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There is big variation among some important parameters even among "BIMARU" @Jackdaws For example, most of the (25% of initial cohort) Indian kids that dont finish high school would be almost singularly addressed by improving Bihars 46% completion rate to say UP's completion rate of 74% (which...

Yup budget time is around corner.....should be fun analysis soon. Nice new DP pic btw :D.... its your kid or niece?

Fun with the pdf jamati brigade :ROFLMAO: Bro I get it.... 2.95 trillion is technically not 3 trillion. ...because of fiscal year variance. We can round up just a touch you know? :p ...especially now same institute (MOSPI) IMF uses as basis is 3.1 trillion by a 2 month shift lol. All I am...

100 crore INR = 13 million USD... Unit cost (divide by 125) works out to about 100,000 USD

https://www.paturkey.com/news/recep-ercin-the-turkish-economys-2021-fault-lines-will-make-2022-a-year-of-tough-decisions/2022/ To take inventory of just some of the issues at hand, we might note increasing public foreign exchange obligations, rising credit/deposit rates, the decline of net...

@Indos , whats the number for 2021?...given 2020 was covid year https://www.khaleejtimes.com/article/now-at-3-1t-indian-economy-is-set-to-surpass-japan-as-asias-second-largest-by-2030 It is not "still" 2.5 trillion.... You are spreading too much confusion among the low-intelligent 5th column...

it is human nature to be concerned about nefarious purposes (given the evidence reel underlying prior cases and what the 2nd person involved reported w.r.t PLA that he managed to escape and evade) of the Tibet-occupation. Especially given the underlying psychosis of the extreme CCP-nutcases...

Yes and all the offsets in the larger IND-FRA strategic partnership that are essentially long term investments that are not attached to just rafale. There is also lot of one time costs setting up weapons arsenal etc. Some of those will be "savings" if India goes for more rafale orders...as...

Pretty much all of them that have any serious A2G capacity (i.e excludes things like Mig 21 etc that are nearly pure interceptor only). Certain ones are prioritised over others (given their more optimised A2G role), like Mirage 2000, Jaguar, Mig 27 (retired) and now Rafale. Others have a...

We can take the discussion further (that is inevitable), but just keep new threads = official news links only as far as possible....and for anything else as best you can in existing ones and tag others for discussion etc.

Honestly too long and boring subject to talk about indian defence bureaucracy....not my cup of tea to get into or analyse as its a irrational psychological issue driving lot of things there in the end. I very much welcome Parrikar, Gadkari et al...people of mindframe to actually change...

Merged with artillery archive. @crixus start new threads only if you got official news story link etc. Anything else keep it in an existing archive.

https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-everything-we-know-about-isros-new-sslv-programme-7742846/ ISRO's indigenous new launch rockets, called the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV), is likely to have its much-delayed, maiden development flight this April. Here's what we know...

http://www.canadiandefencereview.com/news?news/3332 Canada is steadfast in its support of Ukraine’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence. Canada is alarmed by, and condemns, Russia’s threats and military buildup in and around Ukraine. Canada remains committed to a diplomatic...

Haven't seen anything of that nature being brought up yet for Tejas. Within IAF, I think only Rafale has a towed radar decoy/jammer as part of its Spectra EW suite. Hopefully India develops this for more platforms it operates.

The highlight of the ceremony (first time its been done I think) was the live onboard video from the flypast aircraft... snapshots from the stream:

Happy Republic day to all Indians and India well-wishers. 🇮🇳 Jai Hind 🇮🇳 The stream of the rajpath parade starts in about 4 hours time and should automatically convert to archive video afterwards: