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In mid-August, news reports on the Scorpène leak — over 22,000 pages of sensitive data related to India’s Scorpène-class submarines was compromised — sent the Indian Navy and the government into a tizzy. The dust had barely settled on the matter when news of one of the biggest breaches of financial data —...
Day 8th was probably the longest drive in this trip. Roughly around 600 Kms. But the roads were great so we didn’t feel much. We left Lucknow quite late by 9am. We had half tank fuel, so I didn’t think much. Ecosport gives at least around 350 Kms for that much fuel. Only...
Varanasi to Lucknow is not very far. Its about 300KMs. But road isn’t great. It took us more than 7 hours to cover. But its all worth it. Lucknow is a beauty or at least the area we saw. Traffic is so much better than Allahabad or Varanasi. We reached around 2pm, so...
Sarnath is one of the four holy places for Buddhists. This is where Gautama Buddha gave his first public lecture including Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta. Otherwise Sarnath also has one of pillars of Ashoka. Its broken and the Lion Capital of Ashoka is for display inside museum. Lion Capital is also the state emblem of...
We left Allahabad after breakfast at Coffee House today. We covered the distance of around 130 KMs in about three hours. The road is two lane but without divider. There was quite a bit of traffic and people dive quite rash here. We took a single break to have great tea. We reached...
Drive to Allahabad was not easy, specially the last 60 KMS. It was a double lane road without divider and almost every one was driving in high beams. City is even worse, I couldn’t see anyone stopping at traffic signal, care about walkers or side no which they drive. Our hotel which I...
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