Gurugram isn’t the first city where Lazar Jankovic has launched a cleanliness drive. He has cleaned streets wherever he lived — from Bengaluru, Tamil Nadu, to Rishikesh.
Special Campaign 4.0,started on 2 October, aims to enhance cleanliness and address pending matters, following the success of similar campaigns in the preceding three years.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde kicked off the Diwali-style deep clean of Mumbai in December and has now extended it to the rest of the state. But critics are calling it a washout.
While a tide of change has got the mill running in Ghaziabad, there is still a long way to go. The NCR town is ranked 18th in the list of cleanest cities.
While the entrance to the Maharashtra govt headquarters in Mumbai is plush, it gives way to sloppy, cramped offices, littered with old files, magazines and newspapers.
India produces 277.1 million tonnes of solid waste every year, which is likely to touch 387.8 million tonnes in 2030. However, the per capita waste generated is below the global average.
On 26 January 1966, Indira Gandhi delivered a speech that was broadcast over All India Radio. This was her first address to the nation after becoming India’s first woman prime minister.
Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.
New defence strategy marks clear break from Biden-era Pentagon policy, softening tone on China & Russia, while pushing allies to shoulder more responsibility with less US backing.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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