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NEW DELHI AIRPORT EXPANDS TO ACCOMMODATE TRAFFIC TO AND FROM ITS GROWING INTERNATIONAL METROPOLIS



THE AIRPORT serving India’s capital, New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI), has been under pressure from a boom in passenger traffic, and so is being expanded and revamped in a project that will cost USD1.3 billion, according to Indian aviation industry sources.…

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EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS AND GOVERNMENTS WORK HARD TO PROMOTE HYDROGEN VEHICLES AND REFUELLING SYSTEMS, BUT ARE STILL STRUGGLING WITH HIGH COSTS



THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is taking a hard look at hydrogen as a low carbon option to help make Europe a first climate-neutral continent by 2050, a key policy goal that is at the heart of policy-making within the new European Commission of its president Ursula von der Leyen – however he need to make H-vehicles and renewables-based H-fuel cheaper is a major challenge.  …

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INDIA: BANKNOTES FOR VOTES CORRUPTS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

INDIAN authorities have seized more than US$120 million worth of unaccounted cash during the six-week long general election that concluded in May. Law enforcers have warned that this could be for vote buying, making a future government susceptible to corruption, promoting graft in business. Raghavendra Verma reports from New Delhi.

AS the afternoon heat ebbs in the middle of this Indian summer, a police team block a major highway outside the city of Nashik, in the western state of Maharashtra, rolling in wheeled yellow-coloured barricades. Soon a traffic jam builds up and policemen move from one car to another in search for cash, often hidden in door cavities or spare wheels.With…

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INDONESIA'S ROBUST ECONOMIC GROWTH OFFERS MAJOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COUNTRY'S PAINT AND COATING INDUSTRY



Indonesia’s paint and coatings sector is expected to continue to grow, driven by an expanding middle-class population, the fast-growing construction sector and ambitious government infrastructure projects, encompassing transport networks, energy and utilities.

The south-east Asian country’s paint and coatings market has grown to almost USD2.5 billion in sales revenue in the past year and sales are expected to expand at a fair clip of between 6% and 7% annually in the next five years, according to industry analysts Frost & Sullivan. …

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SINGAPORE BUDGET SEEKS TO STABILISE ECONOMY AMIDST TURBULENT TIMES, AND PREPARE WORKFORCE FOR THE FUTURE



WITH public nervousness growing about the impact of the Coronavirus on Singapore, amidst a period of sluggish economic growth, the city state’s government’s 2020 budget, released February 18, has stuck a balance between protecting businesses, workers and elderly, while investing in training to prepare for future upturns.…

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CAR SALES PLUNGE IN LEBANON AMIDST FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHAOS



Sales of new cars in Lebanon have plunged 74% in the last two months of 2019 (compared to November and December 2018) as the country has faced financial and political chaos following the eruption of mass demonstrations in October. these prompted the resignation of the government – and while a new administration under Prime Minister Hassan Diab Took office on January 22, business transactions continue to be hampered by restricted access to US dollars.…

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EUROPEAN AUTOMAKERS FACING COUNTDOWN TO DEADLINE ON INSTALLINBG NEW SAFETY FEATURES ON VEHICLES



AUTO manufacturers in Europe are facing a countdown to new European Union (EU) type approval rules, forcing them to install new safety technology on their vehicles if they want to secure permission to sell these autos in the EU and get them registered.…

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BRITISH AUTO INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION TELLS GOVERNMENT ROBUST POST-BREXIT TRADE DEAL WITH EU IS ESSENTIAL TO PROTECT UK MANUFACTURERS FROM HARM



WITH Britain’s formal exit from the European Union (EU) happening tomorrow (January 31), the UK’s main automotive industry association has called on the government to make sure that it strikes an effective trade deal with the EU by the end of a transitional period that ends on December 31 (2020).…

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AI MAY HELP ENERGY SECTOR DEAL WITH CARBON PRICING AND EMISSIONS REDUCTION COMPLEXITIES



THERE are understandably many concerns about the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), notably that computers might start to take autonomous decisions that might harm rather than help humans. However, energy and climate scientists are exploring how AI and ML may help governments and industry grapple with reducing carbon emissions to avoid cataclysmic climate change.…

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NASCENT HYDROGEN CAR MARKET STARTS TO DEVELOP IN EUROPE



THE DEVELOPMENT and use of hydrogen-fuelled automobiles is starting to gather pace in the European Union (EU), with the EU’s executive, the European Commission encouraging growth in this environment-friendly segment as it pursues a goal of achieving a climate-neutral Europe by 2050.…

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