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Dubai set to become ‘crane capital’ as construction picks up

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The skyline of Dubai is set to undergo a sea change as the construction industry here is expected to gain further momentum this year, according to an international property agency.

Construction cranes have dotted the Dubai skyline and are seen to herald the economic growth, with a major build-up of momentum in the real estate activity.

Dubai was once home to almost 25 percent of the world’s cranes during the height of the property boom and now is set for the revival era of the construction industry.

Counting starts tomorrow; nearly 8000 candidates for 543 Lok Sabha seats

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Votes polled in the nine-phased Lok Sabha elections will be counted tomorrow to decide who will form the next government.

Election Commission said the counting exercise to be held at 989 counting centres is likely to be completed by 5 PM and trends will be available by 11 AM.

By noon, a final picture could emerge on who would be the major players in the 16th Lok Sabha.

Nearly 8000 candidates, including top guns Narendra Modi, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Arvind Kejriwal were in the fray, in the largest-ever electoral exercise held in Indian history.

Mukesh Ambani’s Mumbai residence Antilia most expensive billionaire home

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Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani’s skyscraper residence in Mumbai is the most expensive billionaire home in the world, according to a Forbes list which also includes Indian-origin steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal’s houses in London.

Ambani’s 27-story, 400,000-square-foot skyscraper home Antilia named after a mythical island in the Atlantic, tops the Forbes list of the most expensive homes in the world.

Richa teams with Kalki for play

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Richa Chadha and Kalki Koechlin will soon be seen in a film based on travel and a coming-of-age story titled “Jiah aur Jiah”. But before the audiences get to see them on the big screen, the two actresses have joined hands for a play.

Richa and Kalki will play lead characters in a play directed by Atul Kumar.

The play rehearsals are reportedly already underway and the production will premiere in Mumbai in July, following which it will later tour six cities across the country.

Emma Watson set for graduation ceremony

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After four years of pursuing a course in English Literature from Brown University in Providence, US, British actress Emma Watson will receive her degree later this month.

The “Harry Potter” star will receive a degree by the Ivy League university May 25, reports contactmusic.com.

Watson began studying at the institute in 2009, but after 18 months, in March 2011, she was forced to take a leave of absence to continue her filming commitments.

Now, ‘manmade’ shark skin that boosts swimming

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Scientists have made the first ever realistic simulated shark skin that they believe will boost swimming.

Scientists from Harvard University also measured that the fish’s sharp scales boost swimming by up to 6.6 percent while reducing the energy cost.

George Lauder and his colleagues Li Wen and James Weaver took a small sample of the fish’s skin for scanning to get a high-resolution view of the surface and then built a detailed model of the structure before reproducing it thousands of times in a computer model of the skin.

Handle this! Teenagers don’t trust information via tweets

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Are you among those who love tweeting but somewhat wary of information via tweets from others? Join the ‘Millennial Generation’ that has a “healthy mistrust” of the information they read on Twitter.

“Nearly anyone can start a Twitter account and post 140 characters of information at a time, bogus or not, a fact participants seemed to grasp,” Kimberly Fenn, an assistant professor of psychology at Michigan State University, was quoted as saying.

`Temporary tattoos may trigger skin problems’

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Want a tattoo to impress your friends but worry about the pain of real ink? Do not fall for temporary tattoos as these may cause allergic reactions to skin.

Allergic reactions to press-on temporary tattoos can involve rashes and blisters while long-term effects might include scarring, skin changes and increased sensitivity to sun, a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report has warned.

“If you had a reaction to a temporary tattoo or any cosmetic product, the FDA wants to know,” said Katherine Hollinger, an epidemiologist with the FDA office of cosmetics and colours.

At 88, N.D. Tiwari marries Ujjwala Sharma

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Veteran Congress leader and former chief minister N.D. Tiwari married Ujjwala Sharma here on Thursday morning.

Sharma was the woman whose son Tiwari recently accepted as his own after a lengthy lawsuit.

Rohit Shekhar, 32, had taken the politician to court after Tiwari had refused to acknowledge their biological relationship.

In March, Tiwari publicly accepted Shekhar is his son.

In 2012, the Congressman, who had resisted submitting blood samples for a DNA test, was ordered to cooperate by the Supreme Court

Sensex slips 56 points after 3 days of gains

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Mumbai, May 14 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets Wednesday closed in the negative territory — down 56 points or 0.24 percent — after three consecutive sessions of record gains, as oil and gas and capital goods stocks came under heavy selling pressure.

The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) had Tuesday crossed the 24,000-mark for the first time in its history recording 24,068.94 points.

Rajnath meets RSS leader Soni

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As part of meetings to discuss the BJP’s post-poll strategy, party President Rajnath Singh today met RSS leader Suresh Soni.

Sources said the party is considering drastic changes in the organisation in the wake of its possible government formation.

Besides revamp of the party, Rajnath and Soni, who is RSS pointsman for BJP, discussed the political situation that is likely to emerge after tomorrow’s results and roping in of some more allies.

Now, put this washing machine into dirty clothes!

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What if you do not need to put dirty clothes into a washing machine but place the washing machine between the dirty clothes? Puzzled? A Colombian student has an answer for you – in a ‘washing ball’.

Luna is an electrostatic spherical washing machine with a small amount of water in it.It can be placed directly into a laundry basket and clean clothes without removing them, media reports said.

It creates a cloud of fine particles of steam electrostatically charged which comes out through pores of the metal surface.

New radar images show unseen side of moon

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Combined efforts of the two largest radio telescopes of their kind – the National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia and the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico have produced images of Earth’s Moon that reveal more than can be seen with the naked eye.

To make these images, radar signals beamed from Arecibo’s powerful transmitter penetrated far below the Moon’s dusty surface. The signals then rebounded back and were picked up by the sensitive receivers on the GBT.

Maxi dresses confidence booster for women

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Maxi dresses have once again proved to be a style staple for summer as 68 percent women revealed they feel more confident in a longer length dress, according to a survey conducted by clothing brand George.

The maxi trend emerges as 34 percent over 50 named the knee as one of their key problem areas. The recent poll found that 62 percent feel slimmer in a longer style, and “hiding cellulite-problem areas” and “elongating the silhouette” are key plus points for over 50 percent of consumers, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

Tata Motors launches three new trucks in Qatar

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Tata Motors Wednesday launched in Qatar three new heavy trucks from its ‘Prima’ range of commercial vehicles, along with its partners Al-Hamad Automobiles.

“The launch of the Tata Prima brand in Qatar is an important milestone in Tata Motors’ continued expansion in the Qatar market and the GCC region,” said Ravindra Pisharody, executive director, commercial vehicles business, Tata Motors.

Uneasy calm in riot-hit parts of Hyderabad

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An uneasy calm prevailed in riot-hit areas of Hyderabad Thursday, a day after paramilitary troopers opened fire killing three people following communal clashes that left scores injured.

An indefinite curfew continued in Kishan Bangh, Sikh Chowni and Arsh Mahal areas of the Cyberabad police commissionerate.

Police said the situation remained peaceful. No untoward incident was reported since Wednesday morning when Border Security Force (BSF) personnel opened fire on a mob.

These mango trees date back to Tipu’s era

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This farmer from Kirugavalu village in Malavalli taluk of Mandya district has preserved 116 mango trees dating back to the times of the then Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan.

Carbon dating and other scientific assessment by the Genetics and Plant Breeding Department of the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, have shown that these trees are more than 200 years old.

Madrasa teacher’s daughter district topper, wishes to become CA

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Ms. M Ayisha, a gentle and soft-spoken girl has made Dakshina Kannada district and her community proud by becoming the topper in the district and securing sixth place in the state in the SSLC examination 2014 in Kannada medium.

Student of Alva’s Kannada Medium High School, Moodbidri and daughter of Abdurrahman Musliyar, a poor Madrasa teacher from Belthangady, she has scored 612 out of 625 marks. Ayisha’s mother Umaira is a house-wife.

Ayisha stayed at a hostel in Moodbidri to pursue her education. She hails from Killur, a remote village in Belthangady taluk.

Google Glass now available for all in US

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Grabbing a piece of Google Glass has just become a bit easier as the company opened the online sale of its wearable computer device for all with $1,500 (about Rs.90,000) in the US Wednesday.

Until now, anyone who wished to “explore” the eyewear device required an invite or a referral from a friend.

Google first offered the product to a few chosen “Explorers” last year.

The Glass, that can be worn like a normal pair of sunglasses, consists of a tiny screen in front of the right eye, a battery, a frame, a touch-sensitive panel and a camera.

Early menopause increases risk of heart failure

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In a first, researchers have found that women who go through menopause early – at ages 40 to 45 – have a higher rate of heart failure because of the inability of the heart to pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs.

Smoking raises the risk even more, the study noted.

The study involved 22,000 postmenopausal women in Sweden.

Women who went through menopause naturally at this early age had a rate of heart failure some 40 percent higher than women who went through menopause at the usual age between 50 and 54, the average age being 51.

Tiny scanner that checks your fruit’s nutritional value

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What if you can get the nutritional value of an apple or a watermelon by just scanning it with a hand-held device?

Move over Google to search for your medication. A hand-held scanner – about the size of a flash drive – can determine the molecular makeup of objects like food and medication.

Developed by Consumer Physics, a Tel Aviv-based start up in Israel, the scanner called ‘Scio’ emits a beam of light, which you can shine on, say, a piece of fruit.

Rupee falls 14 paise to 60.31 against US dollar in early trade

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The rupee weakened by 14 paise to 60.31 against the US dollar in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market on Thursday on disappointing IIP numbers.

Forex dealers said dollar’s gains against other currencies overseas and increased demand for the American unit from importers also weighed on the rupee but a higher opening of the domestic equity market capped the fall.

Sensex recovers 152 points in early trade on funds buying

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The benchmark BSE Sensex rebounded nearly 152 points in early trade today as funds and investors indulged in enlarging positions ahead of the outcome of the Lok Sabha elections amidst a mixed trend in Asian markets.

The 30-share index, which had slipped from record-high levels by falling 56.11 points in yesterday’s trade, recovered by 151.78 points, or 0.64 per cent, to trade at 23,966.90.