Global Residential Cities Index Q3 2019 – has featured Hyderabad as the only Indian city in top 20 among 150 global cities tracked, in terms of appreciation in residential real estate prices, standing at the 14th spot with a healthy 9% year-on-year (YoY) rise in home prices.

Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arrangement. It is also known as Kadō. The tradition dates back to the 7th century when floral offerings were made at altars. Later, they were placed in the Tokonoma (alcove) of a home. Ikebana reached its first zenith in the 16th century under the influence of Buddhist tea masters and has grown over the centuries, with over 1,000 different schools in Japan and abroad.

The city of Hyderabad has bid and won the prestigious 15th Asian regional conference of Ikebana International which will be held from 9th to 12th November 2020 at HICC. The theme of the conference is Prakriti – Laya.

As the CEO of HCVB, it gives me immense pleasure to state that the Bureau is stepping into its 10th year since its inception. The year 2019 was very successful for the Bureau and the city of Hyderabad. A total of 39 events have been brought to Hyderabad during our 10 years. Approximately 45,000 delegates from these victories networked in Hyderabad and spread the word world-wide of the rich results they experienced during their discoveries from participating in a conference in Hyderabad. As a result of such word-of-mouth marketing and the support of the Telangana State Government and the legacy established from each meeting event, multiple discussions for future conferences are on-going.

Breaking announcement: A team of researchers from IIT – Hyderabad in collaboration with University of Hyderabad (UOH), IIT – Bombay and Bose Institute (Kolkata) have developed an efficient synergetic combination of photo-thermal therapy and chemotherapy using a naturally derived anticancer agent for destroying the cancer cells. Hyderabad remains to be the leading Research & Development centre of India.