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Why the World’s Cheapest Car Failed
Issue 20Tata Motors, the company that turned around Jaguar Land Rover, also had one very hyped launch in 2008 – a “revolutionary” car they called it – the Tata Nano. 5 years later, the world’s cheapest car has failed to make an impact at all – its sales this year are equal to those of the luxurious Jaguar XF –...
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(Earth) Quake Island
Issue 18The earthquake that hit Balochistan in Pakistan on Tuesday was truly horrific – a 7.7 magnitude monster that killed over 300 and left devastation in its wake. But what followed was truly amazing. Barely half an hour after the locals felt the destruction of they earthquake, they saw a massive, massive landmass just rise out of the sea in...
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The Honesty Trap: Mumbai Passes With Flying Colours
Issue 18Ok, so this could be called trivial – but its interesting, very interesting – and has some significant implications. And it is so cool – the ‘Honesty Trap’ – that uses a very simple experiment to test the average “honesty” of a city. Conducted by Reader’s Digest (very reputable, by the way), it involved researchers leaving wallets on the...
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TATA-Singapore Airlines
Issue 17There soon maybe a new world class airline in the Indian Skies. The Tata Group has joined hands with the world renowned Singapore Airlines to start a new full service airline in India. For those of us who maybe wondering why this has not happened earlier – it has been attempted in the past but it was only last...
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Hercules the Liger: The Biggest Big Cat
Issue 17Hercules is actually a liger….what’s a liger ????? It’s a hybrid between a tigress & a lion. .. and are considered to be the world’s largest ‘cats’. The 10 feet long liger, Herules has been named the world’s biggest cat by the Guinness book of world records . It weighs a massive 418 kgs – impressive.
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World’s Highest ‘Civillian’ Airport
Issue 17This week, the Chinese government inaugurated the world’s highest commercial airport in Garzi, Tibet. At 4, 411 meters high, it beats the previous record of 4, 334 meters, held by another Chinese airport – the Bangda Airport in another part of Tibet – and set a new world record. Already many are rushing to fly into or from the...
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Tokyo 2020
Issue 16Japan won the bid to hold the 2020 Olympics in its capital Tokyo- The Japanese are jubilant about hosting the Olympics after almost 2 decades –they believe it will infuse hope ,energy into the Japanese. Tokyo won the bid over Madrid (Spain) and Istanbul ( Turkey) People who have been through a tough economic phase the past few decades...
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Banksy, The Artist
Issue 15You may not have heard of him but Banksy (not his real name) is currently the world’s most famous street artist. His works are now sought after by the “mainstream art world” and sell for millions of dollars at art auctions. His success is leading a revival of the art form and giving communities and the world a chance...
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The Super-Massif Volcano
Issue 15The Earth’s largest volcano “Tamu Massif” was discovered on Friday under the Pacific Ocean – thousand miles east of Japan. It is one of the largest volcanos in Earth’s entire solar system –being only 25 percent smaller than Olympus Mons on Mars, which is the biggest. To understand how big is volcano really is – the largest active volcano...
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Japan’s Super Massive Warship
Issue 12On Tuesday, anniversary of the horrific Hiroshima atomic bombings, Japan unveiled its largest naval warship since WWII – the Izumo. Named after an ancient and grand Shinto shrine in Japan, it is technically a destroyer – but has the size and looks of an aircraft carrier – and will carry a maximum of 14 helicopters, but no aircraft. This...
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