Kolkata was ranked top in public transport among Indian
cities
, according to a study of the International Association of Public
Transport (UTIP)
Kolkata was
ranked 31st which was the highest among the six cities studied in India.
The study was made by the IAPT in association with
Arthur D Little, a management consultant based in Boston, for 84 cities across
the world. The study was titled Future of Urban Mobility 2.0.
According to the study, although Kolkata had the slowest
mode of commuting but in public transport it was regarded as the most
progressive city in the country.
The other cities studied by the IAPT are
Mumbai (41),
Chennai (54),
Hyderabad (55),
Bangalore (65) and
Delhi (79).
Goa is celebrating the 52nd anniversary of liberation day
from the Portuguese yoke today.
Goa was liberated on nineteenth December 1961 from the
Portuguese occupation after a protracted and long freedom struggle and the
operation Vijay conducted by the Indian Army.
People from all walks of life enthusiastically
participated in various programmes organised all over Goa on this occasion.
The Chief Justice of Mumbai High Court Justice Shri
Mohit S Shah layed the foundation stone of the proposed new building of High
Court of Bombay at Goa in a function coinciding the liberation day
celebrations.
Iran will resume technical talks related to its nuclear
program with the experts from the six world powers- US, UK, France, Russia,
China plus Germany in Geneva over the next two days.
The talks are aimed at reaching out to a comprehensive
deal over the next six months as envisaged under the interim nuclear deal
between Iran and P5+1 group of nations in Geneva last month.
Under the deal Iran agreed to scale down its nuclear
program in exchange for a limited easing of sanctions.
Iranian negotiators halted the technical talks in Vienna
last week after US blacklisted 19 Iranian companies and individuals, saying the
move was against the spirit of the nuclear deal.
US however said it was a part of existing sanctions and
had nothing to do with the ongoing nuclear talks. The six world powers are
seeking to curb Iran's atomic program to prevent it from acquiring nuclear
weapons.
Kuwait will host the Second edition of the Syria Donor’s
conference in the capital Kuwait city next month.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon will chair the event.
This was disclosed by the United Nations Assistant
Secretary-General and Regional Humanitarian Coordinator Nigel Fisher in Kuwait
city yesterday.
Around 60 - 65 governments have been invited next month
in Kuwait to make their pledges.
The first Syria Donor’s conference was also
held in Kuwait in January this year where more than 1.5 billion dollar was
raised for Syria.
In its year-end list charting which all travel
destinations topped the search rank; Google Zeitgeist has revealed that Macau
is the most looked up for place in India.
The list shows the rankings of topics with the largest
total search volumes by country.
According to CNN, which Indians searched for Macau the
most; Australians' top destination was Disneyland while New Zealand saw
Australia as the top searched for travel destination.
The top ten most searched for travel destinations in India
include:
1. Macau
2. Maldives
3. Mauritius
4. Bali
5. Boston
Europe is about to launch the Gaia satellite, one of the
most ambitious space missions in history.
The 740 million-euro observatory is going to map the
precise positions and distances to more than a billion stars. This should give
us the first realistic picture of how our Milky Way galaxy is constructed.
Gaia's remarkable sensitivity will lead also to the
detection of many thousands of previously unseen objects, including new planets
and asteroids.
The European Space Agency satellite is being sent up on
a Soyuz rocket.
Swedish manufacturer Saab has won a 4.5 billion dollar
contract to supply 36 fighter jets to Brazil.
The deal is one of the most valuable ones in emerging
markets and Saab had faced competition from rivals Boeing and Dassault
Aviation.
Many had expected Boeing or Dassault to emerge as the
winner. Brazil had delayed the decision on awarding the contract for many
years.
Saina Nehwal’s poor form this season dropped two places to
No. 8 in the women’s singles rankings released by the Badminton World
Federation (BWF) Thursday.
Saina dropped two places and was overtaken by South
Korean Yeon Ju Bae and Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying. However, P. V. Sindhu
maintained her position at No. 11.
In men’s singles, Parupalli Kashyap retained the 14th
position while Ajay Jayaram moved up a place to 24th.
No Indian figures in the top 25 of the men’s, women’s
and mixed doubles rankings
World and European champions Spain top the final FIFA
world rankings of the year for the sixth time in a row.
Football world governing body’s rankings released
Thursday show an unchanged top 10, with Spain leading going into World Cup year
ahead of Germany and Argentina.
Colombia, Portugal and Uruguay follow, with Italy,
Switzerland, Netherlands and World Cup hosts Brazil completing the leading 10.
The results of 30 international matches were taken into
account for the latest rankings. The next rankings will be published on January
16.
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