Quick notes: Outbound travel | Comac C919...

• Outbound travel: Indians travelers are searching for international trips faster than travelers in any other market in the world. Last year, Indian travelers spent 20% more than the average Chinese customer on accommodations for their international travels. "Indians like to stay in four- or five-star accommodations, and at branded hotels with names that they are familiar with."



• India Chooses Arm's Neoverse for National Chip Design Push: C-DAC's Aum Arm accelerator promises 96 cores or Arm to beat even supercomputers.



• For a change, try a hard-headed China policy: Despite six decades of experience of Chinese behaviour, India has willfully suspended its disbelief and, by way of a default policy, accepted new sets of promises and commitments to maintain peace and harmony on the border. Beijing plays for time and tests India’s patience, straight facedly repeating the stock phrases about India, in effect, needing to move on and, by the by, to help the Chinese economy get back on its feet by accepting increased Chinese exports even if it means exacerbating the current trade deficit of some $70 billion!
  
  For starters, instead of tippy-toeing around the option, New Delhi has to begin actually applying the tourniquet on bilateral trade, gradually closing off market access, firstly, to Chinese light manufactures and capital consumer goods (mobile telephones of every description, MG cars, Haier household goods — airconditioners, washing machines, etc.) and, secondly, shutting the door on the Chinese teleecom giants — Huawei, ZTE, etc. Recently Vodafone chose the Chinese company ZTE’s 5-G transmission gear worth Rs 220 crore to upgrade its network.



• China's C919 passenger plane enters into service: The 164-seater still relies heavily on Western components, including engines and avionics.. State-owned AVIC Aircraft supplies structural components like wing boxes and flaps; Sichuan Chengfei Integration Technology provides parts and component; and advanced materials manufacturer Western Superconducting Technologies supplies titanium alloys.



• France bans short-haul flights: "On average, the plane emits 77 times more CO2 per passenger than the train on these routes, even though the train is cheaper and the time lost is limited to 40 minutes".



• Big apple is sinking: The ground under New York City is sinking partly due to the sheer mass of all its buildings – and it isn't the only coastal city to be suffering this fate.



• British loot: Greece recovers hundreds of looted artefacts, including bronze statue of Alexander the Great, from disgraced British art dealer Robin Symes



• Khalistan goons: Sikhs in London are scared

Quick notes: High consumption | Unsafe terror haven...

• The curious case of India’s high consumption: India seems to be consuming its way to growth. Spends on “Roti, Kapda and Makaan” actually grew at lower rates over the period 2012–13 to 2019–20. On the other hand, spends on alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics grew rapidly, and so did spends on transportation, recreation and culture, and restaurants and hotels. “Entertainment, Entertainment, Entertainment”.



• Ghar Mein Ghus ke Marenge: Khalistan Commando Force-Panjwar terrorist shot dead in Lahore. The killing is the latest instance of terror kingpins being targeted outside India. In February this year, Bashir Ahmad Peer, a self-styled commander of the terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Pakistan's Rawalpindi.
  
  Also in the same month, former commander of Pakistan-based terror outfit Al Badr, Syed Khalid Raza, was killed in a similar manner outside his residence in Karachi while Kashmir-born terrorist Aijaz Ahmad Ahanger alias Abu Usman Al-Kashmiri, who had joined the Islamic State( IS), was reportedly killed in Kunar province of Afghanistan.



• Dr. Radhika Desai: The signs of de-dollarization are everywhere.
  
  Rupee-ruble payment pact talks reportedly suspended.. Moscow is wary of a glut of Indian currency in its treasury, while a growing trade imbalance and double conversion worries New Delhi.
  
  Pakistan switching to yuan to buy Russian oil



• CPU Technology Nodes explained: What is wrong with 5nm, 3nm, 1nm.
Anastasi in tech



• Light pollution: The number of stars that people can see with the naked eye has reduced dramatically over the last decade. The cause is "Skyglow" from artificial lighting - the brightness of that glow has increased every year since 2011. "Our view of the stars is disappearing".



• Protein powders: Are they bad for your health? It's not some magic powder which will suddenly make you strong. You have to put the work in.



• Regenerative farming: Regenerative farming links soil health to human health. Decades of chemicals have ruined soils, making them less capable of providing nourishment for the crops, and lessening their nutritional value as a result. The United States has the lowest per capita spending on food of any industrialized nation in the world. Conversely, the US also has the highest per capita spending on healthcare of any industrialized nation in the world.



• Millet for Diabetes : Studies on millet nutrition: Is it a Healthy Grain?




• Second capital: China considers building its second capital in Xinjiang. 'It would end the historical concept that the region is the Uyghur people's motherland'.