Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
The second phase of operations of Census of India-2011 will be conducted in Orissa during February-March 2011. For undertaking the task of population enumeration, 80,551 enumerators have been appointed and they are undergoing training at the sub-district...
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
A new project for setting up a 3-dimensional model of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi has been put into motion, announced the Municipality of Abu Dhabi City (ADM) on Monday in a statement. It is considered to...
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
City planners in south China have laid out an ambitious plan to merge together the nine cities that lie around the Pearl River Delta. The new mega-city will cover a large part of China's manufacturing heartland, stretching...
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
New residential areas in western Sydney could be at risk of flooding on the same scale as some areas in Queensland. Associate Professor Basant Maheshwari, a water resources researcher at the University of Western Sydney, on Monday...
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
According to Census 2001, 27.8% of Indians, i.e. 286 million people or 55 million households live in urban areas – projections indicate that the urban population would have grown to 331 million people by 2007 and to...
Monday, January 24th, 2011
A leading global reinsurer not only believes the region has been feeling the full effects of global warming in the past century, but also feels the rate of change is faster than in many other regions. The proof:...
Monday, January 24th, 2011
Mumbai's Metro rail system, which is scheduled to take off by next year, will have a Geographic Information System (GIS) for mapping the entire rail tracks and nearby areas to enhance safety, maintenance and traffic regulation. Mumbai...
Monday, January 24th, 2011
For the first time in Nepal, a wild tiger fitted with satellite collar was translocated from the Chitwan National Park (CNP) to Bardia National Park (BNP) today. CNP authorities had rescued the injured male tiger from the...
