The world's largest blue diamond will go under the hammer at Christie's in Geneva in May (Courtesy: Christie's Middle East)
The world's largest blue diamond will go under the hammer at Christie's in Geneva in May (Courtesy: Christie's Middle East)

World’s largest blue diamond for sale



Get your paddles at the ready, because weighing in at 13.22 carats, this flawless vivid blue diamond will go under on May 14th in Geneva. Dubbed ‘The Blue’, the precious stone will be auctioned as part of Christie’s Magnificent Jewels collection. The diamond is tipped to fetch $21-25m and its sale comes just six months after the largest orange diamond set new world record when it sold for $35.5m.

For more information go to http://www.christies.com/

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Playing records of the top 10 in 2017

How many games the top 10 have undertaken in the 2017 ATP season

1. Rafael Nadal 58 (49-9)

2. Andy Murray 35 (25-10)

3. Roger Federer 38 (35-3)

4. Stan Wawrinka 37 (26-11)

5. Novak Djokovic 40 (32-8)

6. Alexander Zverev 60 (46-14)

7. Marin Cilic 43 (29-14)

8. Dominic Thiem 60 (41-19)

9. Grigor Dimitrov 48 (34-14)

10. Kei Nishikori 43 (30-13)

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Name: Qyubic
Started: October 2023
Founder: Namrata Raina
Based: Dubai
Sector: E-commerce
Current number of staff: 10
Investment stage: Pre-seed
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Stars: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline, Lesley Manville 

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Four-day collections of TOH

Day             Indian Rs (Dh)        

Thursday    500.75 million (25.23m)

Friday         280.25m (14.12m)

Saturday     220.75m (11.21m)

Sunday       170.25m (8.58m)

Total            1.19bn (59.15m)

(Figures in millions, approximate)

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Send “thenational” to the following numbers or call the hotline on: 0502955999
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