Quick notes: Sunni rule | AI crown jewels...

• The other side: Ladhakis celebrating independence from Sunni rule

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The celebrations haven't stopped in Ladakh.

This video was posted by a friend, Joshna Sharon Johnson, I met on Facebook. She says this is happening EVERY DAY.

No MSM will cover this. So Make them famous. #KashmirMeinTiranga pic.twitter.com/fbn6txxPpO

— RSS - Ready for Selfless Service (@PartyVillage017) August 11, 2019




• Google is sharing the 'crown jewel' of its AI efforts with China: Peter Thiel. "AI is a military technology.  Starting an AI lab in China while ending an AI contract with the Pentagon is shocking... By now we should understand that the real point of talking about what’s good for the world is to evade responsibility for the good of the country". . . . . Sentient, the classified artificial brain behind US intelligence.



• 5G Hype: China warns India of 'reverse sanctions' if Huawei is blocked



• Han tricks: Chinese companies are funneling made-in-China products through Vietnam to avoid tariffs, a practice known as transshipment.



• China's pharma dominance is a "National security risk":

Speaking of China, there's a good chance the medicine you take originated there. The Defense Department is flagging this as a national security risk after pills made there were found to contain carcinogens https://t.co/TqX0xLdr6w

— Anna Edney (@annaedney) August 5, 2019




• People-focused innovations: e-slippers, gliding platforms and more: meet the student innovators of Maddur  



• 'Dangerous Korean cult':  A lot of youth from the Northeast have fallen for the Christian cult from South Korea, Shincheonji, led by Lee Man-Hee.



• Beef ban: UK university banning beef burgers and introducing a levy on plastic bottles as part of a wider drive to tackle climate change.



• Water can act as a battery, too: It’s called pumped storage and it’s the largest and oldest form of energy storage in the US, and it’s the most efficient form of large-scale energy storage.



• Kauai's Hindu Monastery:




• Why does my child study Sanskrit? You will find universities from many countries having a Sanskrit faculty. Although India has been its custodian, Sanskrit has had universal appeal for centuries.



• Historical map of India:

Hats off to the creator of this video.. The entire history of our civilization in 5 mins. And we are only taught of Mughals in our history books... pic.twitter.com/hHnSwntYSI

— 〰ಶಂಕರ〰 (@PRO_Shankar) August 6, 2019