WATCH THE HISTORIC RACE BY GULVEER! ๐คฏ
- Wins Silver Medal for India in 10,000m ๐ฅ
- First Indian ever to win a medal in Menโs 10,000m at Commonwealth Games ๐ช
TAKE A BOW, GULVEER SINGH ๐โโ๏ธ๐ซก
The internet was busy debating jantar Mantar & a quiet facility in India witnessed something straight out of science fiction. An engine fired up. But it did not hum & it did not roar like a normal jet.
It detonated. Continuous supersonic shockwaves raced around a circular chamber 1000s of times/sec, harnessing controlled explosions to generate thrust.
The startup D-Propulse just gave the world a sneak peek of their air-breathing Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE) with an integrated aerospike nozzle.
Every jet engine on a commercial airliner, every fighter jet & every rocket we have ever seen operates on deflagration. We mix fuel with air/oxygen, ignite it & it burns relatively slowly at subsonic speeds. It is effective, but humanity has pushed this tech to its absolute physical limits.
RDEs throw that century-old playbook into the fire. Instead of burning fuel smoothly, an RDE explodes it intentionally. A continuous detonation wave sweeps around an annular (ring-shaped) channel at supersonic speeds, reaching over 2000 m/s. This is called Pressure-Gain Combustion.
It extracts 15-25% more thermal efficiency out of the exact same amount of fuel. In the world of high-speed flight, a 25% jump in efficiency is a completely different league.
Why this Matters for India?
For decades, the narrative surrounding Indian engineering was tied to catching up on legacy systems, spending billions trying to replicate 1970s turbofan engine metallurgy/importing critical defense tech.
D-Propulse is proving that India does not need to play catch-up anymore.
By leapfrogging straight to Pressure-Gain Combustion, an Indian deep-tech startup, guided by veteran scientists & built by young engineers is standing on the frontlines alongside research labs in the US, Japan & China.
Imagine hypersonic cruise missiles, ultra-long-range combat drones & spaceplanes that do not need heavy, complex moving turbopumps to break speed records. That is the realm this technology unlocks.
The future does not belong to those who build better versions of old machines. It belongs to those who rewrite the physics of how machines work.
A protest divides a room. A celebration invites everyone in. I am not a politician or an activist. I am pro-freedom โ and that is why I am pro-India.
Jai Hind! ๐ฎ๐ณ
Full letter: https://t.co/KiOad9fWis
#CJP#ChaloSansad#ISupportSonamWangchuk 7/7
Today I published an open letter to @CJP_2029, @abhijeet_dipke and @Wangchuk66 โ written with admiration, and one piece of advice: don't protest. Celebrate.
From an apolitical born in India, spent 45 years in Canada & the US, and came home in 2020 ๐งต 1/7
https://t.co/KiOad9fWis
And invite everyone โ sincerely.
@narendramodi, @RahulGandhi, every party, every leader who believes in this country. A celebration of India belongs to no party. Some will come. And everyone who does makes the circle larger. 6/7
AI has to deal with the real world, and the unpredictability of the real world -- @ylecun at #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026.
Overall, his message was about how LLMs/AI do not have a good understanding of the "world model", and how AI can improve as it understands world models.
RFK is willing to talk for two hours on @theallinpod
Biden won't even do press conferences with journalists
In the age of podcasting, Americans want someone sharp & willing to engage in vibrant debates.
โฆ the next president will win because of podcasts
If you look for a reason to hate a person, eventually you'll find it. If you look for a reason to celebrate a person, eventually you'll find it.
The former leads to resentment and destructive cynicism. The latter leads to happiness and growth for you and for those you celebrate.