The French and Indian space agencies have signed a technology partnership agreement. The deal between the French space agency CNES and Indian space agency ISRO covers work on launch technology, including how to streamline mission costs. A separate deal between CNES and TeamIndus, a competitor in the Google Lunar X ... Read More »
Cuban Vice President Ricardo Cabrisas and Russian deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin have signed a new defense cooperation program which will last until 2020, along with six other treaties covering technology, aviation, medicine and railroad transport. The defense agreement would largely be of a technical and advisory nature, rather than one ... Read More »
American tech giants Microsoft, Google and Salesforce have officially adopted the EU—US Privacy Shield framework, enabling them to receive personal data from the European Union (EU) in compliance with the new standards. They are now among the 103 companies — out of the 5,526 signatories – that have so far ... Read More »
Alphabet is breaking up Nest, its standalone smart-home gadgets company, and moving Nest’s software group back into Google. Nest Labs will continue to exist as a subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet, but it will be limited to selling Nest-branded hardware, like its internet-connected thermostat. Nest’s programmers, meanwhile, will go ... Read More »
India and the US on Monday signed an important agreement that will make the two nations logistical allies and enable both the militaries to use each other’s assets and bases for repair and replenishment of supplies. Welcoming the signing of the bilateral ‘Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement’ (LEMOA), Defence Minister ... Read More »
European shares close lower A number of disappointing company results – from brewer Carlsberg, Austrian brickmaker Wienerberger and insurer Admiral – helped send stock markets into negative territory. Investors were also nervous ahead of the latest US Federal Reserve minutes, and what they might hint about the course of interest ... Read More »
The latest numbers from Royal LePage suggest that Vancouver remains Canada’s hottest real estate market, strongly outpacing the rest of the country during the second quarter of 2016. According to the Royal LePage House Price Survey released Wednesday, the aggregate price of a home in Greater Vancouver rose 24.6 per ... Read More »
The latest numbers from Royal LePage suggest that Vancouver remains Canada’s hottest real estate market, strongly outpacing the rest of the country during the second quarter of 2016. According to the Royal LePage House Price Survey released Wednesday, the aggregate price of a home in Greater Vancouver rose 24.6 per ... Read More »
Over 50,000 Muslim women and men have signed a petition spearheaded by Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) seeking a ban on triple talaq. The women have sought support to abolish the “heinous” practice, which they have termed as “un-Quranic” The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) wrote to the National Commission ... Read More »
