Infrastructure - general
Wattway in France is world's first solar highway
24 Dec 2016
The world's first solar highway has been opened to traffic in France and will now undergo a two-year test to check if it can withstand the traffic of thousands of cars and trucks per day, and whether it could actually provide a useful amount of electricity
Smart City mission adds 27 new cities
20 Sep 2016
Talgo train completes Delhi-Mumbai final route trial in less than 12 hours
12 Sep 2016
With nine super light-weight coaches the high-speed train, manufactured by Spanish firm Talgo, can hit 200 km per hour in perfect track conditions
CAG comes down hard on Delhi Transport Corp
14 Jun 2016
San Francisco, 6 other US cities in Smart City Challenge for federal and private funding
11 Jun 2016
Railways harnesses solar energy for powering rail coaches
14 May 2016
Indian Railways, the world's fourth-largest rail network, targets to generate 1,000 MW solar power over a five-year period
Vienna remains world’s best city to live in
24 Feb 2016
Non-metros Hyderabad, Pune, Bengaluru India’s best cities
24 Feb 2016
Neither the national capital Delhi nor the financial capital Mumbai make the list, thanks to the increasing levels of pollution and traffic jams
Featured articles
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.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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