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...life's recurring unpleasant moments that Rajiv Mehta, owner of an interior-design company in New Delhi, has come to dread. During Mehta's frequent business trips in India, his flight often approaches its destination only to have the pilot announce that the plane will have to circle the airport for a while-not because there's bad weather or a mechanical glitch, but because of congestion on the ground. Mehta's plight is shared by thousands of his countrymen. Thanks to India's economic prosperity and the booming growth of its airline industry, more Indians are flying today than...
...Kingfisher Airlines, are full service, but most are low-cost carriers that have wooed millions of travelers away from India's sluggish train and bus networks-and into its sluggish airports, which lack sufficient gates, baggage-handling equipment and other facilities to manage the influx. The crunch at New Delhi's airport is so bad that India's Aviation Ministry is refusing to allow an increase in departures this summer despite pleading from airlines...
...people earning a few dollars a day, they believe that capitalism--not charity--is the best way to address the needs of the Third World. So in November they began selling Mightylights for $45 each. The LED technology is so advanced, says Chugh, that "anyone in New York or Delhi would love one of these." Chugh, 38, hopes to release a $30 model soon and even cheaper lights thereafter. With help from foundations, Cosmos Ignite has sold and distributed more than 4,000 Mightylights for earthquake relief in Pakistan and to the poor in Afghanistan, Guatemala and Kashmir. In India...
...running shoes, and the plan changes. Maybe there won't be time, or the air will be too foul (Manila or Bangkok, say), or it's unsafe (Baghdad). But a slim chance to run is reason enough. As an American living in Asia for six years, now in Delhi, I find running to be a routine that travels well, a way to create constancy in a life of motion, and a wonderful way to see places at a slower pace. I hope to add Kabul and the Mongolian countryside to the list of far-flung places where I've managed...
...Monday Japan repeated its performance with India, the world's other fast-growing carbon emitter, pledging to help New Delhi improve energy efficiency...