News from here and there.....
1. Wow, finally!
The wreckage of the Antonov-32 that went missing eight days back has finally been located
around 16 km north of Lipo in the West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh, after being spotted
by a Mi-17 helicopter. The wreckage is in a dense forest close to a hilltop at an elevation of about
12,000 ft.
The IAF plans to 'heli-drop' some Garud commandos, mountaineers and and other personnel near
the crash site. The following officers and men were in the aircraft which was on its way to the
Advance Landing Ground (ALG), Mechuka from Jorhat on 03 Jun:-
(a) Wing Commander GM Charles
(b) Squadron Leader H Vinod
(c) Flight Lieutenant Mohit Garg
(d) Flight Lieutenant Sumit Mohanty
(e) Flight Lieutenant Ashish Tanwar
(f) Flight Lieutenant Rajesh Thapa
(g) Warrant Officer KK Mishra
(h) Sergeant Anoop
(j) Corporal Sharin
(k) Airman Pankaj Sangwan
(l) Airman SK Singh
(m) Non Combatant Rajesh Kumar
(n) Non Combatant Putali.
It will bring about some closure to the families of the deceased personnel. RIP dear comrades-at
-arms. My tears and prayers! Here's wishing that your families have the strength to pass through
these stressful times.
2. Was That Required?
The former Chief Economic Adviser to the GoI has deduced that India's economic growth rate
has been overestimated by around 2.5% points between 2011-'12 and 2016-'17 due to a change
in methodology for calculating GDP. India's GDP growth rate should have been about 4.5%
instead of the official estimate of 7%, Arvind Subramanian says. The government has, however,
said that the projections are in line with the estimates of national and international agencies.
Has fudging taken place? If yes, was the fudging required as is being claimed by the former
economic adviser?
3. Hong Kong's Dilemma.
Thousands of people assembled around Hong Kong's government complex as lawmakers
prepared to debate a controversial amendment to the city's extradition law that would make it
possible to send suspects to mainland China for trial.
The following factors are discernible:-
* the government of the semi-autonomous Chinese city has vowed to press ahead and enact
the bill.
* the people call this an evil law.
* today's meeting of the Legislative Council was postponed.
Tailpiece.
Had got up at our usual time, gone through our chores and were ready well in time. Having waited for our part time chauffeur for the past two days to hand it over to a nearby garage at lesser rates, went and handed over our Chevy to the Geeyem Motors for the long pending body work. It was a rather quiet day, subsequently.
1. Wow, finally!
The wreckage of the Antonov-32 that went missing eight days back has finally been located
around 16 km north of Lipo in the West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh, after being spotted
by a Mi-17 helicopter. The wreckage is in a dense forest close to a hilltop at an elevation of about
12,000 ft.
The IAF plans to 'heli-drop' some Garud commandos, mountaineers and and other personnel near
the crash site. The following officers and men were in the aircraft which was on its way to the
Advance Landing Ground (ALG), Mechuka from Jorhat on 03 Jun:-
(a) Wing Commander GM Charles
(b) Squadron Leader H Vinod
(c) Flight Lieutenant Mohit Garg
(d) Flight Lieutenant Sumit Mohanty
(e) Flight Lieutenant Ashish Tanwar
(f) Flight Lieutenant Rajesh Thapa
(g) Warrant Officer KK Mishra
(h) Sergeant Anoop
(j) Corporal Sharin
(k) Airman Pankaj Sangwan
(l) Airman SK Singh
(m) Non Combatant Rajesh Kumar
(n) Non Combatant Putali.
It will bring about some closure to the families of the deceased personnel. RIP dear comrades-at
-arms. My tears and prayers! Here's wishing that your families have the strength to pass through
these stressful times.
2. Was That Required?
The former Chief Economic Adviser to the GoI has deduced that India's economic growth rate
has been overestimated by around 2.5% points between 2011-'12 and 2016-'17 due to a change
in methodology for calculating GDP. India's GDP growth rate should have been about 4.5%
instead of the official estimate of 7%, Arvind Subramanian says. The government has, however,
said that the projections are in line with the estimates of national and international agencies.
Has fudging taken place? If yes, was the fudging required as is being claimed by the former
economic adviser?
3. Hong Kong's Dilemma.
Thousands of people assembled around Hong Kong's government complex as lawmakers
prepared to debate a controversial amendment to the city's extradition law that would make it
possible to send suspects to mainland China for trial.
The following factors are discernible:-
* the government of the semi-autonomous Chinese city has vowed to press ahead and enact
the bill.
* the people call this an evil law.
* today's meeting of the Legislative Council was postponed.
Tailpiece.
Had got up at our usual time, gone through our chores and were ready well in time. Having waited for our part time chauffeur for the past two days to hand it over to a nearby garage at lesser rates, went and handed over our Chevy to the Geeyem Motors for the long pending body work. It was a rather quiet day, subsequently.
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