New Delhi: Shares of the Indiabulls Real Estate (IBREL) surged as much as 17% in two days on buzz of US-based Blackstone acquiring a part of the promoters stake in the company. Indiabulls Real Estate in a statement to stock exchanges said its promoters intend to dispose of up to 14% of the fully paid-up share capital of the company (out of the Read More

Real estate developers are now taking recourse to RERA and lodging complaints against homebuyers for non-payment of dues. As many as 50 such cases have so far been filed with UPRERA, sources told Moneycontrol. Some builders have also filed complaints with UPRERA against development authorities for not issuing completion certificate on time, they said. As many as 43 cases have been Read More

OUR VERDICT The ArmorATD from G-Technology is a distinctly average ruggedised external hard disk drive with a premium price tag that makes it hard to justify and even harder to recommend. FOR Three year warranty Nice design AGAINST Expensive for what it offers No true compelling selling points Average performance Rugged storage, as a market, has had something of a Read More

In the age of the $238 million penthouse sale, as well as one of the slowest luxury markets in years, it takes much more than an online listing and a few glossy ads to move eight- and nine-figure properties. I spoke to two ultra-high-end New York City real estate brokers to find out how they cater to the world’s wealthiest buyers. Zachary Vichinsky Read More

May 31 is observed as World No Tobacco Day. The theme for World No Tobacco Day 2019 is “tobacco and lung health”, focusing on the negative impact that tobacco has on people’s lung health and overall well-being. For ages, people have been using tobacco in our country in different forms. Some use it for smoking – cigarette, beedi, chillum, hooka, cigars and Read More

Schools in Afghanistan saw the number of attacks triple in a year, according to UNICEF, stoking further concern of deteriorating security and access to education in the country. According to a report released Monday, there were 192 attacks on schools in 2018, up from 68 in 2017. UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore called the attacks senseless, adding that “education is under fire” Read More

Scotish optimization specialist Enpro Subsea have presented examples of where its Flow Access Module (FAM) technology has been selected by multiple international operators as part of their fast-paced subsea field development strategies. Delivering a paper at OTC in Houston earlier this month, entitled ‘Subsea field development using innovative jumper mounted flow access technology and standardized hardware’ the production optimization specialist Read More

Japanese auto major Honda will use hybrid vehicles as intermediates in the next two years in India before going for full electric vehicles (EVs) as it expects setting up of supporting infrastructure such as charging stations to take time, according to a senior company official. The company, which is present in India through a wholly-owned subsidiary, aims to follow the Read More

Since Tinder let us to swipe through an online rolodex of nearby singles, dating apps have attempted to refine the matching process by collecting a range of personal information and preferences. Competing algorithms from the likes of Bumble, Hinge and OkCupid all attempt to answer one question: can computers crack the compatibility code? In Osmosis, Netflix’s new French language series Read More

Technology is immersed in our lives and our businesses more than ever: it is increasingly pervasive in the way we work and lead our organisations. At the heart of this is data, which organisations have been stockpiling for years. By 2020, this data volume will reach 44 trillion gigabytes or 44 zettabytes, and organisations are already working hard to extract Read More