NEW YORK: Vienna has retained its place as the world’s best city to live and Baghdad is the worst, an annual global survey showed today wherein Hyderabad has topped the charts among the Indian cities.
However, none of the Indian city has managed to find a place among the top-100 and Hyderabad is ranked 139th (one place down from last year) globally, while national capital Delhi has moved down six places to 161st rank — lowest among the seven Indian cities on the list of 230 places.
Pune is at 144th place, followed by Bangalore at 145th, Chennai at 150th, Mumbai at 152nd and Kolkata at 160th among the Indian cities, as per the list compiled by global consulting major Mercer.
Pune has moved up one place since last year, while Mumbai has retained its position.
In the top-five positions globally, Vienna (Austria) is followed by Zurich (Switzerland), Auckland (New Zealand), Munich (Germany) and Vancouver (Canada). (AGENCIES)
