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.
‘Well-entrenched institutional apathy' is how Dhiren A Sadokpam, editor of The Frontier Manipur defined it. 'New Delhi has the power to intervene at every level,' he said.
Proposal to restart licensing is welcome, but Rs 300-crore minimum capital requirement could mean only handful of credit societies qualify, say sector executives
Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.
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.
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 !