Quick notes: Lutyens properties | BYD in India...

• Inspired by Waqf board, KKKaangress to reclaim 'its' properties: “There are a large number of properties, including in Delhi, that belong to the pre-1969 Indian National Congress that were subject to legislation. There is now a Supreme Court judgment, which says that all the pre-1969 properties in which the Congress had operated from belong to the INC”.



• Chinese EVs in India?: BYD keen on India manufacturing despite Visa issues.... Xi wants EV dominance, NaMo wants shanti, sadbhavana. Match made in heaven! /s



• India's battery hope: Hindustan Zinc to revolutionise batteries, challenge Lithium dominance. "We are working with IITs on how to innovate with zinc for EVs".



• Semiconductors: First 'Made-in-India' chip to now roll out in 2025.



• Here come the AI lawsuits: LinkedIn accused of using private messages to train AI



• 15-Minute Meal Revolution: Quick Commerce Killing Restaurants?




• Tibet Dam Project: China could use it as "Water Bomb".



• War prep: Chinese university applies for undersea cable cutter patent — device developed by coastal university located across the sea from Taiwan



• Chinese illegal immigrants in US: “Sixty thousand Chinese males, mostly military age, do not leave China without the coordination and approval of the Chinese government. This is a coordinated national security vulnerability that the Chinese government is involved in.”



• Dalai Lama: “Despite all the suffering and destruction, we still hold fast to the hope for a peaceful resolution of our struggle for freedom and dignity. Drawing on the lessons learned from my decades of engagement with Beijing, the book also aims to offer some thoughts on what might be the way forward.”



• Freebie Raj: "All over the world, subsidy and welfare is given to those who can't afford. Here, we have women from two rich cities like Bengaluru and Mysuru, traveling free just because it is available".

  I took an early morning bus to Mysuru, from Bengaluru. ₹210 fare. Comfortable KSRTC bus and a world class highway for fast travel.
  
  But I got a few thoughts.
  
  1) Nearly 30 of the 50 passengers were women. Just show Aadhar and travel free. Is this fair? Is it equality?
  2) 20… pic.twitter.com/2TfkzF88IA

  — Kiran Kumar S (@KiranKS) January 8, 2025




• Building Namma Yatri: Open-Source Mobility Platform Redefining Urban Transport



• World's dumping ground: Between June and August 2019, 58 ships containing plastic waste appeared in Indonesian ports. Indonesia didn't accept this waste and the ships were supposedly sent back to their home country: the US. But instead, 38 of these ships came to India.
  
  “Tech dumping” is the practice of old, outdated or malfunctioning electronic devices and technologies being exported by developed countries to developing countries at low prices.



• Solar Sheep: China's Unexpected Solar Power Success Story！