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Former leaders of Overseas Friends of BJP Canada donated thousands to the Conservative leader and his party.

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An Indian-made component was identified in a Russian weapon system for the first time, while nearly all American-made parts have been phased out, Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) reported on April 7.

"For the first time, a component made in India — a clock buffer from Aura Semiconductor — was found in a Russian weapon," HUR said in a Telegram post.

The discovery came as HUR documented nearly 200 newly identified parts across six types of Russian weaponry.

These include the CRP antenna from the Russian-modified Shahed drone, North Korea's KN-24 ballistic missile, the onboard computer in the X-47 Kinzhal missile, and several reconnaissance and attack drones — including the Supercam S350, Gerbera, and Zala.

The Iranian-designed Shahed-136 drone, known as Geran-2 when produced in Russia, has been widely deployed by Moscow for loitering kamikaze missions targeting Ukrainian cities, energy infrastructure, and frontline positions.

According to HUR, only two American chips remain in the latest CRP antenna design of the Geran-2, illustrating Russia's shift toward components from countries not enforcing sanctions.

In previous drone variants, antennas labeled in Chinese featured 13 out of 15 components made by Chinese firms, including key signal-processing chips from the Beijing Microelectronics Technology Institute.

For years, Russia has served as India's top arms supplier. However, the imposition of international sanctions has forced India to diversify its defense procurement and deepen its ties with Western arms producers.

While India has publicly urged a diplomatic resolution to Russia's war in Ukraine, it has also continued expanding trade with Moscow.

Russia's strongest economic and military partner remains China, with both countries conducting joint drills alongside allies like Belarus and Iran. Beijing has also emerged as one of Russia's leading sources of dual-use goods that feed the Russian defense industry.

Read also: US increasingly polarized over Ukraine support as Trump’s ‘America First’ deepens party divide

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Fictional movie "Santosh" by Sadhya Suri blocked for release in India because its portrayal of misogyny, Islamophobia and violence in the Indian police force is too close to reality.

In the unlikely event that you can not find a European alternative, you may have to consider buying a US branded product. On this website you can look up the brand and see its politics.

"Corporations earn profits off of your everyday purchases. And some of those profits are then donated to politicians and causes you might not agree with." https://www.goodsuniteus.com/

Lando Norris got his first win in Miami in 2024, but Max Verstappen's annoyed reactions were not from the Miami cooldown room but instead from the Dutch Grand Prix later that year 👀

The (2?) maintainers of Fluent Assertions have changed the license in the GitHub repository from Apache 2 to a proprietary commercial license. This happened yesterday, it looks like the other 200 contributors were not asked. Commercial users can now buy a license for $130 per developer, per year.

There are some suggestions that the take-over and the new license are violating some articles in the Apache 2 license.

My question is: Suppose that -with reasonable certainty- the maintainers and new owners violated the Apache 2 license. Is there anything that can be done? Is there any way violations like this can be brought to court?

(I'm just asking, not using FluentAssertions and not involved nor affected by this).

Strange Parts

carved an iPhone out of a solid block of aluminum and turned it into a working custom phone. It took him over a year, from measuring every tiny part to carefully using a CNC machine to cut the complex shapes and fit all the pieces together. This is the first step toward a future where anyone can make their own unique smartphone!

Starting at 2:53

"...depending sometimes which nationality you are..."

Alonso creatively adding fuel to the fire.

The FIA is currently being rocked by stories of mis-management, mass firings, and corruption. For months now, the FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has shown top level staff the door by removing them, or forcing them out. F1’s drivers have spoken out against him but this week, there have been yet more sackings. That is becoming the norm at the FIA though, what isn’t normal is the corruption and miss-spending of funds which has been exposed by those removed.

Motorsport's governing body wants to change its rules to limit the ways its leadership can be held to account for bad governance.

A set of revisions to the statutes governing the audit and ethics committees has been circulated to member clubs to be approved at a vote of the FIA general assembly on 13 December.

These would ensure that any ethics complaints were overseen by the FIA president and president of its senate, rather than the senate itself.

And they would remove the power of the audit committee to investigate financial issues independently.

Presentation about F1 lighting starts at around 7:11

This webinar was organized by Signify, makers of lighting equipment. DZ Engineering srl is a system integrator that installs and removes the lighting at a couple of circuits, including Las Vegas.