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Topic: Smart City

Smart Cities Mission on till March 2025, but special purpose vehicles driving it face uncertain future

Risha Chitlangia -
New Delhi: The Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) in Srinagar, set up in 2021 under the Centre’s Smart Cities Mission (SCM), served as...

Agra is No. 3 Smart City. Funds spent on potholes, parks, paintings, traffic jams, zardozi

Krishan Murari -
Modi govt envisioned Smart Cities as grand urban digital utopias, but 10 yrs on, they are mostly doing what UPA-era Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission left unfinished.

Indore wins ‘National Smart City Award’ in Modi govt’s Smart City Mission, MP is ‘best state’

Risha Chitlangia -
New Delhi: Indore was adjudged the best smart city in India in the fourth edition of the central government’s Smart Cities Mission, results of...

SubscriberWrites: The curious case of the smart city mission

Pradeep Misra -
The smart city mission implemented by the central government has beenmissed on several fronts that hindered its vision translating into reality.

67% of total ‘Smart Cities Mission’ projects complete, govt tells Parliament. Karnataka tops list

Sukriti Vats -
Among cities, Indore has the most completed Smart Cities Mission projects. Central government allocated Rs 16,000 crore to SCM in Budget 2023.

Dholera, Gujarat’s futuristic greenfield city in making — from solar park to Make in India chip hub

+TFP Moushumi Das Gupta -
A pet project of PM Modi, Dholera smart city has been shaping up at some speed. The first phase, spread over 22.5 sq km, is expected to be completed by 2025-26, officials say.

India’s one lesson from Covid crisis and work-from-home: How to build a real smart city

Rama Lakshmi -
The work-from-home template offers a way for India to re-imagine its model of urbanisation. For that, it must stop aping Western cities’ models from a century ago.

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Will Vishal Mishra replace Arijit Singh? Timing & consistency on his side

Triya Gulati -
Vishal Mishra’s work includes songs like “Naacho Naacho” from RRR, “Kaise Hua” from Kabir Singh, & “Pehle Bhi Main” from Animal, among other hits.

Hyderabad’s Nizams are a pale shadow of their past. Unlike Scindia & Karan Singh

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Economy

Most EU firms eye India expansion post-trade deal, 90% say profitability to go up—FEBI survey

Vaibhav Pant -
FEBI survey reveals Europe’s big bet on manufacturing, innovation hub amid ‘mother of all trade deals’, but flags regulatory concerns.

Defence

India, EU sign security & defence pact. How it links Indian firms to ‘ReArm Europe’ network 

Keshav Padmanabhan -
The agreement comes despite differences between India and the EU on issues such as Russia-Ukraine war, showcasing the intent to deepen strategic ties. 

National Interest

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

Shekhar Gupta -
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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