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Actually, this is the most convincing part of the global warming denial. The ice sheet melt during summers and increase during winters. The global warming theory was predicting that the arctic ice sheet would melt or is melting. But, its just not a fact. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/09/28/ar...

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The biggest implication of a $11 billion S400 purchase is saturation air and short/intermediate range missile defence of virtually all Indian airspace. That will totally negate the current Pakistani nuclear retaliation blackmail for any Indian anti terrorism action into Pakistan i.e. it will free u...

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http://thebricspost.com/indias-car-sales-rises-9-5-yoy-in-september/ Car sales in India rose for the 11th month in a row in September, new industry data revealed on Friday. Sales growth rose 9.5 per cent in September, with carmakers selling 169,590 cars in September, said the Society of Indian Auto...

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National War Memorial, new AIIMS & bonus for railway employees: 7 things Cabinet cleared today 5) The Cabinet also cleared mechanisation of East Quay berths at Paradip Port on Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis, under Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode' for handling thermal coal exports...

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National War Memorial, new AIIMS & bonus for railway employees: 7 things Cabinet cleared today 4) Three new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Nagpur in Maharashtra, Manglagiri in Andhra Pradesh and at Kalyani in West Bengal under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna, this wi...

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National War Memorial, new AIIMS & bonus for railway employees: 7 things Cabinet cleared today 3) In an early Diwali cheer, the Cabinet okayed a proposal to give productivity linked bonus to about 12.58 lakh railway employees. The financial implication of payment of 78 days' bonus to railway em...

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Consumer sentiment hits record low in September: Survey NEW DELHI: Domestic consumer sentiment in September dipped to its lowest level since November 2012 as households were increasingly pessimistic about their finances amid sluggish demand conditions, a Deutsche Borse survey said. How reliable is ...

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Didn't know where else to put this: National War Memorial, new AIIMS & bonus for railway employees: 7 things Cabinet cleared today Here are the seven things that the Cabinet okayed today: 1) National War Memorial and a National War Museum at Princess Park, near India Gate, for soldiers who died ...

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x-posted from acquisitions thread: More good news, what is going on all of a sudden?? Make in India: L&T outguns global rivals to bag Rs 5,000-crore Indian Army deal NEW DELHI: India is finally set to get its own mobile howitzers that will reverse the longheld Pakistani battlefield edge on artil...

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More good news, what is going on all of a sudden?? Make in India: L&T outguns global rivals to bag Rs 5,000-crore Indian Army deal NEW DELHI: India is finally set to get its own mobile howitzers that will reverse the longheld Pakistani battlefield edge on artillery guns. The guns Pakistan have w...

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^ thats crazy, thanks for the tip!

It's really a shame how much land has been lost up there... Shaksgam is really beautiful.

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Isn't the next variant of the Pinaka slated to have GPS/IRNSS guided rockets with 120km range? My impression was that they would be used for precision fire

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OT, but whenever I read about Siachen, it reminds me of the wall in the game of thrones, where the IA is obviously the Night's watch defending westeros from the jihadi white walker hordes of the PA... haha.

Anyway, tremendous respect for these guys to do the impossible.

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Government approves $400-million plan to procure armed Heron TP drones from Israel NEW DELHI: The government has quietly approved the purchase of 10 missile-armed drones from Israel — a crucial acquisition that will enhance India's cross-border military strike capability. The $400-million proposal ...

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Mexico set to become the biggest export market for Indian carmakers this fiscal

I was in mexico earlier this year, and was pleasantly surprised to see bajaj autos and pulsars there. Talked to some of the locals and it seems like they really like the bajaj vehicles for their cost and reliability

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Looks like this should help with NPAs:

Surge in toll collections to bring acche din for infrastructure companies saddled with debt

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^It really is sickening... This documentary aired recently on PBS in the US: Escaping ISIS Don't know how easily it can be accessed outside of the US but its really very sad. It shows the efforts of a few men trying to save their women and children (the smugglers referred to in the NYT article who a...

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Don't know if this has been posted, but: Industrial output grows at 4-month high of 3.8% in June Regarding the NPAs, IIRC power distribution companies are currently the ones saddled with losses and massive NPAs (i think this was mentioned earlier here). Earlier it was power generators - it seems lik...

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State Bank of India sees bad loan pressures easing

SBI Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya, who has been taking steps to reduce its pile of sour debt, said loans to smaller companies remained a problem area but mid-sized and large companies' accounts were stabilising.

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India Inc’s capital investment to fall by 2% in 2016: Crisil MUMBAI: Investors who are betting on companies that would benefit from a recovery in the investment cycle, may have to wait longer. Capital investments across 22 sectors have declined and are expected to fall 2 per cent in the financial y...

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Postal department to help farmers sell their produce online If you are a farmer looking to sell paddy, cotton, or any other farm produce, take it to the post office. India's postal department is set to launch a pilot programme that seeks to help farmers sell their produce over the Internet, that to...

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UlanBatori wrote:
a country peculiarly calculated by its natural advantages to promote the happiness of its inhabitants.”
Hmm!!! Poster for Incredible India

the only thing they got right!!

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Not really news, but I just discovered this today through google and wiki and thought I would share. Before it became a movie, Mother India was the name of a book released by an American 'historian' Katherine Mayo and would give Doniger a run for her money. This racist piece of trash came out in 192...

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March infrastructure output contracts 0.1% y-o-y: Government In March 2015, production of steel declined by 4.4 per cent and of cement by 4.2 per cent. Refinery products' output contracted 1.3 per cent while natural gas by 1.5 per cent, according to the data released by the Commerce and Industry Mi...

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Inflation at record low of (-)2.33% in March Deflation in the manufactured products category was at (-)0.19 per cent, the lowest in over five years. Last time the rate of price rise in manufactured items had contracted in July 2009 at (-)0.2 per cent. Inflation in food articles category stood at 6....

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Not exactly Indian R&D, but related to supercomputing: US nuclear fears block Intel China supercomputer update The US department of commerce blocked the sale of 80,000 Intel Xenon processors to China for upgrading one of their supercomputers, as they suspect that the supercomputer is being used ...

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An IAF gent who is now at HAL, and known to be anti LCA admitted he wanted Mk1 scuttled. Slightly OT, but related to HAL and its inability to deliver - is this problem a management issue or a lack of skills/technology issue? If it is a management issue then is it possible for GoI/MOD to replace the...

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India's Feb industrial output grows at 5%, fastest in 9 months India's industrial output growth accelerated to 5.0 per cent in February, its fastest pace in nine months, mainly driven by growth in capital goods and consumer goods sectors, government data showed on Friday. India plans to release ind...

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The Army wants 414 such guns. They have been upgraded to 45-calibre from the original 39-calibre to give the new howitzer a 38-km range compared to the 30-km of the original Bofors gun. I don't understand why the IA is thinking of such a small order at the beginning, I thought all the aging towed a...

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Came across a slick ad on youtube and went to their channel:

https://www.youtube.com/user/MakeInIndiaOfficial

Some really nice videos/graphics

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Some news: Ratan Tata to head Indian Railways' Kaya Kalp council Some pictures here: Mumbai gets swankier Bombardier suburban trains Salient features: More leg space, as manufacturer has compressed mechanical and electrical fittings Stainless steel side walls and roof Darker shade of purple on exter...

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Anil Ambani's Reliance Infrastructure to bid for military chopper contracts worth over $3 billion

Sources said that Reliance Infrastructure has tied up with a European manufacturer through one of its subsidiaries and has responded to a request for information (RFI) by the Indian Navy.

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Such strategic decisions are not our strong suit. Someone needs to get the pmos ear for this. That's disappointing, I was hoping that the IN would have some plan at least, given their desire to indigenize. And going by the above news, it looks like they are not going to rely on private yards that m...

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Sorry if this has been discussed before, but does the IN have a plan for improving shipbuilding capability in India or is it more of an ad-hoc improvement process? The IN is (and wants) to expand faster, and pretty clear that with Make in India such a push indian-made ships would be desired. Given t...

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Shreeman,

Will do sir.

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After the initial 'confusion' behind the revised GDP metric, it seems that people are warming up to it: IMF ups India growth forecast to 7.2% for current fiscal In its annual assessment report for the country, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) also said India has emerged as one of the fastest-gr...

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A Last Week Tonight episode with John Oliver on the rights of people from US Territories

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Don't know if this was already posted, but a Jaguar crashed Haryana. Pilot is safe and no damage on the ground. TOIlet article

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Tatas, L&T shortlisted for Defence project NEW DELHI: The Defence Ministry has shortlisted a consortium of Tata Power-Strategic Electronics Division (SED) and Larsen & Toubro for the battlefield management project, the order value of which in the production phase may be as much as Rs 50,000...

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The front of the hull is shiny as well, just like the pictures floating around online. Any reason for that?

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