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The world’s first long-range solar electric vehicle has been launched in the UAE. The car has been produced by the Netherlands-based firm Lightyear. Hussain Mohamed Al Mahmoudi, CEO of the Sharjah Research, Technology and Innovation Park (SRTI Park) launched the first version of the solar electric vehicle. The company initially produced 500 units of its first version “Lightyear O”. It has been priced at 250,000 euros (nearly Dh900,000). The vehicle has a top speed of 160km per hour and a battery range of 625km. The vehicle is highly eco-friendly. Interior is crafted from plant-based leather, recycled PET bottle fabrics and…
Russian investors now outnumber those from India, the United Kingdom, and Italy as the top buyers of real estate in Dubai. Russian investors come in second place, followed by those from the UK, India, Germany, France, the US, Pakistan, Lebanon, Canada, and Romania, according to brokerage Betterhomes’ third-quarter 2022 report. Indians were the leading foreign buyers of real estate in Dubai during the first half of 2022, followed by residents of the UK, Italy, Russia, and France.
Indian Railways has achieved a record in terms of scrap sales, with revenue on this count in the first half of fiscal year 2022–23 standing at Rs 2,582 crore as of September 2022) as opposed to Rs 2,003 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal. The amount made from scrap sales during this time period is 28.91% larger than it was during the previous fiscal year.The goal revenue from the sale of scrap has been set at Rs 4,400 crore for the years 2022–2023, according to the Railways. In comparison to 3,60,732 metric tonnes in 2021–2022, 3,93,421 metric…
About 5.3 billion phones will be dumped in 2022. However, only a few of them will be disposed of properly. Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Forum prepared the report. This Brussels-based entity organised surveys to prove that. The organisation surveyed Portugal, Netherlands, Italy, Romania and Slovenia. It also did a separate UK Survey. The average household contains 74 e-products. They include phones, tablets, laptops, electric tools, hair dryers, toasters … etc. Of them, 13 are being hoarded. The surveys were conducted from June to September 2022.
Byju’s accounting practices are irregular, Its total loss in FY 2021 is over Rs 5,000 crore claimed senior Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP Karti Chidambaram in a letter to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). He urged ICAI to investigate the company’s financial statements. Byju’s recently announced its FY21 results which saw its losses widen by nearly 20 times.
India introduces design thinking and innovation courses in schools. India is the first country to include this in the curriculum. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will bring out books CBSE now plans to release books for classes 7 to 12. This course has already been introduced to students in Class 6 this academic year. This is an elective module CBSE, the Innovation Cell of the Education. Ministry and IIT-Bombay developed the course. The aim is to give a new perspective to education. This will inspire students to solve problems using design thinking.
GITEX GLOBAL-2022 has become the best platform for pitching and funding for startups globally. The Middle East’s largest startup pitch competition, Supernova Challenge, was held at GITEX. Desolenator, a Dutch water purification startup that has developed solar-powered water purification technology, has won the top prize of $100,000 in the Supernova Challenge. Startups from over 41 countries competed in the North Star Dubai Supernova Challenge. Oman Tech Fund Pitching Receives $1 Million in Investments for Nine Startups. Online service provider Nashid and watercraft company Seavo teletherapy platform and SgharToon won $150,000 each. The winner of the MENA Start-up Award is Galactek,…
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, criticised Apple’s iMessage, for lacking compatibility across iPhones and Android smartphones. He shared a picture of a billboard advertisement from Facebook that makes fun of iMessage restrictions that cause iPhone texts to appear in blue bubbles while Android messages appear in green ones. Some users have long complained about the bad cross-device messaging experience, the poor quality compressed videos, the absence of read receipts, the issues with group texts, and the improper sending of emojis. Earlier this year, Google attacked Apple on this subject and dedicated a rare position under its search bar online.…
Reliance Jio offers the most consistent 4G services in India. Says the Mobile Network Experience Report. Jio has the highest coverage in India. Airtel provides a better experience in gaming, video streaming and download speed. Vi has the best upload speed experience. It has an average speed of 4.7 Mbps BSNL comes in the last position with 1.1 Mbps. Mobile analytics company Opensignal prepared the report. It studied BSNL, Airtel, Jio and Vi for over 90 days.
Freshot, a Bengaluru-based restaurant, has introduced an idli-making vending machine.Named idli bot or ‘idli ATM’, the system will provide 24-hour ATM-like access to idli and chutney.Idli, Vada and Podi Idli are all included in the menu.Online payments and food orders can be made by scanning the application code on the vending machine.Reports suggest that it can deliver up to 72 idlis in 12 minutes. To place an order and make a payment, simply scan the QR code located on the ATM. The food will be ready and packed in under 55 seconds after the ATM scans the resulting code that…