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- According to a survey conducted by the Boston Consulting Group and totaljobs.com. London beat New York, Berlin and Barcelona to take the top spot as the most desirable city in the world for overseas workers.
- Meanwhile, the UK overall has dropped three places in the country rankings, falling from second in 2014 to fifth.
- Bengaluru-based realty firm Sumadhura Group has roped in MS Dhoni as its first brand ambassador to represent the brand in all their national campaigns, in a multi-year engagement.
- Researchers at the University of Michigan (UM) in the United States have created the world’s smallest computer, Michigan Micro Mote, that measures just 0.3 mm x 0.3 mm in size and is completely dwarfed by a grain of rice.
- These new microdevices lose all prior programming and data as soon as they are switched off.
- The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) for first time has rolled out three phase energy efficient eight car Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) train set built with stainless steel bodies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- MEMU is suburban train system that caters to needs of medium distance inter-city passengers.
- The Indian Railways has eliminated all unmanned level crossings (UMLC) from its four zones viz. West Central Railway, Central Railway, Eastern Railway and South East Central Railway. These four zones aggregating 11,545 route kilometers have now become UMLC free on broad gauge route.
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