Thursday, March 22, 2018

Quick notes: Solar parks, Quality of living...

  • India's vast solar parks: Unlike in developed nations, the vast majority of solar power in India comes not from decentralized rooftop panels but from expansive parks. Indian authorities have enticed developers by acquiring land, building transmission links and offering up buyers for the new power, usually state-owned companies with low default risk.


  • 2018 Quality of Living ranking: "Indian cities are yet to make any marked leaps on the quality of living scale".... Mobility innovations: Unclogging streets could help city dwellers save 125 hours a year — the equivalent of three full work weeks.


  • Soul vultures target other Korea: The last Americans in North Korea: Christian missionaries 


  • Who’s Afraid of Huawei? Security worries spread beyond the U.S.... Best Buy is ditching Huawei phones amid security concerns... China's WeChat banned by Australian defence dept... WeChat: From copycat to Goliath.... And now this: Chinese companies are buying up cash-strapped U.S. colleges


  • Stem cell cure for macular degeneration: Doctors have devised a way of building a new retinal pigment epithelium and surgically implanting it into the eye.


  • Absolute Watchfulness:


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