01:30
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 13447
- Views: 4856418
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Breaking News - Per NY Times: The Justice Dept. is planning to drop charges against India’s richest man, Gautam Adani,
- 15 May 2026 23:57
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
- Replies: 4821
- Views: 1454205
Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
अस्य धारा सदाधारा सदालंबा सरस्वती पण्डितो मण्डितस्सर्वे! The epitome of learning, Bhojaraja’s dedication to Ma Saraswati bears fruit after an entire millennium. Devi shall reign again in the temple that he built for her with such devotion . JUST IN: High Court declares Dhar Bhojshala as a temple. -S...
- 15 May 2026 09:06
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
- Replies: 860
- Views: 116571
Re: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
'Don't Have Control Over Our Enriched Uranium' Iran MinisterKazem Gharibabadi, Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran, added that Iran had been ready to discuss all aspects of the nuclear issue but that the US had refused genuine negotiations and instead demanded its own terms. .. Tehran has stated that i...
- 15 May 2026 08:28
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Climate Change: Propaganda Vs Reality
- Replies: 956
- Views: 410326
Re: Climate Change: Propaganda Vs Reality
^^^ FWIW: The 30k-foot view is just the map - the actual terrain is a swamp of non-linearity. To get into the weeds, solving a Lagrangian for a system as chaotic as the AMOC, obviously involves more than just writing down $\delta S = 0$. (In practice, You have to parameterize sub-grid scale processe...
- 15 May 2026 04:02
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Know Your India
- Replies: 797
- Views: 662986
Re: Know Your India
Wrong attribution and also not acknowledging the primary authors is what is being talked about. The niceties can wait. There has been a consistent pattern of dissing anything originating in India by the liars of many centuries - the Britshits. Everything stolen and given alternate authors with Euro...
- 15 May 2026 02:17
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Know Your India
- Replies: 797
- Views: 662986
Re: Know Your India
How we often romanticize historical mathematics versus how we treat it as a formal science. My assessment is grounded in the evolution of mathematical notation and abstraction. Here is why a modern student might find that ancient "brilliant" work "elementary," . This isn't a slig...
- 14 May 2026 10:15
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Know Your India
- Replies: 797
- Views: 662986
Re: Know Your India
Six Indian Equations That Saved Every Bank in 2008 .... Aryabhata's modular arithmetic (499 CE) — the math your bank login still runs on. Every one of them load-bearing in modern fintech and cybersecurity. <snip> Let us give credit where credit is due. RSA depends critically on the Chinese Remainde...
- 13 May 2026 22:30
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Know Your India
- Replies: 797
- Views: 662986
Re: Know Your India
// so there it is solid evidence that Prayagraj is the meeting point of 3 rivers - ganga, yamuna and saraswati. The Vedas talk about Saraswati river. "Solid eidence" ???? - Not really! That would be overstating (By FAR) what the scientists actually established. The researchers presented e...
- 13 May 2026 04:02
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
- Replies: 4821
- Views: 1454205
Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
xpost: The Smithsonian added Nandini Harinath's saree to its space exploration exhibit in Washington. Harinath wore the saree during India's Mars Orbiter Mission launch in 2013. She was deputy operations director and key to the mission's success at ISRO https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HIJwOSvaoAAx61v?fo...
- 13 May 2026 04:01
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
- Replies: 1559
- Views: 1476434
Re: Indian Space Program: News & Discussion
The Smithsonian added Nandini Harinath's saree to its space exploration exhibit in Washington. Harinath wore the saree during India's Mars Orbiter Mission launch in 2013. She was deputy operations director and key to the mission's success at ISRO https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HIJwOSvaoAAx61v?format=p...
- 13 May 2026 02:19
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 13447
- Views: 4856418
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
sharing: 'Single, unmarried doctor': Former US diplomat says he faced multiple visa rejections even in 1984 I personally know about 3 such stories where US embassy in India (in old days in 70's), initially denied Visa for similar 'ignorant/silly/arbitrary ' reasons and then were humiliated when high...
- 13 May 2026 01:01
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Know Your India
- Replies: 797
- Views: 662986
Re: Know Your India
Amber G. wrote may times about Pingala, and repeated it just a day ago! Pingala : He is essentially the father of binary notation and combinatorics. His work in the Chandahsastra (on poetic meters) contains the earliest descriptions of what we now call Fibonacci numbers( or Hemachandra numbers)e an...
- 13 May 2026 00:45
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
- Replies: 5141
- Views: 1363672
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
The Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant is the closest existing model to my "quad" vision [ Nuclear + Desalination + District Heat] ; the next one is Susquehanna, USA [ Nuclear + Hyperscale Data Center ] but this "Quad vision" is nowhere implemented as a whole , but is the most ideal fo...
- 12 May 2026 01:07
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
- Replies: 860
- Views: 116571
- 12 May 2026 01:02
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Operation Sindoor - Analysis on Future Scenarios
- Replies: 131
- Views: 71910
- 12 May 2026 00:23
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
- Replies: 5141
- Views: 1363672
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
Reuters: - India plans to reduce the size of exclusion zones around nuclear plants to free up significant amounts of land for reactor expansions, three officials familiar with the matter said, in a move to attract private investment that is likely to face backlash from opposition parties and the p...
- 11 May 2026 23:29
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 13173
- Views: 3941606
- 11 May 2026 22:49
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
- Replies: 860
- Views: 116571
- 11 May 2026 11:44
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Climate Change: Propaganda Vs Reality
- Replies: 956
- Views: 410326
Re: Climate Change: Propaganda Vs Reality
How does one solve that Lagrangian? Lagrangian density L , which for geophysical fluid dynamics involves the kinetic energy of the ocean currents minus the potential energy (incorporating density gradients and gravity), plus terms for the Earth's rotation (Coriolis force): L = T - V +L_ext Now appl...
- 11 May 2026 07:56
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Know Your India
- Replies: 797
- Views: 662986
Re: Know Your India
7 Nobel prizes the British discredited — and the 4 trillion-dollar industries it built From the dhaga in physics . please read some interesting posts...about these.. Let me post again from my archive: (American Institute of Physics - Emilio Segrè Visual Archive) How many can you identify?. https://...
- 11 May 2026 07:46
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 13173
- Views: 3941606
Re: Understanding the US - Again
^^^Yes — there definitely are people questioning aspects of the story, especially because the rescue itself was heavily publicized while verifiable follow-up details have remained sparse. The skepticism falls into a few categories: “Why no names or interviews?” “Why no official photos?” “Why such dr...
- 11 May 2026 03:59
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Know Your India
- Replies: 797
- Views: 662986
Re: Know Your India
cont.. (Read on if interested in Mahavira and Pingla Math contribution) Mahavira, or Mahaviracharya : is an exceptionally compelling figure- he represents a crucial pivot point where mathematics was formally emancipated from its traditional role as a mere tool for astronomy. His Gaṇitasārasangraha (...
- 11 May 2026 01:51
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Know Your India
- Replies: 797
- Views: 662986
Re: Know Your India
Yeah, why should it be known as the "De Bruijn sequence" is the question :). If Pingala's contributions were truly recognized, it should be known as the "Pingala sequence." Thanks for the pointer though. There is a famous inside joke in mathematics and science called Stigler's L...
- 11 May 2026 00:29
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Know Your India
- Replies: 797
- Views: 662986
Re: Know Your India
... Amber ji, yes, I remember all your old posts regarding the Kerala school of mathematics. The paper by Whish however was something I was not aware of earlier, that's why I posted that. It was great to be able to find it online and fact-check the video which I linked :). Also, the video talks abo...
- 10 May 2026 23:37
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Climate Change: Propaganda Vs Reality
- Replies: 956
- Views: 410326
Re: Climate Change: Propaganda Vs Reality
This post is without any links to the literature - it is largely from memory but if necessary can be tightened up considerably. Actually, I will count on Amber G to correct and go into depth on this if there is interest. :D <snip> Careful, A_Gupta ji—you know what happens when you 'count on' me to ...
- 09 May 2026 12:01
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Know Your India
- Replies: 797
- Views: 662986
Re: Know Your India
This is the 1834 paper by Charles M. Whish to the Royal Asiatic Society of GB and Ireland: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25581775?seq=1 On the Hindú Quadrature of the Circle, and the Infinite Series of the Proportion of the Circumference to the Diameter Exhibited in the Four S'ástras, the Tantra San...
- 09 May 2026 01:17
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
- Replies: 5141
- Views: 1363672
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
Question: does an economy of scale in manufacturing of nuclear plants hit if one is producing a thousand instead of a hundred? If India can use 100, can it find customers for 900 in the Global South? Trying AI (Minimal editing by a human): The skepticism regarding "product line" savings i...
- 08 May 2026 23:05
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
- Replies: 5141
- Views: 1363672
Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
Thanks to irradiation technology that extends shelf life and kills pests without altering taste..
sharing: The Nuclear Facility Providing Indian Mangoes To America
sharing: The Nuclear Facility Providing Indian Mangoes To America
- 08 May 2026 10:35
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
- Replies: 860
- Views: 116571
Re: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
Trump yesterday: "Their missiles are mostly decimated; they have some, they have probably 18, 19 percent, but not a lot by comparison to what they had." WaPo today: "Iran retains about 75 percent of its prewar inventories of mobile launchers and about 70 percent of its prewar stockpil...
- 08 May 2026 06:34
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 13447
- Views: 4856418
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
New: US Court finds Trump’s new 10% tariff on India and countries around the world illegal Two courts have now struck down Trump's tariffs in three months. First the Supreme Court: 6-3, including two of his own appointees voting against him. Then a federal trade court today, on the replacement tarif...
- 08 May 2026 04:19
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
- Replies: 860
- Views: 116571
Re: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
This Scientific American article also examines the technical and political complexities of Trump’s demand to physically remove Iran's "nuclear dust"—the enriched uranium remaining in facilities damaged during the 2025 military strikes... Conclusions similar to mine. The Concept of "Nu...
- 08 May 2026 02:54
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
- Replies: 860
- Views: 116571
- 08 May 2026 02:08
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
- Replies: 1027
- Views: 217800
Re: Elections Modi 3.0
Governor of West Bengal, RN Ravi, has issued an Order dissolving the West Bengal Legislative Assembly with effect from 07 May 2026.
