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by Amber G.
04 Dec 2024 01:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 1204
Views: 237469

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

Wow! <xpost>

Indian gov't is buying a subscription to 13,000 academic journals, and then making them all available to "18 million students, faculty, and researchers" for free.

The cost is $715 million over 3 years. It includes Elsevier, Nature, and AAAS.
by Amber G.
04 Dec 2024 01:52
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Education System
Replies: 3988
Views: 901611

Re: Indian Education System

Wow! Indian gov't is buying a subscription to 13,000 academic journals, and then making them all available to "18 million students, faculty, and researchers" for free. The cost is $715 million over 3 years. It includes Elsevier, Nature, and AAAS. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gd0apIQXoAAnKjl...
by Amber G.
04 Dec 2024 00:33
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
Replies: 6640
Views: 1587024

Re: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry

..A lesser-known tactical innovation, a series of mistakes and an Everestian defence were the hallmarks of game seven of the World Chess Championship between Ding Liren and D Gukesh. The final result -- after 72 moves and over five hours World Chess Championship: Gukesh lets opportunity slip in Gam...
by Amber G.
03 Dec 2024 00:49
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
Replies: 6640
Views: 1587024

Re: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry

Interesting article by Vishy Anand - How the World Championship in Singapore has suddenly taken on the flavour of a psychological duel instead of a pure chess match. I n the last few games, a very clear trend has emerged where D. Gukesh can be seen trying to provoke his opponent into a battle, ready...
by Amber G.
30 Nov 2024 02:49
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
Replies: 6640
Views: 1587024

Re: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry

^^^ Round4 At the beginning of the game, Ding made a surprise with Ba3 which was handled well by Gukesh. The critical move was Ne5 from black which provoked the world champion but Ding went to a solid simplification with Nf3. Draw. ... Gukesh per experts played very secure and interesting today. The...
by Amber G.
29 Nov 2024 23:45
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
Replies: 6640
Views: 1587024

Re: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry

Ding and Gukesh finally make a draw by repetition in Game 4 .. score 2-2.
by Amber G.
29 Nov 2024 12:18
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4838
Views: 1600844

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

US Embassy in Pakistan issues Security Alert instructing US citizens to avoid the Serena Hotel in Peshawar of KPK in Pakistan till December 16th. US Citizens given do not travel to KPK advisory because of terrorism...
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by Amber G.
28 Nov 2024 04:51
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
Replies: 6640
Views: 1587024

Re: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry

Cyrano wrote: 27 Nov 2024 18:28 World Chess Championship:

Gukesh got Ding under the pump and won match 3 to equalise as they go into rest day tomorrow. Simply awesome play.
Yes score is now 1.5 - 1.5..
<Can see the last game here>

Gukesh with"family and friends ' - Some may enjoy this..
by Amber G.
26 Nov 2024 03:25
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Physics Discussion Thread
Replies: 3040
Views: 7443686

Re: Physics Discussion Thread

For those like myself wondering what time crystals are, here is the story from the Stanford Report: Stanford physicists help create time crystals with quantum computers A team of researchers including ones from Stanford and Google have created and observed a new phase of matter, popularly known as ...
by Amber G.
20 Nov 2024 10:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 1204
Views: 237469

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

Prime Minister Modi received by three heads of states at Guyana - President of Guyana, Prime Minister of Grenada and Prime Minister of Barbados at the Hotel along with 4 Ministers from Guyana. PM Modi first Indian PM to visit Guyana in over 56 years! In an unprecedented gesture, he was received at t...
by Amber G.
19 Nov 2024 12:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 2671
Views: 707551

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

"20 SUMMIT: Another international embarrassment for Canadian PM Justin Trudeau who is late, and somehow misses, the photo-op for a newly formed "Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty." He had one job. No one bothers to retake the photo because Trudeau is irrelevant anyways. :rotf...
by Amber G.
15 Nov 2024 23:55
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2287
Views: 543345

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

Am looking for some review of sri Yagnadevam's work on mathematical proof of IVC script being Sanskrit. The Math theory is beyond my grasp and I am trying to find if it is genuine or snake oil. The fact that his paper is not peer reviewed adds to the angst. I have put some of my initial thoughts he...
by Amber G.
15 Nov 2024 03:13
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 2671
Views: 707551

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

India Steps Up Extradition Bid For Terrorist Arsh Dalla, Arrested In Canada.

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by Amber G.
15 Nov 2024 02:00
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8707
Views: 3321571

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Infosys Prize2024 in Economics is awarded to Prof. Arun Chandrasekhar of Stanford for his contribution to the study of social and economic networks, using innovative data sets and drawing on theoretical methods from machine learning and computer science. His collection and mapping of networks data, ...
by Amber G.
15 Nov 2024 01:58
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: AI/Machine Learning, Bharat and Bhartiya IT Industry
Replies: 471
Views: 214166

Re: AI/Machine Learning, Bharat and Bhartiya IT Industry

Infosys Prize2024 in Engineering & Computer Science is awarded to Prof. Shyam Gollakota for his impactful research and technology translation spanning multiple engineering domains in societally relevant areas such as smart-phone based affordable healthcare tools for low- and middle-income countr...
by Amber G.
15 Nov 2024 01:55
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Medical Topics Corner
Replies: 80
Views: 45268

Re: BR Medical Topics Corner

Infosys Prize2024 in Life Sciences is awarded to Prof. Siddhesh Kamat, IISER Pune.
...for his discoveries concerning bioactive lipids and their receptors, and their metabolic and signaling pathways.
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by Amber G.
15 Nov 2024 01:53
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2287
Views: 543345

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

Infosys Prize2024 in Mathematical Sciences is awarded to Prof. Neena Gupta of ISI Kolkata for her work on the Zariski Cancellation Problem, a fundamental problem in algebraic geometry first posed in 1949 by Oscar Zariski, one of the founders of modern algebraic geometry. In 2014 she proved the strik...
by Amber G.
15 Nov 2024 01:49
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: India's Contribution to Science & Technology
Replies: 865
Views: 385182

Re: India's Contribution to Science & Technology

Infosys 2024 prizes are announced. I put separate posts in other dhagas.
(Winners will be felicitated in a ceremony on January 11 2025.)
Congratulations to all.

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by Amber G.
15 Nov 2024 01:48
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: India's Contribution to Science & Technology
Replies: 865
Views: 385182

Re: India's Contribution to Science & Technology

Infosys 2024 prizes are announced. I put separate posts in other dhagas.
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by Amber G.
15 Nov 2024 01:45
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Physics Discussion Thread
Replies: 3040
Views: 7443686

Re: Physics Discussion Thread

Infosys Prize2024 in Physical Sciences is awarded to Prof. Vedika Khemani, of Stanford who has made wide-ranging and groundbreaking contributions to theoretical and experimental non-equilibrium quantum matter, most notably the discovery of time-crystals. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GcUxwTiXEAAEpO4?...
by Amber G.
15 Nov 2024 01:09
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Modi 3.0 - Bharat
Replies: 1204
Views: 237469

Re: Modi 3.0 - Bharat

Menwhile: Dominica announces that it will honor Indian PM Modi with its highest national honour at the upcoming India Caricom Summit; he is being honoured, in 'recognition of his contributions during the COVID pandemic & strengthening ties'. (India sent COVID vaccines to Dominica) https://pbs.tw...
by Amber G.
14 Nov 2024 09:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 2671
Views: 707551

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

Meanwhile USA's Tom Homan (Border Czar in the new admin )speaks about the threat coming from the Canada border ... " A listed terrorist crossing the northern border is 10x more likely than one crossing the southern border. And for Justin Trudeau: " Find a better man. He's terrible" Wa...
by Amber G.
11 Nov 2024 00:41
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 2671
Views: 707551

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

Canada under pressure arrests India’s Most Wanted Gangster Arsh Dalla also known as Arshdeep Singh Gill in a firing case in Canada after a brief shootout. Dalla a was close to Khalistani plumber Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
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by Amber G.
11 Nov 2024 00:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 2671
Views: 707551

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

,, Anybody can fill out some online digital form. :rotfl: The matter has not "reached the Supreme Court of Canada" or any courts of Canada yet. This kind of trolling is, and use of "rotfl" is silly and unhelpful. /sigh/ Vineet Jindal, an advocate, has indeed filed an appeal befo...
by Amber G.
11 Nov 2024 00:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 2671
Views: 707551

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

Meanwhile: First good news to come out of Frozen Khalistanin in weeks..(Have to agree a smart choice in the land of 'freedom of speech' )!
Canada Shuts Down TikTok Office Over National Security Risks
by Amber G.
11 Nov 2024 00:13
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Physics Discussion Thread
Replies: 3040
Views: 7443686

Re: Physics Discussion Thread

Yes, I think it is the Raman Spectrometer ( also called spectroscope old books) built by him.. (Tidbit - I am privileged to knew him and the his family) Picture credit IISc and other sources. Thanks for the information and the tidbit too. You must have many stories that are not published from this ...
by Amber G.
10 Nov 2024 23:58
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Education System
Replies: 3988
Views: 901611

Re: Indian Education System

May be interest to some: SATHEE, an initiative by IIT Kanpur and the Ministry of Education, introduces a 45-day intensive crash course specifically tailored for students preparing for the JEE Mains January 2025 exam . The Crash Course will start from November 11, 2024. The crash course will provide ...
by Amber G.
10 Nov 2024 03:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 2671
Views: 707551

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

"Hindu Sabha Attack:- The matter has reached the Canadian Supreme Court . ... On Saturday, lawyer Vineet Jindal filed a digital petition with the Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada, requesting an investigation into the actions of Peel Police officers and pro-Khalistani organisations like ...
by Amber G.
10 Nov 2024 01:18
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2287
Views: 543345

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

2¹³⁶²⁷⁹⁸⁴¹−1, discovered recently, is the largest known prime. ... Nice post, but.... The newly discovered perfect number is 277,232,916 x (277,232,917-1). This number is over 46 million digits long! It is still unknown if any odd perfect numbers exist. 46 million digits? The number quoted above is...
by Amber G.
09 Nov 2024 02:36
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4838
Views: 1600844

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

A. country called Terroristan where twitter is banned and PM has to use VPN to tweet this!
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by Amber G.
09 Nov 2024 00:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 2671
Views: 707551

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

Chandra Arya: Statement My statement on Hindu and Sikh Canadians: On behalf of Hindu-Canadians and the vast majority of Sikh-Canadians, I again strongly condemn the attack by Khalistani extremists on Hindu devotees at the Hindu Sabha temple in Brampton. Politicians are deliberately avoiding recogni...
by Amber G.
09 Nov 2024 00:04
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Education System
Replies: 3988
Views: 901611

Re: Indian Education System

xpost: I have covered news and problems of many International Mathematical Olympiads here in this [math] dhaga And encouraged and mentored many young minds .. Glad to see that now there e is Special program for students who qualify or do good for olympiad to get direct admission to IIT. (Even withou...
by Amber G.
09 Nov 2024 00:02
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2287
Views: 543345

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

I have covered news and problems of many International Mathematical Olympiads here in this dhaga And encouraged and mentored many young minds .. Glad to see that now there e is Special program for students who qualify or do good for olympiad to get direct admission to IIT. (Even without JEE). We hav...
by Amber G.
08 Nov 2024 23:52
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Education System
Replies: 3988
Views: 901611

Re: Indian Education System

Big boost to making education more accessible.
The Cabinet has approved the PM-Vidyalaxmi scheme to support youngsters with quality education.
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2071131