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- 06 Feb 2018 23:27
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8429
- Views: 2891350
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Lithium, as well as minerals such as cobalt, nickel and graphite, play an essential role in manufacturing batteries. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has downplayed that role, comparing lithium to “the salt on the salad.” He added that lithium represents only about 2% of the material in Tesla battery cells. htt...
- 06 Feb 2018 22:18
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8429
- Views: 2891350
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Lithium is one of the most abundant metal on earth. You may run out of oxygen before you run out of lithium!! At 0.05 - 1 ppm in seawater, ~20 ppm in rocks, "abundant"? May be, but prohibitively expensive to separate or mine. There are few commercial deposits around the world. Oxygen is ~...
- 06 Feb 2018 10:05
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Maldives Civil-Military Issues
- Replies: 1130
- Views: 245622
Re: Maldives Civil-Military Issues
I can not believe we are still twiddling thumb, it's time for section. Send the subs and the ships.
- 05 Feb 2018 13:07
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 8704
- Views: 2263527
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Does this sound like a good idea??
For faster green cards, Indian techies ready to pay for Mexican wall
For faster green cards, Indian techies ready to pay for Mexican wall
- 26 Jan 2018 08:07
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 7452
- Views: 1633866
Re: Understanding the US- Again
Trump Ordered Mueller Fired, but Backed Off When White House Counsel Threatened to Quit WASHINGTON — President Trump ordered the firing last June of Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel overseeing the Russia investigation, according to four people told of the matter, but ultimately backed dow...
- 25 Jan 2018 10:13
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8429
- Views: 2891350
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Suraj, I've taken the liberty of putting together a graphic illustration based on your example. Will tweet the same. All, please share widely on WhatsApp, FB, other social media as well. https://imgur.com/geKktCX Aren't these medians and averages dependent on the numbers picked though? Meaning the ...
- 25 Jan 2018 10:08
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 7452
- Views: 1633866
Re: Understanding the US- Again
Seems like the fat lady is getting closer her performance, the American RW is starting to lose it.
- 23 Jan 2018 20:15
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indian Foreign Policy
- Replies: 2499
- Views: 515019
Re: Indian Foreign Policy
Strategic shift “[India] has to completely reorient its strategic mindset. Strategic shift is needed from Westward Ho to Eastward Thinking; from Land-based thinking to Ocean-centric thinking ,” he added. Surely we can walk and chew gum at the same time? Why choose Ocean-centric thinking over Land-b...
- 22 Jan 2018 17:59
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Global Economy
- Replies: 2350
- Views: 631492
Re: Global Economy
India's richest 1% corner 73% of wealth generation: Survey
DAVOS: The richest 1% in India cornered 73% of the wealth generated in the country last year, a new survey showed today, presenting a worrying picture of rising income inequality.
- 20 Jan 2018 09:44
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 8704
- Views: 2263527
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
^Apropos the last paragraph, the answer has to be "racism", even much more so back then. For the white supremacists Republicans and the non-liberal types the hybrid Indians figure much lower on the proverbial racial totem pole, lower than the orientals, may be marginally higher than the &q...
- 20 Jan 2018 03:22
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: GST - Discussion on all Aspects
- Replies: 772
- Views: 235790
Re: GST - Discussion on all aspects.
It's getting there, few more rejigs may be required before it is just right!
GST Council rejigs rates of 29 items, 53 services
GST Council rejigs rates of 29 items, 53 services
- 16 Jan 2018 23:53
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8429
- Views: 2891350
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
The graph says 2017 - 19...so looks like they considered two years of growth. Eurozone GDP is more like $13.something T and they must have assumed about 2% growth over next couple of years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_European_Union GDP $18.3 trillion (nominal; 2018)[2] $20.9 trill...
- 16 Jan 2018 22:47
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8429
- Views: 2891350
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Even more significantly, this is in real current-dollar GDP, not PPP terms. It's very significant that in current dollars, we already contribute more to global GDP growth than the entirety of Eurozone. Allow me to be skeptical about this claim. Eurozone (EU?) has roughly the size of economy as that...
- 16 Jan 2018 05:49
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 7452
- Views: 1633866
Re: Understanding the US- Again
There is a more interesting reason. WSJ also published a story of Trump lawyer paying $130,000 hush money in October 2016 to a _pornstar for a 2006 Lake Tahoe rendezvous:
Trump Lawyer Arranged $130,000 Payment for Adult-Film Star’s Silence
Trump Lawyer Arranged $130,000 Payment for Adult-Film Star’s Silence
- 08 Jan 2018 06:23
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Science fiction - Understanding and implications
- Replies: 28
- Views: 6139
Re: Science fiction - Understanding and implications
Sudarshan Please take a look at Nobel prize for literature. How many were awarded to Germans after WWII? On tour of Germany last year many bookshops crowded with titles. Unfortunatley I cant read German. Let me assure you there are writers. TIDBITS: Just looked up WIKI, since WWII a total of 8 nobe...
- 08 Jan 2018 06:09
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Roads Thread
- Replies: 3345
- Views: 711488
Re: Indian Roads Thread
Check out the GOI's Ministry of Road Transport and Highways website, two of the 4 cycling banner images are of Canadian and American Roads! This is not the first time. Another time the website had posted image of roads from Spain and claimed them to be Indian! Who gives a crap? They can even put su...
- 03 Jan 2018 14:20
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India - South & North Korea Thread
- Replies: 1370
- Views: 290033
Re: India - South & North Korea Thread
Nuclear Button to Hit US "Always On My Desk", Says North Korea's Kim Jong BEIJING:North Korean leader Kim Jong Un boasted in an annual New Year's Day speech Monday that he had a nuclear button on his desk and that the entire United States was within range of his weapons - but he also vowe...
- 02 Jan 2018 06:52
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 8704
- Views: 2263527
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Trump says $7 trillion ‘foolishly spent’ in Middle East Not really its all dollar/oil denomination . The money was spent on the american military and contractors . much like what china is now "oboring" other countries., enriching itself. GWOT since Oct. 2001 has done serious damage to the...
- 02 Jan 2018 06:32
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8429
- Views: 2891350
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
So to summarize, India will need a real growth-rate of ~12.5% to grow into a $10T economy by 2030, at ~8% real growth rate it can become a $10T economy only by 2036. If the real growth rate turns out to be lower than that 8% ( so far the average real growth of past 17 years have been around ~7%) , ...
- 02 Jan 2018 06:02
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8429
- Views: 2891350
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Indian economy will grow 7-8% y-o-y and will be a $10 Trillion economy by 2030. That is given. Wikipedia says India's current GDP is $2.439T (2017). I don't see how a $2.439T economy becomes a $10T economy at 8% real growth in 12 years, here is the compounding : 2.439 *( 1.0 + 0.08)^12 = ~$ 6.142 T...
- 02 Jan 2018 00:33
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India - South & North Korea Thread
- Replies: 1370
- Views: 290033
Re: India - South & North Korea Thread
Nuclear Button to Hit US "Always On My Desk", Says North Korea's Kim Jong BEIJING:North Korean leader Kim Jong Un boasted in an annual New Year's Day speech Monday that he had a nuclear button on his desk and that the entire United States was within range of his weapons - but he also vowe...
- 01 Jan 2018 19:15
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
- Replies: 5459
- Views: 1085978
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
India surely had some language before PIE came in 1400 BC as per linguists. Were Harappans (3000 BC) and Bhimbetka (30,000 BC) dwellers before them stupid? With no language? But if PIE became Sanskrit how come Sanskrit that came from Eurasia on Equus caballus has less than 4% substrate of any non I...
- 01 Jan 2018 02:17
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: J&K News and Discussion - 2016
- Replies: 3305
- Views: 927736
Re: J&K News and Discussion - 2016
Casualty figure has climbed to 5, this must be strongly responded with, including attack on JEM camps.
Pulwama attack: Militants storm CRPF training camp, kill 5 men
Pulwama attack: Militants storm CRPF training camp, kill 5 men
- 31 Dec 2017 10:13
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Russia: News & Analysis
- Replies: 6071
- Views: 1223996
Re: India-Russia: News & Analysis
India should offer to join OBOR provided China exerts pressure on Pakistan to handover control of POK to India. In that case Chinese roads to Pakistan would pass through Indian Gilgit/Baltistan thus India automatically becoming part of OBOR. Otherwise India can not join OBOR. Say this as friendly a...
- 31 Dec 2017 05:01
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Russia: News & Analysis
- Replies: 6071
- Views: 1223996
Re: India-Russia: News & Analysis
India should offer to join OBOR provided China exerts pressure on Pakistan to handover control of POK to India. In that case Chinese roads to Pakistan would pass through Indian Gilgit/Baltistan thus India automatically becoming part of OBOR. Otherwise India can not join OBOR.
- 30 Dec 2017 19:29
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India - South & North Korea Thread
- Replies: 1370
- Views: 290033
Re: India - South & North Korea Thread
Russian tankers fuelled North Korea via transfers at sea: Sources LONDON/MOSCOW: Russian tankers have supplied fuel to North Korea on at least three occasions in recent months by transferring cargoes at sea, according to two senior Western European security sources, providing an economic lifeline t...
- 28 Dec 2017 02:40
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Preserving, Enhancing and Improving Water Resources of India
- Replies: 135
- Views: 38200
Re: Preserving, Enhancing and Improving Water Resources of India
19% of Indians drink water with lethal levels of arsenic NEW DELHI: About 239 million people across 153 districts in 21 states drink water that contains unacceptably high levels of arsenic. In effect, they are being slowly poisoned. Calculations based on information provided by the water resources ...
- 27 Dec 2017 12:06
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-Russia: News & Analysis
- Replies: 6071
- Views: 1223996
Re: India-Russia: News & Analysis
To say that Russia only has oil is a misnomer, Russia is vast country, 8% of the total land area of the world, almost twice the size of USA or China! Given its vast size, it is also endowed with vast amount of resources too, by some estimate 30% of the total natural resources of the world! I think w...
- 22 Dec 2017 05:05
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 8704
- Views: 2263527
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
In addition to UK and France, Japan and Germany too voted for the resolution, hard to spin that!
- 20 Dec 2017 23:04
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 8704
- Views: 2263527
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
US takes India back to WTO in solar power dispute GENEVA: India has failed to comply with a World Trade Organization ruling on solar power, the United States will tell the WTO's dispute settlement body (DSB) next month, triggering a fresh round of litigation, according to an agenda issued on Wednes...
- 20 Dec 2017 22:31
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 8704
- Views: 2263527
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
That's not the point. They have never been an obstacle. The leaked memo, however, is the first time we have verifiable evidence that the selective deployment of "human rights violation" allegations is a deliberate and targeted policy instrument of the US State Dept. I would tend to think ...
- 19 Dec 2017 08:55
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
- Replies: 5459
- Views: 1085978
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
My assumption is wrong or not can be proved/disproved once I have the the equations to compute the RA's and DEC w.r.t time and then I can run a simulation for a period of 26,000 years. I did think about the boundary conditions in the change of direction of rotational axis in my assumption/hypothesi...
- 16 Dec 2017 20:58
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
- Replies: 5459
- Views: 1085978
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
See this <link> and posts after that for some people's solutions. My comments and solution is at here .. (It is NOT specific to Alcol/Mizar/Mahabharata.. but a method how such problems can be done. As mentioned in that link, the math is not really that hard, if one just thinks logically... look at ...
- 16 Dec 2017 18:27
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
- Replies: 5459
- Views: 1085978
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
My assumption is that as long as the direction of rotation remains same, the axis of rotation whether passing through Polaris or Thuban or Vega should not affect order in which Alcor/Mizar culminate. This should be provable by using math. and back calculating their positions. That is a bad assumpti...
- 15 Dec 2017 07:25
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
- Replies: 5459
- Views: 1085978
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
But to reiterate the point I have been making, whether Alcor/Mizar are going around the polaris, or Thuban, or Vega as its pole star, their front/back relationship ( as shown in the following telescopic picture) has remained more or less same for last 7000 years and longer and will remain so for a ...
- 15 Dec 2017 07:04
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
- Replies: 5459
- Views: 1085978
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
Thanks for your input, But to reiterate the point I have been making, whether Alcor/Mizar are going around the polaris, or Thuban, or Vega as its pole star, their front/back relationship ( as shown in the following telescopic picture) has remained more or less same for last 7000 years and longer an...
- 14 Dec 2017 10:25
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 8704
- Views: 2263527
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Posting it here because it affects India indirectly, $700 million is lot of money Pakistan can use against India. Trump signs bill that includes $700m reimbursement for Pakistan WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has signed into law a $700 billion defence bill that includes up to $700 million to ...
- 14 Dec 2017 07:49
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
- Replies: 5459
- Views: 1085978
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
I would tend to think that if a constellation of stars appear more or less in same relative position with respect to each other during the course of 1 year ( period of earth's revolution around sun), then precession of equinoxes should not have any effect on appearance of such constellations, for e...
- 14 Dec 2017 01:26
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8429
- Views: 2891350
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/0k7vhVQNUKVpahm4KTL70N/CPI-inflation-touches-15month-high-of-488-in-November.html CPI-based retail inflation rose to 4.88% in November from 3.58% in October, India’s factory output measured by IIP slowed to 2.2% in October from 4.14% in September worrying signs ? Ma...
- 12 Dec 2017 14:58
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
- Replies: 5459
- Views: 1085978
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth: Part 2
Simple question about rotation of constellations around the celestial north pole in northern hemisphere, from a viewer perspective the stars of constellation which appear to be in "front/top" position in relation to other stars in the same constellation before the culmination will appear ...