In this scenario if we run campaigns like think before vote, choose the right one, they are of no use. Unless everyone in this scenario pick few morals and ethics so that the common man knows exactly what is happening and who is the right one.
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The country’s financial hub, Mumbai, and the National Capital New Delhi are among the world’s 10 most expensive cities for expatriates to live in, says a survey by global HR consultancy Mercer.
According to the survey on housing costs and practices for employees sent on overseas assignments, Mumbai has emerged even more expensive than New York City in the United States China’s capital Beijing.
Mumbai has been ranked as the world’s fourth most expensive city in terms of rental property for expatriates, while New Delhi is eighth, the survey for February 2009 said.
Mumbai has moved up by one notch from its fifth position in the September 2008 survey, while New Delhi has fallen two places from its sixth place in the previous ranking.
Russia’s Moscow has topped the list of world’s most expensive cities and is followed by Tokyo (second), Hong Kong (3rd), Mumbai (4th) and New York City (5th) as the five most expensive cities across the globe for expats to live in.
The survey highlighted that Asian cities have dominated the list of the world’s costliest locations for expats living there, with as many as six locations from the region being among the world’s top 10.
Moscow is the world’s most expensive city to live in.
In second place - in terms of most expensive city to live in - is Tokyo.
Hong Kong is in the third place.
Mumbai, as stated earlier, is the world’s 4th most expensive city to live in.
New York City is fifth most expensive.
In sixth place is Beijing.
Geneva is the world’s seventh most expensive city to live in.
New Delhi is the 8th most expensive city to live in.
London is the ninth most expensive city to live in.
Singapore is the 10th most expensive city to live in.
Shanghai is the 11th most expensive city to live in.
“The world’s housing markets have been sliding since 2008, and major currency fluctuations in the past few months have also had a strong impact on the comparative cost of expatriate housing,” Mercer information product solutions India business leader Gangapriya Chakraverti said.
Interestingly, the survey stated that current slowdown has led companies towards a fundamental shift in the types of housing being offered in India. However, today, an increasing number are opting for luxury condominiums which provide the same kind of facilities but at a lower price.
As a result, expats are increasingly located in Gurgaon, Whitefield and Powai as opposed to more traditional locations such as Chanakyapuri, Indiranagar and Colaba. This has also resulted in more cultural integration between expats and the local population, the survey added.
Data is based on typical rents for 1-4 bedroom apartments and 3-4 bedroom houses, furnished and unfurnished.
New York is used as the base city, with a score of 100 points. Moscow at the top of the ranking scores 168.30, while Mumbai at position 4 (105.10), New Delhi at 8 (96.60) and Bangalore at 29 (51.80) continue to receive interest and demand for expatriate rental property.
As the index is based on cost comparisons using the US dollar, currency exchange rates have an influence on the rankings.
If you are concerned about the environment and the ill effect of pollution on it, then small but important news might have drawn your attention one year back on 26th March 2008… news about Antarctica. The news read that a giant ice shelf from the coastal area of the frozen continent has collapsed into the sea. This information is derived from the satellite images of that region. The giant portion of ice has melted down all of a sudden. Such a kind of collapse is generally termed as a runaway collapse by the scientists. The scientists have also deduced that the collapse of this giant ice shelf, which amounts to nearly 160 square miles, is because of global warming.
Though an unpopulated continent unlike Asia, Africa and Australia; Antarctica has always been a matter of grave concern for the environmentalists as well as to the scientists. This sudden meltdown of that giant ice shelf has raised many brows and has given birth to a number of questions regarding issues relating to environment. The environmental issues include global warming, green house effect and decaying of ozone layer. These are grave issues that require immediate attention both from the scientists and environmentalists. And we the general people too cannot sit still waiting for the scientists to take effective measures.
Satellite imagery from the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder reveals that a 13,680 square kilometer (5,282 square mile) ice shelf has begun to collapse because of rapid climate change in a fast-warming region of Antarctica.
Looking back in time I can still remember the thoughts of horror that cropped up in my mind reading the news. Most of you people might also have the same reaction. It is not just a news that is to be read and to be forgotten afterwards. We need to give this matter prime importance. If such grave environmental problems continue in the long run, life on earth may not stand a chance. A day may come when there will be nothing called ‘land’ in this huge planet owing to the meltdown of the giant ice shelves in Antarctica. Are we going to gift such a horrible future to our generations to come? Or are we going to pull up our socks to save our green planet… it’s time for us to think and act accordingly.
