Quick notes: Chinese RISC-V | Hazardous waste...

• China's Semiconductor Push: Alibaba Unveils Open Source RISC-V CPU Amid US-China Trade War. RISC-V is open source, so it's much more resistant to government bans. The Chinese govt has been encouraging wealthy Chinese companies from various industries to enter the semiconductor industry in recent years. The govt forced foreign companies to transfer their technology and IP to Chinese companies if they wanted any chance at the local Chinese market.



• UK hazardous waste offloaded to India: A Sri Lankan investigation into nearly 3,000 tonnes of illegally imported waste has shown that some of it were sent on to India. The waste had been mislabelled and imported as used mattresses, but contained bio and clinical waste.



• China's Chump: Why America Can't Trust Pakistan... Khan seeks to continue a pattern of duplicity, the cost of which can be counted in billions of dollars of wasted aid, Chinese backslapping, and American body bags.



• Raw chicken moves off restaurant plate: The process of rigor mortis could last up to three to four days after death. It is possible that the nerve endings of the animal had not died yet.




• Animal abuse: "If atrocities committed to farm animals happened to cats or dogs, the abusers will be in prison".

It is UNREAL that cats and dogs are legally protected, yet farm animals face lives of legalized abuse and cruelty. RT if you agree. 😡 pic.twitter.com/RuUeYtDMfP

— John Oberg (@JohnOberg) July 23, 2019




• Sinister tech: Huawei secretly helped North Korea build, maintain wireless network.

Quick notes: Afghan loss | Han love jihad...

• India loses Afghan proxy war: The US would have no prospects of regaining its lost hegemony in Afghanistan for a foreseeable future. The Four-Party format crystallises Pakistan's crucial role as a factor of Afghan security and stability.  This works in China's favour and, paradoxically, makes Pakistan an indispensable partner for the US (and Russia) as well. Pakistan's relations with China will acquire a new verve as the BRI spreads its wings in Afghanistan. A revival of Pakistan's moribund strategic ties with the US is already under way.  Without doubt, India is the big loser.



• Han Love Jihad: China promoting marriages among Han and Tibetans



• India's startup sector is growing but not as good as China: Nine of India’s top 10 unicorns by value are in the online-consumer space. In China, three of the top 10 are online consumer companies, two are bricks-and-mortar businesses, and the rest are a mix of hardware and B2B.



• pSecular utopia: 50% nominated posts in Andhra Pradesh for SCs, STs, BCs, minorities



• Anand Malligevad: Bengaluru’s Techie rejuvenates four lakes in the city





• Novak Djokovic: Meditation, Yoga and Veganism Helped Shape My Success



• Libra digital currency: “Look at Facebook’s record. We would be crazy to give them a chance to experiment with people’s bank accounts.”



• Indian Pioneers: Dr Apj Abdul kalam along with R. Aravamudan assembling an Indian Rocket at Thumba.

Dr Apj Abdul kalam along with R. Aravamudan assembling an Indian Rocket at Thumba. 🙂

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— Abi Upadhyay (@still_amystery) July 21, 2019

Quick notes: Peaceful rise | Digital distractions...

• Peaceful rise: 'Next Dalai Lama must be chosen within China; India should not intervene': Chinese authorities



• Digital distractions: Bill in the works to put an end to pesky ‘after-office’ calls, e-mails



• French Tax on Tech Giants: The U.S. has lobbied aggressively to stop European countries from taxing the revenue of American tech companies like Facebook and Google.



• East-India-Company: Walmart told U.S. govt India e-commerce rules regressive, warned of trade impact. . . How Britain stole $45 trillion from India



• Sky-walk: Waking up to gaps in the last-mile connectivity, Bangalore Metro has proposed a one-km long skywalk to connect Yeshwantpur, IISc with Metro



• Bursting at the seams: “In 2003, Bengaluru, with 100 lakh population, got 19 TMCs of water annually, primarily from the Cauvery river. Even now, with a population of 1.28 crore, the BWSSB has to make do with 18-19 TMC”. . . . The water footprint of a ‘$5 trillion’ economy hasn’t been thought through

A large part of India’s land which was one of the world’s most fertile, is on the verge of becoming desert. 40% of India’s soil will become uncultivable in 25 years unless we take positive action now. -Sg #CauveryCalling #RallyforRivers pic.twitter.com/4UEGSj3Ftu

— Sadhguru (@SadhguruJV) July 13, 2019




• Cap-and-trade: Gujarat launches the world's first "cap and trading" programme to curb particulate air pollution. "If it succeeds, it could be scaled up and prove to be a great policy tool to address particulate air pollution in India."



• India-made-iPhones: India-made iPhone XR and XS devices expected to hit the market by August 



• Raag Charukeshi: Ustad Shahid Parvez sitar - Denis Kucherov on tabla

Quick notes: Water export | EV reality...

• India is the biggest exporter of water: The country is the world’s biggest exporter through its crops, despite suffering shortages in urban areas.



• Lifestyle disease: Bengaluru to send its solid waste 500 km away! . . . US top of the garbage pile in global waste crisis



• UPA-era excesses: After PNB, more lenders may report misappropriation of funds. Bhushan  availed various loan facilities from 33 banks/financial institutions during the year 2007 to 2014 to the tune of Rs 47,204 crore and defaulted on repayments.



• Pakistan is Hell for Hindus: Arif Aajakia




• EVs will not solve transport problem: Electric cars will not address traffic jams, urban sprawl and wasted space for parking.



• EV Battery Shortages: “It’s dawning on North America and Europe that there’s a raw materials issue that needs to be addressed here”.



• Sunroof: Toyota covers Prius Prime with solar panels to test mileage



• Cruise ships going hybrid: The hybrid system can reduce fuel consumption by about 20 percent.



• VK Saraswat: Hike R&D investment up to 2% of GDP

Quick notes: Stealing clouds | Fasting cures...

• Stealing clouds: Eight of the world's biggest technology service providers were hacked by Chinese cyber spies in an elaborate and years-long invasion. Hackers working for China’s Ministry of State Security broke into these networks in an effort to steal commercial secrets from their clients



• The Global Data War Heats Up: The Indian govt has concerns about Chinese firms misusing Indian data. For example, Indian military personnel aren’t allowed to install WeChat, the Chinese social-messaging app, on their phones, but can use Facebook’s WhatsApp. The historically tense relations between the two countries are likely driving India’s caution.



• Fasting miracle: The Growing Science Behind a Fasting Treatment for Alzheimer’s. . . Ketones provide neurons with more energy than glycogen does, and with this extra energy, the neurons can better ward off cell death and brain degradation



• Divine Magnetism:

  Silence is the most potent form of work. However vast and emphatic the scriptures may be, they fail in their effect. The Guru is quiet and peace prevails in all. His silence is vaster and more emphatic than all the scriptures put together. These questions arise because of the feeling, that having been here so long, heard so much, exerted so hard, one has not gained anything. The work proceeding within is not apparent. In fact the Guru is always within you.”




• Dr Devra Davis: The truth about mobile phone and wireless radiation.




• AMD helping China? How a Big U.S. Chip Maker Gave China the 'Keys to the Kingdom'.



• Not a day too soon: Modi government freezes ads in Times Group, The Hindu and Telegraph India.