Monday, July 15, 2019

Quick Notes: Peaceful rise | Digital distractions...

  • Peaceful rise: 'Next Dalai Lama must be chosen within China; India should not intervene': Chinese authorities


  • Digital distractions: Bill in the works to put an end to pesky ‘after-office’ calls, e-mails


  • East-India-Company: Walmart told U.S. govt India e-commerce rules regressive, warned of trade impact. . . How Britain stole $45 trillion from India


  • French Tax on Tech Giants: The U.S. has lobbied aggressively to stop European countries from taxing the revenue of American tech companies like Facebook and Google.


  • Bursting at the seams: “In 2003, Bengaluru, with 100 lakh population, got 19 TMCs of water annually, primarily from the Cauvery river. Even now, with a population of 1.28 crore, the BWSSB has to make do with 18-19 TMC”. . . . The water footprint of a ‘$5 trillion’ economy hasn’t been thought through


  • India-made-iPhones: India-made iPhone XR and XS devices expected to hit the market by August 


  • Raag Charukeshi: Ustad Shahid Parvez sitar - Denis Kucherov on tabla



  • Cap-and-trade: Gujarat launches the world's first "cap and trading" programme to curb particulate air pollution. "If it succeeds, it could be scaled up and prove to be a great policy tool to address particulate air pollution in India."


  • Sky-walk: Waking up to gaps in the last-mile connectivity, Bangalore Metro has proposed a one-km long skywalk to connect Yeshwantpur, IISc with Metro


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