Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA), an association of four big and six smaller airlines, announced today (2nd Aug’09) withdrawal of ‘protest suspension of flights on 18th August’. Bowing under pressure from smaller airlines, which operates low cost carriers, the planned protest strike has to be withdrawn within a couple of days of announcement. FIA officials […]
Saudi Ready Mix and Al Falak wins in EPBL Opener
Dammam, Saudi Arabia – The first conference of the twenty-second founding anniversary of Eastern Province Basketball League (EPBL), dubbed as “Advisor’s Cup” with the theme “Re-living the spirit of sportsmanship”, kicked off last Friday at the Al Ettifaq club here. The crowd at the jampacked event witnessed another vibrant basketball opening of its kind. Thirty-one […]
Brazil: Petroleum, elections and poverty matters
On Friday 15th of May, the Brazilian Congress launched an investigation into the giant state-run oil company Petrobras. The initiative was started by government leaders of the opposition PSDB party. They set up what Brazilians call a Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (CPI is the abbreviation in Portuguese) to scrutinize supposed irregularities in the company. Meanwhile, on […]
Indian Engineering Students Help Redesign the Rickshaw
The public sector Kerala Automobiles Limited (KAL) has received unexpected assistance from a team of engineering students to redesign one of its three-wheeler models. The remodelling was taken up by Sonu S. Babu, Rahul Harish, U.R. Rachin, I. Irfan Ahmed and A. Anshad, all final-year B.Tech. (Mechanical) students of the Mar Baselios College of Engineering […]
Fare Rollback Effects not Felt by Millions of Unemployed, NGOs to the Rescue
Manila, Philippines – Although there are statements from government officials that the country is secured from the ongoing recession, the growing number in unemployment rate is posing a threat of amplifying the country’s state of poverty. Reports of unemployment rate are hitting the headlines lately. If there is an issue that is common between the […]
Despite Budget Gloom, Muni Expects to Improve Commuter Service
By Tom Prete, funded by members of the Spot.Us community. State and city budget cuts hit transit agency hard, but changes could still boost popular express buses. For images to accompany this story, see Tom Prete’s Flickr For years, a lack of information left Muni in the dark about what it was doing well, what […]
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