Paki-North Korean connection? Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant's network was hacked, officials confirm... KKNPP said that the plant "and other Indian Nuclear Power Plants Control Systems are standalone and not connected to outside cyber network and Internet... Any Cyber attack on the Nuclear Power Plant Control System is not possible."
Lessons from Maharashtra: Voters have not forgotten the state govt's proposal to set up a Muslim burial ground near the 11th century Shiv mandir in Ambernath and a Ganapati immersion ghat. At various times, the Fadnavis govt proved itself more 'secular' than the Congress-NCP.
God save this nation: India keeps buying pig extract from China to make drugs despite swine flu in the dragon's belly.
Bringing Cauvery Back: Efforts of local youth raise the hope of a bumper crop in Tamil Nadu’s Cauvery delta. “While some made fun of us, others tried to discourage us, saying we will not be able to go on with our initiative beyond a week, as only the PWD was best equipped to do the work,” says Nimal Raghavan, a techie by profession and a resident of the area.
Czechs get a taste of Han "friendship": "It was quite obvious that the only thing that the Beijing side was focused on was their propaganda, and not the political or cultural exchange we were interested in".
There's Just Nothing: "There is no such thing as a person. The person merely appears to be, like the space within the pot appears to have the shape and volume and smell of the pot".
Housing crisis and corporate responsibility: While Google is showing responsibility for the Bay Area housing crisis, Apple built its 175-acre “Spaceship” campus with
no housing or access to major transit lines. Not everyone thinks Google
is doing enough, but few housing experts have any kind words for Apple. “They have walled themselves inside their mini-Pentagon as if they
don’t participate in community life here. So I welcome Apple to come to the table and be part of the
community that they benefit from.” . . . . . . atleast Apple paid market rate for the land unlike Infosys in Karnataka.
Train-18 success story:
The real importance of Train 18 lies in the lessons it holds for frugal
engineering, project management and empowering managers who dare to
dream big.. General manager S Mani conceptualised the project and
tenaciously followed up for getting the Railway Board to approve for the
ICF to build two prototype train-sets. With just about 18 months left
for his superannuation, Mani put together a key team at the ICF with a
remit to “design and manufacture the best train ever made in India,”
matching world standards.
Someone talking sense: Install solar power panels on rooftops, not in large farms or power plants. The main advantage of solar is that they can be installed at a micro level even on the rooftop, but the govt is more focussed on larger plants.
Taking baby steps: Apple starts selling 'Assembled in India' iPhone XR model
Uighur Gulag: Did a Muslim slave make your Chinese shirt?
Kanwal Sibal: “China did not play by WTO rules, so will it play by RCEP rules?” . . . . . . . RCEP will bypass WTO and offload excess agricultural produce from China, like grains, seeds and milk, into the Indian markets freely. Shifting our balance of payment and food sovereignty into the hands of China will be detrimental to the nation.
Indian tech needs State Capitalism: Within Banglore there must be enough knowledge to build what Huawei has. But they all sit in US cos.
Within Banglore there must be enough knowledge to build what Huawei has. But they all sit in US cos. India is a huge market but we haven't used our market power. China doesn't buy anything from US without insisting that they want 10 % IP in the product in 3 years.
Prof Paul Raj
Rajeev on 'data is the new oil': We need our own Data Protection Rules both to protect consumers and to prevent the vacuuming up of Indian data by foreign Big Tech. Stop being a digital colony! . . . . . . . . Official Chinese app enables spying via back door
“Security is always an arms race”: China now dominates supercomputing. That matters for our national security. Security is only as good as your fastest computer.
Sorry, we overslept: Bengaluru startup, HAL team-up for drone battle. “What is frightening is that 50% of China’s combat forces in the next war will be autonomous”.
New motor rules are not just about steep fines: The real change in the Motor Vehicles Act is the use of technologies like AI, IoT, data analytics and face recognition to bring accountability, efficiency and transparency.
Retired Marine Gen. John Allen: 'There is blood on Trump's hands for abandoning our Kurdish allies'. . . . . . . . While many in Washington rue the loss of their Kurdish allies in Syria, the greater injury is the reality that the US has lost its strategic foothold in Syria as Russia continues to deepen its influence in the region.
Plastic pollution: Tamil Nadu veterinary university surgeons remove 52 kg of plastic from cow in Chennai
If I am not wrong, China not only has no Nobel Laureate in economics, it has no famous economist either. Yet, the economic miracle it created in 30-odd years has no precedence in history. Their GDP, once equal to ours is now five times as much, and poverty has disappeared. https://t.co/GBRyTntBbo
The area that China now calls its "Tibet Autonomous Region" is only around half of what was historically the nation of Tibet. China has literally been wiping Tibet off the map.#FreeTibet#Tibet#Chinapic.twitter.com/nsqmzVOGuR
Not long ago, Kurdish female fighters were dancing in Raqqa after defeating ISIS. Today, America is allowing Turkey to attack and kill these same, incredibly brave women & their families. #KurdsBetrayedByTrump or more accurately, betrayed by America. pic.twitter.com/1jkclGXryL
Swadeshi Jagran Manch Is Right: The RCEP is not for India. Very often, we get into bad deals because of the fear of being left out in the cold. In theory, FTAs are good for everybody; in practice, they are often tilted towards manufacturing powers to the detriment of services powers. India has a huge trade deficit of over $50 billion with China precisely because of this. We export only low-value added products, while we import higher-value products, and our services industry has been kept out substantially through non-tariff barriers.
FTAs are not an either/or option for us. We can substitute FTAs with bilateral deals that are renegotiable based on actual results over the coming years. These can later be converted to FTAs once the benefits are seen as two-way.
India rejects RCEP e-commerce chapter: Acceptance would have prevented it from implementing the rules on data localisation. . . . “No Party shall require a covered person to use or locate computing facilities in that Party’s territory as a condition for conducting business in that territory,” reads the wording in the draft chapter.
Affordable EV? Tata Nexon EV gives India an affordable domestic-brand electric car
Women transform rural Vellore: How an army of women in Vellore resurrected a river that once served as their lifeline
Another Paki Drone Entered Punjab: Heavy-duty drones had dropped AK-47 assault rifles, satellite phones and grenades meant for terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir in eight sorties last month.
Indian students flock to China: China restricts teaching of MBBS in English to 45 colleges amid big surge of students from India. At present over 23,000 Indian students are studying different courses in Chinese universities.
India among world's most protectionist nation. The new investment rules for e commerce sector had slowed expansion of Amazon and Walmart in India. Wilbur Ross.
Fact : Amazon and Walmart has no entry in China.
Drone wars are here: Do we expect China to sit on the fence, like in 1971? China produces 1000 drones every day and we don’t even make 100 in one year that too mainly assembled by private firms.
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A drone gun is capable of jamming radio, GPS & mobile signal, forcing the drone to ground in good time before damage.
A Bengaluru-based private company, BEML & ECIL working on counter-drone weapons. ATHENA or Advanced Test High Energy Asset, will soon be operational.
Behind India's rotten economy: India has had to forego revenue to the tune of Rs 7,327 crore for its FTA with South Korea and Rs 4,053 crore for the trade deal with Japan. Total revenue foregone may hit as high as Rs 60,000 crore for the
proposed RCEP deal once it
goes live. Who is benefitting from India's Free Trade Agreements? Go Local!
Gene mutation: The modern humans who came out of Africa to originally settle Europe are presumed to have had dark skin. Then, the first farmers from the Near East arrived in Europe; they carried both genes for light skin. As they interbred with the indigenous hunter-gatherers, one of their light-skin genes swept through Europe.
Another mutation took place about 6,000-10,000 years ago that resulted in the emergence of blue eyes.
Interestingly, both these gene mutations can be traced to India and Middle East. So, it’s fair to ask if people with light skin and blue eyes did originate from India or Middle East some thousands of years ago?
