Wow @GBA_office @GBAChiefComm , new road being dug right in middle of lane at bannergata main road near fortis hospital 👍 @krishnabgowda any action will be taken ? FYI @osd_cmkarnataka @ICCCBengaluru @NammaBNP @TVMohandasPai @kiranshaw @ChristinMP_

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I played with some data, here's what i found 👀 India's Growth Indicators 1998 onwards

Un 20 de agosto de 1998, el ejército de Estados Unidos bombardeaba con 13 misiles crucero la mayor fábrica de medicinas de toda Sudán, en mitad de una hambruna en el pais que mató a 70.000 personas. La fábrica producía medicamentos para enfermedades tan agresivas como la malaria y el dengue, proporcionaba el 90% de los suministros médicos vitales que necesitaban los habitantes de Sudán y también en parte el de los países vecinos. Tras el crimen de guerra, Estados Unidos, lejos de disculparse por bombardear la mayor fuente de recursos médicos de la región, se inventó que la fábrica estaba vinculada a la producción de armas químicas de Osama bin Laden. Después del bombardeo, el sistema de atención médica sudanés, repito en mitad de una gran hambruna, colapsó, dejando a MILES de pobres sin suministros médicos y muriendo de graves enfermedades. Incluso 25 años después, todavía arrastran la destrucción de esa fábrica. Sudán solicitó una disculpa oficial varias veces desde el crimen de guerra, pero EEUU nunca pidió perdón ni pagó ninguna compensación por el crimen de guerra, ni la ONU le sancionó, ni el CPI pidió el arresto de nadie, ni la UE le bloqueó económicamente, ni nada de nada. EEUU años más tarde se vio obligado a admitir indirectamente que bombardearon el objetivo equivocado cuando tuvieron que descongelar las cuentas bancarias del dueño de la fábrica de medicinas, Salaheddin Idriss, luego de una demanda millonaria. Crímenes del imperialismo ocultos, que no les interesa promocionarlos a los medios de incomunicación.

@krishnabgowda Life of a Techie in Whitefield-Varthur-Gunjur-ORR Quadrangle, around 5 lakh techies & 20,000 school kids suffering this daily. It’s not even on GBA weekly review agenda. Video stretch is along Varthur Lake till Gunjur. Please intervene. ⁦@GBAChiefComm⁩

@wftrps @WFRising 1.1 km, 21 mins 😭... Balegere - Vibgyor School Rd, now

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It is not that India has not been progressing. But we are simply running to stay in the same place. Where we stand globally is one way of looking at it. At the time of independence, our GDP stood at 9th place. Now we are at 6th place. Most important is GDP per capita. From 97th rank in 1960, we are now at 147th. The 147th rank not only indicates how poor we are; given the huge inequality, probably 80% of the population is simply struggling to survive. As I pointed out the other day, even if you adjust for Purchasing Power Parity, our rank is still 125th. We have completely missed the manufacturing bus. In 1950, manufacturing was 12% of GVA and now it is 14%. Except for Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, where manufacturing is growing on par with how China used to grow in its peak years, our manufacturing story is yet to begin. Lee Kuan Yew once said: “India cannot grow into a major economy on services alone. Since the industrial revolution, no country has become a major economy without becoming an industrial power.” What was obvious about India to Singapore policymakers did not hit the vision of our policymakers. Our share of global merchandise exports was 1.85% in 1950. After 75 years, we are still stuck at 1.69%. And for nearly the last five decades, our GDP per capita growth has been only around 4.5% annualised, barely sufficient to move the needle from such a low base. That is why we are still at $2,800 GDP per capita, a low income country ranked 147th globally. The Centre and every single state have an enormous amount of work to do in numerous areas. This is not to become a superpower or a rich nation, but to achieve a decent GDP per capita of $10,000 around 2050. As I pointed out the other day, despite whatever narrative we set, the crux is this: During the last 12 years, our GDP has just doubled and our GDP per capita has not even doubled. Those who ask why we should look at the numbers in dollars need to understand that the exchange rate itself reflects productivity, competitiveness, and capital flows.

It's been a little more than 24 hours since she passed away. She had a fatal accident at a place called Ananthnagar, Bengaluru, which is less than a Kilometer from my place. SHE DIED OUT OF NEGLIGENCE. Not by her, but by many others. In this entire surrounding area, there is nothing called a road. Everything is dug up: huge pits, a sloshy, muddy pathway when rains have made it impossible to walk and live. Kids take their lives in their hands when they have to go to school or return. The same conditions for parents, old grandparents. Everyone who lives in Kammasandra, Bommansandra, and Ananthnagaer areas is aware that they will either get injured or have a fatal fate anytime. A mom of a 3-year-old, a wife, daughter died out of nothing... other than the corruption and negligence. We don't deserve to live like this or die like this in this country. We absolutely don't. We are not asking for things for free. We pay for everything, every second, expecting at least the basic needs to be fulfilled... and the authorities fail us every time. I do not usually write any posts like this, or indulge in the never-ending political loops... but what is happening here is absolutely cruel, horrible, and inhuman. Rest in Peace, Medha.

A young woman, Medha Akarsh, mother of a three-year-old died on the roads of #electroniccity #bengaluru after she fell from a scooter on which she was pillion riding, skidded on slush and mud on public road and was later run over by another pvt vehicle. #badroads

Gallium Nitride. Quantum Cryogenics. Silicon Photonics. ⚡️ ​Today: Manufacturing remote. Brains local. 🧠 Tomorrow: Manufacturing + Brains under Make in India to secure a $100B silicon future. 𓇲🇮🇳 ​Here is how India must leverage this momentum to build an end-to-end silicon ecosystem: 🧵 GlobalFoundries (GF) doesn’t operate a physical commercial fab in India. Yet, engineering teams in Bengaluru and Kolkata monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize GF fabs operating thousands of miles away across the US, Germany, and Singapore, frequently catching yield and operational issues before local shifts step onto the factory floor. The Scale & Numbers: ​1. Talent Footprint: ~1,500 specialized engineers (PhDs, MTechs, BTechs), expanding to 1,800 this year and projecting to pass 2,000+ within 24 months. 2. ​Fab Ops: ~400 engineers in a dedicated remote group running 24/7 yield, process control, and digital twin operations across Dresden, Vermont, New York, and Singapore cleanrooms. ​3. Deep Tech IP: High-value development in GaN, Silicon Photonics, Cryogenic Quantum Chips, RF-SOI, and Physical AI. 4. ​Academic Engine: Research and talent pipelines partnered with 15+ premier Indian institutions including IITs and IISc. How India Must Leverage this to Accelerate the Value Chain: 1. ​De-Risk Capital & Fabs: Using remote digital-twin and yield-management expertise drastically lowers operational risk and learning curves for greenfield domestic facilities under the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM). ​2. Bridge Design to Fab (DLI Integration): Grant local fabless startups and DLI beneficiaries access to global PDKs, IP libraries, and multi-project wafer (MPW) shuttles to accelerate domestic silicon commercialization. ​3. Capture $100B Domestic Demand: Direct specialized IP (automotive GaN, power ICs, 5G RF) toward surging high-growth domestic end-markets across EVs, telecom, AI data centers, and defense. 4. ​Build Supply Chain Depth: Translate process-engineering know-how into localized chemical, gas, wafer-handling, OSAT, and testing ecosystems. @GoI_MeitY @SemiconIndia @GlobalFoundries @iiscbangalore By @sujitjohn ​#Semiconductors #MakeInIndia #DeepTech #IndiaSemiconductorMission #Sovereignty

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