Friday, October 25, 2019

Quick notes: Train-18 | Game changers...

  • Train-18 success story: The real importance of Train 18 lies in the lessons it holds for frugal engineering, project management and empowering managers who dare to dream big.. General manager S Mani conceptualised the project and tenaciously followed up for getting the Railway Board to approve for the ICF to build two prototype train-sets.  With just about 18 months left for his superannuation, Mani put together a key team at the ICF with a remit to “design and manufacture the best train ever made in India,” matching world standards.


  • Taking baby steps: Apple starts selling 'Assembled in India' iPhone XR model


  • Kanwal Sibal: “China did not play by WTO rules, so will it play by RCEP rules?”

    RCEP will bypass WTO and offload excess agricultural produce from China, like grains, seeds and milk, into the Indian markets freely. Shifting our balance of payment and food sovereignty into the hands of China will be detrimental to the nation.


  • Indian tech needs State-Capitalism: Within Banglore there must be enough knowledge to build what Huawei has. But they all sit in US cos.


  • Game Changers: Netflix documentary aims to convert body-builders and athletes to plant-based diets



  • Reject Halal food:


  • Car-free cities are picking up speed . . . . . Car ownership is a trap that can be prevented.
    https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2017/11/london-oxford-street-pedestrian-plan-buses-car-ban/545171/


  • Someone talking sense: Install solar power panels on rooftops, not in large farms or power plants. The main advantage of solar is that they can be installed at a micro level even on the rooftop, but the govt is more focussed on larger plants.


  • Uighur Gulag: Did a Muslim slave make your Chinese shirt?


  • China is developing 'Magnetized Plasma Artillery': The magnetized plasma layer protects the gun barrel from wear and heat, and allow the projectile to achieve a higher launch velocity.


  • Egg on their face: Exit polls way off mark


  • Inequality For All: Something skewed about India's "growth story"
https://twitter.com/business/status/1173099540393672705


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