Monday, July 25th, 2011
With confusion over number of households in the city, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is contemplating to use geographic information system (GIS) to map all assessed properties in Greater Hyderabad. On a pilot basis, one block will be selected for GIS mapping and later it would be extended to the entire city to bring all
Monday, July 25th, 2011
The universities of Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam are planning to merge, theNRC reports on Friday, quoting university sources. The paper says the universities were planning to make the announcement at the opening of the new academic year in September. The merged organisation, which will be known as Leiden University, will have 55,000 students and 11,500 staff, excluding people
Monday, July 25th, 2011
Germany may miss its commitment to build a feeder line to the monumental Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland, the Baden-Württemberg transport minister says. He surprised the Swiss by claiming that funds for the rail approach were tied to another controversial rail project — Stuttgart 21. Read More
Monday, July 25th, 2011
Maersk Oil, a division of A.P. Moller Maersk, has completed its acquisition of SK do Brasil Ltda., an oil exploration and drilling company based in Rio de Janeiro, for some 12.4 billion kroner, the company announced. As part of the deal, which was originally announced in December 2010 but has now received necessary approval by the
Sunday, July 24th, 2011
he Kremlin just can’t wait to dazzle and impress the global community with its GLONASS, a satellite positioning technology which is being touted here as a credible challenge to established U.S. rival GPS. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, who oversees GLONASS development, told reporters on Monday that the home-made system will achieve 100 percent
Sunday, July 24th, 2011
The Express AM4 satellite, designed and manufactured by Astrium teaming with Khrunichev for RSCC, has left Astrium’s facility in Toulouse, where it had undergone its final integration and test campaign. Express AM4 will now be transported by a Russian Antonov aircraft to Baikonur, Kazakhstan, in preparation for its launch by a Khrunichev Proton Breeze M
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
Opponents of the government’s proposed high-speed rail link from London to the north claim it is a white elephant being pursued on grounds of vanity when proper alternatives have not been considered (Report, 19 July). But we spent the best part of 15 years attempting to transform our busiest railway, the west coast mainline, from
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
Drought in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti is pushing tens of thousands of people from their homes as millions face food insecurity in a crisis visible from space. ESA’s SMOS satellite shows that the region’s soil is too dry to grow crops. Read More
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
Japanese company Toshiba intends to continue its investments in the construction of a 10 MW solar park near the Southeastern Bulgarian town of Yambol. Toshiba representatives have confirmed their commitment during a meeting with Yambol’s Mayor, Georgi Slavov, the Bulgarian National Radio has informed. The photovoltaic park will cost EUR 37.6 M and will be able to
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
Russian authorities are not ruling out the establishment of customs fees on imported hardware equipped with GPS navigators not supported by the Russian national satellite navigation system GLONASS. “Currently the fee is zero. There are plans to introduce customs fees for GPS equipment that is notoriented to GLONASS GPS. It is possible that
