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Last Updated: July 12, 2023, 12:35 ISTMetro Representative Image (Photo: IANS)Surat is set to become the second city in Gujarat with a Metro rail serviceIndia’s textile and diamond hub Surat is set to become the second city in Gujarat with a Metro rail service. The first metro system of Surat will cover a distance of 41 kilometers, connecting the major commercial hubs of the city. Once completed, the Surat metro system will unquestionably improve the travel experience of daily commuters. Surat Metro will serve as a…

A student team from TU Delft presented the latest Eco-Runner in May, a hydrogen-powered city car concept designed to be more than a hundred times more fuel-efficient than modern fossil-fuel vehicles. Now the car has set a Guinness distance record.Though battery technology has dramatically improved per-charge range performance for electric vehicles over the last few years, drivers looking for a truly long-range solution may currently be left wanting. That's where green hydrogen might come in, and Delft's Eco-Runner team…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from University of Arkansas and Northeastern University have published a new Journal of Marketing article that examines social media disengagement—the psychological motivation to distance oneself from a brand on social media. The study is titled "For Shame! Socially Unacceptable Brand…

Atlantic Multidecadal Variability (AMV) index, North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index, precipitation averaged over the Baltic Sea catchment area, and total river discharge. Low-pass filtered AMV (black)59, precipitation52 (red), river discharge10 (cyan), and the winter (December through February) NAO index37 (orange), with a cut-off frequency of 12 years. All records were normalized by their standard deviations. Selected recent periods with…

Image via Disney With reviews like “neither scary nor funny” and “as lifeless as the ghosts in the movie” on Rotten Tomatoes, it’s easy to see why filmmaker Justin Simien would want to set his version of Haunted Mansion apart from the one starring Eddie Murphy.  Twenty years ago, Eddie Murphy and director Rob Minkoff released the supernatural horror comedy film based on Walt Disney’s theme park attraction of the same name to an audience with mixed reviews. Some critics felt the film missed the suspense and…

Geek’s village is represented by a 2-D matrix of characters of size n*m, whereH – Represents a houseW – Represents a well. – Represents an open groundN – Prohibited area(Not allowed to enter this area)Every house in the village needs to take the water from the well, as the family members are so busy with their work, so every family wants to take the water from the well in minimum time, which is possible only if they have to cover as less distance as possible. Your task is to determine the minimum distance that a person in…

How massive the asteroid needs to be to pose a threat to planet Earth? According to NASA, no known asteroid larger than 140 meters in size has a significant chance to hit Earth for the next 100 years. It further stated that only about 40 percent of those asteroids have been discovered till date. Notably, asteroids, which are dubbed as near Earth objects, can sometimes be dangerous for the planet depending upon their size. And on Sunday, May 7, 2023 a 290-foot asteroid is all set to make a close approach to planet Earth.…

Google Maps is easily one of the must-have mobile apps that you need to install when setting up a new phone, whether it’s iPhone or Android. It’ll help do more for you than help navigate your surroundings to reach your destination, although you’ll use Google Maps for directions the most. But Google Maps has other neat features, like the ability to measure the distance between any two places. The feature is built into both the desktop and mobile versions of the app, and you can use it easily if you’re…

We don't get to know about all the space objects that fly close to planet Earth. Though NASA does reveal information about spectacular celestial events taking place in space, like planet Jupiter being seen alongside various other planets in the night sky and other activities taking place in space, but details regarding other objects are mostly not widely dispensed to the general public. However, the US space agency does make sure that people are informed of certain threats like asteroids approaching Earth. It provides…

NASA says that most asteroids come from the asteroid belt situated between Mars and Jupiter. These asteroids have an elliptical orbit, and their rotation is often erratic, tumbling through space. However, the gravitational force of the planets in the solar system can alter their direction and send them hurling randomly towards the inner solar system, including towards Earth. That's why NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory keeps an active eye on these upcoming asteroids. Now, NASA has issued an alert about an asteroid…