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COVID-19 outbreak brings attention back to informal sector

Over 90% of the country’s total workforce is in the informal sector

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Free public transport: How Delhi can learn from Luxembourg

The European country, which has made all forms of public transport free, has a solution to India’s traffic jams

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The ecological cost of highway to my village

How construction of a road led to economical, cultural shift in my village in Jaunpur 

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How do India’s policies and guidelines look at ‘urban lakes’?

The country has come a long way in the fight to protect these bodies of water, but much more needs to be done

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Revamping Delhi's 'Gramin Seva' service

The para-transit service started to serve people in Delhi's poor public tranport accessibility areas is deteoriorating; given its importance, …

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India's roads to remain lethal even in 2030: Lancet

Roads in India ignore motorcyclists and cyclists, prioritise car owners, it says

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Tales of city-bred trees

An ecological, cultural and culinary tour of the country’s urban trees

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Most in Asia-Pacific already in cities; expect 3.5 bln by 2015

Urban boom will be despite declines in Japan, China, Korea

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The deficient design of India's streets

The designing of Indian roads, from carriageways to sidewalks, leaves much to be desired

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Census 2021: India's Urban-rural conundrum

We urbanise, we celebrate; but is urbanisation providing basic livelihood?

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What Nigerian cities can learn from the rest of the world

The rapid rate of urban population growth, fuelled by massive rural to urban migration, has overwhelmed public sector resources in the country

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Watch: The best cities to live in and what makes them so

Vienna remained at the top of the Global Liveable Index prepared by Economist Intelligence Unit

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