Line of Actual Control (LAC) : India & Tibet Border Updates

[_Anonymous_]

There are things we can control & there are things outside our control. Let's examine what we can control & what are we doing about it

Asia’s largest US Consulate to open in Hyderabad in Jan ’23

HYDERABAD: Asia’s largest US Consulate is likely to be opened in Hyderabad in January 2023. Being set up with an investment of $ 297 million, the new US Consula

www.newindianexpress.com

A 297 million $ facility coming up on 12 acres of land in Hyderabad to function as a consulate.

And what are they upto? This

https://twitter.com/x/status/1616391901212725249

I once read a tweet from a Parsi settled abroad who takes a keen interest in linguistics, history & current affairs apart from other subjects who tweeted that a friend of his had it from an employee of this same consulate that this establishment was to monitor missionary activities in the South, Odisha & CG apart from human rights & the other usual stuff the Americans are infamous for.

Now, if this much is known by an ordinary man, I don't think the concerned authorities are sleeping on it . Yet what action have we seen? I ask this in the light of how the US actively subverted civil society thru such shenanigans in the Ukraine. The results are before our own eyes.

The very same Victoria Nuland who was caught on camera disclosing US plans about Ukraine in 2014 was in Delhi last yr , who post her official engagements hosted the likes of Karuna Nundy - as woke as they come , for lunch .

The US has been requesting India as well as a host of other nations for more access to regional governments as part of what they term sub regional diplomacy. By the looks of the size of the Hyderabad consulate, they don't need sucb formal permissions. Our own won't bat an eyelid before they kowtow to the local viceroy.

IG threw out Ford Foundation at the height of her confrontation with Nixon. Our bania duo prepared a strong case against the foundation during the FCRA crackdown in Modi's 1st term but backed down from doing the inevitable.

He still thinks by doing all this, he's going to be on their good side & wears all these decorations as Presidency of G-20, SCO etc with great pride & advertises them with greater pride. What tangible benefits they actually bring us is something perhaps only he can answer. Meanwhile I think most of the world have figured him out & humor him by letting him preside over such events while pursuing their own nefarious agendas .

 

[Bali78]

There are things we can control & there are things outside our control. Let's examine what we can control & what are we doing about it

Asia’s largest US Consulate to open in Hyderabad in Jan ’23

HYDERABAD: Asia’s largest US Consulate is likely to be opened in Hyderabad in January 2023. Being set up with an investment of $ 297 million, the new US Consula

www.newindianexpress.com

A 297 million $ facility coming up on 12 acres of land in Hyderabad to function as a consulate.

And what are they upto? This

https://twitter.com/x/status/1616391901212725249

I once read a tweet from a Parsi settled abroad who takes a keen interest in linguistics, history & current affairs apart from other subjects who tweeted that a friend of his had it from an employee of this same consulate that this establishment was to monitor missionary activities in the South, Odisha & CG apart from human rights & the other usual stuff the Americans are infamous for.

Now, if this much is known by an ordinary man, I don't think the concerned authorities are sleeping on it . Yet what action have we seen? I ask this in the light of how the US actively subverted civil society thru such shenanigans in the Ukraine. The results are before our own eyes.

The very same Victoria Nuland who was caught on camera disclosing US plans about Ukraine in 2014 was in Delhi last yr , who post her official engagements hosted the likes of Karuna Nundy - as woke as they come , for lunch .

The US has been requesting India as well as a host of other nations for more access to regional governments as part of what they term sub regional diplomacy. By the looks of the size of the Hyderabad consulate, they don't need sucb formal permissions. Our own won't bat an eyelid before they kowtow to the local viceroy.

IG threw out Ford Foundation at the height of her confrontation with Nixon. Our bania duo prepared a strong case against the foundation during the FCRA crackdown in Modi's 1st term but backed down from doing the inevitable.

He still thinks by doing all this, he's going to be on their good side & wears all these decorations as Presidency of G-20, SCO etc with great pride & advertises them with greater pride. What tangible benefits they actually bring us is something perhaps only he can answer. Meanwhile I think most of the world have figured him out & humor him by letting him preside over such events while pursuing their own nefarious agendas .

We will see a lot of such activities to pressurize India to come to US camp. Americans do not like India to emerge as an independent power and they will try every trick in the book to prevent that. A decade or two is not a lot of time. But in the mean time India will reach 10T and then 20T economy. Lot of people think India failed to emulate China. But the point they miss is India’s growth has been predominantly based on internal consumption which is far more stable compared to China’s export oriented economy. Because of this unlike China, west doesn’t hold the key for India. In case of China they could simply divert the import and bring down China’s economy. It will be very difficult to bring down India once it crosses 10T.
At this point India needs to learn to ignore these stupid antics from west and focus on the growth story.

 

[_Anonymous_]

We will see a lot of such activities to pressurize India to come to US camp. Americans do not like India to emerge as an independent power and they will try every trick in the book to prevent that. A decade or two is not a lot of time. But in the mean time India will reach 10T and then 20T economy. Lot of people think India failed to emulate China. But the point they miss is India’s growth has been predominantly based on internal consumption which is far more stable compared to China’s export oriented economy. Because of this unlike China, west doesn’t hold the key for India. In case of China they could simply divert the import and bring down China’s economy. It will be very difficult to bring down India once it crosses 10T.
At this point India needs to learn to ignore these stupid antics from west and focus on the growth story.

While I fully agree with your broader points , I disagree with the view that we ought to ignore their stupid antics. That's what we have done officially since 2014 & they've kept up their attacks , raising the pitch & being relentless. There's a lot we can do to combat them officially .

We can't wake up 2 decades down the line & start then for however great we may perform economically if we're vulnerable internally thanks to an active 5th column , all that we've built would be a veritable house of cards & it'd come crashing down pretty quickly.

If we begin today we'd have acquired that much of heft apart from experience & built up a whole ecosystem apart from critical mass among our people preparing them for what's in store across multiple fronts - economic , political , cultural, linguistic , regional , gender , caste , class , etc for the attacks are coming on all these fronts & more . All you've to do is see what's trending on Indian twitter on a daily basis . It's nothing short of a war . What's happening there will percolate down to the masses sooner rather than later as is the case today , in the times to come .

 

[randomradio]

We will see a lot of such activities to pressurize India to come to US camp. Americans do not like India to emerge as an independent power and they will try every trick in the book to prevent that. A decade or two is not a lot of time. But in the mean time India will reach 10T and then 20T economy. Lot of people think India failed to emulate China. But the point they miss is India’s growth has been predominantly based on internal consumption which is far more stable compared to China’s export oriented economy. Because of this unlike China, west doesn’t hold the key for India. In case of China they could simply divert the import and bring down China’s economy. It will be very difficult to bring down India once it crosses 10T.
At this point India needs to learn to ignore these stupid antics from west and focus on the growth story.

The Americans have given up on bringing India to its camp for now. But it's most definitely turning against Modi due to that reason. They probably believe Congress will be more compliant.

The problem is although our economy consumes internally, we are still dependent on outside sources for energy, which requires funding from outside as well. So that's remittances, FDI, FII and software exports, and the Americans have the ability to interfere in all four sectors. So, even if we become a 10T or 20T economy, as long as our energy is imported, there's always room for control.

The Americans have been actively cutting down oil suppliers that were traditionally India's main suppliers, like Venezuela and Iran, now Russia. We have argued that we will apply price caps on Russia if Iran and Venezuela are allowed to export to India. This is impossible for the US, so they are now most likely going to attack our sources of earnings next.

 

[kharabela]

There are things we can control & there are things outside our control. Let's examine what we can control & what are we doing about it

Asia’s largest US Consulate to open in Hyderabad in Jan ’23

HYDERABAD: Asia’s largest US Consulate is likely to be opened in Hyderabad in January 2023. Being set up with an investment of $ 297 million, the new US Consula

www.newindianexpress.com

A 297 million $ facility coming up on 12 acres of land in Hyderabad to function as a consulate.

And what are they upto? This

https://twitter.com/x/status/1616391901212725249

I once read a tweet from a Parsi settled abroad who takes a keen interest in linguistics, history & current affairs apart from other subjects who tweeted that a friend of his had it from an employee of this same consulate that this establishment was to monitor missionary activities in the South, Odisha & CG apart from human rights & the other usual stuff the Americans are infamous for.

Now, if this much is known by an ordinary man, I don't think the concerned authorities are sleeping on it . Yet what action have we seen? I ask this in the light of how the US actively subverted civil society thru such shenanigans in the Ukraine. The results are before our own eyes.

The very same Victoria Nuland who was caught on camera disclosing US plans about Ukraine in 2014 was in Delhi last yr , who post her official engagements hosted the likes of Karuna Nundy - as woke as they come , for lunch .

The US has been requesting India as well as a host of other nations for more access to regional governments as part of what they term sub regional diplomacy. By the looks of the size of the Hyderabad consulate, they don't need sucb formal permissions. Our own won't bat an eyelid before they kowtow to the local viceroy.

IG threw out Ford Foundation at the height of her confrontation with Nixon. Our bania duo prepared a strong case against the foundation during the FCRA crackdown in Modi's 1st term but backed down from doing the inevitable.

He still thinks by doing all this, he's going to be on their good side & wears all these decorations as Presidency of G-20, SCO etc with great pride & advertises them with greater pride. What tangible benefits they actually bring us is something perhaps only he can answer. Meanwhile I think most of the world have figured him out & humor him by letting him preside over such events while pursuing their own nefarious agendas .

Religion as state policy or a instrument is age old . But opposite happened in india .Too much to ask from soviet socialist republic . Look what happened in Nepal . Communists now demand portion of Uttarakhand . Shit that is happening in border areas of Nepal . A generation of self hating intellectuals in india were created who believed they solved all the mysteries off universe . Now that i see my parents generation visiting vrindavan , mahakal , now planning to visit tamilnadu and see people from south , bengal visiting puri , I realize one of the great pillar which kept the country strong .

 

[RASALGHUL]

The recent hitjobs on Modi and Adani are already proof of that.

Have you read Hindenburg's report?
Tell me, How is it a hitjob?

At least all the people drinking American Kool-Aid are gonna wake up.

 

[Bali78]

The Americans have given up on bringing India to its camp for now. But it's most definitely turning against Modi due to that reason. They probably believe Congress will be more compliant.

The problem is although our economy consumes internally, we are still dependent on outside sources for energy, which requires funding from outside as well. So that's remittances, FDI, FII and software exports, and the Americans have the ability to interfere in all four sectors. So, even if we become a 10T or 20T economy, as long as our energy is imported, there's always room for control.

The Americans have been actively cutting down oil suppliers that were traditionally India's main suppliers, like Venezuela and Iran, now Russia. We have argued that we will apply price caps on Russia if Iran and Venezuela are allowed to export to India. This is impossible for the US, so they are now most likely going to attack our sources of earnings next.

Americans never give up. They have just changed the strategy. They know Modi will accelerate India's pace of growth while creating an independent space for India. On the other hand Congress will royally screw up India's progress and will be more than willing to act as US's slave. Hence all these propaganda to target Modi. Fortunately Pappu and other regional parties are not capable of providing any credible alternate to Modi. So US is playing both sides. They keep on humoring Mota bhai while deploying BBC and Bloomberg to do their dirty work.

Let me address the dependency on remittances, energy, FDI, FII.

First of all only 23% remittance comes from US and majority of it comes from Indians who are highly educated and extremely critical to US economy. They generate far more money for US than they send to India. If US touch this category of Indians, the Silicon Valley will collapse overnight.

By 2035, India's oil consumption will be going down. EVs/ Hydrogen / Methanol etc will be the dominant energy sources. So external energy card will have limited impact. Plus if US plays the hard ball, there are always Russia, Iran and Saudi.

Regarding FDI/FII, they are not doing any charity. They are in India to make money. Please note American government is controlled by these companies and not the other way round. As long as they make money in Indian market, they will continue to do their business. In case they want to move out, they do not have too many options.

US currently has two trump cards. $ and semiconductor. India has already started treading in Rupee and over next 10-15 years the impact of USD can be minimized. The real challenge is getting control of semiconductor manufacturing. That will be extremely tough.

 

[Bali78]

While I fully agree with your broader points , I disagree with the view that we ought to ignore their stupid antics. That's what we have done officially since 2014 & they've kept up their attacks , raising the pitch & being relentless. There's a lot we can do to combat them officially .

We can't wake up 2 decades down the line & start then for however great we may perform economically if we're vulnerable internally thanks to an active 5th column , all that we've built would be a veritable house of cards & it'd come crashing down pretty quickly.

If we begin today we'd have acquired that much of heft apart from experience & built up a whole ecosystem apart from critical mass among our people preparing them for what's in store across multiple fronts - economic , political , cultural, linguistic , regional , gender , caste , class , etc for the attacks are coming on all these fronts & more . All you've to do is see what's trending on Indian twitter on a daily basis . It's nothing short of a war . What's happening there will percolate down to the masses sooner rather than later as is the case today , in the times to come .

When I say ignore it, I mean the people of India should ignore it. We Indians pay too much importance to "opinion from west" and always crave for their approval. We need to get out of this salve mentality.

Regarding the propaganda war, Indian government is pathetic. Forget about taking the war to the opponent's door step, they can't even showcase their own work!!

 

[randomradio]

Americans never give up. They have just changed the strategy. They know Modi will accelerate India's pace of growth while creating an independent space for India. On the other hand Congress will royally screw up India's progress and will be more than willing to act as US's slave. Hence all these propaganda to target Modi. Fortunately Pappu and other regional parties are not capable of providing any credible alternate to Modi. So US is playing both sides. They keep on humoring Mota bhai while deploying BBC and Bloomberg to do their dirty work.

Let me address the dependency on remittances, energy, FDI, FII.

First of all only 23% remittance comes from US and majority of it comes from Indians who are highly educated and extremely critical to US economy. They generate far more money for US than they send to India. If US touch this category of Indians, the Silicon Valley will collapse overnight.

By 2035, India's oil consumption will be going down. EVs/ Hydrogen / Methanol etc will be the dominant energy sources. So external energy card will have limited impact. Plus if US plays the hard ball, there are always Russia, Iran and Saudi.

Regarding FDI/FII, they are not doing any charity. They are in India to make money. Please note American government is controlled by these companies and not the other way round. As long as they make money in Indian market, they will continue to do their business. In case they want to move out, they do not have too many options.

US currently has two trump cards. $ and semiconductor. India has already started treading in Rupee and over next 10-15 years the impact of USD can be minimized. The real challenge is getting control of semiconductor manufacturing. That will be extremely tough.

The thing about remittances is they can make it harder for it to happen. They can do it via legislation, where they can make investment within the US cheaper than it is to send money to India. The same with FDI and FII, they can make it harder via legislation.

The fact that we will be dependent on oil until 2035 is the main factor. It's also our most crucial phase in growth, where we can either keep growing or get stuck in a middle income trap, something that the West would deeply desire. In just 2-3 years, the West and EU will have completely phased out Russian oil and gas. That's when they can start strangling our trade with Russia via sanctions. And that can affect our refined petroleum exports, thereby forex earnings. The US is going to find a way to put Saudi in check in the next few years, they have been acting out way too much from the West's perspective, far above their 'station'.

Basically all 4 sectors are under the mercy of US legislation and sanctions. It doesn't matter how soft or hard the restrictions are, it can be irrelevant or very crippling.

The Chinese protected themselves by increasing their exports and reducing their reliance on FDI and FII. Otoh, the West is encouraging increasing FDI and FII into China in order to maintain influence in the local market, while trying to reduce imports from China.

So we know what to do. Right now, we have to continue relying on FDI and FII, but at the same time our import substitution programs must succeed. This requires buying time. In the meanwhile, we need to increase inflow of remittances and further diversify our oil suppliers, especially try and get Iranian and Venezuelan oil back into our market.

I'm not worried about semiconductors because silicon is on its last phase this decade, picking up new materials like gallium will give us better opportunities. Our conglomerates will be global giants by then, so funding will not be an issue. Both Ambani and Adani want to bet big on electronics.

 

[Bali78]

The thing about remittances is they can make it harder for it to happen. They can do it via legislation, where they can make investment within the US cheaper than it is to send money to India. The same with FDI and FII, they can make it harder via legislation.

Oh yes. They can certainly make it harder for Indians to get visa. Then who will do their tech jobs? Martians ?? US innovation is standing on immigrant talents and Indian contributes a big part to it. I hope US does apply some restriction to Indians. These talented Indians will generate 100X more wealth being inside India.

Regarding sending money to India, it's a tiny percentage of money what Indians make here. $25B per year is small change. It will be hilarious if US government tries to squeeze it by making some policy changes.

The fact that we will be dependent on oil until 2035 is the main factor. It's also our most crucial phase in growth, where we can either keep growing or get stuck in a middle income trap, something that the West would deeply desire. In just 2-3 years, the West and EU will have completely phased out Russian oil and gas. That's when they can start strangling our trade with Russia via sanctions. And that can affect our refined petroleum exports, thereby forex earnings. The US is going to find a way to put Saudi in check in the next few years, they have been acting out way too much from the West's perspective, far above their 'station'.

US can and will certainly put sanctions on Russia. But can they force India and China not to buy oil from Russia? And then add Saudi to that? That will be the death nail of $. When you push too much, the world is going to push back harder. Just talk to Europeans and see how much love is left for US.
What you are proposing is short term actions without considering the immediate or long term impacts.

Few years back , somebody posted in this forum that "a phone call from US is enough to bring India to it's knees". My response was " what if phone call comes and then the response is a polite no". Not only the phone call came, whole US and EU tried their best to force India to abandon Russia. Not only Mr Jai Shankar said NO (not so politely), also rubbed the bitter truth on their face and went on to significantly increase oil purchase.

Basically all 4 sectors are under the mercy of US legislation and sanctions. It doesn't matter how soft or hard the restrictions are, it can be irrelevant or very crippling.

US is not doing any favor or showing any mercy to India. Any current arrangement is based on mutual benefits and US is benefiting far more than India. If US tries too cripple India by any sanctions, the cost will be huge for US. They can't afford to directly confront India till they have back up plans. Any US Precident will be absolutely suicidal to confront both India and China together.

The Chinese protected themselves by increasing their exports and reducing their reliance on FDI and FII. Otoh, the West is encouraging increasing FDI and FII into China in order to maintain influence in the local market, while trying to reduce imports from China.

I don't west is increasing FDI or FII. Can you show me some data to prove your point?

I'm not worried about semiconductors because silicon is on its last phase this decade, picking up new materials like gallium will give us better opportunities. Our conglomerates will be global giants by then, so funding will not be an issue. Both Ambani and Adani want to bet big on electronics.

Silicon is not going anywhere anytime soon. Do you think China doesn't have money? Yet the technology denial brought Chinese companies like Huawei to a grinding halt. The key to latest fab is with companies like ASML. It seems it took them 25 years to develop the latest fabrication technology. Unless we have complete control on such technology, we can't be safe. Ambani and Adani can't do jackshit about it.

 

[randomradio]

Oh yes. They can certainly make it harder for Indians to get visa. Then who will do their tech jobs? Martians ?? US innovation is standing on immigrant talents and Indian contributes a big part to it. I hope US does apply some restriction to Indians. These talented Indians will generate 100X more wealth being inside India.

Regarding sending money to India, it's a tiny percentage of money what Indians make here. $25B per year is small change. It will be hilarious if US government tries to squeeze it by making some policy changes.

I'm not talking about the visa at all, I'm only talking about remittances. It's not about stopping Indians from coming in and making money, it's about stopping Indians from sending money back. I agree they make far more money by creating in the US versus the small bits of change they send back to India. The problem is we are actually reliant on these small bits of change. The more reliant we are, the more leverage the host country (US) gets, which is why the US encourages investment into China, so they can later threaten them with it through sanctions.

The very point of allowing remittances is so it can be leveraged when the time is right. And when the time is right, they will bring in country-specific capital controls. As an individual are you really gonna quit your job in the US just because it's become more expensive to send money across?

Today, it's 25%. In 5 years, it could be 40%. In 10 years, it could be 60%. Sadly for India, it's one of the best sources of forex. The only way out is to either lose dependence on oil or convert the INR into a major reserve currency. Both are not possible in the next 10 years. And that gives the US a lot of leverage to use against us during our most crucial time. Although we are betting on hyrdogen, we need to see it succeed first.

US can and will certainly put sanctions on Russia. But can they force India and China not to buy oil from Russia? And then add Saudi to that? That will be the death nail of $. When you push too much, the world is going to push back harder. Just talk to Europeans and see how much love is left for US.
What you are proposing is short term actions without considering the immediate or long term impacts.

Few years back , somebody posted in this forum that "a phone call from US is enough to bring India to it's knees". My response was " what if phone call comes and then the response is a polite no". Not only the phone call came, whole US and EU tried their best to force India to abandon Russia. Not only Mr Jai Shankar said NO (not so politely), also rubbed the bitter truth on their face and went on to significantly increase oil purchase.

The West has mechanisms in place that they can use against us. The phone call isn't important, what happens after our answer is more important.

The problem for India isn't that we can say no, it's that our oil suppliers cannot say no. While India cannot be arm-twisted, all our little suppliers like Saudi and Nigeria can be arm-twisted. And these guys will simply sell their oil at a higher premium and force us to look at non-West compliant countries like Iran and Russia, and that in turn gives these countries leverage over India because other sources of supplies have become more expensive.

If the market rate is $80 and the Russians sell to us at $60, and if other suppliers are forced to sell at $90 to India, then the Russians will raise prices by $10. That could mean a percentage drop in GDP growth, and over a 10-year period, we could be talking hundreds of billions in lost money. And all this because we do not have the financial or hard power to ensure smaller countries are more compliant towards us.

The GCC already sell oil to India at a premium. The more our suppliers are squeezed, the higher the prices we buy at.

US is not doing any favor or showing any mercy to India. Any current arrangement is based on mutual benefits and US is benefiting far more than India. If US tries too cripple India by any sanctions, the cost will be huge for US. They can't afford to directly confront India till they have back up plans. Any US Precident will be absolutely suicidal to confront both India and China together.

There will come a time when the cost of sanctions is more affordable than the rise of a challenger.

Assuming we become a $20T economy in the 2040s, with a population of 1.5 billion, our per capita would only be $13000. That's not gonna be enough to challenge the US, neither militarily nor economically. Hell, China is richer today, and they still can't do it, never mind an equally strong India in 20 years. Even in the 2040s, we will still be at risk of getting trapped in a middle income hell. There's no way to know how the political environment will be like by then. Just imagine the sea change we have seen in India since 2002 to 2022, even the world. So what's it gonna be like in 2042?

The US already uses oil as leverage to artificially create inflationary pressure. Then they use inflation as an excuse to hike interest rates, and that affects FIIs globally. In the meantime, they make up stories about social problems in a country and that affects FDI (although India has largely avoided this outcome). All these require PR, debt and subsidies to fix, and that means less money for growth. Then they use sovereign ratings to restrict growth even further. And then they rely on sanctions as the last means of leverage. In the meantime, they are promoting or funding proxy wars against target countries to further drain resources away from growth. Rinse and repeat every few years to keep the Third World in their place.

They have no need to directly confront India. These games are played under the surface. China salami slices our land, the US salami slices our economy.

I don't west is increasing FDI or FII. Can you show me some data to prove your point?

FDI:

As for FII, let's see after China's done dying from Covid.

Silicon is not going anywhere anytime soon. Do you think China doesn't have money? Yet the technology denial brought Chinese companies like Huawei to a grinding halt. The key to latest fab is with companies like ASML. It seems it took them 25 years to develop the latest fabrication technology. Unless we have complete control on such technology, we can't be safe. Ambani and Adani can't do jackshit about it.

It's too early to count China out, they haven't been in the game too long. This is a 20+ year game. I'm not saying Ambani or Adani will throw money at it and things will improve overnight. First, we have to build a foundation for semiconductors and that will take many years, at least we have begun the process. Then we get a handful of high-end labour with enough seed capital to start their own research company, who will then make a product that will allow us to compete with the West. And in order to use said product, we will need Ambani-Adani money.

Big breakthroughs require small teams and lots and lots of freedom. The disadvantage in China is these small teams, unless part of a large organisation, do not have the political clout to survive. And being part of large organisations is typically not the best environment due to internal bureaucracy and pressure from shareholders. And then, a guy like Elon Musk from the mid 2000s would be found dead in a ditch in China for trying to go against the status quo of big business. So these people would typically leave China to get things done, and the host country benefits. You can bet ASML has a pretty decent number of Indian and Chinese scientists.

 

[_Anonymous_]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1619298725758898180

https://twitter.com/x/status/1619615558340861953

Talk at The Northern Command Seminar on the Future Battlefield and the Need for Techno Military Commanders

A great initiative to improve technology thresholds in the Army

gunnersshot.com

 

[noksss]

There are things we can control & there are things outside our control. Let's examine what we can control & what are we doing about it

Asia’s largest US Consulate to open in Hyderabad in Jan ’23

HYDERABAD: Asia’s largest US Consulate is likely to be opened in Hyderabad in January 2023. Being set up with an investment of $ 297 million, the new US Consula

www.newindianexpress.com

A 297 million $ facility coming up on 12 acres of land in Hyderabad to function as a consulate.

And what are they upto? This

https://twitter.com/x/status/1616391901212725249

I once read a tweet from a Parsi settled abroad who takes a keen interest in linguistics, history & current affairs apart from other subjects who tweeted that a friend of his had it from an employee of this same consulate that this establishment was to monitor missionary activities in the South, Odisha & CG apart from human rights & the other usual stuff the Americans are infamous for.

Now, if this much is known by an ordinary man, I don't think the concerned authorities are sleeping on it . Yet what action have we seen? I ask this in the light of how the US actively subverted civil society thru such shenanigans in the Ukraine. The results are before our own eyes.

The very same Victoria Nuland who was caught on camera disclosing US plans about Ukraine in 2014 was in Delhi last yr , who post her official engagements hosted the likes of Karuna Nundy - as woke as they come , for lunch .

The US has been requesting India as well as a host of other nations for more access to regional governments as part of what they term sub regional diplomacy. By the looks of the size of the Hyderabad consulate, they don't need sucb formal permissions. Our own won't bat an eyelid before they kowtow to the local viceroy.

IG threw out Ford Foundation at the height of her confrontation with Nixon. Our bania duo prepared a strong case against the foundation during the FCRA crackdown in Modi's 1st term but backed down from doing the inevitable.

He still thinks by doing all this, he's going to be on their good side & wears all these decorations as Presidency of G-20, SCO etc with great pride & advertises them with greater pride. What tangible benefits they actually bring us is something perhaps only he can answer. Meanwhile I think most of the world have figured him out & humor him by letting him preside over such events while pursuing their own nefarious agendas .

Jaishankar calling out the west/Europe hypocrisy so openly from their own land doesn't look the act of someone who want to be on their good side as you claim .......Btw , crackdown of NGO is still continuing and there was no backing off on that too here is what happened just last year

CBI Raids At 40 Places In Crackdown On NGOs Over Foreign Donations Case

Ten people, including five government officials, have been detained for taking bribe on behalf of non-profits for allegedly facilitating violations of rules in receiving foreign donations, sources in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said.

www.ndtv.com

 

[_Anonymous_]

Centre considering single lead intelligence agency along LAC

The move follows rapid infrastructure development on the Chinese side and frequent clashes among Indian and Chinese soldiers near LAC.

m.economictimes.com

 

[jetray]

Jaishankar calling out the west/Europe hypocrisy so openly from their own land doesn't look the act of someone who want to be on their good side as you claim .......Btw , crackdown of NGO is still continuing and there was no backing off on that too here is what happened just last year

CBI Raids At 40 Places In Crackdown On NGOs Over Foreign Donations Case

Ten people, including five government officials, have been detained for taking bribe on behalf of non-profits for allegedly facilitating violations of rules in receiving foreign donations, sources in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said.

www.ndtv.com

They are not consistent & pro-active clean ups, mostly once every now and then to send a message. India should strictly not allow any such undesirable person or activity to take place, police should act on their own not pushed by govt.
These foreign assets can create trouble from neighboring countries from neighboring cntries as well.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1620706104232796163

 

[Amarante]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1623231865418313728

(ToI, fev.08)
Eye on China: Nyoma in Ladakh to handle fighter jets soon

 

[Jaymax]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1623231865418313728

(ToI, fev.08)
Eye on China: Nyoma in Ladakh to handle fighter jets soon

how about hardened shelters and Air defenses?

 

[RISING SUN]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1623169865531129862

 

[kharabela]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1624652787668893701

Time to expediate this

https://twitter.com/x/status/1499713473864896514

Also solar industry was developing a system to defend against swarm attack

 

[Amarante]

(theprint, feb.16)

9,400 more personnel, new operational base for ITBP — how India plans to strengthen hold on LAC​

Hirings will allow ITBP to raise 7 new border battalions. Move comes days after Leh superintendent of police reported India lost access to 26 of 65 patrolling points along LAC with China.​

New Delhi: To strengthen India’s hold on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the central government Wednesday sanctioned the hiring of 9,400 recruits for raising seven new border battalions, along with the construction of a new operational base for the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) that guards the India-China border.​

The proposal comes amidst ongoing tensions at the India-China border and days after areport by the Leh superintendent of police said India has lost access to 26 of 65 patrolling points — regularly patrolled by Indian Security Forces (ISFs) earlier — in eastern Ladakh.​

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According to government sources, the new battalions are being raised for deployment at the 47 border outposts and 12 staging camps of the ITBP being set up along the LAC.​

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At present, the ITBP has 176 border posts along the LAC.​

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“ITBP’s main task is to guard the India-China border and to ensure that it is done effectively, the government had sanctioned 47 new border outposts and 12 staging camps in 2020. Work to set up these camps is on and we require more personnel for deployment at these new posts. This is why a decision was made to raise seven more battalions of ITBP in the area,” a source in the government told ThePrint on condition of anonymity.​

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The source added, “Besides this, for the supervision of these battalions, a sector headquarter will also be set up in the area and this entire exercise of setting up the posts and headquarters will be completed by 2025-26.”​

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According to a government official who did not wish to be named, the creation of 47 new border posts will lead to a 26 per cent increase in the manpower deployed at these bases, while the induction of 9,400 fresh personnel will enhance ITBP’s strength by 10 per cent.​

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The proposal, the officer said, was cleared during a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday.​

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Addressing a press conference later in the day, I&B minister Anurag Thakur said a non-recurring expenditure of Rs 1,808.15 crore will be incurred on land acquisition, creation of office and residential buildings, besides procurement of arms and ammunition as part of the push for greater numbers along the LAC. A recurring annual expenditure of Rs 963.68 crore will be incurred on salaries and rations for the additional manpower, he added.​

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The ITBP — with a current strength of over 90,000 personnel — was raised in the aftermath of Chinese aggression in 1962 and tasked with guarding the LAC spanning 3,488 km on India’s eastern flank. /end​