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Everyone knows the Rigveda is the oldest book of India. Almost nobody knows what a computer scientist from Srinagar found hiding inside its table of contents. This is that story.... @subhash_kak Ji is a prof. of computer science at Oklahoma State. 1 of the 2 known methods of quantum cryptography comes from him. But his most unusual work is a discovery he calls the astronomical code of the Rigveda. Start with the fire altar, described in the Shatapatha Brahmana down to the last stone. It is enclosed by 360 stones: 21 for the earth, 78 for the atmosphere, 261 for the sky. It holds 10,800 ordinary bricks, which is exactly the number of muhurtas in a year of 360 days. And the same text says the Rigveda has 432,000 syllables. 432,000 is 40 x 10,800. The book is being described as an altar built out of verses. Now look at 261, the sky number. The sun appears about half a degree wide in our sky. Count its own diameters from horizon to horizon and you get ~339. Subhash Ji calls these sun-steps. Take the mean of 339 and 183, the half-year, and you land exactly on 261. The altar's sky number. Then Subhash Ji did something nobody had tried. He arranged the 10 books of the Rigveda in layers, like an altar. The Rigveda has 1,028 hymns / 1,017 without the 11 Valakhilya hymns that the tradition itself treats as a later supplement. Arrange the books as an altar and this is what falls out: - Books 4, 6, 8 and 9, the spine, hold exactly 339 hymns. The sun-step number. - Books 1 and 10 hold 382, which is 339 + 43. - Books 2, 3, 5 and 7 hold 296, which is 339 - 43. - And 43 is the hymn count of Book 2 itself. - Books 5 and 7 add to 191, which is the count of both Book 1 and Book 10. - The full count is 1,017, which is 339 x 3. - He counts 216 hymn groups. 216 is 2 x 108. The Jaiminiya Grhyasutra says plainly: Mercury is Vishnu. Vishnu's most famous feat in the Rigveda is measuring the universe in 3 strides. Subhash Ji's reading: divide the sky's 261 days by the 3 strides and you get 87 days. Mercury's actual year is 88 days. And 3 of Mercury's cycles through the sky, 118 days each in the code, give 354 days, the lunar year. The hymn says 2 of Vishnu's steps are visible to men, but the 3rd is beyond the flight of birds. Mercury is the hardest planet to spot precisely because it never strays far from the sun's glare. The code does not stop there. The Vedanga Jyotisha, the astronomy manual of the same world, counts the moon rising 1,768x in a yuga of 1,830 days. Divide and you get the moon rising every 24 hours and 50.5 minutes. I do not know if all of this was design. But when the spine of the altar of books adds up to the number of steps the sun takes across the sky, I find it hard to call it an accident. Anyone with a calculator can check every number here in one evening. That, to me, is the most stunning part. Source: Subhash Kak, The Astronomical Code of the Rgveda (3rd edition); S. Kak, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1995 and 1996. Photo 1: The 10,800 brick count = a year's muhurtas (p.75). Photo 2: Shatapatha Brahmana 10.4.2.23-24, the Rigveda as 432,000 syllables (p.89). Photo 3: The 1,017 hymn total and Subhash Ji's 339x3 reading - note he frames it as "we choose to view", i.e. his interpretation, not a count stated in the text (p.99). Also has his own Books 4-8 graph figure. Photo 4: The Mercury-Vishnu identification - 3 revolutions in 261 sky days, so 87 days (p.110).

For the first time in 47 years, the CRPF has completed 12 consecutive months without an operational death, marking a major milestone for the country's largest paramilitary force.

My congratulations to #Indian Navy for successfully executing a meticulously coordinated 48-hour operation to rescue all 20 crew members of the pirated fishing vessel, Azini, more than 3000 km from Mumbai in the Arabian Sea, on 02 Nov 26. The swift localisation, interception and safe release of the crew and vessel from significantly-armed pirates, with timely support from the Indian Air Force, speak well of the Indian Navy’s high operational readiness and ability to respond decisively to maritime threats across the region. Our brave personnel have once again demonstrated India’s ability, intent and resolve to safeguard lives, uphold maritime security and ensure stability across the Indian Ocean Region. India continues to stand resolute in ensuring SAFE SEAS and a free, open and secure Indian Ocean Region. #IndianNavy #IndianAirForce #SafeSeas

What makes Pune Metro's new Pink Line so special? 23 km connecting Hinjewadi's IT hub with Shivajinagar. Operated by women. Almost a third of the electricity needs planned from solar energy. Tomorrow, this Rs. 8,300 crore infra enhancement will be inaugurated! A significant boost to 'Ease of Living' for Pune! pib.gov.in/PressReleaseDetai…

My goat @AshwiniVaishnaw we dont praise you enough 😭!!!!

Game-changing achievement: DRDO’s Durga-II 100kW laser shield joins the forces, melting hostile drones mid-air in seconds at near-zero cost. 🇮🇳🔥🛡️

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This news means we can expect another hit job on Indian pharma, by causing issues outside India either via sabotage or by using their API companies. And their agents in India will shout to make it look like all Indian pharma is bad. Reuters, FT, BBerg will amplify the narrative.

Everyone's sharing that India just got its own GPS. The real story is better. We've had NavIC for years. On Friday night, ISRO started bringing it back to full strength. NavIC needs at least 4 working satellites to work on its own. A few older ones had lost their atomic clocks, and NVS 02 couldn't reach its slot last year, so the system had slipped below that minimum. GSLV F18 just put NVS 03 up, which puts us on track to get back to 4. This matters more than it sounds. GPS belongs to the US military, and during Kargil India was denied GPS data when it needed it most. Today our maps, shipping, fishermen's alerts, power grids, bank timestamps and defence systems all depend on satellite timing. NavIC means India controls that for itself. NVS-03 also carries an atomic clock made in India. Not long ago, we imported every one. Next, the satellite climbs to its parking spot, with NVS-04 and NVS-05 lined up after that. Steady progress, lessons learnt from setbacks, and a system getting stronger with every launch. Well done, Team ISRO 🇮🇳

🚨 The NVS-03 satellite has been successfully inserted into Geostationary Transfer Orbit! 🎯 GSLV-F18 mission is ACCOMPLISHED ✅️ Congrats to launch teams at ISRO! ❤️ However, the mission is not over yet! Stay tuned for updates regarding NVS-03's journey to GEO to see if it successfully brings NavIC back to life... #ISRO | #GSLVF18

𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐳𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐀 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲.🐂 Around 1900 BCE, during the Bronze Age, a Harappan artist carved this magnificent humped bull from naturally banded agate - a stone with a Mohs hardness of approximately 7. Bronze was widely used for tools, but it was not harder than agate. Shaping such a stone required abrasive techniques and considerable skill. Now look at the bands. They are not painted. They are not inlaid. They are part of the stone itself. The artist had to envision the bull within this naturally patterned material, making every carving decision around the stone's existing structure. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞. Made around 1900 BCE. Found at Pur village, Haryana. How many such masterpieces of the Harappan world have we overlooked? Source: Haryana State Archaeology and Museums, via Google Arts & Culture.

The ECI affidavit before the Supreme Court of India signed no less by all three election commissioners makes it crystal clear that the Indian Express report by Ritika Chopra claiming that there was a mutiny inside the election commission was patently false.  This is irresponsible reporting and an apology to the Election Commission of India and the individual Election Commissioners must follow immediately.  The trend of baselessly attacking democratic institutions to discredit India must be countered aggressively.  I hope also that Mr Rahul Gandhi has learnt a valuable lesson from all of this. A wise lawyer from his own party had publicly stated in an interview to @BDUTT that it is risky to abuse the jurisdiction of Court to settle scores or build political narratives.  Precisely that has happened.  Mr Gandhi, goaded by some “wise” person in his own party, willingly took the bait offered by the Express and ran to Court - now obviously the Top Court will toss his petition out since its very basis has now been proved to be a total fairytale.

Today is death anniversary of Yashwant Rao Holkar, last of the great Maratha rulers, who fiercely resisted British expansion, forged alliances, and built a modern army, yet was tragically betrayed by fellow rulers, forcing him into a lonely but undefeated struggle. Born into the Holkar dynasty, Yashwant Rao emerged during a succession crisis after Ahilyabai Holkar’s death in 1795. Opposed the weak ruler Kashi Rao and survived political assassinations and imprisonment before ascending the throne in 1799 with popular and military support. Launched northern and southern campaigns to expand Holkar power.After his brother Vithoji was executed by the Peshwa, Yashwant Rao attacked Ujjain and Pune, defeating the combined Peshwa-Scindia forces in 1802 at Hadapsar. His victories led to the Treaty of Bassein, where the Peshwa surrendered to the British, marking a turning point in Maratha decline. Tried to unite Maratha rulers (Scindia, Bhonsle, Gaekwad) against the British, but was repeatedly betrayed.Despite isolation, he defeated British forces at Konch, Kota, and Deeg, and repelled sieges at Bharatpur. Refused to surrender even when surrounded. Famously declared: My country and property are upon the saddle of my horse, and please God, to whatever side the reins of the horses of my brave warriors shall be turned, the whole of the country in that direction shall come into my possession. Ultimately signed a peace treaty in 1805, which restored his territories unconditionall, a rare gesture from the British acknowledging his strength. Built a cannon factory in Bhanpura and raised a 100,000-strong army to attack the British.Died in 1811 at age 35, worn down by betrayal and personal loss.