indian diplomacy hits its stride in west asia?

https://open.substack.com/pub/rajeevsrinivasan/p/at-year-end-diplomatic-action-in?r=66qfh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcome=true

India’s Strong Message to Washington via Moscow

If the US is willing to jeopardize its relationship with India over Pannu and over Trudeau's immature theatrics, then it's really not a relationship that India should pursue over all others. It's okay to be friendly to the extent the US is reciprocative, but that's it. America's own actions have demonstrated that this not a partnership. India should not overvalue the relationship when Washington undervalues it.

South Carolina Moment: Is Vivek Ramaswamy Why US Establishment Has Suddenly Turned Hostile to India?

In the South Carolina debates for the Republican primary of the 2016 US presidential race, Trump famously responded to jabs from NeoCon opponent Jeb Bush, by blasting his brother George W Bush for having wrecked the country with the ill-conceived and ill-managed invasion of Iraq. This stirred a hornet's nest among the NeoCons, who had been counting on riding Jeb's coattails back to power in the Whitehouse, having pumped billions into his presidential campaign for this purpose.

In a possible repeat of history, in the latest Republican primary debate, upstart challenger Vivek Ramaswamy similarly blasted NeoCon opponent Nikki Haley of South Carolina as "Dick Cheney in heels", calling her a corrupt Bush-Cheney warmonger and servant of the military-industrial complex. This looks to have again stirred a hornet's nest among the NeoCons, who've been backing Nikki 's run for the Whitehouse, hoping to ride her coattails back into power, and use her as a vehicle for a new war against Iran.

The sudden unexpected outbreak of war between Israel vs Hamas & Hezbollah, has produced sudden shifts in the dynamics of the US presidential race. Suddenly multiple large billionaire donors are switching away from backing Ron DeSantis (who'd been the 2nd-highest polling candidate and rival to Trump), to instead backing Nikki Haley. This is happening because the wealthy elites in America are now suddenly feeling a strong imperative for war on Iran, and NeoCon Nikki is seen as the best route to making this happen. (As we know, Iran is the main source of funding/support for both Hamas and Hezbollah.) Even Zelensky, the previous darling of US establishment for carrying out their war on Russia, is now being told to bide his time and perhaps even seek talks with Putin. American warmongers are now quietly running away from war with Russia, and towards their newer preferred war with Iran -- much as they'd quickly ran away from Afghanistan so that they could quickly start their newer preferred war on Russia.

What does this have to do with India? "Oppo Research" (aka. dirt-digging) done by the contestants in this current US presidential race has unearthed instances of Vivek Ramaswamy praising Modi, and has been used to claim Vivek is "right-wing Modi hindutva fascist". (Note that in contrast to Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy does not attempt to hide his Indian roots and faith) Therefore any opportunity to vilify Modi can be used as an attack vector against troublemaker Vivek Ramaswamy. Showing India's ruling govt as a rogue regime engaged in assassinations and other nasty stuff is then useful and timely. In a similar vein, Lefty bastion BBC deliberately ran their hit-piece against Modi ("The Modi Question") because they were hoping to use it to cast aspersions against the non-Lefty brown guy who'd just moved into 10 Downing Street.

The prime concern of America's warmongering elites right now is to get their war-horse Nikki into the Whitehouse, so that they can get their war on Iran. Joe Biden's Dhritarashtra presidency has now run its course, having served its purpose in bringing war against Russia. He'll be discarded in due course, with a seamless switchover to NeoCon Nikki as the next president from the Republican side - just like surefootedly shifting from one foot to the other.

Their main obstacle has been Donald Trump, who of course has been bogged down with every kind of legal case being filed against him. But Vivek Ramaswamy has increasingly emerged as a new thorn in the side, with his spirited defense of Trump, and his recent raining of fire on NeoCon Nikki, the preferred new war-horse candidate of the war lobby.

Skeptics will claim "But we India! We so big! We so impressive! No foreigners will mess with us just because of their own silly election politics! Don't be ridiculous paranoid!" The fact is that foreigners are not as in awe of India as we imagine them to be. Even lightweight Trudeau in lightweight Canada is easily willing to sacrifice relations with us for the sake of domestic political fortunes. In the case of US politics, their big money lobbies are very powerful and are playing for very high stakes. They strongly intend to get their war on Iran, and anyone even vaguely seen as standing in their way will be swept aside, howsoever crudely and regardless of the collateral damage to others. 

Chandrayaan-3 Brought Back from Moon

Chandrayaan-3's propulsion module, which carried itself and the attached Vikram lander from the Earth to the Moon, has now been flown from the Moon back into Earth's orbit - a distance of a quarter of a million miles:

https://www.isro.gov.in/Ch3_Propulsion_Module_moved_from_Lunar_orbit_to_Earth_orbit.html

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/isro-brings-back-chandrayaan-3-propulsion-module-to-earth-orbit-shows-off-tech-to-return-from-moon/articleshow/105735162.cms

Quick notes: Nvidia | Resistant starch...

• "Nvidia armed China single handedly": "If you think about Chinese AI capabilities, Nvidia gave them extraordinary amounts of Nvidia GPUs. There's no other way to look at it. It was legal, but that doesn't mean it doesn't carry a moral responsibility."



• Microsoft wants to be less dependent on Nvidia: Microsoft unveils its first custom-designed AI, cloud chips. . . . . Why no chips from India, the "design powerhouse"? Waiting for domestic 28nm fabs to come online? By then, leading-edge tech will go past 2nm.



• China’s 7nm Breakthrough: How Far Can China Push its Technology?




• Game-changer, as long as we limit this to STEM: Keep woke poison out.

Serious issues nobody discusses:
1. How many billions spent by the 2,68,000 Indian students annually in USA & would it be better spent improving Indian universities
2. Impact on brainwashing them with Breaking India narrative.https://t.co/VpgbBvKieM

— Rajiv Malhotra (@RajivMessage) November 13, 2023




• Pasta and Rice May Be Healthier as Leftovers: Cooking and cooling causes the food’s starch molecules to become “resistant,” meaning its sugar molecules aren’t as easily broken apart and absorbed into your bloodstream as they normally would be. Because resistant starches aren’t easily digested, they don’t spike your blood sugar as much as regular starch does. Instead, it continues on in your intestines, where it can feed the good microbes in your gut.



• Eye drops recalled by Indian maker: Tainted eyedrops came from a company in Navi Mumbai called Kilitch Healthcare India Ltd.



• Traffic Acquisition Costs: Alphabet pays Apple 36% of Safari search revenue, Sundar Pichai confirms. Google spent nearly $49 billion in Traffic Acquisition Costs in 2022. Google’s TAC costs include all of Google’s payments to companies like Apple and Samsung to place its search engine in front of users.



• SriLanka redux: Nepal Is Investigating New Airport Made by China. Nepal’s $216 million international airport in Pokhara, the country’s second-biggest city, opened in January. The airport has failed to attract any regular international flights, raising concerns about whether it will generate enough revenue to repay loans to its Chinese lenders. Nepali officials have asked Beijing to change the loans into a grant to ease the financial burden, but China has not agreed to do so.

'Israel Is Biggest Terror Nation' | Kerala CM Slams Israel

Kerala's Justin Trudeau catering to his Vote Bank

Elon Musk on War with China

Quick notes: Minorities first | Colombo port...

• "Minorities have the first right to the country's resources": Kaangress releases ‘Minority Declaration’ in Telangana, promises Rs 4,000 cr budget for welfare. Additional Rs 1,000 crore per annum to provide subsidised loans to jobless minority youth and women. Newly wed couples belonging to minority communities will be given Rs 1.6 lakh each.




• Countering Belt and Road: US commits $553 mln financing for Adani terminal venture at Colombo port



• US Presidential poll 2024: RFK Jr. beating Biden and Trump among young voters in key states



• Canon’s chipmaking tech promises advanced chips for less: "The price will have one digit less than ASML's EUV [litho tool] which costs more than $150 million a piece. Canon implies that its Nanoimprint litho machine will cost around $15 million.




• Chinese EDA: Chinese chip design software devs receive massive govt support. . . . . . EDA is perfect fit for Indian software companies.



• Lesson for India: Students are sharing AI-generated fake nudes of classmates. There's no US federal law to stop them. . . calls for action.



• Antimicrobial resistance: Antibiotics that fight deadly infections in babies are losing their power



• Why not 100%? Bihar cabinet approves raising quota cap to 75%. . . Nitish wanted 87%.



• Honest Mohammedan:

MusIim man in Germany:” when MusIims are in majority, we would take over Germany with force.
Sharia law will be instead of Germany laws.
When Germans stand against our sharia they will be attacked.
Christians and Jews have to pay Jizya,Hindus,Buddhists have to leave or be killed” pic.twitter.com/OiN19m6DYR

— Azzat Alsalem (@AzzatAlsaalem) November 4, 2023




• Honda e-MTB Concept: Honda shows off its first electric bicycle.

US Meddling in Bangladesh Elections

 

While India is promoting multi-polarity in the world order, we can see US is responding by promoting multi-polarity in SouthAsia, as a counter-reaction. US is now suddenly sharply trying to meddle in Bangladesh internal politics/elections in order to get rid of Sheikh Hasina / Awami League, who are seen as too close to India. US would like to have Khaleda Zia / BNP in power in Bangladesh, because this will result in more Indo-Bangladesh frictions, which US can exploit. Khaleda Zia / BNP would work closely with China to destabilize India's Northeast, which US could again exploit to gain more leverage with India. The Americans feel that we're behaving too cockily because we have it too good, and want to see us cut down to size.

Ontario Govt Announces Policy On "Caste Discrimination"

https://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/news_centre/ohrc%E2%80%99s-policy-position-caste-based-discrimination

Quick notes: Donor revolt | Search engine...

• Put a billion-dollar hole in the University’s books: Wall Street titans help to fuel Ivy League donor revolt. Billionaires plan to stop donating to their preferred universities to protest how they have responded to the war.



• Law Firms Warn Universities About Antisemitism on Campus: “We look to you to ensure your students who hope to join our firms after graduation are prepared to be an active part of workplace communities that have zero tolerance policies for any form of discrimination or harassment, much less the kind that has been taking place on some law school campuses,” the firms wrote.

Some of the largest law firms in the country have a message for the deans of law schools who have tolerated Antisemitic activities conducted by their students:

If you want your graduates to get good jobs in our law firms, stop producing Antisemites. pic.twitter.com/JBrmJdslPa

— Joel M. Petlin (@Joelmpetlin) November 2, 2023




• $26.3 Billion: Google spent a staggering $26.3 Billion to maintain default search engine status on browsers and phones in 2021 according to a slide made public in a federal antitrust trial. Bernstein previously estimated Google could pay Apple as much as $19 billion this year for the out-of-the-box default placement on Apple devices.



• How Erode-native KP Ramasamy walked into the exclusive club of India’s richest: A visit to his native village Kalliyampudur will, however, lay bare endearing anecdotes of his philanthropy stitched across decades.



• When in Karnataka, speak like a Kannadiga: Online tuitions to make learning Kannada easy for non-native speakers. For details, visit kannadaonlinetuitions. Experienced moderators make learning easy, adding a personal touch, and improving fluency in no time.



• 1.7 million: Afghans forced to flee as Pakistan cracks down on refugees



• The Left-Islamist coalition: Yasmine Mohammed author of Unveiled




• Alcohol Might Be Ruining Your Orgasm: “It does make you think, ‘Oh, I feel hornier!’. But the irony is that, in fact, it’s a central nervous system depressant.” While it may contribute to relaxation and inhibition reduction initially, it can hinder the brain’s ability to process sexual stimuli and coordinate muscle contractions, which are central to the orgasmic response



• AI for Chip Design: Nvidia has unveiled ChipNeMo, a specialized large language model with 43 billion parameters aimed at bolstering chip design productivity. The tool promises to streamline various aspects of chip design by answering questions, condensing bug reports, and crafting scripts for electronic design automation (EDA) tools.



• Chinese tech: Chinese Phytium's New CPU Claimed To Rival Arm's Neoverse N2

Tom Friedman praises MMS for not retaliating to 26/11

https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/remarkable-restraint-us-author-praises-manmohan-singh-amid-israel-hamas-war-2456145-2023-10-31 LOL. Thomas Friedman praises P.M Manmohan Singh for *"NOT retaliating militarily to 26/11”*. That’s exactly how they would like Hindus to be - emasculated and anatomically deficient like Shikhandi Maulana Mumble Singh! That is in line with a broader principle of demonizing Sanatana Dharma while promoting supposedly pacifist Buddhism. There is a deliberate effort by charlatans like DeeQuack Chopra, et al to ascribe to Buddhism - everything that is universally acknowledged as good and invented by Hinduism - things like Yoga, Pranayama, etc. while denigrating Hinduism as mere superstition, if not an evil, oppressive cult. HHM (Hindu Holy Men) are also culpable in the project of Hindu emasculation by teaching exclusively about Raas Leela, Makhan Chori, Baal Kreeda, etc. and NOT depicting armed, ferocious “Roudra Roop” of our deities complete with their Shastras and the true reason why they are worshipped - the Vadh of demoniac Rakshasas like Ravana, et al. An insidious message is being propagated that only “Pet Pooja” aka “Langar” is good for Hindus, i.e. NOT “Shastra Pooja” whereas “Kirpan” is OK for Sikhs because it is an “integral article of their faith”. During the recent NavaRatri festival, many Pandals in W. Bengal depicted Maa Durga - the fierce manifestation of the Mother Goddess Shakti WITH many arms and WITHOUT any of her Shastras! This is the “good Hindu” that they want - disarmed both physically and intellectually, pacifist, vulnerable and accomplices to their own civilizational extinction. Hindus are not “allowed” to protect their families, their religion, culture, their nation and anything else they hold sacred. Hindus can be humiliated, raped and massacred by anyone wantonly at their pleasure - but “good Hindus” are NOT “allowed” to retaliate. They MUST always turn the other cheek. Basically, for the establishment - a “good Hindu” is a dead Hindu OR a practically dead/lifeless Hijda like Ghandy! With this carrot and stick approach of: eulogizing emasculated HINO pacifists, massaging the egos of egotistical megalomaniacs - Ghandy like Hijdas (conforming to their official prescribed version of a “Hindu”) singing “Ishwar Allah Teri Naam” and spinning away the “Charkha” on their way to extinction like Dodos - while simultaneously demonizing traditional, assertive Sanatani Hindutva - Hindus are kept caged like lapdogs craving for approval from the Tom Friedmans, Fareed Zakarias of this world. Ghandy was a British, Church stooge - a vegetarian Christist planted in India at the right time to emasculate Hindus and subjugate the nascent struggle for Freedom from Christist colonial rule. If the Hindu nation - the last civilizational entity of its kind in the world is to survive - then Ghandy needs to be repudiated and his perverted, sadomasochistic ideology needs to be incinerated! Start by rejecting Tom Friedman’s laughable comparison/ praise of Shikhandi Manmohan with the extreme malice, derision and utter contempt that it deserves. Tom Friedman’s postulation could be the subject of a joke - but, should NOT be internalized by Hindus, especially not to deify Shikhandi Mumble Singh as the new “Mahatma” Ghandy!

Quick notes: Mohammedan brothers | Paki reputation...

• Mohammedan Brothers: Pakistan forcibly deporting Afghan nationals.



• How bad is Pakistan's image internationally? Couple of years back, I was at a place called Rouen, a pretty small town, about 3 hrs away from Paris. What was interesting was that there were a lot of Indian Restaurants in this small town, with names such as Rajasthan, Gandhi, Maharaja, Delhi, Namaste, etc. Each of these restaurants had a lot of symbols of India, Indian tradition & culture and things related to India.
  
  What was surprising was that all of these restaurants were owned by people from Pakistan. Every staff working there were also from Pakistan. And all of these restaurant owners received me & my team very warmly. On asking why do they have Indian names, it was a common answer - Restaurants with names or references to Pakistan don’t really work. Hence, they bank on Indian names.



• Dagestan: Muslim mob storms Russian airport in search of Jews



• Instagram and girls: Instagram sued over harm to young people's mental health . . Meta pauses ads for users under 18 in Europe as it rolls out subscriptions. . . Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for teen girls, company documents show... "Days Of Free Pass Over"
  
  
  
• Sam Harris: Stop Christian Conversion in India




• Lead and Cadmium: Heavy metal contamination in vegetables across Bengaluru



• Success story: How drones could be the future of Indian farming



• Chip Guru's Take: US can’t halt SMIC, Huawei’s tech advances to 5nm
  
  Beg, borrow or steal: Former ASML employee took stolen company secrets to Huawei
  
  Atmanirbhar China: China speeds up replacement of western PCs and other tech
  
  Back in the semiconductor race? Japanese Company Develops 32-Core 2nm Server Chiplet

Man Named Dominic Martin Claims Responsibility for Kerala Blasts

Next Chapter of Kerala Story: The Strange Tale of the Kerala bomber

This guy "confesses" to bomb blasts in a very peculiar manner. He just conveniently comes forth to blandly say he was behind blasts. He specifically says: "I don't know exactly what happened. But I know the blasts happened for sure."

Uhhh - that sounds like something a volunteer fall-guy would say. (ie. I don't know how many bombs were planted, I don't know where they were planted, I don't know what they were made from - I just know I saw news on TV that said some people were killed in an explosion, and I'm here to take blame for it)

This guy isn't even trying hard to embellish his lie. He's "just phoning it in" with minimum effort.

Allow me to give my own theory of what's likely happening here:

Hamas leader held virtual teleconference with Kerala Muslim gathering on Israel-Gaza conflict, with full blessings of Kerala govt, and Muslims were stoked up by it.

Islamists then bombed Christian Jehovah Witness gathering, which had gathered specifically to pray for victims of Hamas 10/7 attack on Israel.

Kerala govt, fearing implosion and collapse of their precious Vote Bank alliance that keeps them in power, quickly undertook an emergency action by despatching one of their loyalists to become a sacrificial pawn by falsely claiming responsibility for the blasts, under false pretenses.

Kerala govt cannot afford Christian-Muslim infighting due to West-vs-Palestine conflict, because that could wreck the electoral calculus they depend upon as their bread-and-butter.

Notice the exact way in which Dominic then heaps scorn on Jehovah's Witness sect -- as if to say, "Dear Christian Vote Bank, don't get too upset about bombing of these Jehovah Witnesses, because they're just kaffirs anyway, and not real true Christians. They don't even participate in our Vote Bank scheme by voting! Don't shed any tears for these traitors! Just ignore them and move on. Keep our Vote Bank Alliance with Muslims alive."

What kind of "angry ex-cultist" specifically mentions the group's voting patterns of all things? No, that sounds more like something a political operative would be keeping aware of. And political operative is exactly what Fall-Guy Dominic Martin looks to be. Dominic Martin needs to be given an MRI Brain Mapping examination by NIA to confirm whether he's lying. Because it looks to me like he is.

a facile economic canard chanted by all economists

there are huge second order effects that this economic myth just ignores.

Quick notes: NaMo's blunder | Sobriety is in...

• NaMo's faux pas: Modi's claim that KCR wanted to join NDA, seems to have amplified anti-incumbency in Telangana to the benefit of Kaangress



• Video analysis shows Gaza hospital hit by failed rocket meant for Israel. . Greta Thunberg's friends! . . .NYT cannot make up its mind




• Nonalcoholic Beer Sales Are Soaring: Sobriety is in! New, better-tasting zero-alcohol beers are experiencing explosive growth as alcohol consumption by young adults declines



• 5G was an overhyped technology bust: We can’t trust companies to be honest about how today’s buzzy technologies, including AI, driverless cars and the metaverse, will or won’t change our lives. The real world impact of technology aren’t always relevant to you.



• Japan's return to big league? Canon Prepares Nanoimprint Lithography Tool To Challenge EUV Scanners. Canon says that further refinements of its technology, its tool can achieve finer resolutions that can enable 3 nm and even 2 nm-class production nodes.



• Defying US Restrictions: China's Phytium launches 64-Core server CPUs



• Cancel Harvard: Israeli billionaire quits Harvard board after school’s response to Hamas attacks



• Dr. Larry Goodson: Kautilya - Noon Time Lecture




• The 2,500-year-old sport: Wrestling, in its rawest form, continues to flourish in the rural heartland of India.



• Roundup herbicide ingredient connected to epidemic levels of chronic kidney disease

Why We Need Pokhran-3

It was during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, when the US was distracted by its confrontation with Moscow, that China chose that moment to attack India, resulting in the 1962 Sino-Indian War.

What is the danger that China, along with its client Pakistan, could once again take advantage of the situation to attack India while the West is distracted?

Currently, the US is now again distracted on multiple fronts - a confrontation with Moscow over Ukraine, and now the latest war threat brewing in the Middle East. These confrontations are unlikely to go away soon, resulting in an extended period of instability, and thus an extended window of vulnerability, including for us.

We need to go in for Pokhran-3, in order to shore up our own defenses, by testing thermonuclear weapons, including tactical ones. We should also gather enough data to be able to continue future weapons development under-the-table with sub-kiloton hydronuclear testing & numerical simulation. We need a strong deterrent in order to safeguard our agenda for peaceful economic development, so that we can continue that development as our prime focus.

As the latest ugly experience in Israel has shown: BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY.  😣

the impact on india of the israel hamas war

India is one of the few countries in the region that enjoys good relations with both Israel and Saudi Arabia, and IMEC would allow it to recreate the old Spice Route to Europe.
All this is in jeopardy now, notes Rajeev Srinivasan.

https://open.substack.com/pub/rajeevsrinivasan/p/ep-119-the-impact-on-india-of-the?r=66qfh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Quick notes: Airlift | Harvard backlash...

• Tax payer funded PR stunt: Charter flights to facilitate return of Indian citizens stranded in Israel. Those who are returning will not be paying any fare and the tax-payer is bearing the cost of their return. Why? "Students were a little bit panicked". . . . . . . . 'Indians don't want to leave Israel'




• Schools urge parents to delete Instagram, TikTok: Concern over Islamists' barbaric videos on social media. The warnings are circulating not just in Israel but also in the US, UK - with some singling out TikTok, Instagram.



• Harvard cancelled over support for Hamas: Harvard silent after its students issue pro-Hamas declaration. A dozen CEOs back Bill Ackman’s call to not hire Harvard students who blamed Israel for Hamas attack

I have been asked by a number of CEOs if @harvard would release a list of the members of each of the Harvard organizations that have issued the letter assigning sole responsibility for Hamas’ heinous acts to Israel, so as to insure that none of us inadvertently hire any of their… https://t.co/7kzGOAGwp9

— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) October 10, 2023




• Defund The BBC: Too woke to label Hamas as ‘terrorists’.



• After Yezidis, Islamists target the Kalash: Pakistan's pagan Kalash tribe targeted by Taliban. The Kalash are Pakistan's last polytheistic community, who have avoided mass Islamisation.



• One cure for diabetes, obesity, kidney disease? Ozempic shows promise treating kidney failure in blow to dialysis firms



• Babus don't walk: They care only about ritzy airports.




• Chinese EV Suppliers Plan Side Doors Into U.S. Market: Chinese battery companies critical to electric vehicles are pursuing deals with US free-trade partners South Korea and Morocco, seeking to tap growing demand in America and bypass rules aimed at shutting them out of the market.



• Help from China? Russia aims to mass produce 28nm chips by 2027, 14nm by 2030... if China is helping, what are they getting in return? Wide-body aircraft?



• Papaji: It's Here. Let it unfold and reveal itself.

Why Israel Was Attacked: IMEC

The India-MiddleEast-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) may be the reason why an attack was launched against Israel:

the end of an era: pax occidentalis is over

The attack by Hamas on Israel may well be remembered in future as marking the very moment the decline of the West became an indubitable fact.

https://open.substack.com/pub/rajeevsrinivasan/p/ep-118-does-the-war-in-israel-mark?r=66qfh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Quick notes: Sanskrit connection | Coaching hub...

• Similarities Between Sanskrit and Lithuanian: Video explores some of the commonalities between Sanskrit and Lithuanian.
Here's a post from 2011 on this topic.



• Crushing blow to Breaking-India forces: Governor vetoes California's caste discrimination bill

We dedicate this victory and the #vetoSB403 to our hero Milind Makwana our Dalit American sweet brother who died in the cause fighting the imposition of #SB403 on the Indian Americans pic.twitter.com/PCw5TDjwBd

— castefiles (@castefiles) October 7, 2023




• Kota: From Coaching Hub To Suicide Cluster. "After 12 hours of study a student gets depressed and feels humiliated when s/he fails in the periodic tests. The coaching institutes should evolve a better teaching system to make studies stress free".



• Canada panics as Indian students look elsewhere for education. International students from India contribute $19bn+ to the Canadian economy.

Canada Panics as Indian Students Look Elsewhere for Education

Following 🇨🇦 PM Justin Trudeau's allegation of Delhi involvement in the murder of a Khalistani separatist, diplomatic relations between the countries have hit an all time low - threatening Canada's education… pic.twitter.com/hI2SV9tmjR

— RT_India (@RT_India_news) October 6, 2023




• Canada apologizes for awarding one of its highest honors to Nazi soldier



• Different kind of Vikas: Some 47 percent of the 'garden city' of Singapore is now covered in vegetation. The city-state champions natural ventilation, tree-lined streets and more energy-efficient buildings. This policy is supported at the highest levels of government, making Singapore the greenest metropolis in the world and a laboratory for the city of the future.
Meanwhile Bangalore succumbed to car-dependence and lost its charm.

Quick notes: Google web | Detox for kids...

• It's 'really the Google web': "Everybody talks about the open web, but there is really the Google web," Satya Nadella testifies about how hard it is to break into search.. Google pays Apple an estimated $19 billion a year for default placement on its devices.



• Real life is stubbornly appealing: Metaverse: what happened to Mark Zuckerberg's next big thing? VR is still fringe. It definitely isn't how most people choose to spend their time.



• Digital detox for children: China cracks down on screen time for kids. Internet access will be blocked from 10pm to 6am. The amount of time they can spend online each day will also be limited, according to their age.



• Vishwaguru running after F-1 visas: When will India have world-class universities?

2,26,450 Indian students went to Canada in 2022.
About 1,36,000 of them were from Punjab.

Each student spends about CAN $17,000 during the first year. Plus they deposit CAN $10,200 in Guarantee Certificate.

Do the math on Punjab's contribution to the Canadian economy.

— Kiran Kumar S (@KiranKS) September 28, 2023




• Skills gap: India's population has surpassed China's, but its labor force is still lagging by a large margin. Labor force participation is only at 51%, trailing China by 25 percentage points.



• Can India-Europe corridor rival China's BRI?: "It may make excellent political sense, but it goes against all the tenets of transport economics". China has a 10 year head-start with BRI with total investments under the initiative crossing an eye popping $1 trillion this July. Over 150 countries have joined as partners.



• Uncontrolled Vikas threatens Himalayas:Shimla was established during the British era to sustain 16,000 people. However today, the numbers have exploded and are estimated to be around 3,25,069.



• 'Fear And Anxiety': Pakistan's minority Sikhs flee restive province in face of rising violence



• Luxary edition: Remember those $17,000 Apple Watches? They’re now obsolete



• Yaman Kalyan: Darshan devo Shankar Mahadev || Ustad Sharafat Hussain Khan

Quick notes: Tone it down | Addicted kids...

• Tone it down on Khalistan: To be sure, there is no longer an active Khalistan insurgency in India, and Sikh extremist violence is rare now. One can ask what is gained by focusing so much attention on a relatively small group of people thousands of miles away who are committed to a cause that has essentially petered out in India itself.



• Kids Addicted: Majority of Indian parents say their kids addicted to social media, OTT. "Gadget addiction by children between ages 9-18 has become the new reality. The addiction, in some children, is leading to emotional, mental and physical disturbances".



• 'Coaching industry is toxic': It is unnatural to study without any purpose day and night. Your personality gets stunted. "Many of my engineering friends who are following the typical definition of success, have an elevated 'unhappiness level'. Many who have cracked these exams are now planning to go into business. They are realizing this much later after having run too far into this race. They join the corporate world and some feel burnt out".
  
  The coaching industry is the byproduct of a third world country. Since there are so many unemployed, it creates a competition among the unemployed. The institutes make you feel that if you clear the entrance exam you are very special.



• NYT features Anand Malligavad: India’s ‘Lake Man’ relies on ancient methods to ease a water crisis... After Anand Malligavad tumbled into a lake, he thought he might die. Not from drowning, but the stench. Like hundreds of other lakes in Bengaluru, the one Mr. Malligavad suddenly found himself in was a receptacle for sewage, plastic debris and construction waste.



• Millets for all: The pitfalls of growing too much wheat and rice can no longer be denied. The dominant varieties of these staples require large quantities of fertilizer, chemicals and water. They have been linked to lifestyle diseases. Meanwhile, the natural resource economy and nutritional benefits of millets are beyond dispute.



• Earthing Experiment with Dr Christy Westen: Power of Grounding




• Science with a spoonful of humor: Sabine Hossenfelder got famous on YouTube. Now it helps fund her research in quantum gravity



• Layered AI: Huawei vows to build 'Computing Backbone' for China's AI ambitions. . . . China stimulates investments in chips with massive R&D incentives . . . . . CHIPS Act tries to keep Quantum away from China. . . . China's third Exascale supercomputer reportedly comes online. Meanwhile, the US currently only has two exascale machines, Frontier and Aurora, in operation.



• Tied to next Indian elections: Is Biden using Trudeau to get back at Modi?



• Radical gender ideology: Trudeau accuses parents protesting grooming of manifesting ‘hate’

2016 CTV News Report on Nijjar

 

Hardeep Singh Nijjar Ran Terror Training Camp in BC (CTV News, 2016) from bsdk on Vimeo.

the trudeau khalistan problem

Ep. 117: The #Trudeau-#Khalistan affair has got out of hand, by

@RajeevSrinivasa

interviewing #harigopinathan on the genesis of the problem, where it might lead, who is (not) covered with glory, and how this might affect diaspora hindus https://

https://open.substack.com/pub/rajeevsrinivasan/p/ep-117-the-trudeau-khalistan-affair?r=66qfh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

ivasan/p/ep-117-the-trudeau-khalistan-affair?r=66qfh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=we

'No Signal': Pragyan, Vikram Not Responding To ISRO's Wake Up Calls

Hear the Newest 'Sant' Nijjar in His Own Words

the case against china

https://www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/d00922/with-xinomics-caught-in-a-trap-china-will-not-join-the-ranks-of-advanced-economies.html

g20 fallout: india the swing state, IMEC and trudeau's hissy-fit

https://open.substack.com/pub/rajeevsrinivasan/p/ep-116-g20-and-its-fallout-india?r=66qfh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Khalistan Row: How Trudeau's Claim Has Put Indians in Canada at Risk

Pannu of 'Sikhs for Justice' Demands All Hindus Leave Canada

So will the Canadian govt bother to take action against SFJ?

Let's remember that during the 1980s, there were many warning signs during the period that led up to the Air India bombing -- including direct warnings from the Indian govt. But Canada chose to ignore all warnings.

Will that cycle be repeated again?

(Human traffickers, including Canada's political establishment, rarely care about the human cargo they traffick in, simply seeing these as a commodity. If a fight breaks out in the hold of a slave galley ship, it's not considered a  human issue, it's merely considered a logistical issue.)

Indian MEA Issues Travel Advisory for Canada, As Khalistanis Plan Rally

https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/37129/Advisory_for_Indian_Nationals_and_Indian_Students_in_Canada

Advisory for Indian Nationals and Indian Students in Canada

 September 20, 2023

​In view of growing anti-India activities and politically-condoned hate crimes and criminal violence in Canada, all Indian nationals there and those contemplating travel are urged to exercise utmost caution.

Recently, threats have particularly targeted Indian diplomats and sections of the Indian community who oppose the anti-India agenda.

Indian nationals are therefore advised to avoid travelling to regions and potential venues in Canada that have seen such incidents.

Our High Commission/Consulates General will continue to be in contact with the Canadian authorities to ensure the safety and well being of the Indian community in Canada.

Given the deteriorating security environment in Canada, Indian students in particular are advised to exercise extreme caution and remain vigilant.

Indian nationals and students from India in Canada must also register with the High Commission of India in Ottawa or Consulates General of India in Toronto and Vancouver through their respective websites, or the MADAD portal madad.gov.in. Registration would enable the High Commission and the Consulates General to better connect with Indian citizens in Canada in the event of any emergency or untoward incident.

New Delhi
September 20, 2023

Canada Escalates Campaign Against India Over Nijjar

Quick notes: IMEC | Gigacasting...

• India-Middle East-Europe economic corridor to counter China? The new trade corridor linking India and the Mideast to Europe is being hailed as a modern version of the Spice Route. "The project is a geopolitical game changer and will also benefit Southeast Asian countries."
  
  “Chinese officials know that when it comes to infrastructure building, they are the No. 1 in the world. They are the ones who have the deep pockets, and they know BRI is 10 years ahead.” Yet the BRI finds itself on shaky ground as well.
  
  "Great geopolitical idea, but it doesn’t make much economic sense"



• Italy wakes up: Italy tells China it plans to exit Belt and Road project 



• Leaving China, but not to India: HP to relocate PC Assembly to Thailand, Mexico, and Vietnam. . . Enough of highways, we need Thousand Talents
  



• Khalistanis increase vulnerability of Indian diplomats: (article from 13 July 2023): The campaign suggests that the Indian intelligence agencies are playing the Israeli playbook in hunting down wanted terrorists.
  
  The Khalistani 'movement' has seen deaths or killing of four of its top leaders in the last six months. They include Khalistan Tiger Force chief Harmeet Singh Nijjar shot dead in Canada on June 19, Khalistan Commando Force chief Paramjit Singh Panjwar killed in Lahore on May 6, Sikhs for Justice leader Avtar Singh Khanda who ostensibly died of cancer in a UK hospital last month and a narco-terrorism accused Khalistan exponent, Harmeet Singh alias Happy PhD, who was shot in Lahore in 2020.
  
  Other than Khalistani terrorists, in the last six months several Kashmiri extremists have been mysteriously killed by gunmen in Pakistan where they were sheltered.



• U.S. vs. China: The U.S. is pouring resources into Hypersonic missiles but has struggled to develop them. China and Russia are far ahead




• Gigacasting 2.0: Tesla reinvents carmaking with quiet breakthrough



• Huawei rolls out ‘de-Amricanized’ phones: Apple made 19 percent of its total fiscal year 2022 revenue in China, totaling $74 billion
  
  EU arm-twists Apple: USB-C changes everything.
  



• 'Third-party chats': Meta caves to EU pressures with an apparent cross-platform messaging feature for WhatsApp



• Google v US Dept of Justice: DoJ alleges Google uses ‘Feedback Loop’ of payoffs to maintain search dominance.



• How AI Could Save (Not Destroy) Education: Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy, thinks AI could spark the greatest positive transformation education has ever seen. Demos some exciting new features for their educational chatbot, Khanmigo.

Trudeau Alleges India Behind Murder of Khalistani Separatist in Canada

Canada's Trudeau has just nakedly accused India of assassinating Khalistani activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, BC:

American Left made Putin their scapegoat and whipping boy. Now Canada's Left want to make Modi their whipping boy. I'm waiting for the Congis to jump in as well.

It's time for India to shut down the Canadian consulate in Punjab.

the latest AI scam: deepfake voice calls asking for money

beware of deepfake voice calls. someone can clone your voice from as little as a 3-second sample, and then use it to defraud others. so don't do money transactions on the basis of a phone call from someone who appears to be your associate.

"Like Shiv Mala, wear Sonia Mala"

A disease called KKKaangress: Telangana Congress chief calls upon Congress activists to take 'Sonia Deeksha' similar to 'Ayyappa Deeksha' to bring the party to power. "Like Ayyappa and Shiva Mala, embrace 'Congress Deeksha' by wearing 'Sonia Mala' and strive towards attaining 'Indiramma Rajyam'”.

Feudalists are Nehru family's biggest ass lickers.

Quick notes: Super bugs | Earthing...

• Risk of 'Superbug' infections at Kumbh Mela: Clinics at Kumbh Mela have prescribed an excessive amount of antibiotics to the tens of thousands of pilgrims, primarily arriving with respiratory tract infections.
  
  Antibiotics disrupt gut bacteria: Every course of antibiotics disrupts our gut bacteria because antibiotics aren't targeted enough to only kill the pathogenic bacteria causing the infection. Instead, they go after all bacteria in our guts - 'Collateral impact'.



• The 'go barefoot' movement: Your shoes could be harming you... "Earthing is your birthright because you live on the earth".




• New Mystery 7nm Chip from Chinese Fab: Teardown of Huawei's new phone shows China's chip breakthrough. . . . . . . . China to launch $40 billion state fund to boost chip industry

In China, this vlogger took apart a Huawei Mate 60 Pro #smartphone, and all components are 100% developed/made by China (from #Kirin9000S chip to the camera)! This is proof that US tech blockade against Huawei failed! #China #HuaweiMate60Pro#Huawei @DongshengNews #TechNews pic.twitter.com/Ozw0fF5Smh

— China4Tech (@China4Tech) September 5, 2023




• Apple switches to USB-C: ALex Agius Saliba took on Apple and won in his battle for a universal charger policy that forced Apple to adopt USB-C.



• US takes on Google in landmark antitrust trial: The stakes for Google are enormous if Judge Amit P. Mehta upholds any or all of the US govt’s arguments. Remedial action could involve a break up of Google’s far flung business or an order to revamp the way it operates. The company has faced major legal action in Europe, where it was fined more than 8.2 billion euros for various antitrust violations, although those decisions are under appeal.



• Tech treat: How a Kalman filter works, in pictures



• Ban on Muslim robes: Dozens of schoolgirls sent home for flouting France's new ban on Muslim abayas



• Cyber Crime: Every day, around 20,000 Indians fall victim to cyber criminals, who also scam more than 140 Americans daily.