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World’s First 3-D Printed Office To Be Built In Dubai
The world’s first office building constructed using 3-D printer is set to come up in Dubai, UAE. The Office will be approximately 2,000 square feet in size and will be printed layer-bylayer using a 20-foot tall 3-D printer, then assembled on site in Dubai.
Remnants of India’s One of the Oldest Port Discovered In Goa
A team of scientists from Goa based National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) on 15 July discovered the remnants of a historically important port on Goa’s Zuari river which is expected to be amongst the oldest signs of human trade on the central west coast.The Port is supposed to be existed between 1000 to 3500 AD which makes it India’s oldest ports.
World’s Largest Flower Blooms In Tokyo
World’s largest flower Amorphophallus Titanum bloomed for the first time in 5 years in the fourth week of July 2015 at the Jindai botanical gardens in Tokyo, Japan. The flower Titan arum measuring 2-meter (6.5 feet) in height rarely flowers and is notoriously difficult to propagate.
China Starts Assembling World’s Largest Radio Telescope
China has started assembling the World’s largest radio telescope, whose dish has the size of 30 football grounds.The telescope is being assem-bled in the mountains of southwest Guizhou Province to enhance its ability to observe outer space.
Conakry Named ‘World Book Capital’ For 2017
Conakry, the capital of the Republic of Guinea, was on 21 July named as the World Book Capital for 2017 by United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO).