Day: December 20, 2022

GA-ASI Flies New Multi-Use NATO Pod on MQ-9

NATO Pod Development Brings Together International Partners to Meet Future Requirements Featured Image for General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. SAN DIEGO, Dec. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew the new NATO Pod for the first time on Nov. 23, 2022. The NATO Pod is

GSF to Invest USD 550 Million in India’s K12 School Sector

It is part of GSF’s global expansion plans, which will include M&As of greenfield projects. Signing of MoU SINGAPORE, Dec. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Global Schools Foundation (GSF) Singapore, the award-winning not-for-profit foundation, plans to invest over US$500 million in India’s school education sector by Year 2026, as it

LambdaTest launches #LambdaTestYourBusiness holiday season campaign

The campaign includes a fun game, e-cards, memes, and much more! Also, prizes and offers are up for grabs. San Francisco, Dec. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LambdaTest, the leading continuous quality testing cloud platform, has launched the #LambdaTestYourBusiness holiday season campaign. The campaign will include a fun ‘LambdaTest Bug

Australian Foreign Minister Heads to Beijing in Breakthrough Diplomatic Visit

SYDNEY — Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong flies to China on Tuesday, signaling an improvement in bilateral relations. There has been friction between Beijing and Canberra over various geopolitical issues and the origin of COVID-19. There have also been disagreements over democracy in Hong Kong, human rights in China’s Xinjiang

Surabaya’s antidote to the rise of concrete jungles

The Indonesian city of Surabaya put in public parks where others put in buildings. It is now reaping the creative, economic and cooling benefits. Surabaya, Indonesia’s second largest city, is known for its oppressive heat. It’s a reputation the city’s first female Mayor Tri Rismaharini set out to change more

US Lawmakers Back Boeing 737 MAX Certification Deadline Waiver

WASHINGTON — Boeing won backing from Congress early on Tuesday to lift a looming deadline imposing a new safety standard for modern cockpit alerts for two new versions of the U.S. plane maker’s best-selling 737 MAX aircraft. The company had been heavily lobbying for months to persuade lawmakers to waive the

UN chief calls for climate action

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for climate action and announced that he will convene a Climate Ambition Summit to galvanize it, Trend reports citing Xinhua. “Climate change is another area where good news can be hard to find. We are still moving in the wrong direction,” he told an end-of-year press

Import of 500,000 tons of rice will hurt farmers: PKB

The National Awakening Party (PKB) has criticized the State Logistics Agency’s (Bulog’s) decision to import 500 thousand tons of rice, saying the move will hurt local farmers. “The importation of hundreds of thousands of tons of rice will no doubt damage the price of farmer’s rice. This involves the life

Car-free night to return to Jakarta on New Year’s Eve

The Jakarta provincial authority will enforce a car-free night in Central Jakarta’s Jenderal Sudirman and MH Thamrin boulevards on New Year’s Eve (December 31, 2022) to ease traffic congestion. “We will enforce the car-free night policy (at the two roads) from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Western Indonesian Time (UTC