295: Celebrating Two years of Blogging with 300 posts

 

 

Topics Covered

 

Leadership, Motivation and Management
Decision making
Mental toughness
Earning respect
Good  leadership qualities and values
Science of Karma
Good working culture
Listening Skills
Be good feel good
Healthy working environment
importance of Tolerance
Lessons from Buddha
Difference between strength and courage
Lessons from rich and famous
Leadership lessons from Hollywood movies.
Shark in the tank theory of management
Car wheel theory of management
Aya Ram Gaya Ram syndrome – yes men.
Calculated Risks
Practical Leadership and management
Communication skills and body language
Lessons from Nanak
Being Responsible and Tolerant
Transferable Skills
Words of Wisdom
 

China

China’s Brain differently wired
China’s strategic thought
China’s military modernisation
China’s Defence industry
China – Pakistan Collusion
China – Art of deception
China: Kill Pigs List
China: Social score System
China: Active Defence Policy
China’s Joint Strategic support force (JSSF)
China – Joint Strategic Support Force.
Dealing with the Dragon
China’s grey zone operations
China: Flavours of military Reform
China: Pillars of Military Reform
China new diplomacy – drawing red lines in sand.
China – demographic analysis.
China through US Prism
China in South China Sea
China’s Military – Civil Fusion
PLAAF Analysis Strengths and weaknesses
Book review on China Airpower
Dealing with Dragon
Knowing China Better: lie flat and let it rot
Knowing China Better social life and customs
 

Geopolitics 

China
Pakistan – National security Policy, Turmoil
Afghanistan
India’s foreign policy
India’s neighbourhood
Quad
Indo – Russian relations
State of Airpower assets in Afghanistan
Indo – US relations
Afghanistan: Taliban runover
US-China shadow boxing over Taiwan
China spoiling Bhutan’s GNH.
South China sea
Gini Index and implications.
Multilateralism: Flexible Security Cooperation.
China Pak Collusivity
Collective Security
Sri Lanka Economic crisis: lessons and opportunity
Ukraine Conflict
Djibouti: Tug of war between USA and China
 

Air Power 

Airpower in Grey zone operations
Airpower in no war no peace situation
Air Power & Non-Kinetic warfare
Air Power in Multi-Domain warfare
Airpower in HADR ops and aid to civil authorities
Drone Threat the big picture
Fighter aircraft classifications by generations
Emerging Technologies and Air Defence
Air Power in Modern Day Warfare
S-400 SAM AD System
Combat Aviation
Changing nature of warfare
Air Defence operations
Air power concepts: Command / control the air, air supremacy, Air superiority & Favourable air situation.
 

Technology 

Hypersonics and hypersonic weapons
Technology and airpower
Future Trajectory of AI
Artificial intelligence
Unmanned Platforms and Swarms, Loyal wingman concept
AI and Fake News
AI: Digital twins and Surrogate models
 

Cyber Safety and Security 

Cyber warfare
Digital addiction
Economic Cyber Frauds
 

Space 

Space operations
Space warfare and organisation in India
Space-based ISR
 

Indian Air Force 

Capability development
Tejas and AMCA project
IAF role in HADR and aid to civil and other agencies
Network-centric operations
PLAAF and IAF comparative analysis
IAF Modernisation
Balakot Operations
Rafale induction and capability enhancement
S-400 Induction
Fire Power Demo: Ex Vayu Shakti
 

War and Warfare 

Types of war
Decoys and deception
Afghanistan Air Assets
Future Wars
warfare
Grey Zone Warfare
Classification of warfare into generations (Russian Thoughts)
Domains of warfare
C4ISR
Military Balance in the region
Ukraine War: Air Power aspects, a case of dog and the bone, Air superiority aspects, decoding Ukraine war
Operational Logistics
Lesser known facts about 1971the  War
Review of book on 1962 war
Review of book on 1965 war
India’s two-front challenge
Douhet theories
Duration of Conflict
Jasjit Singh on Airpower
Galwan stand off
Asymmetric Threat
Nuclear aspects revisited
Accelerating the paradigm Shift
National Security / Military Strategy
Urgent need for National Security Policy
Multilateralism: Relevance and changes
National Security Strategy
 

Military 

Military diplomacy
Military spending: trends and analysis.
Collusive threat and Deterrence: Air and Space Aspects
Integrated Capability Development.
Joint war game training systems
Fighter Pilot: Traits
Agni veer and Agnipath / Tour of duty / making best of the scheme
Andaman and Nicobar Command and Islands
Joint Operations and Joint man ship
 

Higher Defence Organisation 

Department of military affairs
Theaterisation
Air defence command
Civil-military fusion
 

Flight Safety 

Golden rules of safety
Importance of SOPs
A proactive approach to safety
Damage due to Bird Hits and Foreign Objects
Good safety Culture
 

Defence Industry 

Indigenous defence industry
HAL and DPSUs
Role of the private sector in defence production
Arms Transfer to Afghanistan
Defence Budget issues
Atmanirbharta
IAF and indigenisation
Indian Initiatives to promote self-reliance
 

Stories 

My tryst with HT-2 aircraft: The day god flew with me
The day I flew my dad’s car
Male Lake: Tale of two coursemates
Flying Tales

 

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286: Indian Puzzle Championship 2022

 

Indian Puzzle Championship was conducted by Logic Masters India on  20th August 2022 in Pune.

 

Six prelim online rounds were conducted from February to June 22.

Round Dates
Classics 11 – 16 Feb 2022
Casual & Word 18 – 23 Mar 2022
Regions & Evergreens 8 – 13 Apr 2022
Number Placement & Puzzlink 06 – 11 May 2022
Loops & Shading 03 – 08 Jun 2022
MII & Object Placement 17 – 22 Jun 2022

 

Based on the prelim rounds first 60 participants were called for the nationals.

 

The participants were from all over India, with ages varying from  10 years to above 60 years.

 

Some of the participants   

 

 The schedule for the day was as follows:               

Schedule Activity
10:00 – 10:15 Registration & Welcome kit
10:15 – 11:00 Q&A
11:05 – 11:55 Round 1: Memory Lane
12:05 – 1:05 Round 2: Uncharted Waters
1:05 – 2:05 Lunch
2:05 – 2:50 Round 3: Dailies Return
3:05 – 3:55 Round 4: Hangover
4:10 – 4:50 Fun Event
5:00 – 5:40 PR Playoffs
5:40 – 6:00 Results & Prize distribution

 

 

Four rounds and the puzzles included in the competition were as follows:

Round 1: Memory Lane
Round 2: Uncharted Waters
Round 3: Dailies Return
Round 4: Hangover
40 Types of Puzzles being played:
Star Battle
Evergreens
Easy as ABC
Slant
Number Placment
Doppelblock
Scrin
Touching Shapes
Masyu
Scrabble
Kurodoko
Sashigane
Heterocut
Akari
Fillomino
Yin Yang
Battleships
Linesweeper
Haisu
Spiral Galaxies
Letter Weights
Statue Park
Minarism
Canal View
Dominion
Letter Pairs
Tapa
Kurottu
Kakuro
Rassi Silai
Voxas
Yajilin
Cross Math
All You Can Eat
Double Cross
Sudoku Blocks
Witamy w Polsce
St. Mary’s Basicila
Baggage Claim
Gift Shop
Hidden Words

 

Details of the competition rounds, puzzles played, and points allotted were promulgated in the Instruction Booklet (Link Below).

Indian Puzzle Championship 2022 Instruction Booklet 

 

It was a fun-filled day, connecting, competing, and collaborating with fellow participants.

 

A puzzle was created Using names of under 18 above 50 solvers:

 

The national team will be selected from the top solvers. The team will represent the country in the World puzzle competition to be held in Poland (Krakow) from 16th to  23rd of October.

 

Waiting for the 2023 Championship

 

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284: Air Power in Counter Terrorism Operations

Keynote address at Seminar on Counter Terrorism organised by Indic Researcher’s Forum.

 

 

Bottom Line

Airpower has both visible and invisible roles in counter-insurgency role

 

 

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