As per reports, China has successfully tested the world's largest unmanned transport drone which can carry a payload of 1.5 tonnes.
The drone Feihong-98 (FH-98) is developed and modified by the China Academy of Aerospace Electronics Technology.
The FH-98 has a maximum takeoff weight of 5.25 tonnes, a maximum capacity of 1.5 tonnes and 15 cubic metres, a flight height of 4,500 metres, a cruising speed of 180 kilometers per hour, and a maximum range of 1,200 km.
Trump Admin to Negotiate Trade Deal
The Trump administration has informed the Congress of its intent to negotiate separate trade agreements with Japan, the UK and the EU, after America signed a new business deal with neighbouring Mexico and Canada, replacing the 24-year-old NAFTA.
Reliance Industries reported its highest ever quarterly net profit of Rs. 9,516 crore, a 17.4 per cent rise year-on-year, for the July-September period.
RIL will buy majority stakes in Den Networks Ltd and Hathway Cable and Datacom Ltd for Rs. 5,230 crore.
Adani Group and Total Enter into Partnership
Adani and Total have signed an agreement to jointly develop multi-energy offerings for the Indian market, adding that the diversified portfolio will include LNG and fuel retail.
Total is the world's second largest LNG private player, and Adani will serve the fast-growing gas demand of the Indian market.
Arundhati Bhattacharya Joins RIL
Former chairman of State Bank of India Arundhati Bhattacharya has joined as additional director, designated as independent director, Reliance Industries.
Scientists have identified a young star with four Jupiter and Saturn-sized planets orbiting it. This is the first time that so many massive worlds have been detected in such a system.
The star CI Tau is located in a highly productive stellar nursery.
The system has also set a new record for the most extreme range of orbits yet observed.
The star is just two million years old and is surrounded by a huge disc of dust and ice.
The 27th Vyas Samman, an annual literary award given by the K. K. Birla Foundation, was presented to Hindi renowned author Mamta Kalia for her novel Dukkham Sukkham.
Goa governor Mridula Sinha presented the award plaque and Rs. 3.5 lakh prize money to Kalia at an event in New Delhi.
Burns Wins Man Booker Prize
Author Anna Burns has won the Man Booker Prize for her novel 'Milkman'.
She is the first author from Northern Ireland to win the most prestigious English-language literary award.
Burns is the 17th woman to bag the award in its 49-year history and the first woman since 2013.
A 113-year-old steam engine is back on after three months on the Shimla-Kalka heritage railway track.
Steam engines are the main attraction for tourists, particularly foreigners in the state.
World's Highest Rail Line
The proposed Bilaspur-Manali-Leh rail line at 5,360 meters above the sea level will be the world's highest railway line. The 465-km line, to be built at a cost of Rs. 83,360 crore, will include India's first underground railway station in Keylong. The proposed alignment passes through the Shivaliks, Himalayas and the Zanskar Range and four mountain passess - Rohtang La, Barlacha La, Lachung La and Tangla La.
The project will include 74 tunnels, 124 major bridges and 396 minor bridges, according to the first phase of the survey done for the project.
Demand to Rename Faizabad
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas (RJN) have demanded that Faizabad district should be merged with Ayodhya town area and renamed as Ayodhya.
Both the organizations said that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath should announce renaming of Faizabad as Ayodhya on 'Deepotsav' (on the eve of Diwali).
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