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The Bullet train accident at Wenzhou

On July 23 this year, in the suburbs of Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, at around 8pm (local time) a train travelling from Hangzhou to Fuzhou South lost power and came to a halt. Soon thereafter, a train travelling from Beijing to Fuzhou South crashed into the rear end of the stationary train. The last two carriages of the first train and ...

Research on dowsing in other countries

Many scientists have been intrigued enough by dowsing’s success to investigate it using scientific models. In 1995, Professor Hans-Dieter Betz, a physicist at the University of Munich, published a paper “Water Dowsing in Arid Regions” in the Journal of Scientific Exploration, published from Stanford University which documented the results of a 10-year-old study funded by the German government to apply ...

Corner Guards

Corner Guards from Frontier Polymers are highly reflective all-weather guards which do not require any steel plate for installation. This makes them economical and maintenance free. They are manufactured from strong and durable plastic with good impact-resistant properties, and are tamper-resistant. They can be put both on circular and rectangular columns and are embedded with highly reflective material. The corner ...

Rigid Retro-Reflective Delineator

3M India Limited has brought out a new Rigid Retro-Reflective Delineator that promises to redefine safety provided by delineators. The Type-1 Diamond Grade reflective sheeting used in the delineator gives the product very high reflectivity. Its large reflective area of 235sqcm and the red-white colour combination ensures that the delineator is visible during day and night. It is lightweight, yet ...

Road Studs

Aloclite Road Studs (Model C-1210) from Ashu Enterprises are durable devices that provide day and night visibility in adverse weather conditions. These are reflectorised studs – they reflect light from the vehicle’s headlights back to the driver’s eyes. They provide a definitive and clear outline of pavement markings during the poor visibility conditions like fog, rain and darkness. They are ...

Barricades

Jumbo Barricade from Protek Traffic Devices Pvt Ltd is a heavy barricade built to withstand knocks from vehicles without easily falling down. Being a water-filled barricade with a capacity of 350 litres of water, it minimises the impact in case of collisions and reduces the possibility of serious injuries as against the concrete barriers. The perforations in the barricade allow ...

Gas Detection Systems

Gas Detection System for Carbon Monoxide from Subtronics Pvt Ltd is very useful in detecting the highly toxic but colourless and odourless carbon monoxide in a mixture of different gases such as L.P.G., toluene, ammonia, hexane and alcohol vapours. It detects three different levels of concentration of the gas with dials in three different colours – green for 0-250ppm (low ...

National highways for Himachal

The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has sanctioned five new national highways for Himachal which will be upgraded out of the existing routes. This will add additional road length of 494.875km to the national highway network of the state. The five new highways would include Hamirpur-Sujanpur-Palampur (59.775km); Brahmpukhar-Bilaspur-Ghumarwin-Sarkaghat-Lad Bhadol-Baijnath; Bharmour-Chamba-Dalhousie-Pathankot (133km); Taradevi-Jubbarhatti-Kunihar-Ramshehar-Nalagarh-Ghanauli (106.4km) and Chandigarh-PGI (Baddi) Punjab Pokhran-Nalagarh-Ramshehar-Arki-Shalaghat ...

Green Metro for Dubai

The Road and Transport Authority (RTA) of Dubai recently launched the Green Metro Line which adds 18 new stations and 23 kilometres to the country’s rail network. At present, two transfer stations exist in the metro rail network – Union and Khalid bin Al Waleed, the Union station being the biggest underground station in the world with an area of ...

BMW and UNAOC joint award for cross cultural dialogue

UNAOC (United Nation Alliance of Civilisation), in association with BMW, has instituted the UNAOC-BMW Award for intercultural innovation. The award will encourage and reward original, pioneering initiatives that promote inter-cultural understanding among different cultures, communities and traditions around the world. The UNAOC is an organisation set up by the United Nations (UN) to improve relations and understanding among different cultures, ...