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=>Among world's costliest cities, Mumbai and Delhi occupied 27th and 56th positions in 2006 respectively. CBD (Central Business District) occupancy costs in Mumbai and Delhi were $11,400 (approx Rs 5,13,000) and $8,150 (Rs 3,66,750) per annum per workstation. In 2007, India's costliest cities occupied...
positions amongst the world's most expensive cities.

=>Telecom major Vodafone will acquire 67% stake in Hutch-Essar for $11.1 billion. This acquisition is the biggest one in the Indian history. Vodafone's offer values Hutchison Essar at $19 billion.

=>India is currently a trillion-dollar economy. Indian GDP at Rs 40.76 per $ stands at $1 trillion. The strengthening rupee has made India the 12th country to achieve this milestone on 25/04/2007. With the Rupee appreciating to below 41 against the US dollar, it was the first day for the economy to be a trillion-dollar economy. India's stock market capitalisation is $944 billion.

=>2007 Forbe's list included 36 Indian billionaires with a combined worth of $191 billion as listed below -
Global Rank Indian Billionaire Name Value (Billion)
5
 Lakshmi Mittal $32
14
 Mukesh Ambani $20.1
18
 Anil Ambani $18.2
21
 Azim Premji $17.1
62
 Kushal Pal Singh $10.0
69
 Sunil Mittal & Family $9.5
86
 Kumar Birla 8.0
86
 Shashi & Ravi Ruia 8.0
114
 Ramesh Chandra $6.4
137
 Pallonji Mistry $5.6
210
 Adi Godrej & Family $4.1
214
 Shiv Nadar $4.0
230
 Anil Agarwal $3.8
279
 Dilip Sanghvi $3.1
287
 Indu Jain $3.0
287
 Cyrus Poonawalla $3.0
349
 Kalanithi Maran $2.6
349
 Grandhi Rao $2.6
390
 Savitri Jindal & Family $2.4
390
 Tulsi Tanti $2.4
407
 Subhash Chandra $2.3
432
 Uday Kotak $2.2
458
 Baba Kalyani $2.1
488
 Malvinder & Shivinder Singh $2.0
557
 NR Narayana Murthy $1.8
618
 Venugopal Dhoot $1.6
618
 Anurag Dikshit $1.6
664
 Jaiprakash Gaur $1.5
664
 Vijay Mallya $1.5
717
 Vikas Oberoi $1.4
754
 Nandan Nilekani $1.3
754
 Naresh Goyal $1.3
799
 Senapathy Gopalakrishnan $1.2
840
 Keshub Mahindra $1.1
840
 Pradeep Jain $1.1
840
 Rahul Bajaj $1.1

=>Incomes that are tax-free in India for FY 2007-08...
1. Agricultural income
2. Receipts from HUF
3. Share from a partnership firm
4. Allowance for foreign service
5. Gratuities
6. Commutation of pension
7. Leave salary of central government employees
8. Voluntary retirement or separation payment
9. Life insurance receipts
10. Payment received from provident funds
11. Certain types of interest payment
12. Scholarship and awards, etc.
13. Gallantry awards, etc. Section 10(18)
14. Dividends on shares and units - Section 10(34) & (35)
15. Long-term capital gains of transfer of securities - Section 10(38)
16. Amount received by way of gift, etc - Section 10(39)

=>Airbus 380 (world's tallest and largest double-decker $300 million plane) is coming to India (May 2007) which can seat up to 555 passengers but in all economy configuration it can pack in 800 people. It will be running flights from New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore (direct flight to San Francisco) and is being brought in by Kingfisher Airlines (and Airbus) on lease. Airbus will invest $1 billion(for training, maintenance and a design center) in India in the next decade.

=>United Spirits Ltd (owned by Vijay Mallya, chairman of the UB Group) has acquired 100 per cent of Scotch distillers Whyte & Mackay for £ 595 million ($1.18 billion) in an all-cash deal in 2007. This has made United Spirits the world's second largest spirits company and a major player in the Scotch whisky business which is only produced in Scotland.

=>Tata Motors is developing a car that it will sell for $2,500 (Rs 100,000) similar to Ford's Model T, Volkswagen's Beetle and British Motor Corp.'s Mini.

=>India's biotech sector will become $5 billion industry by 2010 at a rate of 35% annual growth.

=>16th TANA (Telugu Association of North America set up to preserve Telugu cultural heritage, maintain the identity of the people and to provide a forum for Telugu literary talent in the US) conference will be held in Washington D.C. from July 5-7, 2007.

=>The proposed 50:50 joint venture between Wal-Mart (world's largest retailer) and Bharti Enterprises is targeting prices up to 25 per cent cheaper than other wholesalers in India. This joint venture would be able to cut prices of agricultural products by 10-15 per cent, branded fast moving consumer goods by 5-10 per cent, textiles by 10-15 per cent, electronics by 5-7 per cent and by 25 per cent for items like televisions and refrigerators due to high supply chain efficiencies (like on logistics and transportation) by localising their entire operation (90% of the goods sold in their outlet with be sourced from nearby Indian cities).

=>New Delhi and Bangalore railway stations (and 48 others) will now have Wi-Max (worldwide interoperability for microwave access) technology-based Internet. Wi-Max is an advanced version of the Wireless Fidelity or Wi-Fi technology, as it can provide broadband facility to a larger area, from 5 km to 10 km.

=>Goa and Rajasthan (Pushkar, Udaipur) are becoming Asia's sex destination for foreign tourists (like Malaysia, Phillipines, Thailand).

=>Two Indian women from a posh Ahmedabad locality paid Rs 10,000 each time they used sexual services of two gigolos (from Bhopal).
 
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