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Pike Research forecasts annual global sales of light-duty natural gas vehicles to reach 3.2M in 2019

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The global market for light-duty (LD) natural gas vehicles (NGVs)—including passenger cars, light-duty trucks and commercial vehicles—will experience a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.2% between 2012 and 2019, reaching 3.2 million vehicles sold in 2019, according to a new forecast by Pike Research.

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GECF: more than a quarter of 2050 natural gas supply untapped

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average economic growth rate between 2000 and 2019, continuously expanding domestic gas production, attracting investors, and enhancing knowledge and technologies exchange. Important projects in the offing include the Turkmenistan-China pipeline enhancement, TAPI (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India), and others.

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Bosch accident detection set of rules accelerates protection machine deployment with out including extra sensors

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In 2019, Rameez Ahmad, an engineering supervisor at Bosch USA, was once touring in Pakistan with pals from faculty when a motorbike strike the passenger facet in their automobile. A automobile strike involving a Robert Bosch engineer sparked an concept that would decrease ailing at the severity of related crashes.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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On a visit to Pakistan with his parents, 7-year-old Aadeel Akhtar met a girl his age who was missing her right leg. It is the fastest bionic hand on the market and the only one with touch feedback. Pierre , 2018–2019 U.S. That was the first time he had met a person with a limb difference. Akhtar is the CEO. www.youtube.com.

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Lancet Series: Improving road safety measures could save half a million lives every year worldwide

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—co-author Dr Junaid Razzak from Weill Cornell Medical Centre, USA and Aga Khan University College of Medicine, Pakistan. The findings reveal that although the death rates among 10-24 year olds declined by a third between 1990 and 2019 (from 17.5 a year between 2010 and 2019 compared to the fall of 2.4%

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UN: world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and could peak at nearly 11 billion around 2100

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in 2019, is projected to decline further to 2.2 In 2019, fertility remains above 2.1 years in 2019, is expected to increase further to 77.1 In 2019, life expectancy at birth in the least developed countries lags 7.4 In 2019, life expectancy at birth in the least developed countries lags 7.4 years in 1990 to 72.6

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