Bharat Rakshak

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Well, there are reasons for Egypt. But Pakistan?
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-dept ... -priority/

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^^^ Around minute 27 they insinuate that India was responsible for Ripudaman Singh Malik's death. If you remember, the Khalistanis were upset at R.S. Malik's public letter appreciative of PM Modi. And according to the unsealed US murder indictment, he {Nijjar} was one of the top targets on the India...

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Is there any discussion of what the new rules on short selling are?

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Satellite based estimates of India's built-up area growth.
https://youtu.be/n0nlcybzzEU?si=6J8CTPlPdCOldp9m

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Paper:
https://eacpm.gov.in/wp-content/uploads ... -Paper.pdf

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Temporary relief. Yawn: "Moody’s Investors Service on Thursday changed its outlook on Pakistan’s banking sector from “negative” to “stable” citing its solid profitability, stable funding and liquidity, which it said “provide an adequate buffer’ to withstand the country’s macroeconomic challenge...

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> Q: is it good time for those with US dollars to convert to rupees (at 80+) now? Only to buy something from India - whether it is consumable goods or stocks and bonds, or to fund social service organizations, or to visit and spend in India, or for family members in India to spend. Do not convert to...

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https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2010080 India, endowed with the fifth-largest coal reserves globally, stands as the second-largest consumer of coal, propelled by a fast-growing economy. The power sector alone is experiencing a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 7.5 % from F...

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> top 20 Gan$u nations

Pakistan is in a class of its own. Thinking about the other 19.

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The new form of terror - they want to kill us with laughter. PM Shehbaz Sharif vows to revive Pakistan economy; to secure G20 membership https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/pm-shehbaz-sharif-vows-to-revive-pakistan-economy-to-secure-g20-membership-124030300332_1.html Imagine, a Pakistan-rel...

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^^^ Extreme poverty has been eliminated in India. Report by the Brookings Institution: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/india-eliminates-extreme-poverty/ From there: Inequality: An unprecedented decline in both urban and rural inequality. The urban Gini (x100) declined from 36.7 to 31.9; the rura...

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> According to Musk, Tesla is close to achieving fully autonomous cars, which could significantly increase the utilization rate of vehicles. He has been saying that since 2016. Meanwhile "Mercedes is leading the pack with Drive Pilot, the world’s first approved SAE level 3 driving system"....

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Haha, subsidies are a widely used poverty-alleviating mechanism e.g., 16% of the US military veteran families get food subsidies; and 12.5% of the US population as a whole (in both cases I mean the US food stamp program). {These numbers I looked up y'day}. During COVID, the US had a child care tax c...

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Novel ideas. Emphasis added. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjkDQzj7X1w Late Soviet Britain: why materialist utopias fail This event launched Abby Innes's new book, Late Soviet Britain: Why Materialist Utopias Fail. Why has the United Kingdom, historically one of the strongest democracies in the wo...

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For your information A_Gupta ji, English law says that the name of a person arrested cannot be disclosed unless he (or she) is charged. Thanks! As I had understood it, it was a guideline, not a law; but the courts are extremely favorable to the arrested person if he/she sues whomever published thei...

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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/israel-plans-to-build-3300-new-settlement-homes-in-occupied-west-bank-in-response-to-a-fatal-shooting " Israel plans to build more than 3,300 new homes in settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in response to a fatal Palestinian shooting attack, a senio...

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"Stagflation is an economic situation characterized by high inflation, low economic growth and high unemployment". All info from tradingeconomics.com: The annual inflation rate in the US fell back to 3.1% in January 2024 following a brief increase to 3.4% in December, but came higher than ...

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> 3. Unemployment numbers do *NOT* count people who have given up on finding employment <- this is the biggest US Shanghai statistics. Unemployment figures do not, but Labor Force Participation Rate figures do tell of a age demographic, how many are working or seeking employment. In particular, the ...

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https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2001857 Indian Railways achieves 1297.38 MT freight loading till January 2024 Freight loading increases by 53.92 MT as compared to the same period of last year Railways earns Rs 140623.4 Crore from Freight loading during April 2023- Jan.2024 Freight Earn...

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https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/over-8-13-lakh-vehicles-use-mthl-in-one-month-9162170/ The newly launched Atal Setu, popularly known as MTHL (Mumbai Trans Harbour Link), turned one-month-old on February 13 and a total of 8.13 lakh vehicles used the bridge in the past month. As per th...

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> And don’t forget that US has the largest debt in the world which is 130% of its GDP.

No, Japan and Italy exceed the US in the major economies.

> Has actual productivity increased or it’s just mostly inflation?

Actual productivity.

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Twitter (@TVP_Reading) says: "CHARGED Shazeb Khalid, 24, of no fixed abode, was charged with one count of murder today. The charge relates to the death of Vignesh Raman, 38, who was found in Addington Road on Wednesday following a collision between a cyclist and a vehicle". http://orlo.uk/...

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Time to bring them all to ghar (wapsi means that they were once at ghar): https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/we-are-too-stupid-to-see-the-dark-ages-are-back/ar-BB1itFPM?cvid=d0d1bc126b404c99d1176a3a0fffe22c&ocid=winp2fptaskbarent&ei=10&sc=shoreline ... Britons once built ships. Now we ...

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Dr. Qamar Cheema believes that the informal/undocumented economy in Pakistan has a size of USD $1 Trillion, even though the formal/documented economy is only USD $300 billion.

(source: https://www.youtube.com/live/XVFdx6tqzL ... bsRaZazVl7 )

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A good article on the problems facing China. https://carnegieendowment.org/chinafinancialmarkets/91161 For those who just want a summary: Can China really account for 38 percent of global investment while its economy comprises just 21 percent of global GDP and 15 percent of global consumption? Every...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IeObMDIZY4 From the transcript, cleaned up a bit: 3:35 two from Financial Times written by Ruchir Sharma. In one of those Ruchir Sharma articles, we get the nugget that the Chinese can at this point near in the foreseeable future can give up the idea of becoming an e...

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White Paper:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ph ... 528430.cms

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Is the Chinese high speed maglev in a low-vacuum tube a vanity project or will it be practical?

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Bing CoPilot said: Is there a black market for Chinese renminbi? According to some sources, the black market exchange rate for the RMB is typically higher than the official rate, meaning that people can get more foreign currency for their RMB on the black market. For example, as of February 7, 2024,...

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Is there a black market for US dollars vs Chinese Yuan; and if yes, what is the black market rate compared to the official exchange rate?

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^^^ Maybe if he goes back and gets one or two people to do ghar wapasi, we can forgive him.

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This doesn't directly affect India - Canada relations. But just how disgusting a country Canada is becoming should be made clear. https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/canadians-without-life-threatening-diseases-are-being-encouraged-to-consider-suicide-opinion/ar-BB1i975d Canadians Without Life Thr...

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"Mani Shankar Aiyar says Pakistan is his second favourite country."
https://thewire.in/south-asia/mani-shan ... r-pakistan

Need more be said?

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Re: copper, this from 2018:
https://blog.gorozen.com/blog/how-the-e ... per-prices
and 2019:
https://blog.gorozen.com/blog/copper-ma ... ian-demand

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^^^^ everyone demanding jihad for Kashmir and Ghazwa-e-Hind is not very diverse or pluralistic.

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> Pythagoras, Euclid etc are figments of imagination. > The idea of axiomatic proof being superior to empirical is an import from christian theology as science accepts observation, experimentation, testing & evidence all of which fall in the category of 'pratyaksh praman'. With such rampant misi...

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US Dept of State reaction: https://www.state.gov/elections-in-pakistan/ We join credible international and local election observers in their assessment that these elections included undue restrictions on freedoms of expression, association, and peaceful assembly. We condemn electoral violence, restr...

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https://www.firstpost.com/world/joe-biden-writes-to-pm-sheikh-hasina-expresses-us-support-to-bangladeshs-economic-goals-13690732.html The United States is committed to partnering with Bangladesh on a shared vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific, said President Joe Biden in a letter to Sheikh Hasin...

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> ^^^ When all the actors are Army puppets, how does it matter who wins ? Army is still in power. Yes, but how much power? It is quite obvious that the Army did not want PTI(-backed) candidates to win. But winning they are. Anyhow, another Yawn headline: "KSE-100 index plunges 1,200 points on p...

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Yawn headline: "Elections 2024: PTI-backed candidates outperform expectations as results continue to trickle in"

The Pakarmy can't even rig elections competently.

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But wasn’t Mitra the deity associated with Bull
Apis/ minioan bull or Minotaur/ Taurobolim

No.

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