Sunday, June 19th, 2011
The ministry of water resources has asked for a report from the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) on the building activity by China on the bend of the Yarlang Tsangpo — that’s what the Brahmaputra River is called in Mandarin. The ministry of external affairs, however, claims that there is no cause for worry about China’s reported plans
Sunday, June 19th, 2011
The largest generations in the nation’s history, Baby Boomers and their children, will be hugely influential in redefining living and working environments for decades to come. Downtown cores and outlying suburbs will bear the brunt of the new pressure for growth, said Patrick Phillips, CEO of the Urban Land Institute at the annual conference of the
Sunday, June 19th, 2011
Ireland’s unspoiled, windswept west coast could become the focus of a new wave of wind farm construction in the wake of a high-level diplomatic meeting to be held tomorrow in London. UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, Taoiseach Enda Kenny and other senior members of the British-Irish Council will gather to discuss a plan to
Sunday, June 19th, 2011
U.S. technology pioneer IBM turns 100 years old on Thursday and while “Big Blue” is no longer the dominant player in the computer industry it remains a force to be reckoned with. With a market capitalization of 97 billion, IBM is the world’s 14th most valuable technology company, well behind California gadget-maker Apple’s $304 billion
Sunday, June 19th, 2011
Norwegian energy producer Statoil and its partners want to compress gas on the seabed to boost recovery. Subsea compression was recently selected as the preferred concept for Gullfaks. “Gas compression on the seabed represents an important advance in technology, and once again, Statoil is leading the way for development of new technology. This is one of
Saturday, June 18th, 2011
The dying Russian port of Amderma might become a key site in the development of offshore oil and gas fields in the western part of the Russian Arctic. Speaking at an oil and gas conference this month, Head of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Igor Fyodorov, stressed that the village of Amderma on the coast of the
Saturday, June 18th, 2011
The authorities in the Bulgarian capital Sofia are still mulling the route and type of the third line of the Sofia Metro, while the first two lines are still under construction. Four different options for the third line of the Sofia Metro will be presented on Monday by the Czech firm Metroproekt Prague, a consultant to the Sofia Municipality, the Monitor daily reported Saturday. Read
Saturday, June 18th, 2011
Yesterday, Google’s special cars and tricycles equipped with cameras have begun photographing streets in Poland cities – Warsaw, Krakow, Gdansk, Poznan and Wroclaw. The images will be made available in Street View, a Google Maps feature that allows users to take virtual trips around the world. Panoramic views along many streets in 27 countries are already
Saturday, June 18th, 2011
“Where am I”, asks British architecture critic Jonathan Glancey, 51, spreading his arms theatrically inside the Kamppi Center shopping mall in the centre of Helsinki. “Am I in Shanghai? Or Hamburg? Or America?” On the digital bus schedule display on the wall he looks at the names of places, supposedly to find out where he is. “This is anywhereish. Is
Saturday, June 18th, 2011
The library and archives contain medieval manuscripts, maps, plans, drawings and books compiled by monks and the dean and chapter from the Middle Ages right through to the present day. Mr Morrison said: “The monks collected manuscripts throughout the Middle Ages so they would have needed books for their own education. Read More
