SRTC buses, stations to get airport-like facilities: Yogi Adityanath, ET Auto

The 51 buses of the Uttar Pradesh Transport Corporation will have women drivers and conductors, officials said. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that the UP State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) is considered to be the lifeline of transportation in the state and bus stations will soon get airport-like facilities. “India became independent on…

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Continental may set up second global technology development centre in India; partners Google for vehicle of the future, ET Auto

The India engineering base is getting increasingly critical for Continental because of the global trend of softwarisation of the automobile. Continental’s engineering team of over 4,500 engineers work on “all critical aspects” of the Tier One’s business. Munich: Global Tier 1 major Continental may set up another technology development base in India, most probably outside…

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Wiping Out the Dinosaurs Let Countless Flowers Bloom

When a mountain-size slab of space rock rammed into the Yucatán Peninsula 66 million years ago, the fallout was apocalyptic. Tsunamis washed away coastlines, raging fires engulfed forests and dust and debris blotted out the sun for months. Roughly three-fourths of the planet’s species, most notably non-avian dinosaurs, were wiped out. But one group appears…

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