Thursday, July 8, 2010

Top 10 Most Expensive Cities of the World


Rank 1
Tokyo - Japan
The Japanese capital city of Tokyo comes first on the list of most expensive cities to live in. In addition to being the top of the list of cities with the highest living costs, it is also the centre of the world's largest metropolitan area by both population and economy. This is probably what makes it the most expensive city in the world in which to live. The Tokyo stock exchange is one of the world's largest, and is the largest one in Japan. Many international companies are based in Tokyo, and yet more have regional offices in the city which leads to a lot of highly paid jobs. In addition, the large size of the population leads to massive demand for space, and this is further exacerbated by the fact that Tokyo is surrounded by the Bay of Tokyo and a lot of steep hills and mountains. All of these factors combine to make Tokyo the most expensive city in the world in which to live.
First Ranked Tokyo City
Rank 2
Osaka-Kobe
The second highest cost of living is for two linked cities in Japan - Osaka and Kobe. As with many Japanese cities, both of these have an extremely high population density, which leads to expensive housing and other costs. Both cities are very large with populations in excess of 1 million. In each city there are a number of different industries, with many large multinational companies having their headquarters in the respective cities.
2nd Ranked Osaka Kobe
Rank 3
Paris
Paris is the capital city of France, and comes in third on the list of most expensive cities in the world. The city of Paris is a rather compact area, although the metropolitan area is much larger and includes many satellite towns. The central area of Paris, and the area with which this cost of living list deals with, refers solely to the city of Paris. Paris is famous for tourism, and whilst this generates a large amount of money for the local economy, it does lead to demands for less development of the older parts of the city.
3rd Ranked Paris of France
Rank 4
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the fourth most expensive city in the world in which to live. Like Helsinki and Oslo which also appear in the top 10 most expensive cities in terms of cost of living, it too is the capital city of a Scandinavian country. In Copenhagen's case the country is Denmark, and like both Oslo and Helsinki, it is not only the political capital city but the dominant city in the country economically and culturally as well. Copenhagen is the location for many international head and regional offices which has head offices in Copenhagen and Microsoft, for which Copenhagen provides the regional headquarters.
4th ranked Copenhagen
Rank 5
Oslo
The city in the world with the fifth highest cost of living is the Norwegian capital city of Oslo. Oslo is Norway's biggest city, both economically and by population. Norway is one of the most developed countries in the world, with a large income from a variety of sources. These include the large offshore oil and gas reserves, maritime engineering and insurance and tourism.
5th Ranked Oslo
Rank 6
Zurich
Zurich Located in Switzerland, Zurich comes sixth on the list of most expensive cities in the world by living costs. Zurich is to Switzerland like New York is to the USA, it is the commercial capital of the country but not the political one. Zurich is home to many top educational institutions, and this helps ensure that the top minds in Switzerland and further afield come to live in Zurich, and it is likely that many of these will spend at least some of their working lives here.
6th Ranked Zurich
Rank 7
Helsinki
In terms of the cost of living, Helsinki is joint seventh most expensive along with Frankfurt. Helsinki is the capital city of Finland, and is located in the far south of the country next to the Gulf of Finland. Despite being at the south of Finland, it is still a very northerly city and so can get very cold in the winter. Helsinki is the economic centre of the Finnish economy, and this partly explains the high cost of living. Helsinki has traditionally had a large shipbuilding industry and this continues to this day, although there are now also more hi-tech industries such as Nokia which is located just outside the city.
7th Ranked Helsinki
Rank 8
Frankfurt
Frankfurt is joint seventh most expensive city to live in along with Helsinki. Frankfurt is a city in Germany, and is located on the Main River, which leads to it's full name Frankfurt am Main. When Germany was divided, it was located in west Germany, and so with berlin isolated became the economic powerhouse of west Germany, and upon re-unification it retained this position. It is the largest financial centre of mainland Europe, and both the European and German central banks are located here, as well as the Frankfurt stock exchange which is one of the biggest in the world. All of this wealth leads to Frankfurt being the joint seventh most expensive city in the world to live in.
8th Ranked Frankfurt
Rank 9
Geneva
Geneva is a city nestled between Lake Geneva and The Alps in Switzerland. Although most of the city is in Switzerland, due to the high cost of living in the city proper many people commute in from nearby France. Geneva is famous for being the location where the Geneva Conventions were signed, which govern the handling of prisoners of war. Geneva is also home to the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and many United Nations departments are also based here. In addition to being a major city in humanitarian terms, Geneva is also the 6th most important financial centre in the world.
9th Ranked Geneva
Rank 10
Singapore
Singapore is both a city and country located in south east Asia. The city of just under 5 million people takes up the majority of the country of 710km2, leading to an extremely high population density of almost 7000 people per km2. It is located on a small island, which lies in one of the busiest waterways in the world which connects east Asia with south Asia, Africa and Europe.
10th Ranked Singapore

Top 10 Cuisines of the World

Rank

Cuisines of the World

1

Chinese

2

French

3

Italian

4

Indian

5

Japanese

6

Moroccan

7

Spanish

8

Thai

9

Turkish

10

Indonesian

Top 10 Wonders of the Africa Continent

Rank

Wonders of the Africa Continent

1

Pyramids of Egypt

2

Serengeti Migration

3

Ngorongoro Crater

4

Victoria Falls

5

Karnak Temple

6

Nile River Cruise

7

Egyptian Museum

8

Valley of the Kings

9

Abu Simbel

10

Sahara Desert

Top 10 Wonders of the Asia Continent

Rank

Wonders of the Asia Continent

1

Great Wall of China

2

Taj Mahal

3

Bali

4

Angkor Wat

5

Forbidden City

6

Bagan Temples/Pagodas

7

Banaue Rice Terraces

8

Potala Palace

9

Qin Terra Cotta Warriors

10

Borobudur

Top 10 Wonders of the South America Continent

Rank

Wonders of the South America Continent

1

Galapagos Islands

2

Machu Picchu

3

Iguazu Falls

4

Amazon Rain Forest

5

Easter Island

6

Rio Panoramic Views

7

Carnival in Rio

8

Angel Falls

9

Nazca Animal Figures

10

Torres del Paine

Top 10 Wonders of the North America Continent

Rank

Wonders of the North America Continent

1

Grand Canyon

2

Teotihuacan

3

Chichen Itza

4

Carlsbad Caverns

5

Metropolitan Museum

6

Yellowstone

7

New York Skyline

8

Niagara Falls

9

Yosemite

10

Banff

Top 10 Wonders of the Europe Continent

Rank

Wonders of the Europe Continent

1

Acropolis / Parthenon

2

Colosseum of Rome

3

Fjords of Norway

4

St. Peter's Basilica

5

Sistine Chapel

6

Alhambra

7

Louvre Museum

8

Canals of Venice

9

Versailles

10

Pompeii

Top 10 Natural Wonders of the World

Rank

Natural Wonders of the World

1

Serengeti Migration

2

Galapagos Islands

3

Grand Canyon

4

Antarctica

5

Iguazu Falls

6

Amazon Rain Forest

7

Ngorongoro Crater

8

Great Barrier Reef

9

Victoria Falls

10

Bora Bora

Top 10 Man Made Wonders of the World

Rank

Man Made Wonders of the World

1

Pyramids of Egypt

2

Great Wall of China

3

 Taj Mahal

4

Machu Picchu

5

Bali

6

Angkor Wat

7

Forbidden City

8

Bagan Temples & Pagodas

9

Karnak Temple

10

Teotihuacan

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Top 10 Car manufacturer of the world

RANK CAR_MANUFATURER
1. 
Mercedes-Benz
2. 
Mitsubishi
3. 
Volkswagen
4. 
Aston Martin
5. 
Chevrolet
6. 
Chrysler
7. 
Land Rover
8. 
Lamborghini
9. 
Rolls-Royce
10. 
Nissan

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Top 10 Bank of the World

Top 10 Bank Ranking all over the World from http://www.bankersalmanac.com/

Current
Rank
Previous
Rank
BANK Assets
US$m
+ or -
(local curr)
Capital
US$m
Balance
Sheet
1 (4) BNP Paribas SA , Paris , France *2,891,948 +22.49% 19,267.10 31.12.08
2 (1) The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc , Edinburgh , UK *2,739,361 -29.36% 23,623.45 31.12.09
3 (5) Crédit Agricole SA , Paris , France *2,303,497 +16.90% 38,138.50 31.12.08
4 (3) Barclays PLC , London , UK *2,226,593 -32.83% 4,606.81 31.12.09
5 (2) Deutsche Bank AG , Frankfurt am Main , Germany *2,153,033 -31.86% 2,279.77 31.12.09
6 (6) UBS AG , Zürich , Switzerland *1,881,246 -11.43% 273.58 31.12.08
7 (-) Lloyds Banking Group plc , London , UK *1,658,736 - 16,909.41 31.12.09
8 (-) JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association , New York , USA *1,627,684 -6.79% 1,785.00 31.12.09
9 (8) Société Générale , Paris La Défense , France *1,574,478 +5.43% 1,011.56 31.12.08
10 (9) The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd , Tokyo , Japan 1,494,350 +6.67% 12,000.15 31.03.09
11 (10) Bank of America NA , Charlotte , USA *1,465,221 -0.44% 3,020.04 31.12.09

Friday, July 2, 2010

World University Ranking of Engineering Schools

Top 49 World University Ranking of Engineering Schools 2009 from http://www.universityportal.net

RANK
UNIVERSITY
COUNTRY
SCORES
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States 100.0
2 University of California, Berkeley United States 93.9
3 Stanford University United States 85.3
4California Institute of Technology (Caltech)United States 81.6
5University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 76.2
6Carnegie Mellon University United States 71.6
7Imperial College London United Kingdom70.9
8Georgia Institute of TechnologyUnited States 68.9
9University of TokyoJapan67.4
10University of TorontoCanada66.0
11National University of Singapore (NUS)Singapore64.5
12Tsinghua UniversityChina63.4
13Eth Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) Switzerland 63.1
14University of Oxford United Kingdom61.6
15Princeton University United States61.5
16University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)United States61.4
17Delft University of Technology Netherlands60.4
18 McGill University Canada60.1
19 Harvard University United States59.6
20University of Illinois United States58.4
21Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan57.0
22Kyoto University Japan56.8
22University of British ColumbiaCanada56.8
24Cornell UniversityUnited States56.4
24Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Hong Kong56.4
26Nanyang Technological University Singapore55.2
27University of New South Wales Australia54.7
28The University of MelbourneAustralia54.4
29Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Israel54.1
30University of WaterlooCanada53.9
31École Polytechnique France52.6
32University of Texas at Austin United States52.0
33Purdue UniversityUnited States50.9
34Kaist - Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology Korea, South50.5
35University of California, San Diego United States50.3
36 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) India49.9
36 Australian National University Australia49.9
38University of Michigan United States49.2
38Peking University China49.2
40Technische Universität München Germany48.7
41 The University of Sydney Australia48.0
42Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) India47.7
43Seoul National UniversityKorea, South46.0
44Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland45.2
45 University of Manchester United Kingdom44.8
46 University of Alberta Canada44.6
47Monash University Australia44.3
48Shanghai Jiao Tong University China43.8
49University of Science and Technology of China China42.3
49National Taiwan University Taiwan42.3
49Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands42.3
49Osaka University Japan42.3

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Top 10 English Song of the week

Top 10 English Songs of the Week from http://www.top10bollywood.com

Rank Song Name Singer(s) Album Title
#1 California Gurls Katy Perry Featuring Snoop Dogg California Gurls
#2 OMG Usher Featuring will.i.am Raymond v Raymond
#3 Airplanes B.o.B Featuring Hayley Williams Of Paramore B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray
#4 Billionaire Travie McCoy Featuring Bruno Mars Billionaire
#5 Find Your Love Drake Find Your Love
#6 Your Love Is My Drug Ke$ha Animal
#7 Alejandro Lady Gaga The Fame Monster
#8 Cooler Than Me Mike Posner Winner's Circle
#9 Not Afraid Eminem Not Afraid
#10 Break Your Heart Taio Cruz Featuring Ludacris Rokstarr

World Military Strength Ranking

World Military Strength Ranking from http://www.globalfirepower.com/

1

U.S.A.
2

China
3

Russia
4

India
5

U.K.
6

France
7
Germany
8

Brazil
9

Japan
10

Turkey
11

Israel
12

South Korea
13

Italy
14

Indonesia
15

Pakistan
16

Taiwan
17

Egypt
18

Iran
19

Mexico
20

North Korea
21

Sweden
22

Greece
23

Canada
24

Saudi Arabia
25

Ukraine
26

Australia
27

Spain
28

Thailand
29

Denmark
30

Poland

FIFA World Rankings of the world

FIFA World Ranking from wikipedia.org

Rank Team Points Confederation
1  Brazil 1611 CONMEBOL
2  Spain 1565 UEFA
3  Portugal 1249 UEFA
4  Netherlands 1231 UEFA
5  Italy 1184 UEFA
6  Germany 1082 UEFA
7  Argentina 1076 CONMEBOL
8  England 1068 UEFA
9  France 1044 UEFA
10  Croatia 1041 UEFA
11  Russia 1015 UEFA
12  Egypt 967 CAF
13  Greece 964 UEFA
14  Serbia 957 UEFA
15  United States 947 CONCACAF
16  Uruguay 899 CONMEBOL
17  Mexico 895 CONCACAF
18  Chile 888 CONMEBOL
19  Cameroon 887 CAF
20  Australia 886 AFC
21  Nigeria 883 CAF
22  Norway 882 UEFA
23  Ukraine 875 UEFA
24  Switzerland 866 UEFA
25  Slovenia 860 UEFA

Top 10 University of India


Top 10 University from http://www.hindustanlink.com/

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Address
:Powai, Mumbai 400076, Maharashtra, India
Phone: (+91) 022-25722545
Website: http://www.iitb.ac.in/

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Address
:Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110 016.
Fax: (91) 011-2658 2037, (91) 011-2658 2277
Website: http://www.iitd.ac.in/

Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Address
: I.I.T Post Office Chennai-600 036
Fax: 91-044-2257 0509
Website: http://www.iitm.ac.in/
 
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Address
:
Phone: +91 512 2597889
Fax: +91 512 2590260
Email: infocell@iitk.ac.in
Website: http://www.iitk.ac.in/
 
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Address
: Kharagpur – 721302 India
Phone : +91-3222-255221
Fax : +91-3222-255303.
Website: http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/
 
University of Roorkee
Address
:Roorkee Uttaranchal- 247 667
Phone: +91-01332-72349 (EPABX)
Fax : +91-01332-73560
E-mail: regis@rurkiu.ernet.in
Website:  http://rurkiu.tripod.com/
 
Birla Institute of Technology & Science
Address
:Vidhya Vihar Campus Pilani Rajasthan - 333031
Phone: 91 01596 245073/4
Fax 91 01596 244183
Website: http://discovery.bits-pilani.ac.in/
 
Anna University, Chennai
Address
:Sardar Patel Road, Chennai-600025, India
Website: http://www.annauniv.edu/ceg/ 

Jawaharlal Nehru University
Address
: New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi 110067
Phones: +91-11-26717676, 26717557
Fax: 26717601
Website: http://www.jnu.ac.in/

University of Mumbai
Website
: http://www.mu.ac.in/

University of Delhi
Address
:University Road, Delhi 110 007
Phone/Fax: 91-11-27667725 / 91-11-27667126
Website:  www.du.ac.in/