Friday, April 30, 2021
claim and reality about advisory to US citizens in india. why lie, state dept and ned price?


As we thought, there's nobody in charge
Thursday, April 29, 2021
China Starts Building Space Station With Launch Of First Core Module
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
is #wuhanvirus about making money, or is it more sinister?


US Wants to Bypass New Delhi on COVID Relief (Sub-National Diplomacy)
The US govt is seeking to bypass New Delhi in providing COVID relief to India. More of this "sub-national diplomacy" in the offing:
Quick notes: Fauci endorsement | Silent epidemic...
- Dr Fauci: "Covaxin found to neutralise 617 variant"... The New York Times on Tuesday said Covaxin works by teaching the immune system to make antibodies against the Wuhan virus.
- Rush to hospitals worsens Covid crisis: Less than 15% of infected people actually need hospital care and even fewer will need oxygen.
- Vitamin D deficiency: India's silent epidemic
- Terrible financial sense: "Pharma companies are dictating prices for vaccines, instead of the govt negotiating with them"... It is in India’s interest to halt this pandemic for the sake of its weakening economy
- Lieutenant General P J S Pannu (retd): "The leverage we had South of Pangong Tso has been taken away and I'm not aware if we have any other leverage.".. 'China will go back, rework and come back.'
- Battery bottleneck: All those new factories won't be sufficient to meet battery demand from all of those new EVs
- World’s Mystery Methane Hotspot: A landfill in Bangladesh is leaking huge quantities of methane into the atmosphere. Methane is about 84 times more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. The 12 highest methane-emission rates detected this year in satellite data occurred over Bangladesh
- Passive Cooling Strategies:
So how many journos have died?
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Quick notes: Choking India | Photo shoot...
- Babudom choking India: Earlier in the pandemic, the govt solicited bids for 162 PSA plants for on-site generation of oxygen at hospitals, but it took 8 months to award the contract, and so far only 33 of them have been installed (and not all are functional) across 15 states.
Integrated Vaccine Complex: Nine years on, no production in Centre's IVC in Tamil Nadu.. "Kept idle in the interest of private companies". - Gaurav Rai, Bihar's 'Oxygen Man': "Our oxygen bank provides cylinders free of cost. I spend Rs 20,000 of my salary and also a share of my wife's earnings for the purpose".
- Maldives photo shoots: Lack of empathy. "The cases of Covid are multiplying. Have a heart. Please don't taunt those who are suffering."
- Covaxin for US Market: Results are remarkable due to the presence of multiple variants of COVID-19 that were present during the Phase III study conducted by Bharat Biotech.
- Starship look-alike: China’s state rocket company unveils rendering of a Starship look-alike.. China has tracked SpaceX from the beginning.
- Treated wastewater for chip making: TSMC tackles a major issue in chip fabrication - the world's first industrial wastewater treatment center that could "ultimately meet nearly half of its daily need for water for chip output". Chip production requires different kinds of water — some steps require ultra-pure water, others need clean water.
- Raag Nat Kamod: Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur
- Remembering Nisargadatta Maharaj: "After reading I am That a few times, I developed a great faith in Maharaj’s state and power. I knew he was the real thing. I knew that if I went to see him I would accept any advice that he gave me. Around that time I heard reports that a couple of foreigners I knew had been to see him, and that he had advised them both to go back to their respective countries. This alarmed me a bit. I was very attached to being in Tiruvannamalai, and I definitely didn’t want to go back to the West. Something inside me knew that if Maharaj told me to go back to England, I would go. I didn’t want to leave India, so I held off going to see him for a few months". --David Godman
Monday, April 26, 2021
"Subnational Diplomacy" - the New Divide-and-Rule?
Will the new US govt be looking for ways to bypass New Delhi by dealing with local Indian state govts directly? Some are advocating this:
Sounds like the possibility of a divide-and-rule strategy. Westphalianism doesn't seem to matter to the West anymore.
New Narrative: Modi Causing COVID Apocalypse in India
Now that COVID is surging in India due to a new and highly infectious mutation, the Leftist media are gnashing their teeth with glee, claiming that Modi is causing an 'apocalypse' in India:
vishnu sahasranamam 6pm under gudiya sambhrama's auspices

https://indicacademy.zoom.us/j/93887844863?pwd=bWExTjVZNzl1b3FpV2VzTHp6VHRpQT09
Meeting ID: 938 8784 4863
Passcode: 629117
conversation on biden, indo us relations
Sunday, April 25, 2021
Mike Pompeo May Run for POTUS in 2024, With Trump As "Father of Party"
what the mild-mannered yogini says is what the average indian feels

Saturday, April 24, 2021
white people hate competition
Friday, April 23, 2021
Quick notes: Annual vaccination | Han birth-rate...
- Golden goose for Big Pharma: Pfizer-BioNTech says immunity wanes, annual vaccination needed. . . . . Revenue stream! Subscription model, Yay!! Thank you, China!
- China stresses family values as more women put off marriage: Mao urged women to join the workforce to help build the nation and to hold off on marrying and having children. The new regime emphasizes family virtues to pass on the 'Red Gene'. Social-media accounts of women’s-rights groups are being deleted.
- Tianhe-3 exascale prototype supercomputer: China’s Exascale prototype supercomputer tests AI workloads -- potential for leadership-class systems to tackle deep learning.
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Asphalt nation: 'In 3 years, India's infrastructure will be on par with the US'. . . . . . blindly aping Amrika.
With just 1% of the world's vehicles, India accounts for 11% of the global deaths in road accidents. - Farming without chemicals: The Green Revolution made the land infertile, led to extensive water consumption and exacerbated groundwater loss. It also led to widespread use of chemical pesticides and fertilisers. A few years ago, Andhra Pradesh launched an ambitious programme called Zero Budget Natural Farming that is transforming things on the ground. The idea is simple: to stop the dependency on chemicals and revive the land. It's already starting to show results. The state is now well on its way to becoming India's first 100% organic farming state.
- Traditional ways of Storing Grains: “Seed is the embodiment of the ideas and knowledge, of the culture and heritage of a people. It is an accumulation of philosophy, of tradition, of knowledge.” . . . . Indigenous grain storage structures of Tamil Nadu.
- Wafer Scale Chip - 2.0: 7nm, 2.6 Trillion Transistors, 850,000 Cores, 15kW of Power from Cerebras
- Sales of Fab Tools Surge to Over $71 Billion: China is intensifying its domestic semiconductor efforts amid the trade war with the U.S.
- Raag Shuddh Kalyan: Pt. Venkatesh Kumar
Thursday, April 22, 2021
ah, that palpable air of smug satisfaction now that indians are dying!
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
"whiteness" is a social construct, a myth but a powerful and fluid identity
1 white killing 1 black is murder. ok. what about the killing of millions of blacks/browns?
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
China’s Xi Calls for 'Fairer' World Order, as Biden Foreign Policy Dithers
Monday, April 19, 2021
zoho's billionaire founder sridhar vembu on his thrust for rural india
Zoho's Sridhar Vembu gives growth mantra to SMBs; suggests entrepreneurs to focus on rural India
Fwd: IKS 2021: Lecture on Kerala's performing art traditions by Ankita Nair, 19 April
From: Michel Danino
Date: Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 12:07 AM
Subject: IKS 2021: Lecture on Kerala's performing art traditions by Ankita Nair, 19 April
To:
Dear All,
In the coming week, the last speaker in our course will be Prof. Bharat Gupt, well-known exponent of Indian art and aesthetics. Before him, however, we will have a special lecture tomorrow Monday 19th by Ankita Nair, PhD scholar at IIT Gandhinagar. Ankita will explore Kerala's rich heritage of performing arts, and, in particular, how it has been informed and enriched by the marga-deshi dialogue.
You can find more on our speaker and her topic here.
Ankita's talk will be livestreamed on IIT Gandhinagar's YouTube channel. Details and a direct link to the livestream are:
- 19 April, 3:05 PM (IST): The Kerala Kala-eidoscope: Delving into its Performing Art Traditions
Please pass on to your contacts interested in India's performing arts.
Best regards,
Michel
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Sunday, April 18, 2021
HoMI's Young Scholars' Conference on the History of Mathematics, 17-18 April
From: Michel Danino
Date: Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 8:24 AM
Subject: FW: HoMI's Young Scholars' Conference on the History of Mathematics, 17-18 April
To:
We had fine presentations yesterday, commented upon by scholars in the field, and over a 100-strong audience.
If your time permits, please join us today for the second session, 10 am to 12:30 pm, same link.
Best regards,
Michel
From: Michel Danino <micheldanino@gmail.com>
Date: Thursday, 15 April 2021 at 11:04 PM
To:
Subject: FW: HoMI's Young Scholars' Conference on the History of Mathematics, 17-18 April
Dear All,
As part of IIT Gandhinagar's History of Mathematics in India (HoMI) project, we are glad to announce a Young Scholars' Conference this Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th (forenoon only on both days). The schedule is attached.
In India, as you may know, history of science has almost no institutional base and support; hence our wish to encourage young scholars by offering them a platform.
Our eight speakers will deal with a variety of topics related to the history of mathematics and allied fields (such as astronomy). Do encourage them by attending some of their presentations and taking part in the discussions.
To join the Zoom meeting:
Meeting ID: 977 0138 0621
Passcode: 899190
We hope to see you at the event and will be very thankful if you take a minute to share this announcement with interested contacts.
Best regards,
Michel
For the HoMI team,
IIT Gandhinagar
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