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States should share revenue with corporations to strengthen local governments: Davesh

The role of elected representatives in ULBs will decide the fate of the New Urban Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals…

6 years ago

If we don’t control emissions by 2020, we won’t be able to achieve SDGs

Christiana Figueres, Vice Chair of GCoM and Former Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, launched the South Asia Chapter of Global…

6 years ago

Self-Sufficient villages becomes a win-win for India’s people

A chartered accountant by qualification, Pratap Padode, has specialised in financial research. He pioneered equity research in India by launching…

7 years ago

“City becomes chaotic when orderliness is absent”

Foo Say Boon, 61, is a veteran architect and urban planner of Singapore. Having worked for many years with the…

7 years ago

Government taking sincere initiatives to bring down air pollution in all cities

In an interview with Urban Update, Dr Harshvardhan talks about his plan to improve air quality in metro and small…

7 years ago

EU driving sustainable urban cooperation between cities

Pier Roberto Remitti, Team Leader, International Urban Center, European Union, speaks to Kumar Dhananjay, Consulting Editor about the significance of…

7 years ago

Varanasi will be among cleanest cities soon

In an interview with Urban Update, the Mayor of Varanasi, Ram Gopal Mohle seems confident that the ‘oldest and unique…

7 years ago

The Changemaker

Urban Update speaks to one of the youngest woman sarpanches in the country, and the first with an MBA degree.,…

8 years ago

Chipko Andolan: more relevant today!

The octogenarian tree-lover Sunderlal Bahuguna is quite worried about degradation of our environment and cutting of trees. The lanky, frail…

8 years ago

ULBs are important pillars of democracy: Singh

In a free-wheeling interview with Kumar Dhananjay of Urban Update, Dr Raman Singh talks about his development agenda and the…

8 years ago