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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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Here is an interesting line of treatment for managing the side effects of Chloroquine and other anti viral drugs.

Summary: They have devised a process to check if a covid19 patient will suffer from sudden cardiac arrest if given these drugs.

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Here is an interesting study: Hydroxychloroquinine and Azithromycin for treatment of COVID-19 I would reckon these are easily available drugs, aren't they? Key point to summarize: This combination treatment reduced the viral load in 6 days! See this tweet They are doing more, you can read it all her...

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Yaar this Mitra talks so much BS with so much confidence. It would have been running them around the clock. It is a very useful silver bullet force to acquire. +100 Karan. Since large numbers are going to be hard in terms of $s... Every single purchase should offer massive bang for the buck. A coup...

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Ok, I am continuing the discussion on suitability of F-35 for the Indian Navy/IAF. The key strength of the F-35 apart from stealth comes from sensor/information fusion that it's computer is able to do - effectively analyzing all sorts of inputs not only from its own radar, but also from Distributed ...

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I will give a detailed reply on the Indian Naval aviation thread later but for some perspective, please read this article

I know it is from Abhijeet Iyer Mitra who is not the most trusted fella but still.... will replay in the Indian Naval Aviation thread on the specifics later.

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With all due respect CMji, UBji is spot on! The F35 works only for US and its close allies who have the requisite infrastructure to exploit its potential. For India, the bells and whistles don't matter simple because we don't have the radars, the comm systems, the satellites, the network integration...

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The "blacklisting of Embraer" is a bugaboo that exists only in our heads. If IAF insists and Modi does a G2G contract for 12 more Netras (like the Rafale), it will happen, Sonia's howls notwithstanding. Sorry to say this, but the IAF seems more interested in gold-plated airframes & gr...

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Thank you for your detailed analysis Vivek_Ahuja sir, always look forward to it. One question in my mind: Do you think IAF would not know about its gaps? I am pretty sure they are well aware and have plans to fight with what they have and work around the gaps. What gets my goat is the general tenden...

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Vivek K wrote:Sheer brilliance by IAF - deny further orders for Netra and struggle even against PAF!!

Did IAF say no to Netra or was there no platform available due to scam with Embrace?? Do not blame the IAF sir, this is the price we are paying for UPA 2

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Om Shanti to another of Bharat mata's son/daughter lost too early: Om Shanti, may Lord Hanuman take good care of you!

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That ~~used to house~~ houses a RAM air turbine

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I think the US effectively sees this as a Cost Control measure for tracking the Dragon .... basically the Indian assets will "fill" in the gaps and the US will deploy its own assets elsewhere ... that is a clear advantage for the US. This COMCASA thing is quite clearly a way through which ...

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I am posting some sections from an article from Swarajya, which is an excerpt from Nitin Gokhale's book: You can read it here the Ministry of Defence (MoD) had in 2011, bench marked the Total Cost of Acquisition at Rs 163,403 crores. This, it must be pointed out, was different from the total cost of...

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Question: if the Modi government's price for Rafale deal was so much better than UPA's price for the Rafale, Why didn't Modi go for the full 126 fighters? Costs - the country simply cannot afford to buy more without breaking the bank. The UPA 2 thingy was not a deal, it was just an announcement wit...

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ramana wrote:Katare, Always context...
AS is Ajai Shukla

I suspect in this case it is A***d Singh

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For the Kaveri, flat rating is the least of the problems. If other performance and weight and life criteria are met, the customer would probably accept it. Flat rating can come later. From the discussion before, flat rating seems to be problem. The design decisions made for flat rating are making i...

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^^^ Naval Dolam - the 7 Foot tall soldier just became a good, well behaved brother

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^^^ There is a difference. The supportive process of orders needs to follow the timelines of the R&D. Back in 2010, IOC-1 (Jan-2011) was getting ready, but the IAF didn't accept that and instead waited for IOC-2 (Dec-2013) before serial production of the first 20 could begin. Add 36 months stan...

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Actually there is much more in that article than just the news of Tejas which needs to be highlighted: The IAF chief said a plan was in place to deal with the "drop-down" -- or dip -- in IAF squadrons. He said the government had ordered two squadrons of Su 30 . "The drop-down will be ...

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sum wrote:Saw a FB post on ISRO joining hands with Raman institute (RRI) to develop a quantum comms satellite

Any more info on this and how far are we in this field?

Sirji, check Sourav Jha's twitter for more info.

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Wouldn't the flights of B1B also to do recce and find out about NoKo orbat? It won't be mere posturing I reckon. The B1B is a pretty big platform and I am sure they have a whole lot of recce equipment in there. I think the US is taking the first steps towards war. If the US doesn't act now, this wil...

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360 Appraisal for Babudom The bureaucracy is on tenterhooks these days, abuzz with how uncertain the lives and careers of bureaucrats have become under this government. There is almost no formulaic solution at sight to either appease them or make them feel secure enough in their assignments Masked ...

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Liu, you should thank God/Mao that CPC and PLA folks don't think like you. Arming rebels with tank/cannon is declaration of war...If that happens, PLA will be fighting the Indian Armed forces ......

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Dipankar saar: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/on-november-8-rbi-had-rs-4-95-lakh-crore-in-rs-2000-notes-finds-rti-plea/articleshow/56071285.cms This does not appear right, Look at this: SBI noted that going by data as on 9 November, the amount of high currency denomina...

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Putin's strategy is evolving to include Turkey. The second shoe will drop when he brings in China which brings Pakistan along. If he somehow manages to bring Iran into the fold, we're @*k$. Chahbahar and Balochistan need to be shaken free. "An Alliance to Worry the West The truth, however, is ...

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Suraj sir and other heavy weights here, help me answer the below question please. Its from WhatsApp. Q : What's wrong with Cashless Transaction? A: Quote * Sir think that a 100 rupee note is circulated 1,00,000 times it will have the same value no body get any commission. But, if it is circulated t...

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There may have been consultants but TATA developed the engine along with parts suppliers. Even Mahindra and TAFE (simpsons) develop there own engines. It is not that India doesn't have capability to develop its own engine Thanks Kakarat I stand corrected on state of affairs w.r.t. IC Engines, it no...

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Vina, Kakarat has already pointed out the how foreign technologies is used in most of the examples you gave (Bajaj, TVS, Tatas). When I say India designed engine, I don't care if it is all made by one company or multiple company through consultancy - point is that critical knowledge of design and ma...

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That's not true ... consultancy (aka hand-holding) doesn't mean "import" of pre-designed parts/assemblies etc which is what happens in CKD/SKD screw-drivergiri (a la what people are trying very hard to convince us wrt this F-16 I/J/K/L/M ... whatever crap version "manufacturing-line ...

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