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http://trishul-trident.blogspot.com/2020/12/iac-1-completes-75-day-basin-trials.html Basin Trials of the Project 71 Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC-1), which got underway in mid-September, were successfully concluded at Cochin Shipyard Limited on November 30, 2020 in the presence of Vice...

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/11/indias-new-aircraft-carrier-iac-1-ins-vikrant-passes-basin-trials/ The announcement of the successful basin trails of INS Vikrant came on Twitter, from the official handle of Defence Public Relation Officer for Kerala, under directorate of Public...

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/11/indias-new-aircraft-carrier-iac-1-ins-vikrant-passes-basin-trials/ The announcement of the successful basin trails of INS Vikrant came on Twitter, from the official handle of Defence Public Relation Officer for Kerala, under directorate of Public...

Honestly it looks like their (KSA) "unofficial" embargo was a bunch of BS in the end w.r.t Turkish imports: https://comtrade.un.org/data/ Even when KSA is reporter of the figures, they increased their imports from turkey in 2019 compared to 2018 (and in fact Turkey was the one to reduce its...

Yeah I kind of saw that coming once I saw some of the pictures of the innards after the fire. Its just going to be way too expensive to fix that factoring in remaining service life etc.

Lot of indices matter how the country goes about measuring them....some things are lot more direct measurement like mortality rates. That said, the Region indeed as whole definitely has long way to go....we are early in marathon and arguing about matter of feet among miles of journey.

It will be interesting to follow for sure, you are correct there is conflict of interest intrinsic in this...as there will be less competition by merger (it is a bit more complicated than that in finance/market analyst companies where lot of things are joined at hip anyway the bigger you get but...

Hey every large country has its issue with inequality...for whole multitude of reasons and contexts why, brought to modern manifestation in whatever state and level today. You similarly have been going on the George Floyd routine whenever you sense the opportunity its time to cut USA to size...

Nope. You are quite the antithesis of "faceless guest". You have been a straight shooter willing to take on the fight face to face (as much as we clash...hey it is what it is) and not be underhanded. No I am talking about certain weak coterie of others, that large part have issue with you too...

Heh Alistair Maclean is one of my mom's favourites of all time. Wasn't much of a reader (of such) till I got a bit older, but as a kid movies based on his works like Where Eagles Dare, Guns of Navarone etc.. were a staple in regular weekend watching heh. My mom would avidly point out differences...

Actually Pakistan was not in "better economic situation". This is somewhat being established as some conventional wisdom now, but its not the case to be honest (even if you focus on only say industry). For example infant mortality rate from 1960 - 1965: Pakistan = 172 India = 155 A better...

tbh, IN should have gone with Naval LCA to use alongside Mig-29K (given Mig 29 K problems in this high stress environment where it was kind of rammed into without same finesse you get in western platform). This way Mig-29K can be less stressed and their service more comfortably drawn out (by...

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It really doesnt seem this war will be resolved soon (despite what Ethiopian central govt says). I wonder if Tigray long term becomes the next Eritrea.

Intro to one of my favourite movies of all time (A real life angel narrated it..."Angel of Arnhem"): Highly recommended movie + story to read up on, if you don't have time for it ....Armchair historian did a good summary of the whole thing:

Will have to come back for further reading. I found the part where he said "two nations, but united in incompetence over Colonel rank"....most delectable hehe.

Yes I have always put Shastri no. 1 too, in fact my whole family generally does (even the Modi fans).

With war you have to force a political result for it to be a win in neutral eyes... Ofc when you know much more than a neutral, invested much more than a neutral ever could be....you know what a win vs lose really is in the end, but it can't really be proven in such quick direct way like a...

What are your thoughts on Art. 370 repeal? There was really too much noise at other place that made discussing it with (esp with other Indians) near impossible there...and I forgot where people lined up on it.