Quick notes: SMIC advance | Jamshetji Tata...

• China’s Top Chipmaker Achieves Breakthrough Despite US Curbs: SMIC has advanced its production technology by two generations, defying US sanctions intended to halt the rise of China’s largest chipmaker.



• EV leader: China’s BYD was written off by Elon Musk. Now it’s beating Tesla.. Beijing poured billions of dollars into battery and EV companies to research alternatives to the combustion engine. . . . Meanwhile, India built Sardar Patel statue and cleared Aarey forest



• How Jamsetji Tata created the Indian Institute of Science: Confronted with an arrogant viceroy who could not understand the greatness of the giver or of his gift, any other man than Jamsetji would have withdrawn the offer. In fact the British reckoned that he would. But Jamsetji was not easily deflected from the accomplishment of his purpose.
  
  In 1904, Jamsetji added a codicil to his will urging his two sons not to use this money set aside for the university. If need be, he requested they add to the university from the wealth he was leaving them. While the scheme was still being considered and a provisional committee was looking into it, Jamsetji died on 19 May 1904. In 1905, when Curzon was on leave, he finally gave the green light to Dorab Tata, by agreeing that the government would meet half the cost.



• Raga Shudh Kalyan: Ustad Shujaat Khan accompanied by Yogesh Samsi on tabla.




• Zomato and Swiggy squeezing the small guy: Over the years, several smaller restaurant owners have opposed commission rates running up to 25-30%. These platforms may be helping with discovery and logistics, but at what cost?



• Canada's unmarked graves: How the church carried out "cultural genocide" against indigenous children.
  
  Searches for more possible grave sites using ground penetrating radar continue after discoveries in British Columbia and Saskatchewan provinces. Meanwhile, tribes are trying to piece together old documents that might help identify the deceased in the unmarked graves and shed light on the fate of others who never returned home.



• Manisha Ropeta, Pakistan's 1st Hindu woman DSP: Ropeta failed by one mark to clear her MBBS entrance examinations. “I then told my family I was taking a degree in physical therapy but at the same time I prepared for the Sindh Public Services Commission examinations and I passed that getting 16th position among 468 candidates.”

a tribute to freedom fighters of the Gadar Party

centuries of struggle. 100 years of sacrifice. 75 years of formal independence, but not yet real freedom. 

my 1996 column. https://www.rediff.com/news/1996/0412raj.htm

Tweet from Naren Menon (@NarenMenon1)

Naren Menon (@NarenMenon1) tweeted at 9:13 AM on Fri, Aug 05, 2022:
Meme of the year! #RRR https://t.co/3O5bBAP4Aj
(https://twitter.com/NarenMenon1/status/1555398948159795200?t=OcgtoxIPyIeeMMtqJ2Kqfw&s=03)  touché

Tweet from Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald)

Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) tweeted at 4:04 AM on Fri, Aug 05, 2022:
The primary purpose of isolating Trump as an unprecedented, singular evil is to allow the war criminals, corrupt scumbags and lawless and sociopathic monsters who preceded him to find absolution and redemption with the cheap tactic of opposing Trump. This one tweet shows it all: https://t.co/mX6WM8opDv
(https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1555321343108866048?t=qgPA6Aj4Yz9s-kod8Dmuug&s=03) 

Strong words 

chinese are escalating

https://twitter.com/akuhnNPRnews/status/1555166798621728769?s=20&t=XpSgj22wyP0ksfgv4Xb2qQ

could trigger the beginning of a pushback from japan too. the assassination of abe shinzo (likely by CCP) hasn't ended the move to arm japan.

Tweet from Brahma Chellaney (@Chellaney)

Brahma Chellaney (@Chellaney) tweeted at 4:53 PM on Thu, Aug 04, 2022:
China's live-fire drills, by effectively encircling and temporarily blockading much of Taiwan, are a dress rehearsal of what an invasion would look like. As I argue here, Xi sees the Biden presidency as offering a window of opportunity to move on Taiwan. https://t.co/jGAeTtcroi
(https://twitter.com/Chellaney/status/1555152419402633216?t=47MO_GQlCstthxpG3P2V9A&s=03) 

WW3 begins. Ukraine a piece of cake in comparison. 

Tweet from Financial Times (@FinancialTimes)

Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) tweeted at 4:42 PM on Thu, Aug 04, 2022:
Breaking news: Britain faces a protracted recession and the worst squeeze on living standards in more than 60 years, the Bank of England warned on Thursday, as it raised interest rates to their highest level since the onset of the global financial crisis https://t.co/VsarAGV85P https://t.co/00hBvlfuoK
(https://twitter.com/FinancialTimes/status/1555149633629949952?t=AeFZJDYbnUkCE-m69qbP_w&s=03) 

Well deserved for some of the biggest thieves in history.