Space Elevator to be ready by 2050. Press a button and you are in space. Details hereA Japanese company is developing a space elevator to take tourists into space in an elevator at the press of a button. This project will be...
07 Jun, 2024, 11.57 PM IST
Oil prices ease, US crude stock build fuels demand fearsBrent crude futures fell 22 cents, or 0.3%, to $83.46 a barrel by 0124 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were down 30 cents, ...
29 Feb, 2024, 07.32 AM IST
Oil prices at 2-1/2 month lows as China data offsets supply cutsWhile China's crude oil imports in October showed robust growth both year on year and month on month, its total exports contracted at a qui...
07 Nov, 2023, 09.26 PM IST
Oil prices ease as market awaits China data to gauge demandChina will release its import and export figures for October on Tuesday at 0300 GMT, while bank lending, credit and key consumer price infl...
07 Nov, 2023, 07.47 AM IST
Oil prices rise on large US stockpile draw, hurricane jittersBrent crude futures for October rose 17 cents, or 0.2%, to $85.66 a barrel by 0133 GMT. The October contract expires on Thursday and the mo...
30 Aug, 2023, 07.53 AM IST
Brent crude hits highest price since April as tighter supply offsets China demand concern"There is no doubt that there is plenty of momentum here," said Naeem Aslam, chief investment officer at Zaye Capital Markets. "The clear t...
09 Aug, 2023, 09.05 PM IST
Brent oil set to notch first monthly gain this year on supply fearsBrent crude oil prices are poised to achieve their first monthly gain this year, driven by a significant decline in oil stocks and plans by...
30 Jun, 2023, 08.24 AM IST
Oil prices fall on demand fears, headed for second weekly lossOil prices fell as demand concerns outweighed the prospect of tighter supply from global producers and investors remained sceptical that th...
09 Jun, 2023, 07.52 AM IST
Brent oil slips as growth fears offset China demand hopesThe market rallied, with Brent briefly turning positive, after better than expected business activity surveys in Europe and the UK pointed ...
21 Feb, 2023, 08.39 PM IST
Oil heads for weekly loss on rate hike worries, ample supplyTwo Fed officials on Thursday warned additional hikes in borrowing costs are essential to lower inflation to desired levels. Heightened rat...
17 Feb, 2023, 03.08 PM IST
Oil drops more than $1 as China's COVID protests fuel demand worriesMeanwhile, Group of Seven(G7) and European Union diplomats have been discussing a price cap on Russian oil of between $65 and $70 a barrel,...
28 Nov, 2022, 07.37 AM IST
Oil extends losses as recession fears mountOil prices fell 2% in early trade on Thursday, extending losses from the previous day, as investors worried that aggressive U.S. interest r...
23 Jun, 2022, 06.47 AM IST
Japan stocks end lower as dour earnings hit construction firmsThe Nikkei share average fell 0.35% to 29,507.05, despite Wall Street finishing strong on Friday, slipping from a one-month high hit on Thu...
08 Nov, 2021, 01.15 PM IST
Filmmaker Obayashi, who portrayed war's horrors, passes away due to terminal cancer at 82Obayashi stayed stubbornly true to his core pacifist message through more than 40 movies.
11 Apr, 2020, 01.08 PM IST
Canadian firm patents 20-km high inflatable space elevator"Astronauts would ascend to 20 km by electrical elevator. From the top of the tower, space planes will launch in a single stage to orbit."
16 Aug, 2015, 04.46 PM IST
Japanese blueprint sees modern Atlantis spiral deep into oceanThe vast globe would float at the surface of the sea, but could be submerged in bad weather, down the centre of a gigantic spiral structure.
20 Nov, 2014, 04.54 PM IST
Japanese construction giant Obayashi aims to build space elevator by 2050A Japanese construction company aims to build an elevator that will reach 96,000 kilometres into space - and it may be ready by 2050.
23 Sep, 2014, 03.46 PM IST