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^^^ Sorry for not being clear .. to clarify: The clip I noted (and should have said) is significant legal escalation that occurred today, February 5, 2026. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton officially filed a lawsuit in Collin County seeking to permanently shut down and ban the Council on American-I...

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News clip: U.S, Texas Governor has formally designated the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)—the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights organization—as a FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANISATION under Texas state law.

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Pakistan's Outreach To World Bank Chief Tied To Indus Waters Treaty Calculus. Here's How | Exclusive The optics of the grand reception---featuring horses, schoolchildren, banners & ceremonial pageantry---stand in stark contrast to the everyday realities faced by Sikhs in Pakistan,, Ajay Banga’s...

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Energy security of 1.4bn Indians govt’s supreme priority: Goyal in Parliament

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He keeps bragging about passing a test where you point at a zebra and say “zebra.” The fact that he brings it up over and over is the part that should worry everyone. How many cognitive tests does this guy take in a year?

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Alphabet is plotting to dramatically expand its presence in India, with the possibility of taking millions of square feet in new office space in Bangalore, India’s tech hub Google just told you the H-1B math broke and nobody’s talking about what that means for US tech employment. 2.4 million square...

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News Clip: Today U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, with the cooperation of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, announced the seizure of more than 200 website domains tied to an India-based transnational criminal organization (TCO) working within the United States and...

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Despite being banned theatrically in Pakistan, Ranveer Singh’s blockbuster Dhurandhar is now trending #1 on Netflix there. Pakistani viewers are praising the film online, calling it one of Bollywood’s best ever and applauding its portrayal of politics and realism. The streaming success is reigniting...

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ToI story: Mover, shaker, and beggars': Pakistan's national meltdown over the India-US trade deal :(( The received wisdom in Washington circles has been that Pakistan has ‘played’ Donald Trump better than its Indian counterpart. This has included praising Donald Trump to high heavens at every turn, ...

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The WaPo didn’t ask the question “who is likely to read and subscribe to us?” Instead they tried to answer the question (and no doubt this was a business compulsion for Bezos) “what might keep Trump off our backs?” But did they have to be so cruel :evil: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HAV33xSacAMZl2B?...

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Also sharing
India-US trade deal: How Delhi's behind-the-scenes push cracked Trump tariff wall

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Also interesting... lot of stories eg: Won't be bullied, will wait out Trump term for trade deal, Doval told Rubio The Modi government had conveyed to the US in early September 2025 that it was willing to wait out the Trump presidential term if needed on the India-US trade deal. This tough line was ...

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So the news is many who were routinely assigned to target India and abuse PM Modi are being laid off...
Back-to-back pro Modi stories by The Economists and now this....

Interesting..!!!

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Big News: SCOTUS allows upholding the Prop 50 redistricting to remain in place. (No dissent)

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Sharing: An article I enjoyed and recommend: Chinese-American physicist Chien-Shiung Wu never won a share of the 1957 Nobel Prize for Physics for her experimental verification of parity violation. Twenty-three nominations, yet no Nobel prize: how Chien-Shiung Wu missed out on the top award in physic...

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FWIW: Here is AI replay to above: There’s no credible public evidence that Dr. Anil Kakodkar or his family has a financial interest in a company producing ANEEL fuel bundles or related fuels. Dr. Kakodkar is a respected nuclear scientist and former head of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and B...

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Just sharing...a recent NYTimesarticle, TAG partner Nisha Biswal says the U.S.-India agreement has removed “an enormous irritant” and opens up a path for potential future cooperation and convergence. Trump and India Call Off Their Trade War, but the Terms of Peace Are Murky 8) 8) Meanwhile DARKEST D...

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India-U.S. trade deal will not include sensitive agricultural items and dairy: Goyal

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Meanwhile: US House passed a $1.2 trillion spending bill (217–214) to end the partial government shutdown and sent it to Trump, who says he will sign it.

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What we know of India US trade Deal so far From Indian Side -Tariffs on India reduced to 18% from 50% -$500 bn purchases by India over some years -Civil nuclear cooperation to increase -On Agriculture, India's interests remains -Negotiations continue -Joint statement soon From US side -India to sto...

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EAM Dr. S. Jaishankar: Delighted to meet US @SecRubio this afternoon. A wide ranging conversation that covered our bilateral cooperation agenda, regional and global issues. Facets of India - US Strategic Partnership discussed included trade, energy, nuclear, defence, critical minerals and technology...

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Recent news blip: Dr. S. Jaishankar meets US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Washington DC. First high level US-India meeting after announcement of trade deal on strategic and economic partnership.

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Sharinmg <1 min video> US India Business Council (USIBC) President Atul Keshap (@USAmbKeshap’s) statement on U.S.-India Trade Deal.

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https://www.youtube.com/live/m8JYrQJIxy4?si=j-lZ-IaiR7wYGZlx Added: sorry it is more politics and less detail on the trade deal. At the end, says that a joint statement is forthcoming following which details will be provided. Thanks. Very much appreciated this side of India's Minister. Needed that.

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sharing: Russia's MBIR nuclear research reactor to be ready by 2028; India invited to cooperate Russia’s state nuclear company **Rosatom says its new MBIR nuclear research reactor is expected to be ready by 2028, and it’s inviting India to join an international consortium around it and participate i...

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Earthquake Of 5.9 Magnitude (epi-central in Myanmar), Tremors Felt In Dhaka, Kolkata

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Meanwhile - some students at Stanford are pretending to be Jains so they can spend their meal plan money at Whole Foods instead of the school cafeteria.

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Officially announced :: EAM Dr S Jaishankar, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to hold talks in Washington DC today at 3.30 PM EST

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Classic disconnect between PM Modi’s statement and President Trump’s tweet - My sense of what is happening behind the scenes and how to read the silence-- 1. The "Russian Oil" Gap Trump --l( PM Modi "agreed to stop buying Russian Oil,) " . Modi omitted any mention of this Reading...

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It should have been lowered to 15% or less. But lets wait for more details. My sense - Could be wrong who can predict Trump - and sources from US side - Partial truce - "18% Tariff for "Made in India." (By Modi, 18-25% by trump) - "the 50% "penalty" rate is gone" ...

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The MEA usually holds a press briefing following such announcements. They will likely be asked point-blank about the "Russian oil" claim. Expect them to use phrases like "Our energy imports are based on diversification and national interest"—a polite way of saving Trump being Tru...

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From Modiji: Narendra Modi @narendramodi Wonderful to speak with my dear friend President Trump today. Delighted that Made in India products will now have a reduced tariff of 18%. Big thanks to President Trump on behalf of the 1.4 billion people of India for this wonderful announcement. When two lar...

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Breaking :

But Also:
ndia’s beautiful Triumphal Arch. Ours will be the greatest of them all!

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From Bush archives: in 2008 George W. Bush pushed for Ukraine and Georgia to join NATO. he said he would not allow Russia to veto its membership bid. "I strongly believe that Ukraine and Georgia should be given MAP [Membership Action Plans], and there are no tradeoffs - period.” Europe didn’t s...

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Trump is closing the Kennedy Center after ticket sales plunge and multiple artists pull out of shows because of Trump.
It will reopen in two years.
What a mess.

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^^^ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections

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^^Not Mixing Politics and Sports may not be what they want.. India beat Pakistan by 58 runs: U19 World Cup 2026 – as it happened ..Pakistan head home, but – with news elsewhere of the Pakistani boycott of the game against the Indians at the T20 World Cup – we are all left to wonder when we will see ...

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The way I read it, Dr. Kakodkar, in the Indian Express article, is strongly advocating using ANEEL fuel in Indian PHWRs immediately Kakaji - that’s almost right, but slightly overstated . Kakodkar is clearly advocating moving thorium into the system now, and he presents ANEEL-type (HALEU + Th) fuel...

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Sharing WSJ Article; Ken Ono had an epiphany. Now the professor is moving to Silicon Valley to chase mathematical superintelligence The Math Legend Who Just Left Academia—for an AI Startup Run by a 24-Year-Old. Prof Ono also shared quite a few pieces in his social media/math-related forums - sharing...

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Sharing : Anil Kakodkar’s excellent piece in The Indian Express on : Thorium-based n-power key to securing energy independence’ (Recommend to read the article in full.) Kakodkar emphasizes what we have been talking about here - that India’s long-term energy independence depends on fully realising th...

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