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China’s Long March-5 rocket places 8-tonne satellite in orbit
30 Dec 2019
The Long March-5, a huge, two-stage rocket, is capable of carrying a payload of up to 25 tonnes into low Earth orbit, 14 tonnes to geostationary transfer orbit and 8 tonnes to Earth-Moon transfer orbit
$11 bn Asahi-CUB deal hits regulatory bump in Australia
12 Dec 2019
The ACCC move comes as a blow for AB InBev, which has been selling assets and took its Asian business public this year to reduce the $100 billion net debt accumulated after its 2016 acquisition of rival SABMiller
Transformation of Logistics sector with AI and other Modern Technologies
10 Dec 2019
The capabilities of AI are seriously ramping up company efficiencies in the areas of predictive demand and network planning
Russia opens natural gas pipeline to China
03 Dec 2019
Hit by Western financial sanctions over its 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea, Russia, one of the largest exporters of natural gas, is shifting market focus to the East
Jio, Voda Idea and Airtel hike tariffs by 40% and more
02 Dec 2019
While Jio has increased tariff by 40 per cent, Airtel and Vodafone Idea have increased prices of their existing packages by as much as 50 per cent, besides the six paise per minute for calls charged under the fair usage policy
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Hariman Sharma lets apple travel to India’s warmer climes
10 Feb 2025
Apple, which was the preserve of the cooler Himalayan region in India, is now everywhere – in the East, the West and the South - thanks to one enterprising Himachal farmer, Hariman Sharma.
The cost of neglecting water transport
03 Feb 2025
Inland water transport is widely recognised as a cheaper and environment friendly mode of transport and, as per a report prepared by RITES
Crypto Currencies Trying To Undermine Global Financial System
27 Jan 2025
US President Donald Trump, it seems, is the latest to join the frenzy for personal or corporate currency, with $TRUMP, or what they call a meme coin, giving a further boost to his crypto image.
As costs of saying final goodbyes rise UK families resort to crowdfunding to pay for funerals
By Axel Miller | 16 Jan 2025
The cost of saying a final goodbye to loved ones in the UK has reached a grim new high, leaving families grappling with unexpected financial burdens.
The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
