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Must watch esp. for all Indians.

Actually, I was just about to say if the west happens to be lying through their teeth, they would be emboldened to spread countless other lies about other countries and get away with it.

Or even better, they are already quite emboldened and have experience with lying categorically thinking it would work all the time.

Yes, correct.

Ok, you are right, I will admit my mistake.

It was reported that Pavan Kumar Rai posted a hit on Nijjar on some deepweb website used to hire assassins.

If that is the case, I'd have hoped it would be viral by now. But anyhow, they would have to establish the link between the Pavan Kumar Rai's activities and the killer. The killer who they have not identified.

It's similar to when Biden said Russia's Nord stream gas pipelines will be no more if Russia invades Ukraine. When the sabotage was done, no one could blame the US since there was no evidence linking it to them.

I have replied here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37607765

I don't get how you folks believe Canada's allegations right off the bat, when there is no factual proof or evidence provided by them.

As long as there is no evidence provided by Canada, India is the victim here, with Canada leveling baseless allegations on her.

That's why I said, India has to confirm Canada's factual evidence first, because it can be any politically motivated bullshit for all we know.

Or the attacks may have been carried out by a rogue agent, with no hand of the Indian government in it. But even then the Canada has jumped the gun and claimed that the killings were state sponsored. In that case too India is the victim with Canada making false accusations against her.

Why not? If the evidence can be fact-checked on both sides, then its credibility can be established. All this depends on what kind of evidence Canada has (if at all they do).

Lawrence Bishnoi did claim responsibility for the 2nd killing. But what makes you so sure that the Indian government is contracting the hit squad? The big problem that Canada has is they have not even identified the killer. Even if Bishnoi makes big claims, how are they going to prove them? And then they will have to estabilish the link between GoI and Bishnoi. All that if at all their 'conspiracy theory' that India has a hand in killings holds any water. Which I honestly doubt.

Why the hell should the Indian government trust Canada's so-called evidence that they are not even willing to reveal? Anyone with two brain cells will call bs on something like this.

These right-wing, left-wing terms have come from the west and violated with a negative connotation from the west. Don't defile anything in the east with these vile implications that the western nazis have come to associate with. We in the east are civilized people, not genocidal barbarians. Thank you.

Yes, I think it is a good comment because it answers the question exactly to the point. However, if there is an implied question as to 'why' people should be able to own arms, then of course it's better to elaborate further.

So now hard facts are considered controversial?

The context is that the user is calling to ignore the article completely based on one word they read.

Are you telling me you approve of such standards of intellectual prowess?

Welcome to HN, my friend. People here self-claim to be of high intellectual standards and follow facts. But what I see is a network embroiled in degeneracy. Unfortunate.

I was not sure how you concluded that "A lot of cybercrime comes from India".

But looking through the same lens as the example you provided, it makes sense that since 1.4 billion people stay in India, it is natural for the volume of cybercrime to be high.

While the article and research states that majority of fraud comes from UPI (47.1%), it seems as though the fraud involves the victim voluntarily entering their pin to transfer funds to the perpetrator.[1]

Perhaps this could be a good time for UPI apps to educate their users on fraudulent transactions.

But a part of me thinks this is also trying to boost the credit/debit card industry which has slumped due to UPI's success. I just saw a VISA ad today showcasing their tap to pay feature, which is a strong contender to UPI.

[1] https://www.businesstoday.in/tech-today/trending/story/upi-s...

Article 1 of the Constitution states that “India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States.” It's crucial to emphasise that Article 1 of the Constitution recognises both 'India' and 'Bharat' as official names for the country.[1]

[1] https://www.indiatoday.in/law-today/story/india-or-bharat-re...

The next step up would probably require limited access and verified qualifications.

I am half expecting someone to come up and say it goes against their freedom of speech. No, but I like StackExchange, it provides helpful information many a times. How many times have I visited HN if I wanted to know something versus how many times [...] StackExchange. There's definitely value there even for those not participating, but it takes away the back-and-forth of a discussion.

Even people who don't have the qualifications on paper but who have done sufficient research can add good content.

The problem is people disparage and speak in a condescending way under the pretext of facts, which makes it look legitimate, but there's racism and bigotry hiding underneath. I think people need to be more selective and careful with their usage of words if they want to maintain a scientific decorum, and not politicize matters.

Yes, that would be a whole lot better for India.

All media outlets are biased. The point is to extract the facts and not get swayed by biases. No matter which news outlet you go to, you'll still see the same facts, but the opinions may differ.

It would be a whole lot better if people on HN spend their time reading news and garnering information rather than vomiting their half-baked knowledge and immaturely formed opinions on issues they have no idea about.

Ehh... You give HN too much credit. It's only slightly better than the cacophony of ill-informed baboons that proliferate on other platforms.

Just look at the kind of baseless and denigrating comments people spew around. What more proof do you need.

Ok, Not 80%, but 79% percent! You actually think a party that doesn't care about democratic principles can gain so much popularity, that too in the largest democracy in the world?

https://swarajyamag.com/politics/about-80-per-cent-indians-h...

Not taking anything away from the scientists and engineers, it is their achievement completely.

But is this the way to talk about the party that has the support of 80% of Indians? Hate to see such uncultured speech.

@dang please flag parent comment.

Happy to see the proactive moderation.

Update: Didn't see your comment on the original post.

If what you say is true, it was the colonizers who left us in such a state.

Glad those barbarians left us.

Even if they were if Indians weren't completely backward and uncivilized 70 years is a good enough time to get rid of bad things introduced only for 100 years or so.

If you think Indians were backward and uncivilized, there's no point in engaging further with you.

Caste is not a British construct It comes from a Portuguese word 'casta'.

But that's beside the point. You are mistaking the discriminatory nature of 'caste' with just the different nature of 'varna's. There was fluidity among varnas long before the British arrived and also inter-varna and inter-jati marriages.

Tamil Brahmins have completely different gene line from say Chitpavanas and yet both are seen as Brahmins and they will quickly form a good relationship compared to say a Chitpavana and Koli (fisherman)

Where are you getting such information from? As a person who has lived in India for several decades, I can tell you this is not true. Nobody asks which varna or jati you are from, or no one even mentions these words at least in urban parts.

Even if it was a British construct it is still the failure of Indian society to continue with it...

We never had a discriminatory system in the first place, and the only thing that remains today is the damage done by our various colonizers. India's Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi is himself part of an OBC (other backward classes) community (Modh Ganchi) and has enormous support from Indians from all backgrounds, India's President Smt. Draupadi Murmu is from a ST (Schedule Tribe) community called Santhali. The chief of the drafting committee of India's constitution is a Dalit, as you may know, Dr. Ambedkar, who was in strong opposition of the Brahmanical patriarchy himself. Yet he was given such an important role, in a country where ~80% of the people are Hindus.

Chatrapati Shivaji's father was a Jagirdaar serving under the Nizam, so their family was pretty well off. You are right that he was from a family of land-tillers which is considered to be of a Shudhra varna. However, he employed people of all varnas in his operations.

Once a person or tribe builds social capital they automatically transition into upper-caste. Those who do not, remain at the bottom.

Now that's just... head cannon. President Draupadi Murmu being from a ST does not make any effort to hide the fact. Getting to the post of President has not changed that. Similarly, Dr. Ambedkar's achievements got him far, but he still was a Dalit. Same with Narendra Modi.

Looks like a great tool!

Thanks for the link to the book: https://zenodo.org/record/1146014