The world’s passenger aircraft fleet above 100 seats is set to more than double in the next 20 years to over 40,000 planes as traffic is set to grow at 4.4 percent per year, according to Airbus’ latest Global Market Forecast 2017-2036. Over this period, increasing numbers of first time flyers, rising disposable income spent on air travel, expanding tourism, ...
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Forget Mars, First Learn to Live on Moon: China to ‘Lunar Palace’ Inmates
As the US space agency NASA is making moves to live on Mars by 2030, China is keen to send its space scientists to the Moon first and built a simulator lab with the lunar environment in 2014 that has seen its recent batch of 8 students entering for a year-long experimental life. Though China is planning to send its ...
Read More »India Ranks 3rd with $11 Bln in Money Transfers From US: Report
India has been ranked in the third top spot for remittances, receiving a total of $11.75 billion from friends, family and businesses in 2015, while Mexico was on top with $25.68 billion, followed by China with $16.23 billion in the second position, said a new study by personal finance comparison website finder.com. Based on the World Bank data of remittances ...
Read More »CES 2017: Portable 3D Projector Launched with JBL Sound
LAS VEGAS: Leading smart projector manufacturer XGIMI launches CC, a stylish, portable, smart 3D projector with sound from JBL, at CES Las Vegas on Thursday, the opening day of the three-day tech extravaganza. “We are delighted to be launching our newest product at such an important industry event. We want to bring incredible images and sound into everyone’s homes without ...
Read More »Agni 5 Successfully Test-Fired, What it Means?
Agni-5, the Long Range Surface-to-Surface Ballistic Missile was successfully flight tested by DRDO on Monday at 1100hrs from Dr. Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha, enabling deployment of nuclear weapons capability from a canister on a road mobile launcher. The full range test-flight of the missile has further boosted the indigenous missile capabilities and deterrence level of the country. All the Radars, ...
Read More »India Signs Ocean Exploration Pact, to Match China in Indian Ocean Seabed Exploration
After protesting China’s exploration of seabed in its vicinity and seabed, India has signed a pact with International Seabed Authority for Exploration of Polymetallic Sulphides in Indian Ocean on 26th September, 2016 in New Delhi, said minister YS Chowdhary in a written reply in Lok Sabha on November 23, 2016. The contract provides India the exclusive rights of exploration in ...
Read More »India, China to be Wary as IMF Warns of Protectionism Hype Next Year
While India is going agogue with its Pakistan-centric foreign policy, IMF has warned both India and China that the global economic growth will remain subdued this year following a slowdown in the United States and Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. The IMF, in its October 2016 World Economic Outlook, said India, continues to be resilient with its gross ...
Read More »Cloth Masks Worn by Nurses, Traffic Cops Dubious, Ineffective: Study
It is mere a psychological re-assurance to medical fraternity, especially nurses and the most visible traffic cops in cities who wear them religiously but not realising that they are durbious and ineffective giving them a false sense of security, scientists have warned. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in a first of its kind study, tested disposable surgical masks ...
Read More »Kabali TV Trailer in Telugu Fails to Entice Viewers, Why?
Kabali, unlike Rajinikanth’s other dubbed movies in Telugu, lacks the baritone the actor is famous for and the TV ad clearly comes a notch down making it one of the most disappointing dubbings ever done for the hero, whose ‘Robo’ was last received with immense popularity. The Tamil film of Kabali is based on a novel story of a gangster, ...
Read More »India to ratify Paris Climate Pact on April 22: Prakash Javadekar
Reiterating India’s commitment to carbon emission reduction, Union Environment, Forests & Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday said India, along with 100 other nations would ratify the COP 21 Global Climate Agreement on April 22. The pact, COP 21, reached at Paris summit in December 2015 would be ratified at a high level signing ceremony to be convened at ...
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