Dutch students from the Technical University of Eindhoven in the Netherlands have created a solar-powered motorhome, shaped like a huge teardrop. Expansive solar panels on the roof and on lateral wings allow the vehicle to travel up to 740 km (460 miles) on a sunny day. The team of inventors hope that their vehicle will [...]
October 25, 2021
Loknath Das
Education
RE Fund Europe has been noted as a leader within digital securities for months now. Unsurprisingly, it is a European nation, Liechtenstein, in which a new tokenized real estate based fund has been launched. The development of said fund was possible through the collaboration of two companies – Token Factory and Bank Frick. Bringing to the Table In this [...]
January 22, 2020
Loknath Das
Real Estate
The appointment of Gojek founder Nadiem Makarim as the new education and culture minister has been met with mixed public opinion, with a number of people using memes relating his new office to the app-based business. While others have expressed their support, some others have questioned his ability to address various problematic issues in the [...]
October 23, 2019
Loknath Das
Education
Chinese exam officials have taken to monitoring examination rooms as part of their efforts to crack down on cheating in tests in China. (Photo by Visual China Group via Getty Images/Visual China Group via Getty Images) VISUAL CHINA GROUP VIA GETTY IMAGES Technology is defined by two primary characteristics: its ability to enhance particular human [...]
September 13, 2019
Loknath Das
Technology
The nightmares kept coming and David Leal knew he was in trouble. A navy veteran with a can-do attitude and a solidly middle-class IT job at a hospital in Santa Rosa, California, he didn’t think of himself as mentally vulnerable. But when the Tubbs fire snatched his house off the face of the earth in the early [...]
August 26, 2019
Loknath Das
Health
An independent mental health hospital run by the Priory Group has been rated inadequate by the health watchdog. Hertfordshire’s Kneesworth House was downgraded from good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) after it highlighted serious concerns. The hospital, in Royston, specialises in acute mental health for over 65s, patients with learning disabilities and those at [...]
July 30, 2019
Loknath Das
Health
Arizona State Retirement System intends to invest $2.7bn (€2.4bn) in real estate over next the four years to enable it to reach its 20% allocation target. In a board meeting document, the $38bn US pension fund’s consultant RCLCO Real Estate Advisors said part of the plan would involve the selling of some existing non-strategic real [...]
July 27, 2019
Loknath Das
Real Estate
Housr, the newest entrant in the co-living industry, announced its operations on Tuesday. Founded by two real-estate veterans, Deepak Anand and Kalpesh Mehta, Housr is a super aggregator of properties, which creates experiences, fosters communities through state-of-the-art technology-enabled co-living spaces. Housr has received investment from marquee real estate veterans like Abhishek Lodha, MD & CEO, [...]
April 30, 2019
Loknath Das
Real Estate
If I asked you to predict how technology would change your industry 5-10 years from now, what would you say? When it comes to predicting trends, there are a few ways to go about it — and whether you’re surveying thousands of thought-leaders or simply asking a colleague based on their domain expertise — there’s no wrong way [...]
February 26, 2019
Loknath Das
Technology
The Indian real estate sector is expected to contribute 13 percent to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 2025, according to the ‘Indian Real Estate and Construction: Consolidating for growth’ report by National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO) and Asia Pacific Real Estate Association (APREA). In 2017, the realty sector contributed about 6-7 percent [...]
February 5, 2019
Loknath Das
Real Estate
Representative image GURUGRAM: The wife of a senior Army officer was allegedly duped of Rs 31.5lakh by a real-estate agent in a fake land deal. The accused allegedly sold two plots in a non-existent real-estate project located in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, promising 25% annual returns under the buyback scheme. Reji Kurian, a resident of Delhi Cant [...]
February 3, 2019
Loknath Das
Real Estate
President Donald Trump is telling people he wants to replace Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross by the end of the year, according to three people familiar with the matter who are close to the president. Trump favors Linda McMahon to replace Ross in the role, said these people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. He [...]
November 10, 2018
Loknath Das
Business