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$5 flight? Heart Aerospace's battery-electric X1 aircraft takes to the skies

India, Aug. 18 -- Heart Aerospace has announced the successful first flight of its X1 demonstrator aircraft, marking what the company describes as the largest battery-electric flight in aviation histo... Read More


Fly, stay, watch F1: Qatar Airways unveils Grand Prix 2026 travel packages

India, Aug. 18 -- Qatar Airways Holidays is set to elevate the Qatar stopover experience with the launch of exclusive Formula 1 Qatar Airways Qatar Grand Prix 2026 packages. For the first time, three... Read More


India's electronics boom gets a big push: MeitY approves 31 projects worth Rs 6,844 crore

India, Aug. 18 -- The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has approved 31 additional proposals under the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS), involving a projecte... Read More


Uber partners with ixigo to offer train ticket booking on app. How to do it?

India, Aug. 18 -- Ridesharing major Uber on Tuesday announced the launch of Train Ticket Booking on its app in partnership with ixigo, India's leading AI-native travel platform. The new offering will... Read More


Canada: RCMP helps return 2,000-year-old Peruvian artefact from Montreal to Peru

Ottawa, Aug. 18 -- A pre-Hispanic bowl believed to be about 2,000 years old is being returned to Peru after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police helped facilitate its voluntary recovery and repatriation ... Read More


Flying could be riskier than you think: Pilots, flight attendants face highest radiation cancer death rates, study reveals

India, Aug. 18 -- Flight attendants and pilots have the highest and second-highest proportions of radiation-related cancer deaths among more than 500 occupations in the United States, according to a n... Read More


India's chip dream gets a major push: PM Modi to inaugurate SEMICON India 2026. Mark the date now

India, Aug. 18 -- The fifth edition of SEMICON India will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 17, 2026, at Yashobhoomi (India International Convention and Expo Centre) in New D... Read More


Canada unveils nearly $70B clean energy investment in Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec

Ottawa, Aug. 18 -- Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a nearly $70 billion clean energy investment involving the expansion of the Churchill Falls Generating Station, development of the Gull Island h... Read More


Three outstanding PhD scholars to receive Rs 1 lakh a year for three years from Valliappa Foundation

India, Aug. 18 -- The Valliappa Foundation has announced three Doctoral Research Fellowships to support promising young researchers and honour the enduring contributions of Padma Bhushan Prof Rajinder... Read More


'Take Gyanesh Kumar to the US': Congress mocks Trump over praise for India's voter ID system

New Delhi/IBNS, Aug. 18 -- The Congress has taken a jibe at US President Donald Trump after he praised India's voter identification system and expressed his support for adopting a similar model in the... Read More