By 2036, 40% of India’s population will reside in cities. This presents significant challenges—the problem isn’t the pace of urbanisation, but the failure to sustain the expansion.
Study by researchers at IIT-Bhubaneswar, published in Nature, find that night temps have been rising across India, but rate at which cities are heating up higher than non-urban areas.
Incident raises concerns about impact of city development on wildlife, such as tall buildings & light pollution forcing birds to fly at higher altitudes. Environmentalists demand action.
Previous governments looked at urbanisation as a challenge, but BJP sees it as an opportunity, said Prime Minister Modi during release of BJP manifesto ahead of Lok Sabha election.
Janagraaha says there is need for 3-tier spatial planning process: regional plan for metropolitan area, municipal plan for city govt area & ward plan at neighbourhood level.
Researchers claim likelihood of availing govt facilities drops in areas where scheduled castes, Muslims are in majority & their children fare worse than students from non-marginalised groups.
Despite multiple agencies being involved, the US could maintain a clear chain of command. This is something India should consider too, as it defines the theatre command structures.
The latest comment comes as New Delhi and Washington have yet to sign a trade agreement. India’s purchase of Russian oil has reduced, but Moscow remains top source for crude.
Venezuela also boasts of a diverse portfolio of unmanned aerial vehicles capable of carrying out surveillance, reconnaissance and being employed for kinetic purposes as well.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
Really very nice and good one regarding this article,the writer is a political well knowledge person so in my view the country political leaders must first move that side along with all others …
people will work wherever the workplace is. encourage businesses to move to smaller towns first before asking IITians and IIMians to work there ! Iitians and iimians do not possess the power to change business decisions regarding their place of operation !
Really very nice and good one regarding this article,the writer is a political well knowledge person so in my view the country political leaders must first move that side along with all others …
chidambram and tharoor are only two man in congress who talk about real issues others are busy in jati
people will work wherever the workplace is. encourage businesses to move to smaller towns first before asking IITians and IIMians to work there ! Iitians and iimians do not possess the power to change business decisions regarding their place of operation !