They lease their womb; give birth to babies of childless couples for a price.

Unproductive couples from abroad are making a beeline in large numbers for this new Indian outsourcing boom. The couples sign affirmation form; undergo necessary medical checkups, and in-vitro fertilisation formalities, then pay Indian women the rental to give birth to their baby. They go back home; chill out for the next nine months, and come back to take the delivery of the baby once the child is ‘made’ or ‘manufactured’. No wonder, Indian surrogacy market has grown to a whopping $500 million a year business.

Though this practice is rarely recognised in India, and is seen as ‘immoral’ and ‘unacceptable’ because of country’s ‘ethical’ social order, a new trend is being set by Indian women, who wouldn’t mind bearing a child for a ‘right money’.

Moral, immoral?

Many who practice surrogacy will not talk. They avoid any possible indignity that the practice may bring on them and their families. Many, who don’t want to be named, though say they would not want to be identified as people would then think they are involved in something unfair and shameful.

Social scientists term it a Western exploitation of Indian women. The ‘abuse’, they say, is most in the case of those, who come from poor economic background. However, some suggest that in India, infertility is seen as a curse, so if women are helping childless couple in having child then it isn’t immoral.

Whatever, the price to rent a womb for nine months is growing manifold, and the business of ‘manufacturing children’ is growing like never before. The process of this outsourcing is simple: an embryo produced through IVF cycle harvested from a woman’s eggs is combined with her partner’s sperm to be implanted into the womb.

She becomes pregnant even without having sex with a foreign body; carry their baby in her womb with all necessary nutrition that may be required to bear a child taken care of by the agents or doctors in the hardcore business of surrogacy.

Tug-of-love battles Once the birth of the child is due, the parents are known. They arrive, and take the delivery of the baby along with the DNA test reports. But there are problems. In some cases, driven by hormones and emotions, the surrogate mothers have refused to hand over the baby resulting in tug-of-love custody battles.

There are cases where womb rental money has been refunded to couples. Despite parent’s DNA rushing in the child’s blood born in a third party womb, the surrogate mother deny handing over the baby.

Fertility expert Dr Nayna Patel, who is breaking new ground in the outsourcing of pregnancy in India says: “The government should pay attention to the emotional welfare of the surrogate mothers.” Ministry of child and women development says the Indian laws does not regard surrogacy as unethical.

Patel’s clinic named Akanksha clinic in Anand, Gujarat, is just a dilapidated two-storey building where beggars cry for attention of visiting couples, mostly from US and Europe. She says: “I have more than 50 surrogate cases. Some 3-4 babies are born every month to be taken away by their parents abroad.” Legal rights “Every day, I get middle-class Western couples arriving at the clinic,” Patel says. But how does Indian law favour them? In India, the surrogate signs away her rights to the baby as soon as it is born, whereas laws of most of the European countries, including United Kingdom, does not consider surrogacy agreements as binding.

However, in case of Indian guidelines, the procedure is far simpler. Thanks to government’s ignorance that has resulted in such a practice to undergo without much legal implications. The Western couples primarily prefer India because they are reluctant or incapable of paying high fees for surrogacy, while in India the same cost far less.

A Japanese firm has produced a 38cm (15 inch) tall robotic girlfriend that kisses on command, to go on sale in September for around $175, with a target market of lonely adult men.

Using her infrared sensors and battery power, the diminutive damsel named “EMA” puckers up for nearby human heads, entering what designers call its “love mode.” “Strong, tough and battle-ready are some of the words often associated with robots, but we wanted to break that stereotype and provide a robot that’s sweet and interactive,” said Minako Sakanoue, a spokeswoman for the maker, Sega Toys.

“She’s very lovable and though she’s not a human, she can act like a real girlfriend.” EMA, which stands for Eternal Maiden Actualisation, can also hand out business cards, sing and dance, with Sega hoping to sell 10,000 in the first year.

Japan, home to almost half the world’s 800,000 industrial robots, envisions a $10-billion market for artificial intelli gence in a decade.

If you’re a fan of luxury phones, you’re going to like this. The iPhone has currently been luxed up by Australian jeweler Peter Aloisson. The result is the iphone Princess Plus - the world’s most expensive iphone.

138 of the total amount of diamonds are “princess cut” stones, which is where the name iphone Princess Plus comes from. The other 180 diamonds used the brilliant cut. These diamonds total 17.75 carats and are inlaid on 18k white gold. The price of this sparkling baby is $176,400. Of course, an alternative version containing only the brilliant-cut diamonds is available for “only” $66,150.

Its double-deck passenger cabins are wider than other airliners in service today, offering the possibility for wider seats and aisles, along with more open spaces and access to optional passenger amenities such as business centres and social areas.

Vast cabin mock-ups were conducted in eight major cities on three continents and the views of 1,200 frequent travellers - male and female and from a range of cultures and nationalities - were recorded. Compared to a 747, the A380 has larger windows and overhead bins, and 60 cm of extra headroom.

Vast cabin mock-ups were conducted in eight major cities on three continents and the views of 1,200 frequent travellers - male and female and from a range of cultures and nationalities - were recorded. Compared to a 747, the A380 has larger windows and overhead bins, and 60 cm of extra headroom.

The aircraft has features like spas, casinos, gyms, bedrooms, and duty-free shops. Some airlines also plan to fix staterooms with beds, showers, a water feature, a double-width staircase between decks, and luxurious, book-lined club-style bars.

another one

Some airlines have opted to offer 12 first class single suites on its first Airbus A380 flight. Two suites joined together becomes a double suite fitted with a 23-inch — yes 23-inch — television and beds that turn into leather day chairs

The plane also has a fitness centre. Some airlines even plan to have a swimming pool on board and will also do away with the traditional trolley service during meal times and will have self-service food counters for its passengers.

Q2 General Cleaning Services, a new business initiative launched by budding Emirati businessmen promises to leave any vehicle clean and shiny by just spraying a fine mist of water over the bodywork, cleaning and polishing it.

It will not be able to remove any caked on mud or filth but fine dust and dirt will be tackled easily, said Gustavo Ayus, president of Geo Wash, business partner of Q2 and initiator of the device.

“We started using this in Argentina 6 years ago and already it’s present in over 30 countries across Europe and the Americas,” said Ayus.

The system, a small manoeuvrable buggy, is made up of a 60 litre capacity water tank, hose, brushes, a vacuum cleaner and storage for biodegradable detergents.

Around 35 mobile car wash carts will be available across the country. Hotels and malls are being more heavily targeted to provide this service, said Abdullah Al Shahi, general manager of Q2.

“People are worried about time and sometimes cannot get to the carwash. This will save people a lot of time. Especially local ladies who do not go to the car wash, but they go to malls - the service will be there for them,” he said.

“There is a big market here for this service because there are so many cars. New, big cars. We also want to save water. People in the UAE should be aware that they need to be saving water.”

Q2 will offer several packages not yet defined but starting from around Dh20. Car interiors and exteriors can be cleaned. “We hope to have 100 mobile car washes eventually,” said Al Shehi.

The cleaning process will take around 20 minutes and uses only ecological products without chemicals. Once the wash is over the ground is not flooded with excess water, as there is none.

The average amount of water used per car is 5 to 6 litres. “Some people like to have their car washed everyday. There is a lot of dust and sand here,” said Hamad Al Hammadi, deputy general manager of Q2 who himself washes his car 3 times a week.

How the q2 works

- Motorists will find mobile car wash carts in 35 locations initially ranging from hotels, malls, golf courses or supermarkets.

- A fine mist of water is sprayed over the car manually by an attendant.

- The car is cleaned with chemical-free detergents.

- An average of 5 litres of water is used to wash and rinse the car.

- The vacuum cleaner is plugged into the cart so the car can be switched off.

- It only takes 20 minutes to have clean vehicle.

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