The richest man in India and the fourth richest in the world, Mukesh Ambani, has built the world’s first billion-dollar home in Mumbai, India.
The home has 27 storeys, soars to 173 metres and is worth an estimated 630 million pounds, it will be a housewarming like no other.
The building – named Antilla, after a mythical island – will be home to Ambani, his wife and their three children.
It contains a health club with a gym and dance studio, at least one swimming pool, a ballroom, guestrooms, a variety of lounges and a 50-seater cinema.
There are three helicopter pads on the roof and a space for 160 vehicles on the lower floors.
Also, the building has nine lifts to take the guests from the lobby to upper levels, where the festivities will take place.
Bigger than the Versailles Palace
On the top floors, with a sweeping view of the city and out over the Arabian Sea, are quarters for the 53-year-old tycoon and his family.
Overall, there is reported to be 37,000 sq metres of space, more than the Palace of Versailles.
To keep things running smoothly, there is a staff of 600.
It cost an estimated 44 million pounds to build but because of Mumbai’s astronomic land and property prices, will be worth about 15 times that amount – 630 million pounds.
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After 11 days of competition, Delhi is bidding farewell to the Commonwealth Games. The 19th edition of the games comes to an end with a closing ceremony in Jawaharlal Nehru stadium.The helium balloon, brought to India at a cost of Rs 38 crore, made its second appearance in the closing ceremony.
Indian schoolchildren perform as images of the national flag are projected on an aerostat during the closing ceremony.
Indian singer Shaan performs the official song of the Commonwealth Games mascot Shera during the closing ceremony of the games
Indian armed forces military and pipe and drum bands perform during the closing ceremony.
Laser beams fill the arena as images are projected on an aerostat during the closing ceremony.
Artists perform during a laser show at the closing ceremony.
Aritists from Scotland make a formation depicting the Loch Ness Monster during the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games
Fireworks light up above the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium.
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MapmyIndia Navigator Zx150 Deluxe
MapmyIndia Navigator MapmyIndia’s portable GPS navigation device, Based on sophisticated Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, the MapmyIndia Navigator’s “map guidance and voice instructions” will guide you from the beginning of your journey, till you reach your destination.
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The Zx150 Deluxe adds new capabilities to your existing car audio system. Load videos and music on an SD card (up to 8GB supported) and view on Zx150’s large 5″ TFT screen. Enjoy turn-by-turn navigation with India’s best maps. Pair your phone to use as in-car handsfree. And best of all, use a standard aux cable and easily hook up your car audio system to the Zx150 deluxe. Get ready to enjoy your car-theatre system!
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Hand carry navitainment.
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The MapmyIndia Zx150 Deluxe GPS device comes with a unique snooze feature to help save power. After you have reached your destination, you can put the MapmyIndia Zx150 Deluxe GPS device to sleep mode so that it boots up immediately when you return and turn it on.
Use a reverse camera – never look back.
The MapmyIndia Zx150 Deluxe GPS device also has a standard AV IN function, making it an ideal screen for a reverse camera. Just hook up your reverse camera, and the Zx150 will automatically switch from the current function to reverse camera view within 3 seconds$ of engaging the reverse gear. When you release the reverse gear, the Zx150 shifts back to the previous display.
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New Delhi based Micromax Informatics Ltd, which has become a known player in cheap mobile phone market in India, is said to be working on an Android phone.This Android phone will be launched around the festival of Diwali i.e. first week of November.
So far, we have seen Micromax mobiles experimenting with dual SIM QWERTY handsets or simple touchscreen devices; they are known for producing low cost handsets to the public which basically comes with no Operating System.
Over past few months, we are seeing a complete revolution taking place in Indian market with various low cost Android handsets which are attracting a lot of customers. Recently we saw many lost Android handsets like Samsung Galaxy 3, Samsung Galaxy 5, Spice Mi-300 turning around the minds of the people. New Delhi based Micromax Informatics Ltd. does not want to fall behind in this race and thus we will soon witness some stunning Android handsets from Micromax.
According to WSJ, Google is guiding the local phone manufacturers like Spice, Micromax and Olive Telecom to come up with quality Android handsets. Its aim is to produce Android handsets under the price range of Rs. 5000 to Rs. 7000. This will surely enable them to get huge response from customers. But so far, the phones that are in process of building fall under 10k range mark.
Micromax is not settling with just one Android phone, it has planned to include at least four Android phones before March 2011 in its portfolio.
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