Tax payer funded PR stunt: Charter flights to facilitate return of Indian citizens stranded in Israel. Those who are returning will not be paying any fare and the tax-payer is bearing the cost of their return. Why? "Students were a little bit panicked". . . 'Indians don't want to leave Israel'
Schools urge parents to delete Instagram, TikTok: Concern over Islamists' barbaric videos on social media. The warnings are circulating not just in Israel but also in the US, UK - with some singling out TikTok, Instagram.
Harvard faces backlash over support for Hamas: Harvard silent after its students issue pro-Hamas declaration. A dozen CEOs back Bill Ackman’s call to not hire Harvard students who blamed Israel for Hamas attack
I have been asked by a number of CEOs if @harvard would release a list of the members of each of the Harvard organizations that have issued the letter assigning sole responsibility for Hamas’ heinous acts to Israel, so as to insure that none of us inadvertently hire any of their… https://t.co/7kzGOAGwp9
Chinese EV Suppliers Plan Side Doors Into U.S. Market: Chinese battery companies critical to electric vehicles are pursuing deals with US free-trade partners South Korea and Morocco, seeking to tap growing demand in America and bypass rules aimed at shutting them out of the market.
Help from China? Russia aims to mass produce 28nm chips by 2027, 14nm by 2030... if China is helping, what are they getting in return? Wide-body aircraft?
5G trials: Modi sarkar allows Huawei to conduct 5G trials in India. . . . . . Huawei's flagship phone will launch without any Google apps. . . . . US Navy bans TikTok
The cold war no one is watching: China's ability to manufucture weaponry is much more efficient and advanced than India's.. It has consistently and aggressively underwritten the modernization of the arms industry in the form of steadily increasing defense budgets. This improved arms industry is, in turn, paying off in terms of making China a more formidable force to reckon with.
Displacing native tribals, bringing in Christists? How Kerala govt’s forced relocation has deprived tribal communities of their rights Many are now struggling to survive away from the forest area, which generations of tribal communities have relied on for resources and their livelihood.
Showing the way: Former students of NIT, Trichy commit $3 million for research activities at their alma mater and for the institute's scholarships programmes. . . . hope others will follow.
Power plant emissions: Mazda challenges our EV assumptions, claims long-range EVs are bad for the planet . . . . . India should focus on Hybrids for now
You can't win against Walmart (and Amazon): U.S. considers withdrawal of zero tariffs for India -- strongest punitive action since Trump took office. The trigger was India’s new e-commerce rules that restrict Amazon.com Inc and Walmart-backed Flipkart. Also a factor is India's data localization drive against MNCs such as Mastercard and Visa.
Sharia too? Kaangress says it will scrap triple talaq law if voted to power
The miracle mineral the world needs: Compost can do something that mineral fertiliser cannot. It doesn't just provide phosphorus and other vital nutrients – it can also restore the soil structure by adding organic matter.
Ultracapacitor: Tesla's clever acquisition of Maxwell. One way that ultracaps can be recharged in a vehicle is through regenerative braking, wherein the kinetic energy of braking is captured and used to generate electricity that is then stored in the ultracap. This is something that Lamborghini is doing with Maxwell technology. Another use of an ultracapacitor in a vehicle is to take care of peak transient load requirements. When the battery system alone just can't get it done, then the ultracap can kick in to handle the electrical demand.
Physics suggests that the future has already happened: Our intuition tells us that the future can be changed, but Einstein's theory of relativity suggests that there is no real difference between the future and the past. The future, present and past may actually not be as different as we think.
Nuns 'sex slaves' scandal: Fresh blow to Catholic church. It is the first time that the pope has publicly admitted this abuse is taking place
Breaking the Duopoly: RIL to enter e-commerce, take on Amazon and Flipkart . . . Reliance's e-commerce entry to reduce digital colonisation: Mohandas Pai
Fasting diets are going mainstream: Cycles of fasting help the body eliminate and replace damaged cells with new ones through a process called autophagy (the study of which recently garnered a Nobel Prize).
Sleep deprivation: Inadequate sleep decreases levels of the satiety-signalling hormone, leptin, and increases levels of the hunger-signalling hormone, ghrelin. The result is cells becoming less responsive to insulin. It also increases our risk of cancer, heart attack, and Alzheimer’s.
Spy tech: Germany 'considers ban on Huawei' amid global backlash
Ancient DNA research: Geneticists have begun using old bones to make sweeping claims about the distant past. But their revisions to the human story are making some scholars of prehistory uneasy.
Murder??? Wait, what?! Christian Colonizers Demand Justice for Christian Who Attempted to Colonize an Indigenous Tribe
Leave the Sentinelese alone: The quality of life among the Sentinelese and others is not “primitive” and is very refined. When a tribal Jarawa gives a gift to anothers, something like a bow and arrow or a shell-necklace or some food, the gift-giver presents the gift with great reverence. The other man does not take it straightaway. He takes his own time. Are we like this? Social mores are such that an individual knows that when he commits a wrong, he has to punish himself. There is no tribal chief, council or panchayat to enforce anything. Such an individual isolates himself. The community indicates its disapproval by not looking at him, not talking to him. If food is in short supply, they will share. Nobody starves. If there is plenty, they will feast. Those who bring a hunted turtle, wild boar or honey, do not advertise their claims over it. Selfishness is unknown. The clans follow monogamy. There are no free-for-all sexual orgies. Close relatives do not marry each other. The absence of attire does not mean anything to them. They believe that the body is nature’s gift and should be treated with respect.
There's been a lot of talk about the missionary killed by the natives of North Sentinel Island. They're probably so aggressive because of this weirdo, Maurice Vidal Portman. So here's a big thread about this creep and some facts from my decade-long obsession with the island. pic.twitter.com/rfOVjfU2ZY
Indra Nooyi: “Whether you are from the IITs or the IIMs, the Indian education system dishes to foreign companies the best and the brightest. In today’s world, as we CEOs look for truly global leaders who can pilot through all of the volatility in the world, Indian leaders are rising to the top. So every time we go out to look for leaders there are usually four or five people who have been educated in the IITs or the IIMs that show up.
So the big question that I keep asking myself is if people who have been educated in India always bubble up to the top then why is it that these leaders want to leave India? Doesn’t India need these leaders? Even if they leave India, shouldn’t there be a round trip ticket for them to come back to India, so they can help India get to a better place. So I think one of the big issues we should talk about is not just lessons in leadership or what the leaders need to do today but what can India do to bring those leaders back to India, so India itself can become an even more powerful economy going forward.”
Andhra government officially organizing Jesus event in Delhi and resident commissioner is actively involved in the event.#Secularism is at peak. pic.twitter.com/lTMyEAL5sr
Lithuanian and Sanskrit:
Sanskrit: Kas tvam asi? Asmi svapnas tava tamasi nakte. Agniṃ dadau te hridi tada viśpatir devas tvam asi.
Lithuanian: Kas tu esi? Esmi sapnas tavo tamsioje naktyje. Ugnį daviau tau širdy, tada viešpatis dievas tu esi.
English: “Who are you? I am a dream in your dark night. I gave you fire in heart, then you become a God”.
Is India becoming a digital colony? Unlike China which has its own
internet platforms and controls its domestic data, India is a major user
of US internet services. Indian citizens’ and govt data are
vulnerable because they are hosted in USA. GOI does not understand the
terrible consequences of such dependency on the economy and national
security.
China Mines Silicon Valley for Tech Talent: Alarmed that a brain drain to China may erode the U.S.’s technological edge and weaken national security, the Trump administration is trying to restrict Chinese ownership of some tech companies.
Parking lots over fresh air:
The decision to cut trees have sparked off much furore and public
agitation in Delhi. Many areas witnessed reverberations of the Chipko
Movement.
Own goal: By imposing 43% tax on hybrid cars, govt has killed the Indian electric vehicle industry. India hurts itself even as China has become the world’s largest EV/hybrid car manufacturer
By imposing 43% tax on hybrid cars, govt has killed the Indian electric vehicle industry. Sales plunge to near zero. Another own goal by @FinMinIndia. Read how India hurts itself even as China has become the world’s largest EV/hybrid car manufacturer pic.twitter.com/35XhbwEbzN
Not so global: Cricket has over one billion fans globally, with the Indian sub-continent alone constituting more than 90 per cent of them
Why Swami Laxmanananda was killed: Noting that most of the cadre members and supporters in Orissa belonged to Christian community, Panda said, 'It is a fact that Christians are in majority in our organisation. Our supporters in Orissa's Rayagada, Gajapati and Kandhamal also belonged to Christian community.'
Hindus penalized for 'Vikas Mandate': BJP-led Maharashtra govt to sell vast tracts held by temple trusts. The State Cabinet amended existing laws, allowing transfer of Devasthan Inams land held by individuals and 4,000 temple trusts, including the ones at Shirdi, Siddhivinayak, Pandharpur and Mahalaxmi in Kolhapur.... vikas gando thayo chhe
Shia board's warning: Shia Central Waqf Board urges govt to shut down madrassas in the country, alleging that education imparted in these Islamic schools encouraged students to join terrorist ranks.
Chinese H1-B: China is issuing long-term visas to lure highly skilled people from abroad to work in the country. Technology leaders, entrepreneurs and scientists from in-demand sectors are among those eligible to apply.
Dharma lesson by Max Muller: What India teaches us is that in a state advancing
towards civilization, there must be always two castes
or two classes of men, a caste of Brahmans or of
thinkers, and a caste of Kshatriyas, who are to
fight; possibly other castes also of those who are
to work and of those who are to serve. Great wars
went on in India, but they were left to be fought
by the warriors by profession. The peasants in their
villages remained quiet, accepting the consequences,
whatever they might be, and the Brahmans lived
on, thinking and dreaming in their forests, satisfied
to rule after the battle was over.
And what applies to military struggles seems to
me to apply to all struggles—political, religious,
social, commercial, and even literary. Let those
who love to fight, fight; but let others who are fond
of quiet work go on undisturbed in their own special
callings.
Pro-booze govt: Uttarakhand amends excise rules to allow bars near highways
Subsidized by taxpayer: For every Amazon package it delivers, the Postal Service loses $1.46
Why is the United States Post Office, which is losing many billions of dollars a year, while charging Amazon and others so little to deliver their packages, making Amazon richer and the Post Office dumber and poorer? Should be charging MUCH MORE!
Micro-grids are the future: A network of about 20,000 homes with solar panels and energy-storage
batteries lets its members buy and sell excess energy to each other.
No point taking calcium and vitamin D supplements:
"Vitamin D is synthesized in the skin in response to ultraviolet-B
radiation in sunlight, and dietary sources of vitamin D are limited".
Exercising out in the sunshine should provide a person with all the
vitamin D they need.
Battle against smog:
Beijing’s improving air quality stands in stark contrast to India’s
capital New Delhi, where pollution has steadily become worse over the
past few years, and is now well above Beijing‘s.
