Bharat Rakshak

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Won't work. OPEC has committed to increasing output, and US demand will start going down with the end of summer.

Global energy review 2025

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Looked this up because of the graphic posted earlier. Wasn't aware of the connection to India. The Tea Act The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. The Tea Act was not intended to anger American co...

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S-400 is just the cover for unannounced Indian weapon system that was used here. We'll find out in time.
Pakistan operates the Chinese made equivalent of the S-300, and that had no to minimal effect defending.

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Alright. Deep state will not want Russian investment in India, since it drives up the price of assets they might covet. India-Russia oil trade makes such investment possible and potentially very lucrative if India is willing to let Russia acquire equity.

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If Russia accepts the rupee for purchases by India, it can spend those rupees only in India, and likely UAE; or otherwise convert it to another currency, e.g., USD, to spend it elsewhere. The purchase of a stake in that refinery shows they have things they want to buy in India, so this is not as mu...

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As long as the USD is the premier global currency the US will be able to dictate terms Sparked a thought. All this may be an effort to prop up the USD. Is India helping Russia pay its war bills despite Western sanctions? Trump thinks so More importantly, Indian banks are reportedly bypassing US san...

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Posting for the comment. Haven't seen this perspective before. If this is the reason, it means tariffs on India foreshadows increased movement of US production to India. Trade revolution It's necessary because the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 let our companies repatriate their overseas profits back...

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This latest bit looks to be a fight between Donald bhai and Mukesh bhai. India and USA along for the ride.
Did Mukesh get richer than Donald perhaps by re-exporting Russian oil?

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Its an advance for AI in the math domain.

Here's more -

Google and OpenAI get 2025 IMO gold

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Google Deepmind achieves gold medal score at the IMO

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Check out openLDAP for Active Directory. Today, there are open source alternatives to most anything to get started with. Trick with any IT business is that it requires heavy capital spending to sustain losses until a sufficiently large customer base is built up. Advent of AI may make it easier if AI...

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Think this was more about IBM rather than Bill.

Lotus Notes is now owned by HCL, and the download is functional.

Vayutuvan wrote: ↑01 Aug 2025 00:29 The motto of Bill Gates was "Windows ain't done until Lotus doesn't run".

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This is how Microsoft is able to offer services in China.
Unknown, but very likely that India does not have something similar due to a different legal framework.

Microsoft 365 operated by 21Vianet

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I have low trust on the press and even lower on social media.

Doesn't change the fact that Indians == Native Americans or in this case Cleveland Indians.

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This is not a fake or deepfake. It’s an authentic screenshot of Trump’s Truth Social post from July 20, 2025, promoting “MAKE INDIANS GREAT AGAIN” in support of reverting Cleveland’s name — treated by media as part of an ongoing push . Granting you the benefit of the doubt. There was a tweet about ...

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I'll take MIGA even if said in jest. But sadly this is fake news.

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Relevant to earlier posts about online messaging.
By the Patriots’ Stadium, Robert Kraft’s Data Crunchers Track Antisemitism

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Instead of censorship, how about Indians learn the art of riposte. Quoting Shaw Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it. But seriously, this only works for some set of people. We've seen how mob psychology works with the series of lynchings due to rumors spread on social me...

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Do we discern a difference in the approaches (and thereby the diverging interests) of the FAA and the NTSB, with one being openly partisan to the interests of the amriki deep state asset, while the other proceeds with the caution warranted by the gravity of the situation. Conjecture, but any leaks ...

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Looks like this needs a new law that engagement statistics, if used, have to be computed on a geo-located basis!

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This is what's returned when querying copilot.microsoft.com with the question posted. Microsoft's Copilot system references this forum directly in the answer, while Google's Gemini system does not. Both CoPilot and Gemini have accurate answers. ChatGPT on the other hand is wildly inaccurate, and thi...

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AAIB is pushing back on the WSJ report.

AAIB slams irresponsible conclusions

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This would be a good platform to test the Kaveri engine.

But, good luck trying to get a GE engine for this venture if it starts out saying "could bomb New York".

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Not substantial, and definitely not material. If your flight has ever been delayed due to a "technical issue" you've seen that airlines do work on the planes as a routine part of daily operations. This would get added to that list. This report from ToI today also confirms that the fuel con...

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The cars are imported from China or Germany. Was a bone of contention wrt tariffs not too long ago.

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Only #3 in that list above is perhaps of advantage unconditionally.
#2 would have to be evaluated on a case by case basis.

Students, tourists are a net benefit in that they provide an avenue to detect tax evasion.

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Critique of the preliminary report from a pilot's perspective. Why Investigators Could Be Saving 787 Dreamliner Page 10 of the report states that the landing gear lever was found in the “Down” position. Figure 12 on the same page presents two photographs: one of the original gear lever from AI 171 a...

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There is this bit in the preliminary report that *may* align with what was posted earlier. Doesn't make sense to me. Why would the thrust levers be found at idle and that movement not be recorded in the EAFR data? Is it possible to move them easily such that they get into the idle position due to th...

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From the passengers' point of view, the preliminary report is being seen as a coverup protecting both the airline and the manufacturer.

Probe report a cover up

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Prior incident a long time back where both both engines were shut off by mistake due to other things happening with the plane.

INADVERTENT ENGINE SHUTOFF PROMPTS F.A.A. ORDER ON BOEING 767'S

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The only thing that makes sense to me as to why the CVR transcript is not released is that an active investigation is under way. And they do not want to tip off any actors involved.

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Amid Air India probe, US FAA, Boeing notify fuel switch locks are safe, document, sources say The FAA's notification to Civil Aviation Authorities, seen by Reuters, said: "although the fuel control switch design, including the locking feature, is similar on various Boeing airplane models, the ...

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Expert Claims Pilot May Have Deliberately Crashed Air India Flight

many Indian airlines and even the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have failed to adopt mental health safeguards for pilots, despite repeated warnings.

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Plane has to be able to fly if one of the pilots falls ill though. The industry has been moving towards fewer pilots in the cockpit for a long time. So perhaps complete autopilot flights may be a solution.

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Apparently, there are reasons that engines get turned off to save fuel.

Airline pilots, what fuel saving measures does your airline implement?

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90 degree bridges look to be a thing in India. Maybe something to do with wanting a bridge ASAP without dealing with land acquisition issues or perhaps another avenue for corruption since a longer bridge requiring more money is built in place of a shorter bridge. this Z shaped 90 degree bridge from ...

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Okay. May explain why the report did not include a transcript of the CVR. There certainly was some coordination with the US, since the report was released almost exactly after the US markets closed for the day. At the same time, the report does not call for any updates to equipment in use today. Mos...

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Found this comment online. Something for the investigators to check on a 787 of similar age. it will be interesting to hear the cockpit voice recorder at the time of engines start to see if the switches were actually slid past the detent with the characteristic, loud "click". If the engine...

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SRajesh wrote: ↑12 Jul 2025 10:51 Why report released at 1.30 AM Indian time yada yada

Seems they waited until US stock markets closed for the weekend.

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Is it physically possible for a human to flip both of these switches to the wrong position in 1 second?
Or is the 1 second a red herring because telemetry is not captured at that fidelity?

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