Aviation
Rolls-Royce in record $9.2-bn aircraft engine deal with Emirates
18 Apr 2015
The transaction will give a big boost to the British engine maker struggling to improve its profit margins through performance improvement and restructuring
Boeing in $6.6-bn aircraft deal with Panama’s Copa Airlines
11 Apr 2015
Boeing will supply 70 Boeing 737 Max airplanes to Panama’s flag carrier Copa Airlines in a deal valued at approximately $6.6 billion, making it the biggest commercial transaction ever between a Panamanian and a US-based company
Year after MH370: Maldive islanders say they saw low-flying jet
07 Apr 2015
One year after the incident, mystery continues to surround the fate of Malaysian Flight MH370 that disappeared from air traffic control radars after taking off from Kuala Lumpur on a flight to Beijing
SpiceJet seeks to speed up delivery of new Boeing aircraft
02 Apr 2015
Budget airline SpiceJet Ltd, even as it struggles to keep lessors from taking back aircraft, has initiated talks with Seattle-based Boeing Company to advance the delivery of the 40 Boeing 737-MAXs it had ordered in January last year
Airlines rush to tighten cockpit rules after Alpine disaster
27 Mar 2015
Airlines and policy makers rushed to mandate that two crew members be in the cockpit at all times following revelations that the co-pilot of the Germanwings air disaster deliberately crashed the plane when left alone at the controls
Co-pilot deliberately crashed plane: French prosecutor
26 Mar 2015
Relying on ‘black box’ recordings, the prosecutor asserts that the co-pilot barred his captain from re-entering the cockpit after a bathroom break, and put the plane into ‘descend’ mode to crash it
Germanwings disaster: pilot was locked out of cabin
26 Mar 2015
Reports today, citing sources close to the investigation, said one of the two pilots of the Germanwings plane that crashed in the French Alps was locked out of the cockpit
Germanwings passenger plane crashes in Alps, 150 die
25 Mar 2015
The Airbus A320 operated by Lufthansa’s budget arm crashed in a remote area of the French Alps; all on board have been confirmed killed while weather hampers recovery
US air regulator looks to ease commercial drone use
21 Mar 2015
Pizza delivery by drone may materialise soon – at least in the US, as the FAA is seeking to ease restrictions on the use of drones for business purposes
Singapore Airlines in talks to buy stake in Korea's Jeju Air
17 Mar 2015
SIA, one of Asia's largest airline groups, is facing stiff competition from other carriers in the region and the Middle East and is looking to expand its budget operations
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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?
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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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