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- 20 Feb 2021 21:08
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 2536
- Views: 231781
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eup30E3VcAY_9tC?format=jpg&name=900x900[/img] Arjun TEndulkar IPL and its ridiculous comparison wit MSP Simple response to this is that MI IPL team MSP for Arjun T. was not paid by Indian government (or Indian taxpayer). If a private firm wants to pay MSP prices to f...
- 13 Feb 2021 20:50
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
- Replies: 69
- Views: 8681
Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
gpurewal, I sure dont want to beat a dead horse here and neither am I intersted in extended debates, but I'll say this. When I hear/think about Trudeau in the news these days (either during his 2018 visit to India or his recent remarks) it has begun to feel like he not the prime minister of a sovere...
- 07 Feb 2021 08:32
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 2536
- Views: 231781
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
https://twitter.com/JaidevJamwal/status/1357925254111272960?s=20 There's no way to unread this, is there? I'm so disturbed right now, been that way all day. Which one of those folks to commend for courage - don't know. That man must have been traumatized for life. Where do these hard-learned lesson...
- 31 Jan 2021 20:25
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 04 January 2021
- Replies: 556
- Views: 131512
Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 04 January 2021
https://twitter.com/writetake/status/1355054142767546370?s=20 ---> Stay-tuned to the unsung heroes building our Tejas. From the hangars of HAL's Aircraft Division, the second production line. And, on Feb 02nd, Defence Minister will inaugurate the much-awaited third line boosting the production, fin...
- 20 Jan 2021 04:28
- Forum: Technology & Economic Forum
- Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
- Replies: 5641
- Views: 677171
Re: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
It seems pretty clear that the Aussies were good because they changed the paradigm of the game from sheer skill/talent and added bullying, sledging, intimidation into the mix. As they were white, no one objected. The technology was not good in the decades past, so they were able to get away with th...
- 31 Dec 2020 23:01
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
- Replies: 3536
- Views: 724638
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
I think it goes without saying that China will (and has) attack (ed) India before India gets to a point where it can credibly be seen as stronger than China. Why would China wait? To the contrary, if China knows India will get to a point of parity beyond which there is no turning back, it will be th...
- 31 Dec 2020 20:50
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
- Replies: 3536
- Views: 724638
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
X-Post from the IAF: News & Discussion thread.... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- In case anyone needed pictorial reference for the string of pearls :) https://twitter.com/TheWolfpackIN/status/1343965303630417920?s=20 ---> IAF Chief: There's no target ...
- 28 Dec 2020 21:26
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 8913
- Views: 1043760
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Ca+2 influx is important/critical to many cellular functions include clonal expansion/immune activation, EDTA is a chelator of divalent metal cations, the local availability of Ca+2 may be restricted at a certain local EDTA concentration. EDTA is used in vaccine formulations. You got me there. Gree...
- 25 Dec 2020 09:57
- Forum: Technology & Economic Forum
- Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
- Replies: 2026
- Views: 178782
Re: BR Maths Corner-1
Odd combination of equations that describe physical phenomena (MAxwell eqns. , NAvier STokes, Wave eqn, Gravitational force eqn) and those that are purely mathematical and not trying to describe any physical phenomenon- definition of i, description of logarithm etc). I would like to add Taylor serie...
- 23 Dec 2020 00:45
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 10196
- Views: 1389647
Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
If you must watch programs of Hindu phobic channels/platforms or of any pseudo Bollywood actors and directors then please watch it through downloads or from pirated sources. Do not use pay channels/buy theatre tickets and enrich these anti dharmic b a s t a r d s. +1 I always tell my non-indian fri...
- 23 Dec 2020 00:30
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread
- Replies: 1964
- Views: 298511
Re: Kerala, Andhra and Tamil Nadu - news and strategy thread
After 28 years... Sister Abhaya case: Sr Sephy, Fr Kottoor found guilty, quantum of punishment on Wednesday. The summary of the case was that; in the year 1992 a 21 year old nun was found dead in a well in a convent. Kerala's local police & crime branch stated that it was a case of suicide, inv...
- 13 Dec 2020 02:45
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 10196
- Views: 1389647
Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Just wondering, if its time to revive the idea of a 2nd national capital in southern India at this stage or even multiple capital cities across Bharat ? These protests at any one city become local issues and will be difficult to sustain long term, as it becomes more expensive to mobilize & fund...
- 25 Nov 2020 05:51
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
- Replies: 3536
- Views: 724638
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Ah... about a month late, but here it is...another round of App bans in response to President Xi's India-friendly policies (probably in response to the Mumbai power cut hacking from China?). Ladakh is getting colder now. Every month of this prolonging should have one more round of app bans. https://...
- 21 Nov 2020 19:37
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 8913
- Views: 1043760
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
I think everyone has to take precautions from getting infected and/or passing on the infection to young people or elderly people. Elderly people are humans too, and being old or having co-morbitidies makes it even more incumbent on the younger people to not get infected/not pass it on. And there ar...
- 21 Nov 2020 08:02
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 8913
- Views: 1043760
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
I think everyone has to take precautions from getting infected and/or passing on the infection to young people or elderly people. Elderly people are humans too, and being old or having co-morbitidies makes it even more incumbent on the younger people to not get infected/not pass it on. And there are...
- 01 Nov 2020 23:56
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
- Replies: 3536
- Views: 724638
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
It is been constantly said that this is the first time Chinese are getting deployed in winter. It boggles my mind, that we never bothered to re-captured the areas lost in 62, when the were no Chinese guarding the place : One could argue that this is exactly what JAwaharlal Nehru did with his 'forwa...
- 25 Oct 2020 01:25
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 8913
- Views: 1043760
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Well, we just hit a third peak in the US. Over 81K new cases on Friday. It looks we will not have things under control over here until a vaccine. ...or use masks and social distancing. This has proven to be effective in drawing down the numbers of infection in many states including the worst-hit NY...
- 20 Oct 2020 07:56
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 8913
- Views: 1043760
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
^^^ Read it.
Am curious about your take on WHO’s statement on Remdesivir. I have not been following this thread for a month or two and hence missed your reasoning/hints.
Am curious about your take on WHO’s statement on Remdesivir. I have not been following this thread for a month or two and hence missed your reasoning/hints.
- 20 Oct 2020 06:27
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 8913
- Views: 1043760
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
It seems that's you here. I will let the PM know, he can rein you in. Sure. Let ,me know. Coming from the same people that promised, numbers peaking by Mid/End May (NITI aayog ??) 5T economy, 15L in bank accounts yada yada. I wouldn't stoop to you level of cheap ad hominem barbs. I am not sure but ...
- 19 Oct 2020 20:56
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 8913
- Views: 1043760
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
^^^Thanks. I’ll take a look but your response to Mukhi answers my question. It will be very good If the prediction was made a month ago (rather than a week ago).
- 19 Oct 2020 09:00
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 8913
- Views: 1043760
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
-- Even without vaccine end of Feb will be sort of end of this season. Could you please expand on this a bit. What does it mean to that it 'ends' in February. Does it mean that most Indians will have already been infected by Feb. and hence cannot be infected again, or is it something else? Does the...
- 11 Oct 2020 21:13
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 8913
- Views: 1043760
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
It is odd that there is no news of any major vaccine trials in China. Maybe there is and I don’t know. Russia, US, India, UK are all doing vaccine trials. China, with its Wuhan virology lab and many other labs, hospitals should have had something by now in trial double-quick time, given their poor r...
- 11 Oct 2020 19:33
- Forum: Technology & Economic Forum
- Topic: Indian Roads Thread
- Replies: 3116
- Views: 397112
Re: Indian Roads Thread
Any idea if the escape tunnel has lighting, and air supply ducts? The thing is underground inside a tunnel. Access to this tunnel should also be every 150 m or something. I agree with the 50 knph idea and its thought process. Enforcement of speed limits and limiting crazy behavior is utmost importan...
- 27 Sep 2020 09:57
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
- Replies: 5534
- Views: 1096123
Re: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
I agree that India 'stood up' to China, but if both sides go back to LAC after this, I'm not sure things will change substantially. The smaller countries will still not take on CHina because they know China can deploy overwhelming forces vs. their tiny forces. WIll they be willing to play that game?...
- 25 Sep 2020 17:52
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 8913
- Views: 1043760
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
^^^Covid claims a son of India. Bhagawan unki aatma Ko Shanti de.
- 20 Sep 2020 22:24
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
- Replies: 3536
- Views: 724638
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Not sure whether this is a smart move - esp publicizing it... any country can now search Chinese merchant vessels even on the international waters stating that they may be carrying BM that can target their country... open season... Agreed. And if hostilities break out, it gives India a good reason ...
- 19 Sep 2020 22:31
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: China Meets World
- Replies: 47
- Views: 7486
Re: China Meets World
And more of the live shows in China: Cooking live animals :roll: https://youtu.be/prwUIBqOvSs And the judge proudly proclaims that the fish's mouth has to be moving or else the chef fails to qualify :shock: Many moons ago I was watching a show on local Chinese cuisine- I think it was a western crew...
- 19 Sep 2020 21:21
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
- Replies: 3536
- Views: 724638
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
williams, A few things from Shiv's video, by the way we miss him here, but I think he's missed a few things here: 1. There are additional solar panels towards the back meaning there may be other buildings or bunkers below ground. Each of those panel clusters, look like 36 sq. meters, probably gener...
- 19 Sep 2020 21:02
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: China Meets World
- Replies: 47
- Views: 7486
Re: China Meets World
I did not want to contribute to this thread but this is one thing that I do want to bring up- their treatment of animals. In zoos, they feed live animals to predators. I dont know how widspread this is, but this is sold as entertainment to the average Chinese visitor to a zoo, which presumably inclu...
- 13 Sep 2020 20:35
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
- Replies: 3536
- Views: 724638
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
Its carefully constructed facade of being a military superpower will crumble and other smaller nations too will get the confidence to give it a bloody nose the next time they try a salami instead of just rolling over. I doubt the 'military super-power' equation will collapse against the smaller cou...
- 13 Sep 2020 19:28
- Forum: Technology & Economic Forum
- Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
- Replies: 2026
- Views: 178782
Re: BR Maths Corner-1
Yes, the successes are bragged about, but I myself am aware of instances where certain real-world problems proved to be too much for these algorithms. So the researcher tries out one technique after the other, based on recommendations from others. "Why are you trying that classifier? Try a sel...
- 13 Sep 2020 19:18
- Forum: Technology & Economic Forum
- Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
- Replies: 2026
- Views: 178782
Re: BR Maths Corner-1
It's not exactly equal to anything, it's a series :). Maybe taking the series expansions of those two irrationals and multiplying them out term-by-term would work. But the result would need to group the terms just right. And I still can't figure out those continued fractions. How would one evaluate...
- 12 Sep 2020 19:44
- Forum: Technology & Economic Forum
- Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
- Replies: 2026
- Views: 178782
Re: BR Maths Corner-1
^ I don't know all the latest developments, but the way this "big data" is typically handled in many places, is pretty farcical. A lot of people are just looking to bandwagon on the concept. Likewise with AI/ ML, what I observe (which may be pretty far from the true cutting edge in the fi...
- 12 Sep 2020 04:21
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
- Replies: 3536
- Views: 724638
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
^^ Is there an implication anywhere that (i) it is a problem, and (ii) it is our problem? (All I was saying is that they probably will not retreat inspite of any agreements they profess to agree with, and even if they retreat from some areas, they will not retreat from other areas. Whether this is a...
- 12 Sep 2020 01:03
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
- Replies: 3536
- Views: 724638
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
I dont see how China will voluntarily go back to pre-June positions. They painted a location with the China map around finger 4 and publicised those pictures 2 monts ago. They also published a grave-site with about 60+ black gravestones with Chinese inscriptions on it- for the killed-in-action Chine...
- 07 Sep 2020 22:10
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
- Replies: 3536
- Views: 724638
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020- Part 2
OT maybe ...USS Nimitz a/c in North Arabian sea, message to Pakistan? Eye on Gwadar?
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/navy-se ... d=72851994
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/navy-se ... d=72851994
- 06 Sep 2020 20:51
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
- Replies: 8042
- Views: 1023170
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
^^^ It did read a bit like an Alistair MacLean story. One of his lines is 'India was caught off-guard'. He needs to be a bit careful about saying such things unless it is actually true and he meant it. There is also a note about IA not happy with the sticks-and-stones mode of fighting. I assume that...
- 06 Sep 2020 20:34
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
- Replies: 8042
- Views: 1023170
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020
https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/indian-offensive-retake-chinese-seized-territory-hidden-story A good read. Quite the find. Not seen any article that gives such details, and is written cleanly. He did not say how their armored troop carriers and the associated convoy was stopped/forced to tu...
- 30 Aug 2020 20:03
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
- Replies: 5534
- Views: 1096123
Re: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
They will criss-cross the LAC with roads and edifices and pour in a sea of drones, self-propelled artillery, light tanks and AFVs to deter kinetics while they build permanent presence in places that neither side had permanent presence before. We have to match up the best we could before it becomes ...
- 29 Aug 2020 05:22
- Forum: Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
- Replies: 5534
- Views: 1096123
Re: Neutering & Defanging Chinese Threat (15-11-2017)
I am more interested in what China does during peacetime than war time. For guidance, one can see what they did all along the India border in the last 10-20 years, and what it is doing at the LAC right now. (In reading hte China/PAkistan BOrder Threat thread, there are pages and pages that deal with...