Bharat Rakshak

Amber G.

Putting a physicists hat - Here's a brief overview of current EV battery technologies and some basics.. (particularly from India's perspective) Lithium-Ion (Li-ion) Batteries Cathode: Lithium cobalt oxide (LCO), lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC), or lithium iron phosphate (LFP) Anode : Gra...

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^^^ Let me post two good references .. (IMO, valuable information) (Added later : Did not see the posts above --- thanks for sharing): - From 'Azadi ka amrit Mahotsav ' - Minister of State and Prime Minister’s Office, Dr. Jitendra Singh's written reply in Rajya Sabha: Mining of Rare Earth Elements T...

Amber G.

Don't know how much interest is here, but I am sharing this for those seriously interested.. *AI for Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science* - Workshop by Terry Tao . I don't think this would be good for beginners. That said, thanks for posting the link. I and a few of my SM contacts would be...

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Excellent starter material, thanks AmberG! Is there data on current production capacity and output in GWh , as well as planned investment ? For context, CATL currently does approximately 210 GWh in annual output of batteries, mostly LFP I believe. From: <this link> and and this likn ; CATL's curren...

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^^^ Thanks. FWIW: Reproducing some of my thoughts which I have shared with other scientists (in other formats). Allow me to add something here—something quite dear to my heart—and I think this is very relevant in this thread. Though most scientists in India know this, it is sometimes not widely know...

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Game 8 ended in a very interesting draw , score after round 8 : Ding 4 , Gukesh 4 . Game 9 tomorrow and Gukesh will be playing with white..
.Gukesh, Ding Both Miss Wins In Crazy Game 8 Draw

Amber G.

Is anyone here willing to take on an undertaking that covers the following topics: * Describe the main battery chemstries in use for EV batteries, e.g. LFP and their subvariants. * Describe current Indian access to ores and rare earth elements required to produce these battery chemistries. * Which ...

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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.

Amber G.

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...

Amber G.

Don't know how much interest is here, but I am sharing this for those seriously interested..
*AI for Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science* - Workshop by Terry Tao .

Amber G.

..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...

Amber G.

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...

Amber G.

Another draw between Gukesh and Ding in Game 5 of the World Championship on move 40,

Amber G.

^^^ 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...

Amber G.

Ding and Gukesh finally make a draw by repetition in Game 4 .. score 2-2.

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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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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..

Amber G.

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 ...

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awkward

Amber G.

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...

Amber G.

"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...

Amber G.

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...

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

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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, ...

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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...

Amber G.

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.

Amber G.

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...

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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.

Amber G.

Infosys 2024 prizes are announced. I put separate posts in other dhagas.

Amber G.

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?...

Amber G.

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...

Amber G.

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...

Amber G.

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.

Amber G.

,, 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...

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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

Amber G.

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 ...

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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 ...

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Trade deficit, trade surplus, who is buying steel from whom?Does it reminds of someone ?

Amber G.

"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 ...

Amber G.

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...

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