Assembled in France using millions of components made throughout Europe: The A350 is the most modern commercial aircraft in the world. The Airbus A 350: the most modern commercial aircraft in the world. It takes 1800 highly-skilled specialists in Toulouse, France, and 2.5 million individual parts, delivered from all over the world, to assemble this masterpiece of aeronautic engineering.

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In Tokyo, one of the most modern, prosperous and densely populated cities in the world, waste has become a natural resource, helping the city grow bigger and cleaner every day. Trash even creates expensive residential complexes, provides heating for entire swimming pools and can turn into a green island paradise.

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Most people believe, that old clothes donations collected by various organisations are immediately sent to countries in need. What they don’t know is, the majority of the donated clothing is sold per kilogramme. Some aid organisations merely place their logo on the collection containers of used clothes firms. A small amount of the clothing is […]

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The Borneo Orchids Expedition focuses on visiting four locations to explore Borneo’s amazing diversity of orchids; the Bako National Park (home to lowland heathforest orchids), Mount Kinabalu (for highland and ultrahighland orchids), Mulu National Park (for lowland rainforest, limestone growing and highland orchids) and Mount Trus Madi (for spectacular mossy cloud forests dripping with highland […]

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It starts with a simple cough, and before you know it, millions of people are infected. And it won’t stop there. It could keep growing and growing until billions of people are sick. Flights are canceled, cities are quarantined, and hospitals are flooded with patients. This is what’s known as a global pandemic. Could we […]

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A Palestinian citizen, Dr. Mahmoud Shatat, won the Innovative Individual Award – Distinguished Researcher category at the 2nd cycle of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Water Award. HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Media Council, has awarded the winners at a special event held in Dubai. Dr. Shatat […]

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Every week, Eco India brings you stories that inspire to build a cleaner, greener and better tomorrow. Our top story looks at how horticulture farmers of a village in Gujarat are engaging with a low-cost cold storage facility, developed by a start-up CoolCrop, that has the potential to drastically reduce post-harvest losses and help the […]

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Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson, and Her Excellency Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, Vice Chairperson and CEO of Qatar Foundation (QF), addressed more than 5,000 students, staff, faculty, researchers and local officials at a major event yesterday celebrating the 25th anniversary of QF, founded by H.H. Sheikha Moza in 1995 to benefit Qatar and the […]

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Aon plc (NYSE:AON), the leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, today brings together leaders across the private and public sector for its inaugural “Collaborating to close the protection gap” conference in London. The event is designed to generate discussion on how the global finance and insurance industry […]

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Together we can fight this! A hospital was built in 10 days to battle against the novel coronavirus in Wuhan. According to XinhuaNet – “The hospital was delivered Sunday in Wuhan. It is dedicated to treating patients infected with the virus. The hospital covers an area of 34,000 square meters and provides 1,000 beds. A […]

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