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From Nitin Gokhale interview on you tube SVdJWZnbTPQ PAF lost 4 Block 52s, 2 Mirage 5s and 1 IL 76 as in combat losses in air! They lost another 4 F16s in Sargodha apparently...., apart from taking out the AWACS which was a SAAB bird and all the social media narrative is on how bad the Chinese weapo...

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WEOgWsNbYsI Nice video from Doordarshan, so it is as official as it gets! Key takeaways for me: Engine certification for flying has been achieved, more tests planned and expected to end by 2025 Serial production expected to start by end 2025, start 2026 :) Dry Kaveri to be used in Ghatak - somethin...

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This press release has some additional details! Godrej is developing a high temperature brazing process for plugging the tip and root openings of the cast Turbine Rotor Blade of Aero Engine that support t he ceramic core used for producing the serpentine cooling passage in the blade . These cooling ...

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^^ Excellent news. I had the opportunity to meet Prof Manindra Agrawal in December at IIT K albeit in tragic circumstances as he had come to pay condolences on the sudden passing away of my cousin Prof Sameer Khandekar. Prof Agrawal is an amazing person and it is great news for IITK.

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A lot of chaos this time. Most have not got booth slips. Party workers are not allowed near the booth to search for & help with booth slips. Don't know what has changed this time. But at least 8-10 years back I have seen each party sending its workers to each home to distribute the booth slip. ...

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From TOIlet Iran state TV says reports of 'big explosions' heard near Isfahan Israel_Iran War Live: Iran suspends flights over several cities, says Iranian state media So the fun and games have begun! IMHO this escalation looks like a way to ween away Iranian production of weapons for Russia into th...

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Our education system needs the NEP implemented asap as the current graduate education (including those at IIT) is completely messed up IMHO. How do I know this? I do graduate hiring for my org and just at the start of the month I had a IIT Kanpur candidate tell me with a straight face that while she...

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Thank you Rakesh sir for posting this wonderful show. Thanks to Vishnu Som for this wonderful program if he still visits this forum. The most interesting/shocking (to me at least) comes at 36:33 - to quote the Air Marshal Actually it was surprising to find out that way back, a lmost three decades ag...

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Happy Independence day dear Rakshaks, may we see the dream of our Bharat fulfil in our lifetimes! Onward and upwards!!

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Wishing all BRF members and their family a very happy, healthy and prosperous 2023.

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Dhanush 45 is not in serial production. The first regiment is still not fully equipped with the gun. Why would Army trust new Dhanush 52 to be on-time and be devoid of production faults? If necessary, they should just scrap the 45 caliber requirement altogether. IA should standardize around 39 and ...

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Pratyush sir, I have already posted an article that says about 150 guns will be ordered as per public information. Can we please leave it at that? Thanks!

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The last news that I had heard of for ATAGS was covered in CHINDU: Link Dated: October 1, 2022 Some key quotes from the article: In the next five years , the Indian Army’s Regiment of Artillery would see major force accretion with the induction of several guns, including indigenous ones. These inclu...

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RSatchi ji, I don't think KSA and gulf will shut supply to India - there will be too much disruption in the market. See this link for the data. Sanctions work both ways and nobody is stupid to do such things. And what will the West gain in return? Lost market for everything? Big Tech, huge disruptio...

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They are slightly more expensive to purchase but those driving 30km + per day, they would be able to recover the costs sooner. Ather is expensive but others are in the ballpark.

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In India, 61% of petrol consumption is through two wheelers. Souce: This Link An All India Study conducted by M/s Nielsen (India) Pvt Ltd for Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of Petroleum Ministry has thrown up interesting data about use of diesel and petrol sold across various states. As...

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How do you "train" in Humanities? India should just ban BA degree and rather invest in technical diplomas. Well, what ever you call it. The problem is that this lot wants to become Babus and then rent seeking starts. And a whole lot of them can't become Babus and then add to the unproduct...

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India’s defence budget lays out more money for local contracts, a new independent approval body and leaves a quarter for R&D The Indian government has earmarked 68% of its procurement budget for buying from domestic players. Moreover, the government will be opening up defence research and devel...

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FM announces 400 new Vande Bharat trains In her Budget speech, the FM said "one product, one railway station" will be popularised and that 400 new Vande Bharat trains to be introduced. Under the Gati Shakti plan, the new generation trains will be developed over three years, she said, whil...

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This tweet calls out one of the dimensions of the "unemployment problem" nicely: Indian In Pixels Tweet We need more folks taking technical courses; I would argue we need more focus on ITI and different trades that allow people to acquire hard skills rather than simply graduate engineers w...

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Actually all this (and IMHO much more) is already being done by many institutes in India - Including many IITs for quite some time (about a decade - and becoming more and more popular).. very similar (and on par with MIT's open OCW). I Know many in USA who have used these courses and have very favo...

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^^ It is not a nasal vaccines; it is an intradermal vaccine, delivered without the need of syringes. You can read more here

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That is correct, BHIM App was always a reference app from GOI. It only does money transfer but nothing beyond that. Gpay, Phone pay offer quite a few value added services. All have to use BHIM interface. UPI, Adhaar, eKYC - the so called India stack is a very well thought out digital architecture. O...

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That is not correct as far as I know - everybody still needs to use BHIM which stands for Bharat Interface for Money. The BHIM App was only a reference app and GOI's strategy (absolutely correct IMHO) has been to create Reference App and the core Infrastructure but let private companies take over fo...

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To be fair, we do not know to what extent PMO was hand holding MoHFW and to what extent the minister was doing things independently. That is something we will never know. IMHO, Nitin Gadkari wont make it to the top, ambition aside. I would rather think that Yogi/Himanta/Devendra Fadanvis have better...

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Its sad that most observers were able to see Harshvardhan, Javdekar & RS Prasad for the duffers they were, in mere months. While it took Modi several years to do the same. Speaks volumes about the man's inability to build a talented team around him. This was evident in Gujarat too. Modi is a gr...

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Step 3 is a problem. People cannot keep doing that. CoWin needs to offer push notifications of availability so users can pick from what becomes available. Is any sort of notification mechanism available ? Users can perhaps choose venues and pick 'notify me when available here', then pick from dates...

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Another article from 15th April on the need for sourcing parts from other countries. Key points from the article: Made-in-India Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin uses Kansas-based ViroVax’s Alhydroxiquim-II adjuvant which boosts immune response and provides longer-lasting immunity. But according to a new rep...

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SII:BB was in ratio 5:1 historically; now it is closer to 3:2 which is pretty amazing for BB and speaks volumes of the inability of SII to scale up (or are they export commitments/input restrictions?). Sir BB has a upward limit of 1 Billion Vaccines based on their contract with AZ and is dependent ...

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[ Lata ji has always been unabashedly nationalistic in her outlook and approach. Her nationalistic outlook aside, she is not known to leave even a single paisa she think she deserves - I am talking about the Deenanath Mangeshkar hospital at Pune as an example where a friend of mine used to work in ...

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Hmm, this is going to get a lot of brickbats, including from moi... This will also restrict the government's ability to borrow cheap money, since people will try to reduce their contributions and seek other investment opportunities. Not sure why this govt has consistently shown an inclination to to...

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Cross posting from military acquisitions thread: One of the best news today: The Defence Acquisition Council meeting held under the Chairmanship of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath today approved proposals for Capital acquisitions of various equipment required by the Indian Armed Forces at an approximate ...

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One of the best news today: The Defence Acquisition Council meeting held under the Chairmanship of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath today approved proposals for Capital acquisitions of various equipment required by the Indian Armed Forces at an approximate cost of Rs 2,290 crore. These include procurement...

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This is only possible due to our fearfullness (yes) to attack first. Otherwise having our troops close to the border would be good if we plan to attack. So Chinese are making a mistake but we convert that to a brilliant move (like in chess) due to our unwillingness to take the tricky but right move...

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Well Capt Sullenberger in Flight 1549 faced exactly that. Rare yes, but has happened multiple times (including the one today)

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I have to point out that the above is a non-sense of an article. It just indulges in severe what-aboutery without much basis. Problem is to call that what-aboutery out and as a proper rebuttal is time consuming and energy draining. And BTW, the Chinese firms were rightly blacklisted. And yes, comin...

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Apologies if this is a repost: Article on Antibody Testing in India Key points: States across India are either increasingly sceptical about antibody testing for COVID-19 or are reluctant to use it, IndiaSpend has found in conversations with several health officials. Antibody tests give vital informa...

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Since when IT companies needed govt. permission to allow their employees working from home? I have been working from home on and off / need basis since last decade and more. My organisations past and present never needed any sarkari permission to let me allow working remotely. Don't know what kind ...

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I don't know if information about this company has been posted before: Gegadyne Energy - the start up is based out of Mumbai with a bunch of young PhDs trying to tackle the so called holy grail of battery technology: Getting a battery with a similar or more energy density than Li-ion batteries but a...

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In your earlier post you had said an IL-6 blocker and plasma from a recovered patient. My doc friend has always maintained from the early days of the outbreak that the key is plasma. yes grapevine on ITU society (ICS) is even Prince Charles recd plasma from day 1. Sirs, here is an interesting ask f...

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