Please at least wait for full set of information and facts to emerge before you start peddling this nonsense. It is exactly such fact free statements which discredit any discussion on climate change. #Uttarakhand#UttarakhandDisaster
- Overview map with landmarks of the area where tragedy has struck.
- As per one report, breach has happened in Nanda Ghunti glacier.
- This means workers in Rishi Ganga HEP-II are impacted.
- Dam seen in the videos is Tapovan Vishnugad HEP. #Uttarakhand#UttarakhandDisaster
- Rishi-Ganga river
- Possible direction from where glacier came.
- A bridge which can be seen being washed away is located just prior to Reni village
- Because of steep slopes, habitation here is at much higher levels. This saved lives in this part.
Surviving such a ferocious deluge! This is what miracle looks like...Pray for safety of all the workers.
Video source: @AdityaRajKaul
- I'm sure you're going to come across debate on merits and demerits of various options of power production in India.
- Here's a detailed thread by @KushalSinha001 on various options, their % share in production and challenges and benefits.
Moment I heard about the #UttarakhandDisaster I knew somewhere two sets of IAF pilots and ground crews, one from transport and other from helicopters, will be going on readiness for any call.
- Damaged Tapovan-Vishnugad Hydro-Electric Power project.
- Report from The Hindu also says that a part of Nandadevi glacier broke off.
- Don't know if this is a specific information or if Nandadevi name is being used as a generic placeholder.
Source - @the_hindu
Aerial recce of the Tapovan-Vishnugad Hydro-Electric Power project by the IAF -
pic source: @rajatpTOI
@pratyasharath 1. Buying a house for self use is not an investment. 2. Because unless you're in dire circumstances, you won't be selling or mortgaging it. 3. Plus, its a illiquid asset and can't be monetized easily. 4. Before buying a house, please check EMI is what % of your household income+
@pratyasharath + 5. Theoretically, if EMI is 30% of less of your HH income, you can buy a house. 6. Plus, in an ideal scenario, your HH income should increase and EMI as % of HH income will fall. 7. But ask yourself this - what is the kind of pressure EMI payment will have on other activities+
@pratyasharath + Travel, leisure, eating-out, kids education (can you send your kids in future to desired school) and most important of them all, impact on Saving! 8. Because you'll get 80% loan and 20% has to come from your pocket. 9. Even a standard Rs 50L house will require you to put up+
- An IAF veteran, whose TL is littered with explicit Hindu-phobic tweets, gets sacked by an airline, and we've some veterans, and @VishnuNDTV, talking about ethos, his previous service record & similar stuff.
- Would they've said the same if his content was deemed Islamophobic?
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- And its funny that some veterans have just discovered ethos!
- I mean, if kind of language and mocking tone reserved for current CDS, or any Veteran who is perceived to be supporting GOI actions, is anything to go by, these ethos seem to be applied selectively.
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- Veterans who oppose BJP and RSS, and by extension, the GOI.
- There is almost a Pavlovian response to every GOI action; it has to be bad, or bad-faith and what-have-you.
- Tragedy is that the political bias has infiltrated into military assessment as well.
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[Peoples Liberation Army Air Force]
- Information, news, and analysis related to all PLA Air Force.
(Visual Guide to Special Purpose Aircraft of China)
- PLA Air Force (PLAAF) & PLA Navy (PLAN) have a variety of Special Purpose Aircraft (SPA).
- These are used across EW, ESM, AEW&C, AWACS, ELINT, SIGINT, Maritime Patrol, Phycological Warfare, Propaganda and Command & Control
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- Baseline aircraft for most of these SPA is Y-8
- Y-8 (Pic-1) = Chinese unlicensed copy of Soviet An-12 transport aircraft (Pic-2)
- 03 categories of Y-8:
a. Category-1: Standard Y-8
b. C-2: Solid Nose (Pic-3)
c. C-3: Modified fuselage, new nose (Pic-4)
[Pakistan Air Force Watch]
- News and analysis related to Pakistan Air Force
- 14 dual seat JF-17B join PAF
- PAF also announced start of production of JF-17 Block III, which is supposed to come with AESA radar and other advanced features.
- In the rear, you can make-out 3 x Nigerian JF-17s.
- JF-17 Block 1 Sqn: 26, 16 (both ex A-5) and Combat Commander School
- JF-17 Block 2 Sqn: 2 (ex F-7P) (2016) (anti-ship role), 14 (2017), 28 (2018).
- In my opinion, there are ~100 JF-17 Block I/II in service
(images: squadron insignia on tails. Clockwise 26, 16, CCS and 2)
[Indian Army - Armor & Mechanized Infantry]
- News, developments and analysis related to Indian Army's Mechanized forces.
India moved first two tank regiments as part of newly raised (I) Armored Bde under 14 Corps in 2014-15 period and third one was post 2016. thehindu.com/news/national/…
- 10 Infantry Division in Akhnoor became a RAPID
- RAPID-> Reorganized Plains Infantry Division
- A RAPID has an organic Armor Brigade comprising of 2 x armored regts + 2 x Mechanized Infantry Bns
- This is the 7th known RAPID of the Indian Army.