Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
A recent Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry study reveals that prices in Dubai's real estate market have declined for the last two years due to oversupply in residential units. This is also seen as the main...
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India today signed the agreement for the first tranche loan of $56.9 million under the $120 million Assam Integrated Flood and Riverbank Erosion Risk Management Investment Programme. The ambitious...
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
"As stated previously, starting from 2011 we have organized our businesses into two main segments, Information Technology (IT) and Display Technology (DT). IT includes businesses surrounding our variety of software core competencies. Such core competencies are currently...
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
The UAE's space research and applications sector is currently the most advanced in the Middle East. Satellite-based land imaging and related services for the region alone are expected to become a $5.2bn business by 2013. The country recently...
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
High quality imageries acquired from India's advanced remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2, launched last month, were presented to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K Radhakrishnan. Dr Radhakrishnan called on Dr Singh along with...
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
The mostly devastated coastal communities now face regular flooding, because of their lower elevation and damage to sea walls from the massive tsunamis triggered by the quake. In port cities such as Onagawa and Kesennuma, the tide flows...
Monday, May 9th, 2011
A Moscow court upheld a ban on Friday prohibiting the Russian research and development company ScanEx from distributing satellite images of Earth at a resolution higher than two meters. Scanex works under license from the Russian federal space...
Sunday, May 8th, 2011
Proper implementation of zoning ordinances, comprehensive land use plans that are resistant to climate change and disaster, as well as protected environmental resources are among the essential factors for sustainable development , as highlighted during the 3rd...
