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Food and Nutrition Security in Southern African Cities

Urban population growth is extremely rapid across Africa 

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Budget 2018: To make India open defecation-free, Centre must invest less in building toilets

The focus should be on educating people and building capacity for effective implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission

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Areas selected for smart city development are heat islands: study 

The study has found that agriculture and irrigation are two dominant drivers of urban heat islands in India

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Rapid urbanisation in Delhi-NCR creating heat stress, abetting climate change

Urbanisation has exacerbated air pollution levels, shrunk water bodies, increased temperature and heat emissions

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Track, the problem

As traffic increases on existing lines, accidents due to derailments reach alarming levels in the Indian Railways

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No ambiguity on need for better urban planning

We need to operationalise policy on the assumption that increased frequency of extreme weather events and deepening impacts are the new …

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Bridging the rural-urban divide

Instead of setting overambitious targets, the government should ensure speedy implementation of the Rurban Mission

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Vertical velocity

Why does development have to mean only  "citifying"?

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There's nothing august about Mumbai

July 26, 2005: It began raining at 11 am. In the next 24 hours, India's most populous city …

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Positive message from Minister's open urination incident

Without providing toilet facilities, how can the idea of SBM be enforced?

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Thirty new smart cities announced; India to have City Livability Index

800 projects worth Rs 34,000 crore are under various stages of implementation

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What’s the progress of Smart Cities Mission?

So far, 20 cities have identified 642 projects amounting to Rs 25,935.02 crore

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