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Solar Impulse-2 aircraft lands in Varanasi

The world's only 'zero-fuel' aircraft 'Solar Impulse-2' on Wednesday landed in Varanasi for an overnight stopover after its pilot held the Ahmedababd 'administration' responsible for the delay in......

PM Modi receives UN's highest environmental honour

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been awarded with the United Nations’ highest environmental honour, bestowed upon five other individuals and organisations, for his leadership of the......

The Week that Was

Here's a look at the events that shaped the world last week. Image: Actor Amitabh Bachchan poses for a photograph after the unveiling of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Parliament Square, London,......

This amazing plane flies ONLY on solar power

Solar Impulse is an European long-range solar-powered plane project being undertaken at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne. The project eventually hopes to succeed in the first circling......

Story of two passionate pilots who fly the solar aircraft

The plane weighs 2,300 kg, about the same as a standard family car, wings span 72 m wide, same as a Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet. Image: Swiss pilots Bertrand Piccard (L) and Andre Boschberg (R) pose......

Solar-powered plane's remarkable flight around the world

Over its entire mission, Solar Impulse 2 cruised at altitudes of up to 9,000 metres and at an average speed of between 45 and 90 km per hour. A solar-powered aircraft successfully completed the......

Swiss test solar-power aircraft for night flight

History is being created inside a hangar in Dubendorf Air Basein Switzerland that will radically change the way an aircraft flies. The prototype of an aircraft, to be propelled entirely by solar......

Solar aircraft on a world tour lands in Ahmedabad

Image: Solar Impulse 2, the world's first airplane flying on solar energy, lands in Ahmedabad on March 10, 2015. Photograph: Jean Revillard/ Reuters Solar Impulse 2, claimed to be the......

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News for Bertrand Piccard

Solar Impulse-2 aircraft lands in Varanasi

PM Modi receives UN's highest environmental honour

The Week that Was

This amazing plane flies ONLY on solar power

Story of two passionate pilots who fly the solar aircraft

Solar-powered plane's remarkable flight around the world

Swiss test solar-power aircraft for night flight

Solar aircraft on a world tour lands in Ahmedabad

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