Aviation
Air India readies plans to order up to 300 narrow-body jets: report
22 Jun 2022
Air India may order Airbus SE’s A320neo family jets or Boeing Co’s 737 Max-10 models, or a mix of both, worth $40.5 billion at sticker prices, according to unconfirmed reports
Aviation ministry shortlists 14 entities under PLI Scheme for drones and drone components
23 Apr 2022
Jeff Bezos flies into lower limits of space on Blue Origin’s New Shepard
23 Jul 2021
While Bezoz is 9 days later than Branson to hit suborbital atmosphere, he is reported to have flown to an altitude of about 100 km, flying higher than Branson did at 86 km
SpiceJet launches Hyderabad-Nashik UDAN flight
24 Nov 2020
Cathay Pacific to cut 5,900 jobs, close Cathay Dragon as Covid hurts
26 Oct 2020
While the restructuring will cost HK$2.2 billion ($283.9 million), the airline will also seek changes in conditions in its contracts with cabin crew and pilots, the airline stated in a stock exchange filing
Brazil approves Boeing-Embraer strategic partnership
29 Jan 2020
The partnership now only needs regulatory approval from the European Commission, which, Boeing on Monday said, it is confident of getting
Boeing 777X, world’s largest passenger plane, takes to skies
27 Jan 2020
The 777X includes the 777-8 and the 777-9, the newest members of Boeing's widebody family, with seating capacity of 384 passenger and 426 passengers, respectively, and, as the aircraft maker claims, with 10 per lower fuel consumption
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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