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.



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• Sam Harris: Stop Christian Conversion in India




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• Chip Guru's Take: US can’t halt SMIC, Huawei’s tech advances to 5nm
  
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  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...

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• 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