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Ten new Swachh Iconic Places launched under Swachh Bharat Mission
NEW DELHI: Ten new iconic sites, namely, Raghavendra Swamy Temple (Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh); Hazardwari Palace (Murshidabad, West Bengal); Brahma Sarovar Temple (Kurukshetra, Haryana); Vidur Kuti (Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh); Mana village (Chamoli, Uttarakhand);…
Electric Vehicles to be deployed for garbage collection.
Hyderabad: Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MAUD) minister K T…
Akshay Kumar launches ad campaign for Swachh Bharat
NEW DELHI: Eminent actor, Akshay Kumar, launched an advertisement campaign for the…
Empowering waste workers for a cleaner, safer city
Known as “SWaCH” (Solid Waste Collection and Handling), the co-operative…
Shimla Battles Water Crisis: People take out midnight protest march
SHIMLA: The tourist town of Shimla is reeling under severe…
Green Line to be extended soon
Green Line which was started in two phases in 2010…
Ministry of Railways Launches New User Interface of its Next...
NEW DELHI: In line with Union Minister of Railways Piyush…
India approves massive new 5,000-megawatt solar farm
DHOLERA: India is all set to have world’s largest solar…
Delhi’s new parking policy: Make Owner to pay three times...
New Delhi: To manage the congested roads of the national…
Ateli- Phulera Section of Dedicated Freight Corridor to be Open...
NEW DELHI: Ashwani Lohani, Chairman, Railway Board inspected Ateli-Phulera section of…
The Air Quality of Delhi worsens experts advice to stay...
New Delhi: For the third consecutive day, the air quality of…
Greenhouse gases leads to major health problems
A recent study by medical journal the Lancet reveals that greenhouse gases not just lead…
Varanasi: Struggling between modernity, tradition
Varanasi is struggling between modernity and tradition. Old voices are crying that we must preserve,…
India’s tryst with heritage
Indian heritage is experiencing an aesthetic and intellectual revolution. With financial and intellectual investment as…
Safety in Cities
The issue of safety has become an integral part of discourse on cities and urban…
Government taking sincere initiatives to bring down air pollution in...
In an interview with Urban Update, Dr Harshvardhan talks about his plan to improve air…
EU driving sustainable urban cooperation between cities
Pier Roberto Remitti, Team Leader, International Urban Center, European Union, speaks to Kumar Dhananjay, Consulting…
Varanasi will be among cleanest cities soon
In an interview with Urban Update, the Mayor of Varanasi, Ram Gopal Mohle seems confident…
The Changemaker
Urban Update speaks to one of the youngest woman sarpanches in the country, and the…
Chipko Andolan: more relevant today!
The octogenarian tree-lover Sunderlal Bahuguna is quite worried about degradation of our environment and cutting…
Community Safety calls for Risk Conscious Society
Prime Minister Modi, in a recent radio address, spoke about public safety. It was…
Rivers are lifeline of cities
Cities in India are growing at an unprecedented pace, and rivers are receding with similar…
Cities, Climate Change and Crisis
From cities as big as New Delhi to small ones like Gopalpur in Odisha and…
Future proofing of cities
India is creating new cities and it is imperative for policymakers and politicians at the…
Takeaways from Bonn
The recently concluded 23rd edition of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN…
Nike, H&M and Burberry join forces for sustainable fashion
LONDON: Major global brands Nike, H&M, Burberry, and Gap have signed up to an initiative that…
The Cultural Capital of Karnataka
Mysuru is aptly called cultural capital of Karnataka. The Dussehra festivities attract tourists from not…
Dilwalon Ki Dilli: A city found and a few lost...
Delhi is present, past and history. Present may symbolize the modernity but it’s the history…
Varanasi: Struggling between modernity, tradition
Varanasi is struggling between modernity and tradition. Old voices are crying that we must preserve,…
From Shah of all Shahs to Sardar and the Father...
Ahmedabad, undoubtedly, is the largest city in Gujarat today and is always buzzing with economic…
Greenhouse gases leads to major health problems
A recent study by medical journal the Lancet reveals that greenhouse gases not just lead…
BRICS Ministerial on Environment Includes Green Good Deeds in its...
NEW DELHI: Green Good Deeds, the societal movement launched by the Union Minister for Environment,…
Municipalities need to be smart
More than the common citizens, it is high time that the civic bodies came up…
Cities, Climate Change and Crisis
From cities as big as New Delhi to small ones like Gopalpur in Odisha and…
Climate change may hinder aircraft takeoffs: Study
NEW YORK – Extreme heat over the next several decades will make it more difficult…