Author: Indography
Uber Technologies, Inc., or just Uber, is a ridesharing company based in San Francisco and operates in over 785 metropolitan areas worldwide. Uber offers peer-to-peer ridesharing, food delivery, bicycle-sharing, and ride-hailing. Uber allows riders to see transparent fares for their trip ahead of time and allows people to make money by becoming drivers for the service. Uber has completed more than 5 billion rides worldwide and fulfills 40 million rides per month in the United States alone. Uber is currently available in more than 80 Countries around the world. Uber currently operates in over 85 countries; however, there are several…
New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has, since 1975, launched a total of 129 satellites of Indian origin and 342 foreign satellites of 36 countries, of which 39 satellites are commercial satellites and the rest nano satellites. The ISRO has plans to launch more satellites to further enhance operational applications and cater to the needs of emerging applications and user requirements in the country, the Minister said. Content Source: Indiatimes.com
In 2021, the export of waste from the European Union to other non-EU countries reached all-time highs, according to statistics from Eurostat, the European Union’s statistics agency. In total 33 million tonnes were exported, an increase of 77% since 2004. Turkey was the primary destination country for EU waste last year with some 14.7 million tonnes sent there, three times as much as in 2004. India received the second highest quantity of EU waste that year, receiving some 2.4 million tonnes. It was followed by Egypt and Switzerland, with 1.9 and 1.7 million tonnes, respectively. Eurostat reported that the volume…
Three out of ten U.S. residents assume that they will not have sufficient financial security in retirement and will have to earn extra money, according to Statista Global Consumer Survey. As our Infographic shows, the United States’ northern neighbors are even more concerned about their financial standing in old age. In addition to India, the list also features an outlier in the lower digits: Less than a quarter of UK respondents believe they will need to supplement their pension with additional work. Although the maximum amount of payable state pension is only around 142 pounds sterling per week, employers in…
The film industry is one of the largest sources of entertainment in the world dating back in the 19th century. The industry produces thousands of films annually and rakes in billions of dollars in revenue. According to UNESCO Institute for Statistics, India topped the list of the countries that are the largest film producer in the world. In 2017 alone, India produced 1986 films. The other countries that followed include, Nigeria, followed by the United States of America, then China and Japan took the fifth place. India’s Film Industry is the world largest film industry in terms of quantity of…
Mumbai: ‘Taragiri’, the third stealth frigate of the Indian Navy’s Project 17A, was launched in Mumbai on Sunday, the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MDL) said. This ship has been built using an integrated construction methodology which involves hull block construction in different geographical locations and integration and erection on the slipway at the MDL, it said in a statement. The ship was named by Charu Singh, President, Navy Wives Welfare Association (Western Region), wife of vice admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, FOC-in-C Western Naval Command, who was the chief guest. The total value of Project 17A is around ₹ 25,700 crores, the…
Narendra Modi was born on 17th September 1950, 3 years after India attained freedom and within months of India becoming a Republic, in the by-lanes of Vadnagar, a small town in North Gujarat’s Mehsana district. Narendra Modi was the third of the six children of Damodardas Modi and Hiraba Modi. Modi’s family belonged to the marginalized sections of society and had to struggle to make ends meet, according to his profile in Narendramodi.in. The family was said to be living in a small single-story house, approximately 40 feet by 12 feet. His father was said to have sold tea at…
“The largest group of property owners in London are Indians, who are represented by those who have lived in the UK for generations, NRIs, investors from other countries, students, and families who travel to the UK for education,” according to London-based residential developer Barratt London. “English and Pakistani people are next in number,” Barratt London noted adding that, Indian investors, who reside in both the UK and India, are prepared to spend anywhere between GBP 290,000 and GBP 450,000 for a one, two, or three-bedroom property in London. “We are seeing strong demand from Indian investors looking to purchase properties…
The United Kingdom has dropped behind India to become the world’s sixth largest economy, delivering a further blow to the government in London as it grapples with a brutal cost-of-living shock. India leaped past the UK in the final three months of 2021 to become the fifth-biggest economy. The calculation is based on US dollars, and India extended its lead in the first quarter, according to GDP figures from the International Monetary Fund. The UK’s decline down the international rankings is an unwelcome backdrop for the new prime minister. Conservative Party members choose Boris Johnson’s successor on Monday, with Foreign…
If you think everybody loves chocolate, well, not everybody, at least not to the same degree. According to data from Statista’s Global Consumer Outlook, there’s a huge gulf in chocolate consumption around the world. While the cocoa-based treat is very popular in large parts of Europe and in the United States, many people in Asia prefer other sweets to satisfy their sweet tooth. When it comes to the league of chocoholics, Switzerland is out in front with annual per capita consumption amounting to an impressive 11.6 kilograms in 2021. The country is well known for its excellent chocolate industry with…