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Want to poop in public? Japan offers transparent pods; Thailand’s mirror urinals raise a stink and scandalJapan introduced transparent public restrooms in Tokyo, utilizing smart glass technology to ensure cleanliness and safety. These innovative...
View: Holding back the annual delugeMumbai has an average elevation of 14 m, with some coastal areas lying 6-8 m above sea level. Low-lying creek areas are more vulnerable, as...
Why Mumbaikars prefer small apartmentsThe key lever used for transformation in Mumbai real-estate was the steep recalibration of sizes, with 1BHK carpet areas being reduced by a...
As alarm bells ring louder, Jaitley hunts for new economic remedy to keep panic at bayIndia needs to find a balance between fiscal prudence and spending and there’s no need to panic as yet, insists Finance Minister Jaitley.
Why Japan is pouring lakhs of crores in cut-rate loans to build infrastructure across IndiaJICA is today the largest bilateral donor agency in India, having disbursed over Rs 1.5 lakh crore of soft loans to India since 2007-08.
What India can learn from Hong Kong's sewage systemCity planners realised that the existing water supply systems, which depended on rainwater flowing into a few existing reservoirs, would cl...
- Tokyo unveils $16.8 billion budget, to seek more savings
OLYMPICS-TOKYO:Tokyo unveils $16.8 billion budget, to seek more savings
- UPDATE 1-Olympics-Tokyo unveils $16.8 bln budget, to seek more savings
OLYMPICS-TOKYO/ (UPDATE 1, TV):UPDATE 1-Olympics-Tokyo unveils $16.8 bln budget, to seek more savings
How dangerous is airplane turbulence?It's scary. It's uncomfortable. It spills your tomato juice. It's airplane turbulence-but how dangerous is it, in reality?
2014: A politically eventful year for IndiaThe states of Jharkahand, Maharashtra and Haryana witnessed a regime change and Jammu and Kashmir saw a hung Parliament in the recent elect...
PM Narendra Modi's Japan trip: Desalination project, opening of Mizuho Bank branch in Gujarat part of his agendaWhen PM visited Japan as Gujarat CM, he showed interest in Mizuho Bank opening a branch in Ahmedabad, but it was rejected by RBI under UPA.
After Honda & Maruti Suzuki, Toyota faces labour unrest in India; are Japanese cos insensitive?After Honda, Maruti, Toyota is facing labour unrest. Is it something to do with Japanese way of pushing workers, insularity to local nuance...
- AI's jumbo send-off after jumbo spend
By the first week of January, the iconic jumbo jet with its distinct hump-like upper deck will no longer be a part of Air India’s fleet.
- Increasing role of robots in Japanese factories
Robots are already taken for granted in Japanese factories, so much so that they are sometimes welcomed on their first day at work with Shi...
- Japan geared up for robot evolution
Govt has funded a plethora of robotics-related efforts, including some $42 million for the first phase of a humanoid robotics project, and ...