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Monday, July 21, 2025
TopicSurat Municipal Corporation

Topic: Surat Municipal Corporation

Can municipalities reuse wastewater in this heat? Surat & Bengaluru show how to do it best

Surat has been selling treated water to manufacturing industries while Bengaluru reuses 50 per cent of its treated water. Can’t other Indian cities follow suit?

Surat’s Swachh sweep—how diamond city went from plague to podium in 30 years

Surat Municipal Corporation keeps the city sparkling with a high-tech war room, 3,300 CCTV cameras, and a dedicated app. ‘Cleanliness is not just about sweeping,’ says SMC commissioner.

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India’s TRP ecosystem needs a reset. Time to end BARC monopoly

A ratings monopoly in India has led to lack of technological variation, resulting in sluggish systems detached from market dynamics.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.