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.
Migration in North India isn’t just due to lack of development today. It was shaped by the evolution of labour markets under Sher Shah, Mughals, and the East India Company.
December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.
New Delhi is interested in firming up bilateral agreements for increased trade, mobility, upgrade of Su-30 MKI fighters and the increased range of BrahMos supersonic missiles.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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