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Except Motorola (now owned by Lenovo and claims closest to default Android) most of the Chinese phones still come with their own bloatware. Xiaomi has many default apps including their own Messaging, file manager, dialer. These come with their own user agreement and privacy policy.

Some of these apps are good to have while others are just bloat.

In addition to fine, India is asking Google to open up.

but they are elected and can be replaced. You can see people using their rights to replace government (both national and state). Also reduce or increase their mandate over the years.

Does the wordpress commercial offering not solve this issue ? Maybe I am wrong, but I understood it also as setup and forget. Any users of wordpress.com could provide more information..

If some Indian tells you that they are progressive and caste is not followed these days, ask them which caste their spouse belongs to. And that will answer how progressive they are.

Last two years, maany shops and malls started collecting names and phone numbers of visitors in the guise of COVID xontact tracking

French opposition was related to invading Iraq and not Afghanistan. So US was not a victim there.

Historically Soviet Union (and later Russia) had been a reliable partner for India, specially during crisis and on tricky issues (Nuclear...). While US and west generally aligned with Pakistan.

During the India Pak war of 1971, US and Britain had their ships near Indian waters to threaten India. While it was Soviet that sent ships to support India. http://www.theworldreporter.com/2011/10/1971-india-pakistan-...

Russia collaborated with India in setting up nuclear reactors when the west was imposing sanctions.

https://www.orfonline.org/research/india-civil-nuclear-agree...

India is not in the list. But whatsapp payments are already available in India. So is Facebook pay something very different from whatsapp pay ?

It's confusing since the page says "Facebook Pay is a seamless, secure way to pay on the apps you already use". And whatsapp is listed as one app.

Maybe it's entirely different from UPI based Whatsapp pay

[] https://pay.facebook.com/availability/

India is not in the list. But whatsapp payments are already available in India. So is Facebook pay something very different from whatsapp pay ?

It's confusing since the page says "Facebook Pay is a seamless, secure way to pay on the apps you already use". And whatsapp is listed as one app.

Maybe it's entirely different from UPI based Whatsapp pay.

>> in his “second notebook”. This is one of three notebooks Ramanujan left behind after his death—

Hope the present day Mathematicians, biologist etc still use physical notebooks or non-propretary format note taking apps that will make their work accessible to others after their death.

Just outlining few of the developments from the various (state /central) governments.

1. Solar plant planned in Desert, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhadla_Solar_Park

Mostly organised by https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Energy_Corporation_of_... and installed by private players.

2. Floating solar power on top of dams. https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/300416/...

3. This is also for state of Kerala. grid connected systems are available.

"Consumers have the option of choosing from two models of power generation. In the first model, the energy generated is fed into the grid for 25 years and 10 per cent of the energy is given to the premises owner. In the second model, the energy generated is sold to the consumer at a fixed tariff for 25 years. In both models, the total cost of the installation is borne by KSEB, while the premise owner gives the rooftop for installation. "

https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2020/feb/29/ks...

It is going to increase the cost for USA as most of these pollution is for goods imported by US

>> China has some of the dirtiest air in the world, but a large share of the country's pollutants are generated during the manufacture of goods destined for countries like the United States, according to a new study.

>> about a fifth to a third of China's air pollutants—which include sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and carbon monoxide—were associated with the production of goods for export, and that about a fifth of those amounts were linked to the production of goods for the United States.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/140122-ma...

https://www.pnas.org/content/111/5/1736

Indira Gandhi was instrumental in the creation of a new country - Bangladesh - by waging a direct war with Pakistan. Not a small matter considering Bangladesh is the 8th most populous country in the world. This is in addition to influencing the second most populous country in the world (India).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Freedom_Honour

Already discussed here.. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29750285

The women would have continued suffering the condition (and apple continue to make profit) if the food poisoning did not happen. This title is trying to play down the condition of the dorms where the iPhone labourers were forced to stay.

The apt title should be as per this thread - "Crowded dorms, no flush toilets and worms in food: How protest forced change for women at Indian iPhone plant".

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29737698

The trains between India and Pakistan also runs regular during peacetime and gets suspended on first indication of conflict.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samjhauta_Express

The numbers are wrong. 150k is 1.5 Lakhs. Nexon is 15 Lakhs. So it should be 1.5 million INR.

In the long term, will my bank force me to install app and stop supporting browser ? Right now desktop (and somtimes legal requirements) is one major reason for them supporting the browser.

India will start allowing sale of EVs without batteries so user can purchase/ lease batteries including third party batteries...

"This will make the upfront cost of the electrical 2 wheeler (2W) and 3 wheelers (3W) to be lower than ICE 2 "

https://www.livemint.com/auto-news/indian-govt-to-allow-regi...

Not perfect, but i am seing improvements as more government services are moving online.

One example is passport. Previously it took few months and you had to bribe multiple offices to get a passport faster. Now you get passport within a week. And the only physical link left is the police verification. Vehicle registration, transfer etc also moved online recently and reduced the scope of bribe there. Land registration and records are also in the process of moving online.

But on the other side, corruption at political level etc are not reducing .

Even the richest Indian, Mukesh Ambani stay with his mother, wife and kids.

>> What is most striking though is that contrary to popular perception, more of the poorest Indians live in nuclear families than the affluent do

Quoted from this . https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-54053091

Xiaomi high end phones (mi branded ones) are also decent quality and lasts 5+years. They are one of the few that provides regular SW updates for couple of years.

At the low end they brand it as redmi and while the hardware lasts long, the newer android versions run slower and you end up purchasing new phones every few years.

Web templates ? Thought most template languages like Jinja behaves similar.

Even without government control, indian media is generally hesistant to publish (or delay the publication) large scale news that could create public panic. The news on mismanagement will start to come in few months once these things settle down.

During the initial weeks of first wave , the media was more supportive of the government lockdown. Later when they realised that all was under control, media started bringing out the lockdown as a blunder.

Many people do not get admitted in hospitals (due to lack of beds etc) and they die home. Many of These "at home COVID deaths" do not get recorded as COVID.

I thought masks will reduce the viral load and lessens the severity of infection

You care for your animal when you can "afford". Whether it be dog or cow. When it gets beyond your means, you hear about abandoned pets the same way you hear about abandoned cows.

You could do a periodic reset / relaunch of the app so the demo starts from a clean slate after few hours / days.

I understand you sell support / hosted package. If you say you can't support a demo install, that would send a wrong message.

Asia and other areas, there is the support from extended families for baby care. At night, there are grand parents / other in laws (brothers sisters) that take turn taking care of baby at night. And during day time too, you can leave babies with them and take proper rest.