Pranam attached as above KR IRS 18522 Google drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ckYT7LK0FHhRzkfeQwwpwwCVxiSek6Ye/view?usp=sharing
On Wed, 18 May 2022 at 09:44, Rajaram Krishnamurthy <[email protected]> wrote: > Pranam > Q2 Any govt servant can avail leave if it is in account; and even > extra-ordinary leave is available beyond the credit in the leave account; > leave must be sanctioned and it is not as a matter of right; even casual > leave can be refused; there are study leave to certain sectors for 5 years; > so there is a joke as to how in a year, a govt servant earns, while on > leave almost 80% of the year. Why are such questions now in their 80s?. > Q3 Salt water and good water do not mix? It is as stupid a question as > reading in the verses that swan can differentiate the water and milk. Sea > water has characteristic properties (e.g. density) that are independent of > sample size.•There are two main factors that make ocean water more or less > dense: temperature and salinity. •Cold, salty water is denser than warm, > fresher water and will sink below the less dense layer.•Density is defined > as the measure of a material’s mass (e.g. grams) divided by its volume > (e.g. milliliters).•Mixing of seawater influences the density of seawater > thereby affecting ocean circulation. Seawater mixing also has an effect > on ocean life. Water variation is due to density from 0.999 to 1,024 > mg/per ml. The physics in creation is marvelous. River with density 1 > shall freeze, but not the sea water as it is salted; as salt entangles the > fresh water the salinity transfer will mix; molecular reaction does exist. > Salinity of such a big space allows the body to float longer than the body > in ordinary water. > Q4 Roundabout is a concept of road regulation denoting the junctions as > all electrical junctions are secluded into a roundabout in your > constructions. Local language is Round tana meaning police in the round > bout. In Maryland, USA east, it is named as BELTWAY. It is a lane > discipline which came before lane driving. > Q5 In the whole earth Insurance is a fraud playing on premium as profit, > keeping it low when there is no need and minting money at high where there > is a lot of needs; but in India Insurance plays a lot of games wrt the > status of the people. Because of law and Income tax they are sold; there > are benefits but it is the least effective in India. > Q6 Medicines for diabetics, whether Ayurvedic or any other system, is > only a cure for 20%. It is effective but does not play the wholesome > reduction. Medical world mint money out of the defect of the body. > Medicines shall cure but the diabetic is not a disease but short of > functional ability. Regular exertion of the body, especially a lot of > walking keeps off from this defect. Legs save the pancreas. We don't use > our legs and become sedentary so we are caught in the web. Every diabetic > is unique and it is the first step for self-realization. > Q7 Again the correct picture is as under and cannot be compared to Sri > Lanka as the questioner and answer provider here discussed: > "The *1991 Indian economic crisis* was an economic crisis in India > resulting from a balance of payments deficit due to excess reliance on > imports and other external factors. India's economic problems started > worsening in 1985 as imports swelled, leaving the country in a twin > deficit <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_deficit>: the Indian trade > balance was in deficit at a time when the government was running on a huge > fiscal deficit. The collapse of the Soviet Bloc, with which India had > rupee exchange in trade, also caused problems. By the end of 1990, in the > run-up to the Gulf War <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War>, the dire > situation meant that the Indian foreign exchange reserves > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_exchange_reserves> could have > barely financed three weeks' worth of imports. Meanwhile, the government > came close to defaulting on its own financial obligations. By July that > year, the low reserves had led to a sharp depreciation/devaluation of the > rupee, which in turn exacerbated the twin deficit problem. The Chandrasekhar > government <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar_government> could > not pass the budget in February 1991 after Moody > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moody%27s_Investors_Service> downgraded > India's bond ratings. The ratings further deteriorated due to the > unsuccessful passage of the budget. This made it impossible for the country > to seek short term loans and exacerbated the existing economic crisis. The > World > Bank <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank> and IMF > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMF> also stopped their assistance, > leaving the government with no option except to mortgage the country's gold > to avoid defaulting on payments. In an attempt to seek an economic > bailout from the IMF, the Indian government airlifted its national gold > reserves <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_reserves>. The crisis, in > turn, paved the way for the liberalisation of the Indian economy > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_liberalisation_in_India>, since > one of the conditions stipulated in the World Bank and IMF loan (structural > reform <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_adjustment>), required > India to open itself up to participation from foreign entities in its > industries, including its state-owned enterprises. > The program of economic policy reform which was put in place in 1990 has > yielded good results, dramatically improving the quality of life in India. > It also resulted in a large increase in inequality with the income share of > the Top 10% of the population increasing from 35% in 1991 to 57.1% in 2014. > Likewise, the income share of the Bottom 50% decreased from 20.1% in 1991 > to 13.1% in 2014." ( vide attachment from the world bank official doc > below) . > Q10 Alcohol is totally not needed in India being a hot climate nation. > But alcohol in limited quantities is harmless at any age. Overdose makes > one over-dozing. KR IRs 18522 > > On Wed, 18 May 2022 at 09:38, Rajaram Krishnamurthy <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Pranam >> Q2 Any govt servant can avail leave if it is in account; and even >> extra-ordinary leave is available beyond the credit in the leave account; >> leave must be sanctioned and it is not as a matter of right; even casual >> leave can be refused; there are study leave to certain sectors for 5 years; >> so there is a joke as to how in a year, a govt servant earns, while on >> leave almost 80% of the year. Why are such questions now in their 80s?. >> Q3 Salt water and good water do not mix? It is as stupid a question >> as reading in the verses that swan can differentiate the water and milk. Sea >> water has characteristic properties (e.g. density) that are independent of >> sample size.•There are two main factors that make ocean water more or less >> dense: temperature and salinity. •Cold, salty water is denser than warm, >> fresher water and will sink below the less dense layer.•Density is defined >> as the measure of a material’s mass (e.g. grams) divided by its volume >> (e.g. milliliters).•Mixing of seawater influences the density of >> seawater thereby affecting ocean circulation. Seawater mixing also has >> an effect on ocean life. Water variation is due to density from 0.999 >> to 1,024 mg/per ml. The physics in creation is marvelous. River with >> density 1 shall freeze, but not the sea water as it is salted; as salt >> entangles the fresh water the salinity transfer will mix; molecular >> reaction does exist. Salinity of such a big space allows the body to float >> longer than the body in ordinary water. >> Q4 Roundabout is a concept of road regulation denoting the junctions as >> all electrical junctions are secluded into a roundabout in your >> constructions. Local language is Round tana meaning police in the round >> bout. In Maryland, USA east, it is named as BELTWAY. It is a lane >> discipline which came before lane driving. >> Q5 In the whole earth Insurance is a fraud playing on premium as >> profit, keeping it low when there is no need and minting money at high >> where there is a lot of needs; but in India Insurance plays a lot of games >> wrt the status of the people. Because of law and Income tax they are sold; >> there are benefits but it is the least effective in India. >> Q6 Medicines for diabetics, whether Ayurvedic or any other system, is >> only a cure for 20%. It is effective but does not play the wholesome >> reduction. Medical world mint money out of the defect of the body. >> Medicines shall cure but the diabetic is not a disease but short of >> functional ability. Regular exertion of the body, especially a lot of >> walking keeps off from this defect. Legs save the pancreas. We don't use >> our legs and become sedentary so we are caught in the web. Every diabetic >> is unique and it is the first step for self-realization. >> Q7 Again the correct picture is as under and cannot be compared to Sri >> Lanka as the questioner and answer provider here discussed: >> "The *1991 Indian economic crisis* was an economic crisis in India >> resulting from a balance of payments deficit due to excess reliance on >> imports and other external factors. India's economic problems started >> worsening in 1985 as imports swelled, leaving the country in a twin >> deficit <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_deficit>: the Indian trade >> balance was in deficit at a time when the government was running on a huge >> fiscal deficit. The collapse of the Soviet Bloc, with which India had >> rupee exchange in trade, also caused problems. By the end of 1990, in the >> run-up to the Gulf War <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War>, the >> dire situation meant that the Indian foreign exchange reserves >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_exchange_reserves> could have >> barely financed three weeks' worth of imports. Meanwhile, the government >> came close to defaulting on its own financial obligations. By July that >> year, the low reserves had led to a sharp depreciation/devaluation of the >> rupee, which in turn exacerbated the twin deficit problem. The Chandrasekhar >> government <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar_government> could >> not pass the budget in February 1991 after Moody >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moody%27s_Investors_Service> downgraded >> India's bond ratings. The ratings further deteriorated due to the >> unsuccessful passage of the budget. This made it impossible for the country >> to seek short term loans and exacerbated the existing economic crisis. The >> World >> Bank <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank> and IMF >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMF> also stopped their assistance, >> leaving the government with no option except to mortgage the country's gold >> to avoid defaulting on payments. In an attempt to seek an economic >> bailout from the IMF, the Indian government airlifted its national gold >> reserves <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_reserves>. The crisis, in >> turn, paved the way for the liberalisation of the Indian economy >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_liberalisation_in_India>, since >> one of the conditions stipulated in the World Bank and IMF loan (structural >> reform <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_adjustment>), required >> India to open itself up to participation from foreign entities in its >> industries, including its state-owned enterprises. >> The program of economic policy reform which was put in place in 1990 has >> yielded good results, dramatically improving the quality of life in India. >> It also resulted in a large increase in inequality with the income share of >> the Top 10% of the population increasing from 35% in 1991 to 57.1% in 2014. >> Likewise, the income share of the Bottom 50% decreased from 20.1% in 1991 >> to 13.1% in 2014." ( vide attachment from the world bank official doc >> below) . >> Q10 Alcohol is totally not needed in India being a hot climate nation. >> But alcohol in limited quantum is harmless at any age. Overdose makes one >> over-dozing. KR IRs 18522 >> >> On Wed, 18 May 2022 at 08:45, Rajaram Krishnamurthy < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Pranam >>> Q1 Many a Q & A is unrelated to the age of the members in any group >>> as hereinafter; if the 80s were to learn how the AC works etc it is of no >>> use now. However, learning anything which is carried down the lane through >>> minds may be useful in the continuum of next birth. One such is whether the >>> medical profession is going down?; tell everyone honestly, is the demand >>> for MBBS reduced and there are no takers?. Read 2022 authentic bulletin: >>> "The >>> Indian healthcare sector is expected to record a three-fold rise, growing >>> at a CAGR of 22% between 2016–2022 to reach US$ 372 billion in 2022 from >>> US$ 110 billion in 2016. >>> >>> By FY22, Indian healthcare infrastructure is expected to reach US$ 349.1 >>> billion. >>> >>> As of 2021, the Indian healthcare sector is one of India’s largest >>> employers as it employs a total of 4.7 million people. The sector has >>> generated 2.7 million additional jobs in India between 2017-22 -- over >>> 500,000 new jobs per year. >>> >>> In the Economic Survey of 2022, India’s public expenditure on healthcare >>> stood at 2.1% of GDP in 2021-22 against 1.8% in 2020-21 and 1.3% in 2019-20. >>> >>> A growing middle-class, coupled with rising burden of new diseases, are >>> boosting the demand for health insurance coverage. With increasing demand >>> for affordable and quality healthcare, penetration of health insurance is >>> poised to expand in the coming years. In FY21, gross direct premium income >>> underwritten by health insurance companies grew 13.3% YoY to Rs. 58,572.46 >>> crore (US$ 7.9 billion). The health segment has a 29.5% share in the total >>> gross written premiums earned in the country. >>> >>> The Indian medical tourism market was valued at US$ 2.89 billion in 2020 >>> and is expected to reach US$ 13.42 billion by 2026. >>> >>> According to India Tourism Statistics at a Glance 2020 report, close to >>> 697,300 foreign tourists came for medical treatment in India in FY19. India >>> has been ranked 10th in the Medical Tourism Index (MTI) for 2020-21 out of >>> 46 destinations by the Medical Tourism Association. >>> >>> The e-health market size is estimated to reach US$ 10.6 billion by 2025. >>> >>> As of January 2022, the number of medical colleges in India stood at 595. >>> >>> As per information provided to the Lok Sabha by the Minister of State >>> for Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar, the doctor >>> population ratio in the country is 1:854, assuming 80% availability of >>> 12.68 lakh registered allopathic doctors and 5.65 lakh AYUSH doctors. >>> >>> On Tue, 17 May 2022 at 20:56, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> *CULTURAL QA 05-2022-17* >>>> >>>> *BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS* >>>> >>>> Q1 Why do you think the medical profession is slowly losing >>>> its charm? >>>> >>>> A1 Abraham Sukumar In medical service in India for more than >>>> three decades Sat >>>> >>>> *Medicine lost its charm when general practitioners disappeared from >>>> the scene*. The GPs had to go; medicine became too vast for one person >>>> to hold that large a volume of knowledge for immediate recall. Those of us >>>> brought up in the modern world of course know the benefits of the medical >>>> profession, which is vital to our healthy existence, but how can it be >>>> charming? An illustrative example from my experience may shed some light on >>>> that mystery. >>>> >>>> The year was 1966. The patient at my clinic in a busy side street in >>>> Royapettah, Madras was little Kudurathullah, aged 10 months. He had the >>>> general shape of a soccer ball, with eyes that were large and perfectly >>>> circular and expressive. It was expressing not so much fear as tense >>>> anticipation of the bad things that are certain to unfold shortly. In his >>>> short life he had known nothing but bad things happen in that place his >>>> mother has brought him to. With minimal cooperation from the patient, I >>>> managed to see his throat and auscultate his chest. *He needed >>>> antibiotic injection. That was drama time.* >>>> >>>> He saw the syringe and immediately wrapped himself in the ample >>>> clothing of his mother’s burka dress screaming the while at the top of his >>>> voice. His tear-stained eyes were the only parts of his body that was >>>> visible. *My nurse and an aunt of the boy held the screaming >>>> struggling boy to enable me to inject the antibiotic. The family lived in >>>> unhealthy surroundings and the boy came at regular intervals for >>>> respiratory infection*. Our relationship soon ended when I was >>>> promoted and transferred to Thanjavur 200 miles away. >>>> >>>> I returned to Madras after nine years. This time it was to the medical >>>> college in Kilpauk, another Chennai suburb quite a distance from >>>> Royapettah. *I was no longer a GP but a professor of surgery. My >>>> surgical practice was in a nursing home in Kilpauk*. One day I had >>>> visitors, a man, his wife and a 10-year-old son. >>>> >>>> ‘You may not remember us,’ said the man, ‘but you may this boy. He is >>>> Kuduratullah.’ The boy smiled a gentle smile. ‘He has heard so much about >>>> the troubles he gave you,’ said the father, ‘that *he wanted to see >>>> you in person.’* >>>> >>>> I felt deeply humbled. The relationship of the family to their doctor >>>> was so deep that coming to hear of his return to a distant suburb after ten >>>> years they have made what can be reckoned a pilgrimage to renew the >>>> friendship. *That was the charm in doctor-patient relationship that is >>>> now gone*. To the patient whose gallbladder I had removed recently as >>>> a specialist I am just the doctor who had removed his gallbladder. It is as >>>> bland as that. *Doctors of my era who had lived through both sides of >>>> the change know how deep a loss it is both to the profession and the >>>> patients.* >>>> >>>> Q2 Are bureaucrats allowed to take 1-2 months leave every >>>> year? >>>> >>>> A2 D D Rishi Former IRS | Advocate | LL. M.,Ph.D. (Law) | Sat >>>> >>>> Nobody bothers in bureaucracy if you go on leave for 1 or 2 months or >>>> years. Many of them go for study leave abroad for 2 years or more. *Lot >>>> many take leave for months till they get a post of their choice.* >>>> Unless your boss wants to be vindictive, leave is generally not denied. >>>> >>>> Bureaucracy is so heavily overstaffed that the official work does not >>>> suffer till the working strength goes below 25%. *In Covid period, >>>> administration was running smoothly, rather more efficiently, in spite of >>>> very low attendance in government offices.* >>>> >>>> Q3 Why do salt water and fresh water never mix even when >>>> they meet? >>>> >>>> A3 Ken Saladin Leading horses to water Sun >>>> >>>> *That’s completely mistaken*. The places where rivers meet the ocean >>>> are called estuaries. They’re highly important, *unique ecosystems in >>>> which the living organisms are adapted to the half-salty water and varying >>>> salinities t*hat result from the mixing of the fresh water of a river >>>> with the salt water of the sea. Any aquatic or especially estuarine >>>> ecologist can tell you in depth of the importance of the mixing of salt and >>>> fresh water. *For anyone to say they two don’t mix is just a mark of >>>> ignorance about the world of nature.* Anyone with a boat and minimal >>>> equipment can easily take water samples and measure their salinity at >>>> various point in and near an estuary and see *the mixing of the water, >>>> increasing with distance.* >>>> >>>> It’s not too hard to see how people in antiquity might believe this. >>>> Even where two rivers meet, as in this photo of the confluence of the >>>> Yangtze and Han rivers of China, they can flow for an appreciable distance >>>> before their waters become thoroughly mixed. Many of us have perhaps rafted >>>> the Grand Canyon and seen this effect, as I have, at the confluence of the >>>> clear Green River and muddy Colorado River. But they do mix eventually, >>>> just as the waters of a river and the sea do. >>>> >>>> *A dogmatic belief that fresh and salt water don’t mix apparently comes >>>> from the Quran, sura 25:53, shown here with a couple of alternative >>>> translations:* >>>> >>>> The only reason one might argue for this today, in spite of everyday >>>> evidence anyone can observe, is simply a dogmatic adherence to the Quran, a >>>> false belief that it can never be wrong about anything. I suppose one >>>> might, in the alternative, argue that Allah imposed that barrier at one >>>> time, *but the Quran doesn’t say that was to remain so for all time, >>>> even today.* There diverse ways of rationalizing one’s way around >>>> contradictions between ancient scriptures and today’s reality. >>>> >>>> Q4 Why are roundabouts so effective? >>>> >>>> A4 Steven Haddock Studied at York University (Canada)Wed >>>> >>>> *Largely because they force traffic to slow down.* >>>> >>>> One of the things that makes intersections dangerous is that traffic >>>> with the light tends to travel through them at the maximum legal speed. >>>> *Some >>>> people even have the habit of speeding up when they see a yellow light to >>>> make sure they “make it through”.* >>>> >>>> Roundabouts have more collisions, but fewer lethal collisions, even >>>> between cars and pedestrians which is an important factor. >>>> >>>> And that’s because the design of a roundabout forces you to slow down >>>> as you approach it. Even if you’re not paying attention to traffic, you are >>>> paying attention to the road shape which means you’re slowing down to >>>> navigate a curve. >>>> >>>> Then, of course, there’s traffic flow. Even though you have to slow >>>> down, which is a pain, it’s less likely you will have to stop. That keeps >>>> traffic flowing in all directions, even in a complicated set-up where more >>>> than two roads intersect. >>>> >>>> *In right-side countries, they also make left turns a breeze. Left >>>> turns are one of the real traffic* problems when using intersections >>>> and UPS and other courier companies actually plan routes to avoid left >>>> turns because even though the route may be longer, it will still use less >>>> fuel. Left turns reduce road capacity from a theoretical maximum of 1,800 >>>> cars per hour to about half that, and the wider the road the more left >>>> turns slow down traffic, both by interrupting flow in the oncoming >>>> direction, and by having cars lined up waiting for the turn. >>>> >>>> Q5 How does insurance work? What if I bought an accidental >>>> insurance and fortunately, I don't meet with any accidents and don't claim >>>> it? What will happen to the premiums I paid? >>>> >>>> A5 Prasanna Bhalerao M. Sc. in Electronics & Physics, >>>> Fergusson College, Pune4h >>>> >>>> *Insurance is and should be an expense and not something of an >>>> investment.* >>>> >>>> I assume that you have a two-wheeler or a 4-wheeler. The vehicle has >>>> insurance requirement. So you buy an insurance for every year of >>>> possession. You pay the premium. You may never meet an accident or >>>> sometimes a small skirmish damage is too small to bother claiming insurance >>>> damages. In short, you never claimed insurance till you own the vehicle. >>>> *Do >>>> you get this money back after you sell the vehicle or junk it? No, right? >>>> Then what is it you paid for? What did you get in return?* >>>> >>>> LIC is the culprit which sells insurance with a tag line “बीमा भी, >>>> निवेश भी” meaning you will get insurance and investment, i.e., you >>>> will get your premium plus bonus back after the end of the policy. Quit >>>> thinking in these terms. I have written a long article on this: >>>> >>>> *My note- Vehicle insurance and medical insurance is different from >>>> Life insurance, by any company.** Life insurance is also an investment >>>> in my opinion because, after the insurance period if one survive he get >>>> the total amount paid with bonus accured. * >>>> >>>> Q6 I have diabetes. But before food, it is around 120mg. But >>>> after food it is going up to 280mg. Why is this happening? >>>> >>>> A6 Disha Gupta Bachelor's of science student Fri >>>> >>>> You have diabetes. It is due to the low insulin level. Insulin helps to >>>> digest sugar and it is secreted by pancreas. You have to be on action soon >>>> it is not so high and at a dangerous level. >>>> >>>> *My suggestion is not to take tablet for this because it may cause many >>>> harm.* >>>> >>>> My uncle is taking pill from its initial stage and now it reaches >>>> 450mg. And also he is not able to eat any sugar, sweet and carbohydrates. >>>> >>>> Whereas, my mother also had been finding diabetic few years ago. She >>>> doesn't use any pills for it. She is just taking totally herbs based >>>> *vrinda >>>> madhumehhari kada* every morning and now her blood sugar level is >>>> normal. She is eating sugar, sweet and anything she wants just because of >>>> it. >>>> >>>> That's why I totally recommend you that. If you also want to take it. I >>>> will tell you how to purchase it. >>>> >>>> Otherwise it totally your choice……I hope this will help you…… >>>> >>>> *My note- I do not think ayurvedic medicines can lower blood sugar >>>> levels. It is a fact for som* diabetics eating certain sugar items >>>> does not increase blood sugar level. I cannot explain the reason. I am >>>> diabetic. Certain sweets does not increase my blood sugar level >>>> >>>> Q7 What are some things every Indian should know about >>>> Indian history? >>>> >>>> A7 Ankit Kumar Singh an IT professional, trapped in a >>>> concrete jungle. May 5 >>>> >>>> *Today, Sri Lanka is almost bankrupt; however, did you know that India >>>> was once in a worse state than Sri Lanka is now?* >>>> >>>> India had a closed economy in the 1990s. The government owned the >>>> majority of the companies in India, and foreign direct investment was >>>> restricted. Policies of previous congress government was weakening indian >>>> economy day by day. >>>> >>>> Oil prices were at an all-time high in August 1990 as a result of the >>>> Gulf War. >>>> >>>> Non-resident Indians were unable to send money to their loved ones in >>>> India. >>>> >>>> As a result, India's forex reserves were reduced to 600 million dollars. >>>> >>>> Indian reserves were only enough to keep the country running for a few >>>> weeks. >>>> >>>> Then came Manmohan Singh, India's finance minister at the time who took >>>> some unpopular but critical decision. >>>> >>>> *He immediately obtained a 2.2 billion dollar loan from the IMF and >>>> sold 600 million dollars of India's gold to international banks. To make >>>> Indian exports* more competitive he devalued Indian rupee by 20%. He >>>> also took some long term step. He brought new Industrial Policy and opened >>>> Indian market for foreign investors. >>>> >>>> He Ended his Parliament Speech for the budget session with the >>>> statement :“No power can now stop the growth of India”. >>>> >>>> The rise of India began.The foundations for an economic powerhouse was >>>> already laid. >>>> >>>> *By 2009, India had been able to repurchase the gold it had sold in >>>> 1990, as well as absorb the shocks of US sanctions against India in 1998, >>>> the* Kargil war in 1999, and the 2009 global economic crisis. >>>> >>>> In the decades that followed India was one of the fastest growing >>>> economy in the world giving tough competition to china. >>>> >>>> Peace.Credits:- Labour Law Advisor. >>>> >>>> Q8 Is it true that now that 5G exists, we no longer need >>>> airplane mode on a plane? >>>> >>>> A8 Andrew McGregor Performance Measurement Lead at Fastly >>>> (company) (2019–present)16h >>>> >>>> *No, that’s a coincidence.* >>>> >>>> We mostly no longer need airplane mode because airplane electronics >>>> finally caught up with the existence of cellphones. >>>> >>>> *Old airplanes really did have issues with cellphones on board. While >>>> it wasn’t likely to cause a crash, and so far as I know never did, it could >>>> have.* >>>> >>>> New airplanes are designed to cope with those signals. >>>> >>>> So we have come to a point in time where the old airplanes have almost >>>> all aged out of the fleet or been upgraded, and the new ones never had the >>>> problem to start with. >>>> >>>> *You’ll still be asked to put phones in airplane mode in some cases, >>>> and it is still important to do that when asked, but it’s not every flight >>>> now.* >>>> >>>> Q9 Which is the best and the worst airport in India, and why? >>>> >>>> A9 Shaunak Bhattacharjeee Lives in Kolkata, West Bengal, >>>> India (1996–present) Apr 5 >>>> >>>> I am not sure about the best but I am very sure about the worst airport >>>> in India. I have been to 20–25 cities across the country in the last four >>>> years and I know a few things about some of the airports I have visited; as >>>> for the Kolkata airport, the map is ingrained in my brain. Anyway, coming >>>> back to the question*, if I were to nominate one airport to be the >>>> worst airport in India, it has to be the Hubli airport.* >>>> >>>> I am currently in Hubli and will be flying out tomorrow and I hope the >>>> Airports Authority of India doesn’t read this and take offence. See, the >>>> point is when you develop an airport, you need to take care of things >>>> outside the airport too. Uber does not operate in Hubli and the local cab >>>> drivers do not let Ola enter within the periphery of the airport. *The >>>> prepaid taxi counter is non-functional and therefore, passengers arriving >>>> at Hubli airport have no option but to surrender to the local taxi drivers >>>> who charge a fixed rate of 100 rupees per kilometre.* >>>> >>>> I came to my hotel which was 5 kilometres from the airport and I had to >>>> pay him 430 rupees. He started from 600 rupees and my bargaining skills >>>> bore fruit for the first time; I managed to bring it down to 430. My dad >>>> will be super proud of me! It is not like the driver has conned me, *I >>>> came to the hotel and the receptionist confirmed the same - that is how it >>>> has been for arriving passengers at the airport.* >>>> >>>> While there isn’t a big of an issue for passengers going to the airport >>>> because they can book an Ola and go there but the cabs dropping off the >>>> passengers are not allowed to pick up passengers by the local taxi drivers. >>>> They are carrying out a monopoly and with the prepaid taxis being out of >>>> service, they are demanding absurd prices from the passengers. *To >>>> date, I used to think Bangalore airport is the worst because it is 40 >>>> kilometres from the city and you had to shell 1,000 rupees for a trip.* >>>> But at least you got a cab over there and *compared to Hubli’s rate of >>>> 100–150 rupees per kilometre, Bangalore’s prices seem decent enough.* >>>> >>>> My note- I am astonished to hear the taxi rate at Calcutta. Probably a >>>> remedy will appear soon. >>>> >>>> Q10 Why is alcohol still bad for humans, despite it being in >>>> our culture since 7000BCE? I'd imagine by now, it would actually be good >>>> for us, or something we depend upon, yet it still causes long term >>>> health problems, and extreme withdrawal symptoms. >>>> >>>> A10 Matt Riggsby BA Anthropology, U.C. Berkeley Sat >>>> >>>> *Because it’s not that bad for us*. Moderate alcohol use along the >>>> lines of one or two drinks a day is, for all practical purposes, harmless, >>>> and that’s about the highest widespread level of alcohol use we’ve seen >>>> though most of history. *Now, very high levels of alcohol use are >>>> certainly harmful, but through most of history, that much alcohol simply >>>> wasn’t available to a statistically significant number of people*. It >>>> took things like the Agricultural Revolution of the early modern period and >>>> the development of industrial-scale distillation to make very large >>>> quantities of alcohol generally available. But even then, most people >>>> still don’t drink that much. There are certainly conditions and >>>> periods of social disturbance which see widespread alcohol abuse (Britain’s >>>> “gin craze,” various circumstances conspiring to drive high levels of >>>> alcoholism among Native Americans, etc.), but those are all quite recent >>>> and limited in scope. Evolution hasn’t had the time or selective pressures >>>> to make significant changes. >>>> >>>> *All the above QA are from Quora website on 16-05- 2022. * >>>> >>>> *Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers .* >>>> >>>> *Compiled **and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 17-05-2022* >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "iyer123" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/1881181699.1724876.1652801181842%40mail.yahoo.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/1881181699.1724876.1652801181842%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZorz9DW_LfvSsSGN37LFWdAZXgE8za1Kc_avtXu9vdYOzA%40mail.gmail.com.
