Marking a big step in the application of green energy in public transport, World’s first Hybrid Electric Tram powered by Hydrogen fuel cells has started running in China and has been put into commercial operation for the first time in Tangshan, north Chinas Hebei Province from Friday 27 October, 2017. According to China Railway Rolling Corporation (CRRC) Tangshan Co, the maker o...
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Supreme Court Restrains Engineering Degrees in Distance Education Mode
Supreme Court on Friday 3 November 2017 restrained educational institutions from providing courses in subjects like engineering and computer science in the distance education mode; and set aside a verdict by the Odisha High Court, which allowed technical education by correspondence. The apex court at the same time affirmed the findings of the Punjab and Haryana High Court that had in 2015 ruled ...
Supreme Court may decide Validity of Article 35A & 370
Validity of Articles 35A and 370 may ultimately be decided by a Constitution Bench as had recently been indicated by the Supreme Court. However, the Court listed the petitions regarding Article 35A for the last week of February 2018, after the Centre filed a petition for postponement in the wake of the appointment of special representative Dineshwar Sharma, a former IB director, on Jammu and Kas...
Madame Tussauds Attraction in Delhi for Selfies with Celebrities
Madame Tussauds Museum, an attraction, in Regal Building at Connaught Place, New Delhi will be open to public on December 1, 2017, with several alluring lifelike wax figures that convey the throbbing potential of life of celebrities, with the tallest among them of Mahatma Gandhi, besides Bhagat Singh and Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. It has figures from the world of e...
Dassault Reliance Aerospace for Future Needs of Indian Armed Forces
Dassault Reliance Aerospace Limited (DRAL) manufacturing facility - foundation laying ceremony was held on Friday 27 October 2017, at ₹6,500 crore-spread over 289 acres, Dhirubhai Ambani Aerospace Park (DAAP), Mihan SEZ, near Nagpur Airport in Maharashtra. The Foundation Stone was laid by Eric Trappier, Chairman of Dassault Aviation and Anil D. Ambani, Chairman of the Reliance Group in the prese...
Recapitalisation to Restore Banks’ Health & Revive Economy
The Centre’s move to infuse Rs. 2.11 lakh crore capital into public sector banks over the next two years, through a blend of financial mechanisms, is expected to help revive the economic growth momentum, after short-term disruptions caused by structural reforms. Infusion of capital Rs. 1.35 lakh crore will be through recapitalisation bonds, Rs. 18000 crore through budgetary provision and the remaining Rs. 58000 ...
Quantum Computing May Lead to Revolutionary Breakthroughs
Quantum Computing, Mixed Reality and Artificial Intelligence are the three key newer technologies that would shape the future in the decades to come, as visible to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who was here in India and on Tuesday 7 November 2017 was discussing about the future of technology and impact of digital economy on privacy. His observation is that computing history had been all about enhancing the man-ma...
Pollution is a Winnable Battle
Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health released a report on 19 October 2017 on the first ever global analysis of impacts from all forms of pollution that include air, water, soil, and occupational pollutions; exploring economic costs and social injustice that aims to elevate pollution issue squarely into the international development agenda, ready for solutions. Input was pro...
Dragon & Elephant Should Dance Together
Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping Summit held on Tuesday September 5, 2017; on the side-lines of BRICS Summit hosted by China in Xiamen city of China; was a turning point in positive trend in Sino-Indian relations. The two leaders had their first substantive, constructive and forward looking bilateral meeting; after the Doklam standoff, which h...
Interlocutor for Sustained Dialogue to Bridge Trust Deficit in J&K
Centre’s announcement of appointment of Dineshwar Sharma, a former Director of the Intelligence Bureau, as a “Special Representative” or the Interlocutor to initiate “sustained dialogue process” with all stakeholders within Jammu and Kashmir is a welcome and a logical step forward in the Centre's outreach to the people of the state that began with Prime Minister Narendra Modi indicating a change of track in his ...