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@IndianTechGuide 4) The War Bond itself may have been sold or pledged or otherwise cancelled in the intervening years since 1917. Hence, producing the original uncancelled bond certificate is mandatory to be able to redeem it. A mere receipt of payment is useless.

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@IndianTechGuide 3) They'd be lucky to break even on their claim - at best a few lakhs, at worst maybe negative value. Indian IT law requires payment of penalties for undisclosed foreign assets - those penalties can be in excess of the due amount on the bond.

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@IndianTechGuide 2) That's worth about GBP 250 face value + 4% simple interest since 1927. However, there are accrued income taxes due in various estates in the intervening years, plus solicitors' fees, tax penalties for delayed payment, interest on tax due, etc. (cont.)

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@IndianTechGuide 1) It was rolled into the 1927 4% Consols which were redeemed at face value in 2014. If they can produce the original War Bond certificate and all intervening Death Certificates, Wills, Probates/Succession Certificates, etc., they'd receive Rs.35k + 4% simple interest p.a.

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@donttouchxanax In the early years (early '80s), his courses tended to get more mathematical fairly early. For instance, Physics-II (Electricity and Magnetism) would get to Maxwell's Equations in the first month. He's now giving more focus to intuitive understanding in the introductory lectures.

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@Vivek_4580ji Abhimanyu - Tum Bakravyuh mein kaise phas gaye?

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@sharadsharan @theskindoctor13 He's wearing something that looks like body-armour pads below his vest. He's not fully deranged - he was expecting an encounter with the LAPD. The officer did a good job in stopping him clean with a volley to his torso.

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@thefactsdude The desi dude just wanted a free one-way ticket to Amritsar, provided courtesy Uncle Sam on ICE Airlines, which flies a fleet of C-17s with limited passenger amenities (one porta-toilet) and in-flight entertainment (staring at your own restraints for ~36 hours).

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@IndiaWarMonitor 2) The ground authorities at the airport are probably aware of the stray animals (dogs, goats, cattle, etc.) within the perimeter. Note the (trained?) dog below the observation hut in the foreground. It may be deployed to scare away strays.

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@IndiaWarMonitor 1) When it goes behind the observation hut in the foreground, there is a puff of white smoke on the starboard side at 0:18. Right engine probably ingested some debris or a stray animal at that point, causing thrust loss. During climb-out, there is a slight
yaw to starboard.

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@T_Investor_ Google CAC-(Covid-Associated Coagulopathy) triggered SADS (Sudden Adult Death Syndrome).

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@ManojSh28986262 Heart attack, most likely due to Covid-Associated Coagulopathy (CAC) - read it up on Google. At her age, she would not have been eligible for Covishield or any other vaccine in 2021 or later. Tough luck - it can affect anybody, but fatal outcomes are relatively uncommon.

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@TheStudyofWar S300: What's the IFF password?
Incoming HARM: ADAB
S300: ADAB what?
HARM: Air Defenses Are Busted - Boom !!

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@erfmufn @isro 2/2 I had a full view of the 1st-stg SRB burn and contrails from the horizon, and the bright orange-yellow plumes of the 2nd stg Vikas UDMH+N2O4 burn until about T+3 minutes, when it got too faint. But the Nikon D5 maintained AF lock throughout, maybe due to its IR sensitivity.

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@erfmufn @isro 1/2 Congratulations - no mean feat to pick it up at T+30 mins with only the cryogenic burn in progress and no contrails. By comparison, I lost sight of it at ~T+3 min at an altitude of maybe 150-180 km in broad daylight with a Nikon D5 with a 200-500mm f/5.6 zoom and 1.4x TC.

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@P_J_Buckhaults Important confirmation - it's probably index-hopping or similar artifacts from NGS equipment sequencing dissimilar samples at Wuhan. One of the samples probably had the infectious MERS clone.

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@GorwayGlobal @SonalSingh_NC 15,703 t of 99% Lithium Carbonate extracted from brine trades for about $10/t, or about ~$157k in total. This would not cover the costs of even a preliminary on-site exploration by a team of competent geologists for say ~3 months. Source (Fig.29, pg.43):
https://t.co/ZkwgrpwIRt

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@ak_glg06 The grade of Lithium ore at Reasi has been stated to be 500 ppm or 0.05%. Lithium Carbonate, the main feedstock for the manufacture of Li-Ion batteries, trades for about $10/tonne (2019 prices), mainly from South American sources.

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@ARanganathan72 (6/n) If we could not competitively mine Graphite which sells for $25k/tonne, is it likely that we will be able to competitively produce Lithium Carbonate, which sells for ~$10/tonne?

In one word: Unlikely.

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@ARanganathan72 (5/n) Incidentally, Graphite production in India fell off the cliff in 2016-2017 - we dropped from being the world's largest producer to 5th largest, despite average prices of $25k/tonne: