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Pakyong in Sikkim another risky airport with tabletop runwayConstructed by the Airport Authority of India at an estimated cost of Rs 605 crore, it is an "engineering marvel" for its soil reinforcemen...
China launches 5G base station in Tibet-Qinghai regionThe service was opened last week in the city of Xining, Qinghai Province, according to the Qinghai subsidiary of the telecom firm China Mob...
UDAN: India's hill airports, their unique challenges and the flight route aheadConnecting the hills will be complete only when fixed-wing aircraft get permission to fly to stations such as Kasauli, Almora and Moreh— al...
PLA steps up drills in plateau region post-Doklam: MediaThe drills included by the Chinese navy at Djibouti base in the Indian Ocean, which was officially stated to be a logistics base.
Yeshwanth Shenoy - the man fighting to make your airport safeYeshwanth Shenoy's life changed after a chance involvement in the May 22, 2010, Air India Express plane crash at the Mangaluru airport that...
Living in smart city may cost more as Centre plans to capture value from infra spendThe PMO has formed a high-level committee to examine various aspects of the policy and conduct stakeholder consultations.
Public transport remains poor in a few areas across BengaluruLast week, the BMTC formalised such initiatives through its 'Need More Buses' feature. It enables the public to suggest new bus routes.
New civil airport to open on Qinghai-Tibet PlateauLocated in Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province, the airport is located at an altitude of 3,500 meters.
No plans for super-high plateau airports in ChinaThere are no international technology standards for high plateau airports and it will take China two or three years to work out a set of st...
China has world's 36 per cent high plateau airportsChina possesses 15 high plateau airports, comprising about 36 per cent of the total in the world, according to the Civil Aviation Administr...
China to build 7th airport in Tibetan regionChina has announced plans to build the seventh airport near Tibet, where the world's highest altitude aerodrome is located.
- Chinese Air Force holds night flying exercises in Tibet
China's Air Force has conducted high-altitude night flying exercises at Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet region that borders India.
- Infrastructure, engineering stocks are back on the investor radar
Shares of engg & infra companies have outperformed their benchmarks in the past one week as investors lapped up these battered stocks.
- Orissa soon to form cabinet sub-committee to boost tourism sector
Orissa government will soon form a cabinet sub-committee to give a final shape to the state tourism policy.
- Govt mulling forming independent airline safety board
Government is considering creating a dedicated mechanism to deal with all major accidents, including air crash, and giving total autonomy t...
- Lantau island in Hong Kong: Buddha's isle
Lantau is just 190 mins away from Hong Kong but is a place where the Buddha and Disney’s fairy tale world co-exist in peaceful duality.
- Foreign reporters head to Tibet for Everest torch ascent
A group of foreign reporters left for Tibet on Friday on a tightly-controlled trip to cover the Olympic torch's ascent of Everest, the firs...