Quick notes: Confessions, Tech addiction...

• Padre abuse: Confessions in churches being misused, govt should end it, says national women’s panel



• Tech addiction: Silicon Valley engineered tech addiction, and it’s Indians who are paying the price



• US companies lobbying against data storage rules: The RBI in April said payments data should be stored "only in India" within six months for "safety and security"



• Trump's trade-war is helping China: To shield US farmers from his trade war, Trump is giving taxpayers’ money to China 



• Modicare: Nehruvian socialism back with vengeance. Market distorting rather than fixing underlying prob. As 'Modicare' deadline nears, major states hold out.

Command & control Nehruvian socialism back with vengeance. Market distorting rather than fixing underlying prob: subsidize for those in need https://t.co/CmEUXwGff4

— Rupa Subramanya (@rupasubramanya) April 21, 2017




• India's higher education struggling: Faculty vacancy in IITs is 34%, while that in engineering colleges—which are seeing a decline in preference — is 5%.



• Rescued Thai boys ordained as novice Buddhist monks: Their time in the temples will include meditating, praying, and performing charitable deeds. 



• Vittu rayacha nagari pandhari:

Quick notes: Ta-Ta Nano, Yuan weapon...

• Tata Kills the Nano: Everybody likes saving money but few want to wear that fact on their sleeves. 



• China weapon in trade war: "The harder Trump pushes on tariffs, the lower China takes the yuan to rebalance the cost relationship. They can offset some of the cost of tariffs because of the lower currency."



• WeWork bans meat at company events: Won't let employees expense meals that include meat because it's bad for the environment



• When in Tamil Nadu: Live like a Tamilian

This Singh Is From Tamilnadu, Married A Sikh Girl,They Being Living In Chennai Adopted The Local Culture And Live Their Life As South Indians.
Many Are Making His Fun On Fb

We Should Be Proud That He Despite Being Out Of Punjab Maintained His Religion & Culture too
Your Views? pic.twitter.com/XyiVHq4l70

— ☬ SINGH ਸਿੰਘ ☬ 🇮🇳 (@HatindersinghR) July 6, 2018




• Freestyle Football Skills: Malaysia's Qhouirunnisa' Endang Wahyudi

Back at it again with the baju kurung ayay💃🏻 eid mubarak errrone but tbh, freestyling in baju kurung is 1000x harder than usual :’) mat ri ye semua 😚 tag your friends!! #freestyleraya #matriye #2ndraya #malaysianfreestylers #malaysia #tekkers

A post shared by Qhouirunnisa’ Syasya (@qhouirunnisa) on Jun 16, 2018 at 4:49am PDT




• India’s street magic once captivated the world: Including Houdini himself. The implementation of laws against beggary have also made it difficult for magicians to perform on the streets as before, and harassment from the authorities is a persistent problem. Last year, the Kathputli Colony in Delhi, home to puppeteers, acrobats, musicians, and dancers, was razed to the ground for a redevelopment project, leaving many of its residents with nowhere to go.




• India's mobile manufacturing:

Since 2014, Electronics Manufacturing in India has seen immense growth and it has created jobs for more than 4 Lakh people. 120 mobile phone manufacturing units have become operational in 2018 as compared to only 2 units in 2014. #DigitalIndia pic.twitter.com/giism17gyi

— Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) July 12, 2018

Quick notes: x86 chips, FGFA relook...

• China producing x86 server processors: A Chinese company is now producing x86-based server processors that are largely indistinguishable from AMD's EPYC processors—so close in design that Linux kernel developers had to do little in the way of patching to support the new processor family, called "Dhyana."



• Re-look at FGFA co-development: India reconsidering Rs 2 lakh crore 5th generation fighter jet programme with Russia



• IAF to take control of Tejas project? The idea of an IAF official being given command and control of the Tejas programme has been floating around for some time now.



• Six vendors in contest to supply IAF with 110 fighters. The RFI mandates that 85 per cent of the fighters must be built in India, and each of those would cost at least $20 million more.



• Londonistan: Pakistani to shape Britain's immigration policy



• Terror-SAT: To keep an eye on India, 2 Pak spy satellites launched by China



• China behind mystery rise in ozone-depleting emissions: Scientists have been extremely puzzled by the mysterious rise in emissions.



• Mt Madonna Hanuman Temple:

Quick notes: Air-India caves in, Ghost airport...

• Orwellian nonsense: Air-India caves in to China's demands and wipes all mention of Taiwan from its website. These followed instruction from the Ministry of External Affairs.



• Why India is paying millions for world's emptiest airport: "It's clearly strategic. Since the days of Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao, India has been trying to build a military base in Sri Lanka".



• Made-in-India: With a top speed of 120 km/h and 0-60 km/h in under 4 seconds, the Surge offers a range of 100 km on a single charge.



• Jon Higgins, the bhagavatar:




• App Traps: How cheap Chinese smartphones siphon user data in developing countries



• Control your own data: How to remove third-party access to your Gmail inbox w/ Google Security Checkup



• Lucrative: Sister, staff of Missionaries of Charity held for selling baby in Ranchi



• Temples or Museums? SC want Jagannath temple to allow non-Hindu

SC displays standard semitic pov that Hindu temples are museums for non believers to gawk at, not living spiritual centers. In other words, SC wishes Hinduism were a museum piece https://t.co/HT3Vp1R5EK

— राजीवः श्रीनिवासः (@RajeevSrinivasa) July 6, 2018

Quick notes: Hamas app, Aadhaar theft...

• Indian defence establishment should take note: Hamas 'created dating apps and fake Facebook profiles to try to lure Israeli soldiers' 



• 13-feet walls not enough: Stealing your Aadhaar details costs just Rs 125  



• China's penetration of Silicon Valley: More than 20 Silicon Valley venture capital firms have close ties to a Chinese govt fund or state-owned entity. The U.S. Congress is finalizing legislation to expand the govt’s power to block foreign investment in “critical” technologies, including venture investment. 



• Threatened by Trump: China presses Europe for anti-U.S. alliance on trade



• Ghar Wapsi: Lithuanians seek identity in their pagan roots ....(Hindus should support their liberation from church)



• Raga Mohanam by Chong Chiu Sen:


 Pallavi: Ninnu kori yunna nura Nikila loka nayaka
  Anupallavi: Nannu palimpa samayamura Nameetha krupa judara
  Charanam: Sannuthanga Sreenivasa



• Matthew 10:32 to 10:37: 32Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. 33But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. 34Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 35For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. 36And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. 37He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.