Iraq’s vast oil wealth once paid for some of the best health services in the Middle East. But decades of conflict and political unrest have led to, as the government admits, a crisis in hospitals. Things are particularly bad in Basra province where people have long complained of government neglect. ... Read More »
Surprised. That’s how I felt coming out of Oculus Connect 4 last year, where for the first time we got a glimpse of “what’s next” in VR. At the time it was called Project Santa Cruz, a standalone VR headset—meaning no wires—that nevertheless had full position- and hand-tracking capabilities. “I thought ... Read More »
If the stay on construction activities imposed by the Supreme Court in certain states gets extended, it could lead to real estate project delays and litigations, say realty experts. The SC imposed a stay on construction in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Chandigarh for not framing any policy on solid ... Read More »
Volvo Car Group’s billionaire owner warned of the looming trade war’s adverse effects, saying consumers and automakers such as his will be among those hurt by the dispute involving the US and China. Li Shufu, whose Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. owns the Swedish carmaker, said both Volvo and his ... Read More »
Staying up awake late in the night will make you feel much more than just being groggy in the morning. According to a study, if you are a “night owl”, or like to stay up late and have trouble dragging yourself out of bed in the morning, you are at ... Read More »
Every week, Curbed covers dozens of market listings that vary in price, location, size, grandeur, quirkiness, and other distinct characteristics. If they managed to capture our attention, that means there’s definitely something special going on. But some of these homes are so lovely that they warrant a special kind of ... Read More »
INDORE: High fluctuations in cement and steel prices caused by a spur in infrastructural activities, is likely to hit real estate business. Increased prices of raw materials will spoil plans of the realtors expecting to revive themselves after last year’s slump. Industry participants said that rise in cement prices has ... Read More »
India’s gold and diamond-studded jewellery business is likely to take a hit, at least in the short term, following the hike in import duty from 0.36 per cent to 5 per cent, starting January, on all jewellery products exported to Dubai. Exporters may also stop using Dubai as a hub ... Read More »
Dombivli -based A. Gandhi is finding it difficult to sell his two bedroom flat, after the central government demonetised the Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes in November. “My flat has been on the market for nearly four months and I had got to the point of signing the agreement ... Read More »
The problem is that the move of demonetisation has sort of synonymised cash transactions with black money. Let us take few facts into consideration. “Between the CSSO and NCEUS data, anything between 80 to 90 percent of businesses in India lie in the unorganised sector, which also contributes to half ... Read More »
KOCHI: Kandukuri Vinoda, a home-maker in Telangana, was one of the early victims of demonetisation drive as she committed suicide. She had Rs 54 lakh cash after selling land. There is a co-relation between real estate transactions and demonetisation. The former being often high-value ones, the customer will always be ... Read More »
Equating demonetisation as a move to cure “cancer” in the economy, Mumbai-based real-estate tycoon and managing director of Hiranandani Group Niranjan Hiranandani said the real-estate sector across the country has taken a “hit” after the Modi-government banned currencies of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 denominations and will take at least ... Read More »
