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- 17 Mar 2024 20:14
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 8808
- Views: 2487399
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
From Wikipedia: Enacted on November 21, 1989, the Lautenberg Amendment, Public Law 101–167, took effect in 1990 which provided refugee status in the United States for nationals from the Soviet Union and later the former Soviet Union, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania who are Jews, Evangelical Ch...
- 17 Mar 2024 01:01
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8451
- Views: 3039577
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
https://prsindia.org/budgets/states/bihar-budget-analysis-2024-25 The Finance Minister of Bihar, Mr Samrat Chaudhary, presented the Budget for the state for the financial year 2024-25 on February 13, 2024. Budget Highlights The Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) of Bihar for 2024-25 (at current pri...
- 14 Mar 2024 18:36
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8451
- Views: 3039577
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
All the major states but Bihar show healthy year over year increases in GST collection for February. Bihar shows a 1% drop. https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2010615#:~:text=Gross%20Goods%20and%20Services%20Tax,the%20same%20month%20in%202023. Manipur, Mizoram and Jharkhand also. Any thou...
- 14 Mar 2024 02:41
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
- Replies: 1880
- Views: 468565
Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/canada-s-descent-into-tyranny-is-almost-complete/ar-BB1jOEO0?cvid=fa672e307dc14c68b72dc3aa5c3cf76d&ocid=winp2fptaskbarent&ei=33&sc=shoreline Canada’s descent into tyranny is almost complete Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is threatening his mos...
- 13 Mar 2024 21:51
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8451
- Views: 3039577
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
"Specifically, the Indian government foresees increased exports of pharmaceuticals, garments, chemicals and machinery to EFTA members, and it hopes to attract investments in automobiles, food processing, railways and the financial sector." "Currently, India stands as the EFTA’s fifth-...
- 13 Mar 2024 05:06
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
- Replies: 7956
- Views: 2253055
Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
I'm being very crass here, but the main purpose of CPEC is for India to have some targets to bomb in Pakistan in case of a war.
- 12 Mar 2024 18:25
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Maldives Civil-Military Issues
- Replies: 1130
- Views: 263209
Re: Maldives Civil-Military Issues
Maldives is in a debt trap. Like Pakistan it lives beyond its means. Unlike Pakistan it is a small country and so is even more easily bought.
- 12 Mar 2024 18:03
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8451
- Views: 3039577
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
@fanne I just want to understand the "physics" of the regulation - how does it protect against bad behavior? Added: thanks for the link. The US adopted short selling disclosure rules only in October 2023; ( https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-221 ) but the European Union had them s...
- 11 Mar 2024 21:56
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: China Economic Stress Watch
- Replies: 89
- Views: 40399
Re: China Economic Stress Watch
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/china-is-teaching-the-likes-of-apple-and-tesla-a-very-painful-business-lesson/ar-BB1jGoWm?cvid=ca71e1ec1dee4dd68efac73118f59b32&ocid=socialshare&ei=17&sc=shoreline There was once a time when American CEOs looked to China as a land of opportunity. Tha...
- 11 Mar 2024 18:05
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8451
- Views: 3039577
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
How does this help with a Hindenburg-like situation?
- 11 Mar 2024 06:41
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8451
- Views: 3039577
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
"Four European countries just signed a free-trade agreement with India—and committed to invest $100 billion" India signed a trade agreement with Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland on Sunday that includes a commitment of $100 billion investment and creating 1 million direct jobs...
- 11 Mar 2024 02:56
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
- Replies: 7956
- Views: 2253055
Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Well, there are reasons for Egypt. But Pakistan?
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-dept ... -priority/
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-dept ... -priority/
- 10 Mar 2024 20:38
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
- Replies: 1880
- Views: 468565
Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
^^^ 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...
- 10 Mar 2024 20:18
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8451
- Views: 3039577
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Is there any discussion of what the new rules on short selling are?
- 09 Mar 2024 22:11
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8451
- Views: 3039577
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Satellite based estimates of India's built-up area growth.
https://youtu.be/n0nlcybzzEU?si=6J8CTPlPdCOldp9m
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- 07 Mar 2024 18:33
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
- Replies: 7956
- Views: 2253055
Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
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...
- 07 Mar 2024 18:27
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8451
- Views: 3039577
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
> 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...
- 06 Mar 2024 09:53
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8451
- Views: 3039577
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
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...
- 05 Mar 2024 19:19
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4426
- Views: 1346049
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
> top 20 Gan$u nations
Pakistan is in a class of its own. Thinking about the other 19.
- 04 Mar 2024 10:03
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4426
- Views: 1346049
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
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...
- 04 Mar 2024 09:03
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8451
- Views: 3039577
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
^^^ 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...
- 02 Mar 2024 19:42
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: AI/Machine Learning, Bharat and Bhartiya IT Industry
- Replies: 436
- Views: 182133
Re: AI/Machine Learning, Bharat and Bhartiya IT Industry
> 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"....
- 27 Feb 2024 03:48
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8451
- Views: 3039577
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
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...
- 26 Feb 2024 19:37
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5643
- Views: 1634853
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
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...
- 25 Feb 2024 07:23
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5643
- Views: 1634853
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
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...
- 24 Feb 2024 20:20
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
- Replies: 1250
- Views: 2501420
Re: Hamas attack.on Israel. Oct 2023
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...
- 23 Feb 2024 01:33
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 7503
- Views: 1750748
Re: Understanding the US - Again
"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 ...
- 23 Feb 2024 00:54
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 7503
- Views: 1750748
Re: Understanding the US - Again
> 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 ...
- 22 Feb 2024 03:23
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
- Replies: 4780
- Views: 1541127
Re: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
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...
- 22 Feb 2024 03:13
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Roads Thread
- Replies: 3349
- Views: 753028
Re: Indian Roads Thread
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...
- 21 Feb 2024 09:10
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: China Economic Stress Watch
- Replies: 89
- Views: 40399
Re: China Economic Stress Watch
> 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.
No, Japan and Italy exceed the US in the major economies.
> Has actual productivity increased or it’s just mostly inflation?
Actual productivity.
- 21 Feb 2024 03:41
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5643
- Views: 1634853
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
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/...
- 21 Feb 2024 00:48
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5643
- Views: 1634853
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
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 ...
- 19 Feb 2024 22:29
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
- Replies: 7956
- Views: 2253055
Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
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 )
(source: https://www.youtube.com/live/XVFdx6tqzL ... bsRaZazVl7 )
- 19 Feb 2024 21:55
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: China Economic Stress Watch
- Replies: 89
- Views: 40399
Re: China Economic Stress Watch
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...
- 19 Feb 2024 12:05
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: China Economic Stress Watch
- Replies: 89
- Views: 40399
Re: China Economic Stress Watch
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...
- 17 Feb 2024 18:45
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8451
- Views: 3039577
- 17 Feb 2024 01:17
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 382354
Re: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
Is the Chinese high speed maglev in a low-vacuum tube a vanity project or will it be practical?
- 16 Feb 2024 02:38
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: China Economic Stress Watch
- Replies: 89
- Views: 40399
Re: China Economic Stress Watch
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,...
- 15 Feb 2024 18:57
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: China Economic Stress Watch
- Replies: 89
- Views: 40399
Re: China Economic Stress Watch
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?