Quick notes: Caliphate shutdown | Ericsson victory...

• 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 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".



• Ericsson Teaches Anil Ambani, and India, a Lesson: When a history of the early years of India’s 2016 bankruptcy code is written, Ericsson’s lawyers will deserve a glowing mention.



• Chinese support for JeM chief: Indian traders call for boycott of Chinese products. . . . Indians are trending #BoycottChineseProducts using Chinese smartphones .



• Indian naiveté: At a time when most Western countries have virtually banned the Chinese telecom giant Huawei from entering the 5G space, what prevents India from keeping the Chinese company out of the 5G trials on security grounds?



• First Victim of “Anger”:




• Italy signs Silk Road deal defying allies: “Beijing took advantage of EU divisions.” . . . China adds another vassal state.



• 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?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 16, 2019




• China’s Hydrogen Economy Is Coming: The world’s EV king is seeking leadership in fuel cells, too.



• Storing excess renewable energy: German pilot project involves ripping out the boiler from an old coal plant and replacing it with a molten salt thermal storage tank that will be heated using excess renewable energy. . . . . India’s Energy Storage Market is finally starting to grow.



• Fraud: IIT alumni cheat hundreds of techies in Bengaluru.