Aviation
Qantas Airways ranked the world's safest airline
03 Jan 2020
World's first fully electric plane takes to air for almost 15 minutes
13 Dec 2019
The plane, a 62-year-old, six-passenger seaplane retrofitted with an electric motor, was designed by Australian engineering firm MagniX and tested in partnership with Canada’s Harbour Air, the world’s largest seaplane airline
British Airways Group IAG to acquire Air Europa for €1 billion
04 Nov 2019
International Airlines Group (AG), the owner of British Airways, said its purchase of Spain’s third largest carrier is a move designed to transform its hub in Madrid into a rival for Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London and Paris
IndiGo orders 300 Airbus A320 Neo planes worth $33 bn
30 Oct 2019
With the latest order for 300 aircraft, the total number of IndiGo's yet-to-be-delivered planes now stands at 635
Air India to be sold lock, stock, and barrel
21 Oct 2019
However, Air India’s subsidiaries such as Air India Express, Alliance Air, Air India Singapore Terminal Services Ltd, Air India Air Transport Services and Air India Engineering Services will be sold separately
NASA satellite TESS finds new worlds in habitable zone
02 Aug 2019
The GJ 357 b, a planet about 22 per cent larger than Earth, orbits 11 times closer to its star than Mercury does our Sun and has an equilibrium temperature calculated to be around 490 degrees Fahrenheit (254 degrees Celsius)
Isro to set up technical liaison unit in Moscow
31 Jul 2019
Russia offers to sell 5th Gen Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jets to India
30 Jul 2019
India and Russia had partnered during the initial development of the Su-57, then known as PAK FA or T-50, but the IAF pulled out of the programme due to some reservations about the capabilities of aircraft
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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