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by Rahul M
23 Mar 2021 23:33
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Military Helicopters
Replies: 5318
Views: 2150988

Re: Indian Military Helicopters

From HVT himself !
https://twitter.com/hvtiaf/status/13744 ... 72322?s=19
LCH naming...
Suggestions https://t.co/RljhkebFoX

Go wild ! (On twitter, so that he can read it) :D
by Rahul M
15 Mar 2021 00:59
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3035631

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

JE Menon and I wrote an article in Swarajyamag analyzing the V-Dem ranking of countries, where India rated as 'Elected Autocracy': An Analysis Of The V-Dem Data On The Decline of Democracy In India Reveals Interesting Insights—About V-Dem The article is a purely a review of their raw data with some...
by Rahul M
09 Mar 2021 10:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
Replies: 1447
Views: 318779

Re: 2021 Five State Elections

Just watched PK’s interview. Presence of hidden psy war. His bet to leave the space of Political Strategist if BJP gets more than 100 seats. How can BJP do UP in WB?? Not Dhoti Shivering but curious question. Last election - 83% Turnout (Wiki) TMC - 45% @ 24,565,000 Votes VS 39% in 2011 Left - 20% ...
by Rahul M
09 Mar 2021 09:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
Replies: 1447
Views: 318779

Re: 2021 Five State Elections

Kutch origin, Bengal politician Dinesh Trivedi joins BJP https://www.deshgujarat.com/2021/03/06/kutch-origin-bengal-politician-dinesh-trivedi-joins-bjp/ the BJP is turning out to be a garbage collection service and it is already facing a dire situation in KAR where every two bit turncoat who joined...
by Rahul M
28 Feb 2021 21:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Requests to Admins - 2019
Replies: 73
Views: 59509

Re: Requests to Admins - 2019

user vinu has been reactivated.
by Rahul M
06 Jan 2021 09:30
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2831406

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

I looked at what I posted here couple of months ago - charts using "super model" and the current "active" cases in India. (See my previous post: orange predicted by model - Blue actual till October. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eq3kR5ZXEAcm7eJ?format=jpg&name=large Current si...
by Rahul M
06 Jan 2021 00:24
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: China Military Watch - Sept' 2016
Replies: 4649
Views: 1809394

Re: China Military Watch - Sept' 2016

Chola, no need to fall on your sword & commit harakiri here. Yes, china's mil development needs to be watched carefully & photos are one of the relatively unbiased ways of doing that. Thus far, we are in agreement. However, even while posting from non-chinese sources we have to be careful ab...
by Rahul M
05 Jan 2021 23:32
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Flight Safety
Replies: 3363
Views: 892760

Re: Military Flight Safety

this thread man. heart always skips a beat when this is active.

anyway, good to know pilot is okay.
by Rahul M
03 Jan 2021 13:28
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Pakistan Order Of Battle (ORBAT)
Replies: 42
Views: 13098

Re: Pakistan Order Of Battle (ORBAT)

jamwal wrote:...
please check email.
by Rahul M
20 Dec 2020 22:29
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Pakistan Order Of Battle (ORBAT)
Replies: 42
Views: 13098

Re: Pakistan Order Of Battle (ORBAT)

I have sent you a google docs link in PM. Please check I've already started marking positions of units on Google Maps, but waiting to be reasonably sure before doing all that. If you can do that in a better way, please go ahaead. I don't know how spreadsheet and kml work. The doc has a bit more inf...
by Rahul M
18 Dec 2020 09:43
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Pakistan Order Of Battle (ORBAT)
Replies: 42
Views: 13098

Re: Pakistan Order Of Battle (ORBAT)

JJ, could you put that data as a Google spreadsheet, we could then add lat long info and I can make an interactive kml file out of it to view on GE.
by Rahul M
04 Dec 2020 08:18
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - November 11, 2019
Replies: 2848
Views: 949719

Re: Terroristan - November 11, 2019

Someone in Pak foreign ministry really hates this guy :rotfl:
This happens every couple of years. This is the third time an Arab country has rejected this guy due to his name.

https://www.daily-sun.com/post/518709/S ... ranslation
by Rahul M
30 Nov 2020 11:33
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2831406

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Mod Warning : My mother was diagnosed with Covid last month. She had gone out once, to the market and that was enough ! The family physician immediately put her on Azithromycin even before the positive report. Given the situation at hospitals in kolkata we decided to go for home treatment after a d...
by Rahul M
24 Nov 2020 14:23
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2831406

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

We did put her on ecospirin on alternate days on the advice of a BRFite. Her ECG & echo reports were fine. She is a HT patient coming with a family history of such ailments but it has been under control for years. Fingers crossed and all that. One strange thing was sudden drops in blood Hb week ...
by Rahul M
24 Nov 2020 09:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2831406

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Mod Warning : No more discussing US politics here folks. =========== My experience with Covid & Coronil. My mother was diagnosed with Covid last month. She had gone out once, to the market and that was enough ! The family physician immediately put her on Azithromycin even before the positive rep...
by Rahul M
16 Nov 2020 20:21
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: BR Forum Feedback
Replies: 1178
Views: 338155

Re: BR Forum Feedback

I am on both and I think both have their place. The forum format provides a seamless news and detailed discussion feed that is very difficult to replicate on teeter. Twitter is good for unilateral monologues or bilateral discussions at most.
by Rahul M
16 Nov 2020 02:19
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2182636

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

retired drivers as consultants whatever will these jobless babooze think of next :mrgreen: via @manishbpl1 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Emrf29XXYAAEZth?format=jpg&name=large consultant simply means contractual employee. any non permanent employee is a consultant. for retired employees they get s...
by Rahul M
15 Nov 2020 16:46
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2831406

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

folks with knowledge of pharma trials, is there a 'placebo' arm in human trials of vaccines ?
IOW, are there people in the study who do not recive the vaccine candidate but are exposed to COVID ?
by Rahul M
15 Nov 2020 14:28
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Happy Diwali!
Replies: 11
Views: 9463

Re: Happy Diwali!

Happy Diwali to all BRFites and their families.

This year the cracker ban seems to have goaded people to burst more crackers. Funnily enough pollution levels are down in Delhi from yesterday ! Similar data from other cities in India pouring in.
by Rahul M
07 Nov 2020 21:03
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian IT Industry
Replies: 1375
Views: 500305

Re: Indian IT Industry

My cousin who works for a big data products co. visits his office, which is a 2hour flight from his hometown, every couple of months or so. This has been the trend since last year, so well before Covid hit India.
by Rahul M
07 Nov 2020 20:53
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 10196
Views: 2182636

Re: 2020 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Any national governing system based on universal sufferage is a tragedy of gargantuan proportions and sooner rather than later will collapse under its own weight. Universal sufferage means universal mediocrity. Hain ?? :shock: What kind of government would you rather have ? One where the electorate...
by Rahul M
07 Nov 2020 09:54
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian IT Industry
Replies: 1375
Views: 500305

Re: Indian IT Industry

D-Link Corporation is a Taiwanese multinational networking equipment manufacturing corporation headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. It was founded in March 1986 in Taipei as Datex Systems Inc.
- Wikipedia

all D-link items were made in china anyway.
by Rahul M
04 Nov 2020 09:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2020 US election results discussion
Replies: 901
Views: 127786

Re: 2020 US election results discussion

ramana wrote:The then Democrat frontrunner rented a tent and harangues Modi and India.
Just curious, who was it?
by Rahul M
28 Oct 2020 12:46
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Intelligence & National Security Discussion - July 2018
Replies: 424
Views: 226616

Re: Intelligence & National Security Discussion - July 2018

wrong thread, please continue in CDS thread.
by Rahul M
23 Oct 2020 03:23
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XV Kaalkut
Replies: 74
Views: 28842

Re: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XV Kaalkut

Very well researched jamwal !
waiting for more.
by Rahul M
23 Oct 2020 01:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Let us Understand the Chinese - II
Replies: 277
Views: 87512

Re: Let us Understand the Chinese - II

He passed away some years back.
by Rahul M
23 Oct 2020 00:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2831406

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

no issues. just select a human sounding name & let us know.
by Rahul M
18 Oct 2020 15:34
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8451
Views: 3038841

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Why on earth are we still exporting iron ore ?? Suraj, the article says that various econometric techniques were used by the respective paper authors to separate out various factors and single out the effects of demo. It's one of the central points of the piece. People more familiar with such techni...
by Rahul M
16 Oct 2020 23:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Achievement Tracking - Modi 2.0 Govt - No Discussions
Replies: 1314
Views: 770345

Re: Achievement Tracking - Modi 2.0 Govt - No Discussions

Stock taking of the Demo long term effects after 4 years. X-post https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/academic-studies-have-endorsed-the-benefits-of-demonetization-11602599307453.html Academic studies have endorsed the benefits of demonetization A study by International Monetary Fund chief ...
by Rahul M
16 Oct 2020 23:33
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Currency Demonetisation and Future course of Indian Economy
Replies: 7884
Views: 1462494

Re: Currency Demonetisation and Future course of Indian Economy

Stock taking of the Demo long term effects after 4 years. X-post https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/academic-studies-have-endorsed-the-benefits-of-demonetization-11602599307453.html Academic studies have endorsed the benefits of demonetization A study by International Monetary Fund chief ...
by Rahul M
16 Oct 2020 23:32
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8451
Views: 3038841

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/academic-studies-have-endorsed-the-benefits-of-demonetization-11602599307453.html Academic studies have endorsed the benefits of demonetization This article is a keeper ! It is the newspaper equivalent of an academic review paper that looks at the multi...
by Rahul M
07 Oct 2020 09:21
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Armenia Azerbaijan Conflict - 2020
Replies: 163
Views: 46048

Re: Armenia Azerbaijan Conflict - 2020

How to fight a tank war under an opfor UAV umbrella. Very good points made here. Worth a read https://rusi.org/publication/rusi-defence-systems/key-armenia-tank-losses-sensors-not-shooters The Key to Armenia’s Tank Losses: The Sensors, Not the Shooters Jack Watling RUSI Defence Systems, 6 October 20...
by Rahul M
05 Oct 2020 03:11
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Armenia Azerbaijan Conflict - 2020
Replies: 163
Views: 46048

Re: Armenia Azerbaijan Conflict - 2020

Thank you MK sir, I never went away but these days get very little time to post. ================ This is background of the disputed region, from their POV. While not strictly military, althought it does cover some of those, it's still good starting point to understand the genesis of the conflict. T...
by Rahul M
05 Oct 2020 01:19
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Armenia Azerbaijan Conflict - 2020
Replies: 163
Views: 46048

Armenia Azerbaijan Conflict - 2020

Surprised not to see any thread on this. I know it's being discussed on a number of threads on BR. please report those with a request to move to this thread and I will do the honours. in terms of miltech this is possibly the first full blown conflict in which UAVs are playing a big role, so its too ...
by Rahul M
20 Sep 2020 17:04
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2831406

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Since it is the telegraph I would hold my horses before believing, since they are a notch above Goebbels in pushing twisted news.
by Rahul M
18 Sep 2020 02:13
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8451
Views: 3038841

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

such a farmer would automatically come in the no-tax bracket after filing return, so what's the problem ? I am sure you are aware that people whitewash huge amounts of illegal, often criminally gotten income by showing it as farming income, since that is non-taxable. this hits at the root of corrupt...