In its never-ending quest to break records, Dubai announced the opening of the "world's new tallest hotel" -- the Gevora Hotel on Sunday. Located on the Sheikh Zayed Road near the Dubai International Financial Centre, the 356-metre tall structure, built by Majid Al Attar, consists of 75 floors, 232 deluxe rooms, 265 one-bed room deluxe and 31 two-bedroom suites.
Three huge tower cranes, used in moving over 63,300 tonnes of steel reinforcement up to Level 156 of the tower and were operational for a total of 45,000 man-hours, have now been removed, Emaar Properties said.
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Giving finishing touch to the world's tallest building in Dubai has been a "nightmare" and the company will not take such a project in future, interior decoration firm Depa has said.
The world's tallest building, Burj Dubai, is set to be even more higher than originally planned with the developers having decided to add at least one more floor to the tower, which currently stands at 638 metres.Originally scheduled for completion at the end of the year, the tower, whose final height is shrouded in secrecy, had its target date earlier put back to next April.
Rising at its current rate of 2-3 floors a week, the Burj Dubai is likely to surpass Taipei 101 (509 meters, 1,671 ft) by September 2007 to become the tallest building in the world.
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The 10,000-square feet top-floor apartment is being sold by Raheja Developers.
The best camera is the one you have in your pocket. Ever since the release of the first iPhone, the iPhone Photography Awards, now in its 11th year, highlights the best of the best. This year's winners were selected from thousands of entries and from photographers in 140 countries. The winning image, taken by Jashish Salam of Bangladesh and titled "Displaced," shows a crowded refugee camp with Rohingya children watching a film about sanitation. Other awards included prizes for photographer of the year and 18 other categories like Nature, Children and Travel. Check out the winning images.
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Modi is the first foreign leader to be invited to the palace by the Crown Prince, who appreciated the role played by Indian workers in the development of UAE as a modern nation, ministry of external affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted.
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The work order for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project 'Statue of Unity' - the world's tallest statue of India's first home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, was issued by the Gujarat government on Monday, to leading engineering company Larsen and Toubro (L&T).
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