Bharat Rakshak

The same cannot be said about the North Atlantic crossing, during which both vessel and crew experienced a raging storm. An Indian corvette accompanying the aircraft carrier even suffered a crack in the hull, which had to be urgently sealed up in Lisbon. Isn't the hull crack a little worrying? Whic...

chaanakya wrote:But then we have learnt from exalted ones that Wind power is polluting and solar panels explodes. Better not to take the risk.

I certainly hope this is sarcasm!

Wind farms can cause climate change, finds new study Satellite data over a large area in Texas, that is now covered by four of the world's largest wind farms, found that over a decade the local temperature went up by almost 1C as more turbines are built. This could have long term effects on wildlif...

Rahul Shukla wrote: Yes, I know about the landing gear retraction restriction below 2,000 feet on Paki F-16's but that's besides the point.

What is this restriction? I tried googling but could not come up with any information.

Thanks,

The X-37 looks similar to ISRO's Avatar:

from here.

Good news for US, Japan and India. Not so good news for our Chinese blothers . OT Alert - Guys, I've been seeing this quite often on the forum lately, replacing the 'r' with an 'l'; an obvious, intentional and hurtful put-down to those of Chinese / East Asian origin. While I am also not a fan of Ch...

I wonder if they are considering IR suppressor attachments in the design at all later on, given how the exhaust is pointing up. apparently IR suppressors eat in the power figures so that's an interesting question. we did retrofit them on the hinds though. I seem to remember reading something on BR ...

Will Rafale or Eurofighter fit in the $ 10 Billion budget set aside for MMRCA , this includes TOT cost , Lic Production to build 126 fighters ? If they really wanted the EF, they could just pull a T-90; i.e. negotiate a contract which fits the bill as far as price is concernced, but leave out a sig...

OZ submariners narrow escape. The accident occurred during a five-month deployment through Southeast Asia and the western Pacific, during which Farncomb gathered intelligence by sailing close to foreign coastlines, listening to communications. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,2609...

shyamd wrote:The chinci intrusions have not affected yindu systems, only his holiness website and have got sensitve info.

But what about claims that they got in to Indian embassy / consulate computers?
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All hail India's booming consumption story Feel good piece in India Today. Worth a scan, IMHO. VSudhir - Thanks for posting the article. A simple request - for the future could you please post the link to the first page of the article (as opposed to the last page)? Thanks very much. Regards, Jimmy

On a serious note, congrats to the farming community. Grassroots Innovations, indigenisation of costly inputs, enhanced output and productivity.... what could be better? On a recent trip to India (near Surat), I was told by my relatives in the farming community, that many people have started using ...

Hey, Does anybody know how I can find out when the ad for joining the Army (SSC) is posted in papers in India? (I'm currently in Canada). I checked the joinindianarmy.nic.in website, but it just says apply in response to the advertisments in March/April. If somebody has access to that ad, could they...

Is anybody else getting a smooth feed? The real media feed is extremely slow, although it's got really nice clarity. The feed from DD works on and off, but at 51kbps, it's really poor quality. It's almost impossible to make out any faces. Perhaps I should just try it tomorrow when the load on the se...

Hi Pradeep, Thanks for the information! I was initially browsing around on the joinindianarmy.nic.in website but I couldn't find any infomation there - so I posted here. I'll have to get my eyes checked first to see if I meet the requirements How did your SSB interview go? Gook luck with that! Thank...

Hi, Some of you may have seen me post and here and there on the forum once in a while - I was hoping you could help me out with a query I had. I've always been interested in joining the Air Force as a pilot. However because I have glasses, I can't become a pilot. So, I was considering joining the Ar...