00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, October the 12th. Here are the
00:09top stories at this hour. A system to instantly measure public satisfaction
00:14with government services in Dubai will be monitored through daily reports from all departments
00:19offering public service. Today, we launched Happiness Meter, making Dubai the first city
00:24in the world to measure its visitors' and residents' happiness interactively. His Highness
00:28Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and
00:33ruler of Dubai, tweeted on Saturday after launching the Happiness Index.
00:38Heavy rains and gusts ripped through a large swath of India's eastern seaboard, uprooting
00:42trees and snapping power cables as a powerful cyclone swept through the Bay of Bengal and
00:46slammed into the southern city of Vizag. Cyclone Hudhud, described as very severe by India's
00:52Met Department, packed winds of 195 kilometers per hour when the edge of the storm hit land
00:57this morning. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al
01:01Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, opened the GITEX
01:06Technology Week this morning. The trade event at the Dubai International Convention and
01:10Exhibition Center runs until Thursday and is expected to gather industry professionals
01:15from more than 150 countries. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry landed
01:20in Cairo early today to lend U.S. backing to a high-profile conference aimed to raise
01:25billions of dollars to help rebuild Gaza Strip after a seven-week Israeli assault.
01:31Some 50 countries are to attend the talks, with Palestinians hoping for $4 billion in
01:35global pledges. In sport, Virat Kohli signaled a welcome
01:40return to form with a 62-run knock as India beat the West Indies by 48 runs in the second
01:46one-day international in New Delhi, leveling the five-match series 1-1.
01:52In football, Poland produced a battling performance to sun world champions Germany 2-0 in Warsaw.
01:57Goals from Arkadiusz Milik and Sebastian Mila helped settle Saturday's Euro 2016 qualifying
02:04tie. Khloe Kardashian and Paris Hilton took Dubai
02:07by storm last night at the opening of a new restaurant, Klay Dubai. The celebrities were
02:12joined by stars from the world of fashion and sports, as well as Bollywood A-listers
02:16including Hrithik Roshan and Esha Gupta. Supermodels Irina Shaikh and Alessandra Ambrosio
02:23added to the glamour. Bollywood actors Fardeen and Zayed Khan, Bobby Deol and Indian cricketer
02:28Yuvraj Singh looked all set to enjoy the food at the restaurant created by Michelin-starred
02:34chef Greg Maloof. And finally, weather. Today's high across
02:38the UAE will be 35 degrees Celsius, dropping to 27 degrees at night.
02:42That's all for now. Thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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