Mumbai Restaurant uses Drone to deliver Pizza - Video

As per a video on youtube:

Staff at Francesco’s Pizzeria in south Mumbai were inspired by the news that online retail giant Amazon was planning to use unmanned drones to deliver goods, and decided to try one out as a means to beat the city’s notorious traffic.

"We successfully carried out a test delivery by sending a pizza to a customer located 1.5 kilometre away from our outlet on May 11," Francesco’s Pizzeria chief executive Mikhel Rajani told the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency.

"What we have done now will be common place in the next four to five years," he said, adding that the customised four-rotor drones each cost around $US2000 ($2160).

The company posted a video of the delivery on YouTube, which shows the drone carrying the pizza box over shops, cricketers and the coastline of the financial capital before landing on a high-rise rooftop.

Rajani believes the test will lead the way to a cheaper and quicker service than their usual two-wheelers can provide by road.

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Suspended Mumbai varsity professor takes class on pavement

As per a report:

Mumbai University professor Neeraj Hatekar, suspended by the university for allegedly misleading press about mismanagement at the university, took classes on a pavement outside the varsity campus on Tuesday. Hatekar, an economics stream professor, held classes in Kalina, just outside the Kalina campus.

An NDTV report quoted him as saying, "Dissent and debate is not encouraged at the University. A politically-backed kitchen cabinet runs Mumbai University. When Mr Welukar joined, the university was ranked 96, now it is 150." After his suspension, Professor Hatekar, a widely respected teacher and Cambridge University fellow, said he will not only fight his suspension but will also continue to discuss the issue of the university not being open to criticism.  

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When Billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala bought 6 Mumbai Flats for Rs 176 crore

Now what would you say to this report which explains the Mumbai Propert prices. As per that Reakesh Jhunjhunwala bought 6 Mumbai Flats for Rs 176cr recently: As  per the report:

Billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala on Monday bought half of a seafacing building, comprising six plush apartments, in Mumbai's upmarket Malabar Hill area owned by Standard Chartered Bank, for Rs 176 crore, more than two persons who knew details of the open bidding, told ET asking not to be named.

Jhunjhunwala told ET that he did not want to confirm nor deny the development. A spokesman for Standard Chartered declined to comment. A spokesman for property consultant Jones Lang LaSalle, which was the transaction advisor, also declined to comment. This is the fourth high-value transaction to take place in south Mumbai over the last few months. 

In May this year, YES Bank CEO and managing director Rana Kapoor had bought a residential building on Altamount Road from Citibank and GlaxoSmithKline for Rs 128 crore. 

In June, glassware manufacturer Borosil bought a seafacing duplex for Rs 43 crore. In September, a duplex in Darshan Apartments on Mount Pleasant Road was sold to the Bulchandani family for Rs 57 crore The who's who of the business world stays on Malabar Hill. The Ruias of Essar group, Shapoorji Pallonji Mistry, Adi Godrej, Pranav Mody and Venugopal Dhoot— all have homes here. The combined net worth of residents of Malabar Hill is around $30 billion.

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Mumbai World's Second most Honest city

At last something to cheer about in a corruption ridden country: As per a report :

Reader's Digest conducted a global, social experiment with "Lost Wallet" test. 

The magazine put 16 cities to the test when wallets were dropped in public places such as shopping centres, car parks and on pavements – containing personal documents and photos, contact details and cash equivalent of $50 – in an attempt to find out how many would be returned to the rightful owner. 

Of the 192 wallets, around half were returned, but the outcomes varied from city to city. The result: Helsinki is the winner. The capital of Finland emerged as the most honest city of the world with eleven out of 12 wallets being returned to their owners in the Scandinavian city.

India's financial capital Mumbai was the second most honest city in the world with nine out of 12 wallets getting handed in.

Rahul Rai, a 27-year-old video editor, found one of these lost wallets. "My conscience wouldn't let me do anything wrong. A wallet is a big thing with many important documents [in it]," Rai told Reader's Digest.

Vaishali Mhaskar, a mother of two, returned a wallet left in the post office. "I teach my children to be honest, just like my parents taught me," she said.

So at least it proves that Indians in Mumbai are Honest People. What do you say......

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