"Minorities have the first right to the country's resources": Cong releases ‘Minority Declaration’ in Telangana, promises Rs 4,000 cr budget for welfare. Additional Rs 1,000 crore per annum to provide subsidised loans to jobless minority youth and women. Newly wed couples belonging to minority communities will be given Rs 1.6 lakh.
Countering Belt and Road: US commits $553 mln financing for Adani terminal venture at Colombo port
MusIim man in Germany:” when MusIims are in majority, we would take over Germany with force. Sharia law will be instead of Germany laws. When Germans stand against our sharia they will be attacked. Christians and Jews have to pay Jizya,Hindus,Buddhists have to leave or be killed” pic.twitter.com/OiN19m6DYR
Put a billion-dollar hole in the University’s books: Wall Street titans help to fuel Ivy League donor revolt. Billionaires plan to stop donating to their preferred universities to protest how they have responded to the war.
Law Firms Warn Universities About Antisemitism on Campus: “We look to you to ensure your students who hope to join our firms after graduation are prepared to be an active part of workplace communities that have zero tolerance policies for any form of discrimination or harassment, much less the kind that has been taking place on some law school campuses,” the firms wrote. Elite law firms send a message.
$26.3 Billion: Google spent a staggering $26.3 Billion to maintain default search engine status on browsers and phones in 2021 according to a slide made public in a federal antitrust trial. Bernstein previously estimated Google could pay Apple as much as $19 billion this year for the out-of-the-box default placement on Apple devices.
Alcohol Might Be Ruining Your Orgasm: “It does make you think, ‘Oh, I feel hornier!’. But the irony is that, in fact, it’s a central nervous system depressant.” While it may contribute to relaxation and inhibition reduction initially, it can hinder the brain’s ability to process sexual stimuli and coordinate muscle contractions, which are central to the orgasmic response
AI for Chip Design: Nvidia has unveiled ChipNeMo, a specialized large language model with 43 billion parameters aimed at bolstering chip design productivity. The tool promises to streamline various aspects of chip design by answering questions, condensing bug reports, and crafting scripts for electronic design automation (EDA) tools.
Chinese tech: Chinese Phytium's New CPU Claimed To Rival Arm's Neoverse N2
Harvard U Profited from Slavery: New report says Harvard university profited from slavery during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries through its financial connection to donors. Harvard leaders and staff enslaved more than 70 people. The university’s ties to slavery are not an entirely new revelation.
UK sent sabotage specialists to Ukraine: They are among the most highly qualified specialists in the world in organizing coups d’etat, mass protest rallies, contract killings of political figures, recruiting agents, including those in the highest echelons of power, preparing terrorist attacks. . . . British dirty tricks honed over centuries.
TB2 - Jack-of-all-trades: Turkish-made attack drones likely had a role in the sinking of Russia's Moskva missile cruiser. The ship's defenses were diverted to a Bayraktar TB2 drone in the sky when the Ukrainian side opened fire using anti-ship missiles. Analysts also suggested that the TB2 drones could have been used to spot the exact location of the cruiser in the Black Sea, enabling precision strikes.
The sinking of the Moskva is the single-largest blow the Russians have suffered at the hands of the Ukrainians. It marks one of the largest ships to fall in combat since the end of World War II.
"The TB2 is "a jack-of-all-trades" weapon. Turkish forces have proved the TB2's effectiveness as a strike platform in Libya and Syria, as did their Azerbaijani allies in Nagorno-Karabakh. Less well known -- because less apt for video display -- is the TB2's role as a communications relay, spotter, jammer, sensor, target designator and decoy. These capabilities have been honed especially in Syria and northern Iraq operations. The Ukrainians have taken this to a new level with maritime ops, as a force multiplier, evidenced by the sinking of the Moskva."
China moves in after Shell's exit from Russia: China's biggest state-owned energy companies are reportedly negotiating the opportunity to buy a stake in a major Russian gas export project from Shell after the British oil and gas corporation exited Russia over the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. China's automotive industry is also eyeing opportunities in Russia. One of the Chinese auto manufacturers may buy Renault's stake in Russian carmaker Avtovaz
Mohe Panghat Pe Nandlal: Ustad Vilayat Khan, Ustad Bismillah Khan singing Krisha Bhajan... Precious!
Jugalbandi: Ustad Vilayat Khan and Ustad Bismillah Khan
Religion of Love: 400 years on, Native Indians still regret helping the Pilgrims survive their first Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving portrays an idea of “us seeming like idiots who welcomed all of these changes and supports the idea that Pilgrims brought us a better life because they were superior.”
The English pushed the Wampanoag off their land and forced many to convert to Christianity. “We had a pray-or-die policy at one point here among our people”.. “If you didn’t become a Christian, you had to run away or be killed.”
“For us, Thanksgiving kicked off colonization. Our lives changed dramatically. It brought disease, servitude and so many things that weren’t good for Indigenous cultures.
Yazidis still displaced in their own country: Sinjar's volatile security situation is the main reason not all Yazidis want to come back. And for many survivors, it's simply unthinkable to come back to a place inhabited by their tormentors.
"They wanted to force us to change religion". Some 12,000 people were kidnapped or killed in the first week of what the UN has characterized as the Yazidi genocide in August 2014. IS fighters kidnapped and indoctrinated children. Boys were trained to become IS fighters, and women and girls were sold into sexual slavery.
Carbon Border Tax: New ploy by rich nations? UK could hike import duties on countries that "fail to tackle climate change".
The $80 bln hole in India's climate pledge: India can deliver on its pledge, provided a $80 billion hole in the heart of the country’s power system can be filled. Discoms’ payment arrears are now nearly $14 billion, almost a fifth of which are claims of renewable power producers.
Anand Malligawad: Meet the activist cleaning up Bengaluru's lakes
Is Facebook Bad for You?: It is for about 360 million users. Facebook researchers have found that 1 in 8 of its users report engaging in compulsive use of social media that impacts their sleep, work, parenting or relationships
Social-curse: Instagram, FB and Tiktok addiction is a massive problem.
China Could Be Exploiting Internet Security Process to Steal Data: There are opportunities for a communist entity, a bad actor, or another untrustworthy entity to issue Digital Certificates to other “nefarious folks” that would appear to be trustworthy but aren’t.
Rwanda goes electric with locally made e-motorbikes: There will be a loss of fuel tax revenue - but the benefits include a shift to locally produced power sources, lower fuel importation costs and job creation
The Empire State Trail: A new 750-mile bicycle route from Manhattan to Buffalo to the Canadian border opened to the public. A combination of protected paths, city streets, highway shoulders and country roads that pass by small towns and cities — offers views of wetlands, waterways, grasslands and mountain ranges.
Who Abandoned Bagram Air Base? Biden essentially blamed his generals. “They concluded—the military—that Bagram was not much value added, that it was much wiser to focus on Kabul. And so, I followed that recommendation.”
Delete Chrome: “Chrome is the only major browser that does not offer meaningful protection against cross-site tracking... and will continue to leave users unprotected.” Having promised to ditch tracking cookies, Google changed its mind. “If you use Chrome, you give up your privacy”.
Google “has trackers installed on 75% of the top million websites,” several times as many as Facebook. Similarly, just look at the recent reports suggesting Google will pay Apple some $15 billion this year to be the default search engine on its devices.
Light pollution from street lamps linked to insect loss: Artificial street lights disrupt the behaviour of nocturnal moths, reducing caterpillars numbers by half. Modern LED streetlights appeared to have the biggest impact.
Tamal Bhattacharya returned from Afghanistan, and said Taliban in 90's and Taliban now are different. But Sharia law in 90's and Sharia law now are not different.
Reliance turns to Clean tech: Apart from the four gigafactories, RIL would invest in carbon fiber manufacturing, green fertilizers and green chemicals to support the hydrogen and solar ecosystem.
Covaxin neutralises Wuhan flu: India's Covaxin effectively neutralises both Alpha and Delta variants of coronavirus, the US' National Institute of Health has said.
Sushant Sareen on drone terrorism: 'The fact that this happened and the fact that we were not able to bring it down, we were not even able to trace from where it came from and where it went, certainly raises questions on our level of preparedness.'
Break free from car-dependence: Reduce the number of traffic lanes in cities and build less parking to discourage people from driving or even owning a car in the first place, making city travel faster for everyone.. We have to start getting cars off the road—and fast—if we want to avoid cities being overrun by gridlock
Desi Tesla? TSLA looks to be moving forward with its sixth Gigafactory, in Karnataka
+ A Tesla will emit 193 grams of CO2 per KM in India as coal contributes 70% to our electricity mix.
+ Air pollution taking a heavy toll in Delhi. Smoke from the agricultural burns, notably from Punjab, contributes significantly to the capital’s air pollution levels.
Phthalates: Chemicals in plastics damage babies' brains. Phthalates are in PVC plumbing and scores of products including shampoo, soap, hair spray and nail polish
Last year when Google-devata & Facebook-devata were buying into Jio, did you see anyone complain? I sent my chapter 8 criticizing this SELLOUT to prominent persons. But nobody wanted to hear me. Now suddenly everyone switching sides on Digital Colonization?
Home Geothermal Energy: By drilling holes about 300 to 500 feet underground, ground-source heat pumps can tap air at much more stable temperatures. This isn’t a new concept: “There are a lot of terrific ground-source heat pumps out there; they’ll heat your home and cool your home comfortably”.
Social media amplifying mass unrest: Extremists across the spectrum have mastered the use of social media to mobilize supporters. Radical Left and Islamists are seeding themselves within the overwhelmingly non-violent protesters.
Wherever you find a terrorist, just raise the tail of terrorists & you will see a stamp there.. Made in Pakistan🇵🇰
This is Urooj Rehman, a Pakistani student of American #JNU .. caught red handed throwing bottle bombs in public places. Bottles & bomb making stuff was enough in car pic.twitter.com/lp9Q3b3Af1
Kerala model?
Kin shun elderly returnees fearing COVID-19 infection. “Though it’s the
obligation of the children and relatives to take care of them, many are
trying to shirk their responsibilities. We get many calls seeking
institutional quarantine for returnees. Sadly, the family members are
not even considering their age,” said a health official.
Extra Salty: Scientists just built the best sodium battery ever
Maithreem Bhajatha: 47 voices as ONE - Conceptualized by Sudha Ragunathan & S.Mahathi
Digested: Herb Benson studied Transcendental Meditation under Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and is now repackaging it as "Relaxation Response".
E-Bikes Are Having Their Moment: “I was convinced that e-bikes would completely change cities all over the world in the next 10 years, but it seems like because of this crisis, suddenly it’s all happening in the next three or four months”... In March, sales of e-bikes jumped 85% from a year earlier.
Amazon, Walmart and Specialized are sold out of most models.... "E-bikes kept me out of my car. Whenever I had a reason to go outside — like making a trip to the grocery store or dropping off baked goods at a friend’s — I preferred riding an e-bike".
1. 31 years ago, Beijing crushed dissents with tanks and guns. 31 years later, Beijing is ripping out our democratic aspiration with a tyrannical law. pic.twitter.com/Dx3xTmI5Vo
. . If possible, watch at 1.5 speed on Youtube . .
Trying to escape justice: Catholic church attempts to stop one of its own priests from suing it for child abuse
Ahom warriors defeated the Mughals 17 times:
Support the brave Assamese. They are our best bet to secure the
Northeast. Bad idea to make them a minority in their own
land. At the least, make sure Bengalis learn Assamese and assimilate.
What Sharjeel Imam revealed is a 120 year old Islamist project
In 1906 Nawab Salimullah (founding member of Muslim League) exhorted Muslims to migrate to Assam enmasse declaring- "that land which our ancestors could not win by sword would be conquered by us without sword" https://t.co/TlmgA5BP4v
The Nambi Narayanan Story:
The motive for the fake spy scandal against him and the five others
remains a mystery. Was it a conspiracy by rivals to scuttle India's development of cryogenic tech? Did it have to do with rivals nervous about
India's entry into commercial satellite launch market? Or was it purely a product of corruption with India
itself?
Chinese espionage:
Harvard professor charged with hiding China ties. Officials
have repeatedly warned about China's ambitious Thousand Talents program.
“No country poses a greater threat to our
national security and economic prosperity than China. Their goal is to
replace the U.S. as world superpower, and they are breaking the law
to get there”.
BSL-4 biolab in Wuhan:
How possible is it that the Wuhan coronavirus originated from Wuhan's
maximum-security biolab? . . . . . Does China have a clandestine
offensive biological weapons
(BW) program? . . . . False rumors circulating on the Chinese
internet claim the virus is part of a U.S. conspiracy to spread germ
weapons.
Prodigy: 18 year-old Harshita Arora's app ‘Crypto Price Tracker’ helps prevent crypto scams. It also helps manage the portfolio and track crypto prices live. Previously, she has developed a ‘Food AI’ app that can identify food through pictures. Another one of her apps, called ‘CellCount,’ helps count the number of cells in microscopic pictures.
Religion of Peace:
How Sikhs saved their women from Muslim mobs during Partition of 1947
Victimhood is a Mohammedan Birth-Right: How can a Hindu or a Sikh or a Buddhist be a victim? That will make Allah angry (which he is very good at, BTW).
I wish that even a fraction of the concern & solidarity media liberals are showering on Shaheenbagh protestors had been shown towards those who fled religious persecution from Pak/ B’desh. Those unfortunate Mathuas, Namasudras & Chakmas were far away from Delhi & hence forgotten
Love Jihad in Kerala: Church says 'Love Jihad is real', claims Christian women being lured into IS trap
Israeli team develops 'anti-diabetes drug': Zygosid-50 almost completely reduces insulin resistance. “If you take care of the insulin resistance, you take care of the symptoms”.
Taking on Islamists: India plans cuts to imports from Malaysia, Turkey over remarks on Kashmir. "Our government has not taken kindly the comments of Malaysia and Turkey and we will restrict trade from both the countries". India, the world’s biggest buyer of edible oils, last week changed rules that traders say effectively ban imports of refined palm oil from Malaysia.
Turkey is Islamic State: Turkey bombs Sinjar villages in Iraq where genocide survivors live.
The enemy nextdoor: China makes fresh bid to raise Kashmir at UNSC, fails. . . . . Delhi asks Beijing to draw lesson as US, others foil China's J&K bid. . . . . . . China has been stonewalling India's efforts to become permanent member of the powerful UN
Chinese threat: US may subsidize Huawei alternatives with proposed $1.25 billion fund
Weapon of the future: Israel unveils breakthrough laser to intercept missiles, aerial threats. Every interception will only cost a few dollars, as opposed to interceptor missiles that can run into the thousands.
Weapon of the future: Israel unveils breakthrough laser to intercept missiles, aerial threats. Every interception will only cost a few dollars, as opposed to interceptor missiles that can run into the thousands.
Caliphate gone but ISIS is alive: About 14,000 ISIS fighters are still in Syria and Iraq and are believed to have blended in with the local population.
Syrian Kurds under threat after IS 'caliphate' falls: The presence of American troops in areas held by Kurdish-led SDF had acted as a shield against any Turkish offensive. But Trump in December shocked Washington's allies by announcing a full withdrawal of all 2,000 US troops from Syria."The Kurds are facing an uncertain future. The most urgent threat appears to be from Turkey".
Standing upto the US:
China refuses to concede on U.S. demands to ease curbs on tech firms.
Rejects requests to reduce limits on overseas data transfers and to
relax a requirement for companies to store data locally.
Google is helping China and their military, but not the U.S. Terrible! The good news is that they helped Crooked Hillary Clinton, and not Trump....and how did that turn out?
Our charity rarely begins at home: Indian mathematician VS Varadarajan and wife Veda donate $1 Million to establish 'Ramanujan Visiting Professorship' post in UCLA
Air chief marshal Anil Yashwant Tipnis: "Converting the initial deal for 36 Rafales to the original IAF requirement for 126 aircraft is the crying need of the hour to counter emerging Chinese capabilities in stealth technology, cruise missiles and airborne early warning systems".
Following India's footsteps: France targets Google, Amazon and Facebook with 3% digital tax. Germany, Spain and UK may follow.
Geothermal power: Swedish technology could make geothermal as mainstream as wind and solar. . . produces just 3% of the emissions of a coal plant generating the same power. . .Off-Grid Energy Access.
Google's learn-to-read app: "Bolo" is essentially a reading assistant for elementary school children that harnesses Google's speech recognition and text-to-speech smarts.
— Principal Scientific Adviser, Govt. of India (@PrinSciAdvGoI) March 7, 2019
Max Planck: "Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve". . . . “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
How jihadists bought and sold their Yazidi captives : “They took women, abused them and killed them. A woman was shifted from one man to another unless it was to one who had a bit of mercy” . . . . . Women of Islamic State assault others they deem “infidels” at a camp where they are being held in Syria. “After being segregated to avoid problems, they fight among themselves”.
Diverting rivers; think again! It will immediately gift China the justification for pell-mell damming and diversion of all rivers originating in the Tibetan Plateau
ISIS inroads in Kashmir: 'If fighting stops in Afghanistan, Kashmir could become ground zero for terror groups'.
There is one thing I enjoy being in Germany: it's talking in my mother tongue...
Feel sorry for Indians who started school in English medium.
They don't quite know what it means to have a #MotherLanguage#MotherLanguageDay
Erdogan's Turkey is Islamic State: Syria’s Kurds, betrayed by the U.S., ask Assad for protection.... U.S. commanders recommend letting Kurdish fighters in Syria keep weapons. The recommendation “is a rejection of Trump’s policy to withdraw from Syria”.
Govt tightens e-commerce norms: Forces e-commerce companies to become ‘genuine marketplaces’. "FDI rules do not allow inventory based model of e-commerce".. Move may end Amazon, Flipkart flash sales and discounts.. Amazon may have to sell Cloudtail, Appario stakes.
E-commerce firms and traders hail new norms but small vendors fret over 25% limithttps://t.co/K8sqGvH90y
The War on Cars Is Real: It's being led by congested cities. Congestion pricing is just one way cities are actively engaged in reducing the number of cars and the amount of driving.
Jobless growth: Manufacturing may not generate jobs at the expected rate. 'The policies were put in the hope that growth of the manufacturing sector will lead to increased employment'.
