Army moves over Rs 6,500 cr deal to Defence Ministry for procurement of 400 howitzers from 'desi' firms
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- 28 Sep 2023 22:00
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
- Replies: 3256
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- 13 Feb 2023 20:48
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: UAVs, Drones, Remote Surveillance Tech
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- Views: 1084440
Re: UAVs, Drones, Remote Surveillance Tech
Indigenous tactical drone ‘Tango Bravo’ steals limelight at Aero India 2023
- 18 Mar 2022 00:47
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 1375
- Views: 534228
Re: Indian IT Industry
I think govt does not publish company wise data on tax collection. However, the operation is like this per my understanding. Let's say for discussion sake there is a company called ACC. ACC usa gets a contract to implement some software project for client GEC in usa ACC usa gets into offshore contr...
- 15 Mar 2022 12:29
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 1375
- Views: 534228
Re: Indian IT Industry
How much taxes do foreign IT services co.s like Accenture, IBM, CapGemini etc pay in India? How much profits from India do they expatriate to their HQs ? Can anyone please throw some light on this? Most of them operate as cost centers with contracts held by HQ entities. The cost center needs to hav...
- 26 Jan 2022 01:35
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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Thanks. I do understand that. What the calendar day means is any time previous day. Your son took it TWO calendar days prior. Because the flight is at 1 am it is not much of a help whether it is calendar day or 24 hours. I am taking the test on 30th between 9 & 10 am and the flight is on 31st, ...
- 25 Jan 2022 15:22
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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No updates from 22nd? Have we peaked? From 20th to 24th 347,337,333,306,256 (in thousands from Worldometer which sources from MoHFW.in). I am counting my days from infection and hoping I have dodged the bullet. I stayed with my Sister in Law and her husband from 15th to 18th, On 20th her husband te...
- 11 Jan 2022 23:15
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
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Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
Don't know if this was posted before.. This is talk from Dr Tessy Thomas with few nuggets on missile guidance. How lucky are we to have this great lady work in DRDO
Agni 4 was a complete redesign of the missile.
There was an eye in sky during Balakot
Agni 4 was a complete redesign of the missile.
There was an eye in sky during Balakot
- 01 Jan 2022 15:26
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
- Replies: 5960
- Views: 2352951
Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 17 Dec 2018
Amazing work by Dr S Venugopal
- 04 Nov 2021 23:55
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
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Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Is UPI just a payment interface or does the term generically cover all sorts of online payment like NEFT/IMPS/RTGS/etc ? If the latter then I can believe the 1/4th of GDP number. Just UPI. IMPS/NEFT/RTGS are counted separately. UPI has become the de-facto medium including salaries for informal jobs...
- 08 Oct 2021 01:15
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
We registered and got vaccinated with foreign passport for our kin. No issues.arshyam wrote:Nandakumar sir, Aadhaar is not mandatory for Cowin entry, though all hospitals insist on it. You can use passport as well - this is first hand info reg Indian passport. Not sure about a foreign passport though.
- 09 Sep 2021 23:44
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Govt orders 66cr Covishield doses. SII now has capacity to manufacture 20.29 crore in September. Amazing !!!!!
https://news.rediff.com/commentary/2021 ... eb26c82c45
https://news.rediff.com/commentary/2021 ... eb26c82c45
- 17 Jun 2021 15:08
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2870985
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
With private participation in vaccination drive, we are now seeing slots available for whoever is willing to spend Rs1000 on the vaccine shot. For this reason it is imperative for Govt to provide more vaccine doses to private sector. Employers are taking care of the cost (especially large ones). Thi...
- 24 May 2021 00:53
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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- Views: 2870985
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Dr Suchitra Ella in a panel discussion with Rahul Kanwal stated that they have all materials secured for their vaccine supply until Jan 2022.vijayk wrote:The 2 Billion doses to be manufactured in India from Aug-Dec
1. Did they secure materials needed for them?
- 22 May 2021 03:28
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2870985
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
A gentleman by the name of Bogini Anandayya https://youtu.be/E0cK4l9RnVM I saw on whatsapp that he was arrested and they stopped distribution of the medicine. How far is it true? He was arrested to control the crowd. They booked him for flouting covid norms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnQwSgFN...
- 07 Apr 2021 23:05
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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I have some old data from 2018, and based on that estimation is that we have around 33.6 cr population who are aged 45+. Our vaccine manufacturing capacity is currently around 7cr per month. Unless we increase our capacity, we will be looking at Oct/Nov before other age groups are vaccinated. Maybe ...
- 04 Apr 2021 15:56
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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- Views: 2870985
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Yesterday afternoon, I went to a big private hospital in Gachibowli area in Hyderabad and got vaccinated(covishield ). I was fine till night. Today early morning, I started feeling chills and fever. Also had a slight throbbing pain in the injection area once in a while, not too uncomfortable though...
- 02 Apr 2021 00:20
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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- Views: 2870985
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Brazil regulator flags safety issues in Covaxin production, denies certificate Brazil’s health regulator has rejected an application to give Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin a certificate of Good Manufacturing Practices following an inspection of the company’s site in Hyderabad earlier this month. The move...
- 05 Mar 2021 12:09
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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- Views: 2870985
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Good experience with vaccine shot at Hyd private hospital for parents. They were given covishield and the process was complete in 40 minutes and 30 minutes more after the shot. We made the booking online for afternoon. Luckily I decided to visit the facility in morning to check if there is some pre-...
- 29 Oct 2020 13:53
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - November 11, 2019
- Replies: 2848
- Views: 957946
Re: Terroristan - November 11, 2019
https://news.rediff.com/commentary/2020/oct/29/let-abhinandan-go-pak-army-chief-was-trembling/5b45b02c84edb2c41ab0cb95cf0360dd Let Abhinandan go! Pak army chief was trembling Pakistan Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa's "legs were shaking" while Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told the m...
- 29 Sep 2020 15:16
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
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- Views: 2397725
Re: Artillery Corps: News & Discussion
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/money-faulty-ammo-100-howitzers-army-internal-report-1726586-2020-09-29 Calculating the loss to the exchequer due to poor quality OFB ammunition to be Rs 960 crore between 2014 and 2020, the Army notes, “Rs 960 crore roughly means 100 155-mm medium artillery gu...
- 30 Jul 2020 14:00
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
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Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
No one is going to come out and say we're going to nuke pop centers whether it's retaliation or first use. Even a midget nuke strike will lead to massive retaliation, India warns Pak Unacceptable damage means pop centers are fair game. You miss my point has the Gov of India the political will to hi...
- 10 Jul 2020 00:23
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
- Replies: 8042
- Views: 1628423
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Shenxianwan: The ‘toughest’ China post that guards Karakoram Pass Radar at Karakoram Pass The Karakoram Pass has seen Chinese troops coming and staying at the pass for a day or two and returning. Satellite images have also caught a vehicle-based phased array radar located at Karakoram pass with the...
- 08 Jul 2020 02:19
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
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- Views: 1554703
Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
with monthly salary of Rs 16 Lakhs, 5 BHK house, and Car worth 2.5Cr. This crap was forwarded last week on various WhatsApp groups. Just reading that one sentence about his offer in France and 5 BHK house made the whole post suspicious. Did research on Google, found many holes in his proclamations....
- 01 Jul 2020 01:40
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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- Views: 2870985
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'Never made coronavirus medicine': Patanjali CEO backtracks on 'Coronil', says never claimed it can cure COVID Giving clarification to the notice issued by the Uttarakhand Drug Department, Patanjali Group CEO Acharya Balkrishna denied making any medicine named as 'Corona Kit'. https://images.livemi...
- 26 Jun 2020 20:31
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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- 26 Jun 2020 15:45
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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- Views: 2870985
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If calling out stupidity is trolling, I'm guilty of it. If it offends can't help it, because every detail was given. Now fanboys will not accept anything which is obvious. For any drug (be it Ayurvedic) to be approved, there is no distinction since they want to claim it will provide efficacy for cer...
- 26 Jun 2020 12:23
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
The sample size is a grand total of 100, out of which 50 were given a placebo, 45 given the drug and 5 refused consent and were excluded. This is an incredibly small sample size. Moreover according to the doctor who conducted the trial, any patient with any comorbidity was excluded, most were young...
- 25 Jun 2020 13:30
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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- Views: 2870985
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Attached is the letter from Patanjali to Ayush https://filebin.net/bmi9ood43qditwks/Letter_to_Ayush_Ministry__1_.pdf?t=41lg7iv7 This letter gives details on the 'clinical trial' conducted at NIMS. Anyone with even limited experience in clinical trial protocols can quickly come to conclusion that th...
- 25 Jun 2020 09:30
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2870985
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Attached is the letter from Patanjali to Ayush https://filebin.net/bmi9ood43qditwks/Letter_to_Ayush_Ministry__1_.pdf?t=41lg7iv7 This letter gives details on the 'clinical trial' conducted at NIMS. Anyone with even limited experience in clinical trial protocols can quickly come to conclusion that th...
- 25 Jun 2020 08:26
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2870985
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Somehow Indians are attached to this thought that Ayurveda is a superior system than modern medicine but don't invest time/money to prove its efficacy. This is fair. As I said above, let the Ayush ministry establish the proper protocols and make it easy for the public to review for themselves. Now ...
- 25 Jun 2020 08:14
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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- Views: 2870985
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I tend to agree with disha-ji's points. If Patanjali claims a cure for their medicine, let them conduct trials just like any other medicine. If they fail, their claim falls flat. But why call them "fraud" without any evidence as some poster glibly did above? So what if it is made out of A...
- 25 Jun 2020 08:10
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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COVID-19 Death Rate now stands at .3% https://reason.com/2020/05/24/the-cdcs-new-best-estimate-implies-a-covid-19-infection-fatality-rate-below-0-3/ The CDC's New 'Best Estimate' Implies a COVID-19 Infection Fatality Rate Below 0.3% That rate is much lower than the numbers used in the horrifying pr...
- 25 Jun 2020 08:06
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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dishaji, Anyone saying 100% cure is questionable. Doesn’t matter who it is. There is no such a thing. Please do not be ignorant. There are diseases with 100% cure. Across human genetic variations and co-morbidities. And a single drug/herb or a combination of such treatment can cure for all humans f...
- 24 Jun 2020 13:47
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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So Baba's Coronil's ingredients was released by Patanjali based on the request by Ayush ministry.
It is actually 3 tablets (500mg Ashwagandha, 1000mg Giloy extract, 500mg Tulsi extract) twice a day.
What Baba did is basically fraud on his simpleton believers.
It is actually 3 tablets (500mg Ashwagandha, 1000mg Giloy extract, 500mg Tulsi extract) twice a day.
What Baba did is basically fraud on his simpleton believers.
- 23 Jun 2020 23:15
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
- Replies: 8042
- Views: 1628423
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
Nobody is shivering about the Chinese. However threat analysis is always done by what your adversary can do, instead of what he will do. Paks confidently do "India will not do this" analysis, start a war and get surprised by when we react. I have mentioned multiple times, that the Chinese...
- 02 May 2020 02:19
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2870985
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New cases in Mumbai are coming from bank employees, govt workers, municipality workers, police, hospital nurses etc, all of whom are exempt from lockdown. When they return home, some neighbours too are contracting it. Many border regions of Maharashtra(with telangana) have a huge hyderabadi Muslim ...
- 20 Apr 2020 16:18
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
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This is just cruel, evil and selfish. People have do not have any sense of dignity and compassion. :x Third such incident in last few days.. Same thing happened with late Dr. Sailo and Dr. Reddy.. India is only country where such things are happening as far as I know.. Saving any ICU pt takes treme...
- 19 Apr 2020 14:13
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Post Wuhan-Virus(Covid19) World and India
- Replies: 484
- Views: 134492
Re: Post Wuhan-Virus(Covid19) World and India
Kanan Sir, I agree. You should volunteer in ICU and help medical staff treat those 1% patients. If not, then you should have a different perspective. If you're going to keep pushing this silly line (this is not the first time), then the reverse should also be true. If you think the lockdown is a go...
- 18 Apr 2020 23:52
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Post Wuhan-Virus(Covid19) World and India
- Replies: 484
- Views: 134492
Re: Post Wuhan-Virus(Covid19) World and India
Since we can't do much to the virus and the infected more than what we are already doing, I have plan for rebooting the economy. We have to divide the society into two groups based on the resistance to the virus. one group which is less vulnerable to virus will run the economy. other group which is...
- 17 Apr 2020 16:20
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2870985
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How good is the PDS system in cities? Does all the urban poor get the low priced 5 kg wheat/rice and 1 kg of pulses per person? That will only last 5 to 10 days. How are people surviving? Whoever has BPL ration card (white card in Telangana) is being taken care of.. some of the migrants who have id...