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Windows webscrapper - Parsehub

Pros web scrapping methodology very user friendly Control - Correct - Command method using in build ML Cons While using Desktop app, it is very slow. Not sure if Browser with in Desktop app running from local machine or Parsehub server. This will be a concern while passing login credentials to scrap secured data Some interesting Parsehub blog posts https://www.parsehub.com/blog/scrape-twitter-tweets/ https://www.parsehub.com/blog/ https://www.parsehub.com/blog/mining-tweets-for-sentiment-analysis-part-1/ https://www.parsehub.com/blog/mining-tweets-for-sentiment-analysis-part-2/ https://www.parsehub.com/blog/portia-vs-parsehub-comparison-which-alternative-is-the-best-option-for-web-scraping/ https://www.parsehub.com/blog/parsehub-vs-scrapy-comparison-which-alternative-is-better-for-web-scraping/ https://www.parsehub.com/blog/parsehub-vs-import-io-which-alternative-is-better-for-web-scraping/

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Howdy Modi - Uniting Indian Diaspora

As a NRI living in US, I used to various associations like Gujarathi, Tamil, Telugu, Telangana associations etc., But when India was bad mouthed in Western press after Article 370 removal on behalf of Muslim brotherhood, felt like need of United Indian voice. While Pakistani officials spread rumors in Twitter, they kept debunked by various fact finding organizations. But voice isnt enough to make it to main stream media. Refer On the other hand, India as a nation is so diversified , that each state has its own culture, norms, cousins. Traditionally these differences kept Indians abroad apart coming under one umbrella. Since there is no external uniting force, looks like Modi has taken it upon himself to bring all onto one platform. As per 2015 estimates, around 1.5Million are Indian Americans with voting rights. Refer  https://aapidata.github.io/quick_stats/national_data.html and another 300K are pending with approved green card petitions. While these folks are star...

Solution to Kashmir issue

Overview Context of the issue Key events Abrogation of Article 370 of Indian constitution Diplomatic fight Use of rouge forces Information warfare through rumors   Role of regional events US election in 2020 and withdraw of forces from Afghanistan Pakistan strategic depth China's want to deminate South China Sea Solution sdfas Latest on Kashmir Important: Update on Restoration of Normalcy in Jammu & Kashmir. pic.twitter.com/ot1Mt7DaxW — Sheikh Aadil (@AskSheikhAadil) September 9, 2019   Former Pakistan ambassador to US confirming "Pakistan's military terror must end, for India to consider talks" [[KEEP WATCHING THIS SPACE AS I MAKE UPDATES]]

Pakistan

Watching recent tweets and news article in western media, I would like to spend some quality time and understand the enmity between India and Pakistan. In this pursuit, some interesting reads and my take a ways India-Pakistan partition - Birth of a country based on religion  Subsequent incidents Current states 9/11 Terrorist attacks and Intelligence war What wrong with Islam State of Pakistan and reasons for some of its troubles by a Pakistani 10-September - 2019 Pakistan Army begins operation in POK