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Urban Rejuvenation and Beautification Scheme | Three SPVs to be formed in Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kozhikode corporations

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Urban Rejuvenation and Beautification Scheme | Three SPVs to be formed in Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kozhikode corporations

A representational image of Kaloor-Kadavantara Road, in Kochi. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Three separate Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) will be formed for the execution of the proposed “Urban Rejuvenation and Beautification Scheme” in Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode cities. The scheme was announced in the 2023-24 State Budget with the aim of transforming the … Read more

Social media, OTT, online gaming usage rises: 60% urban kids spend 3 hours daily | Data

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Social media, OTT, online gaming usage rises: 60% urban kids spend 3 hours daily | Data

33% urban Indian children were addicted to online gaming such as Minecraft, PUBG, Fortnite, Among Us, FIFA, Fantasy Sports according to a survey conducted by LocalCircles After the COVID-19 period, as children returned to school and face-to-face teaching recommenced, there was an upswing in the use of the Internet for leisure. A recent survey by … Read more

U.P. plans to run e-buses under PM e-bus scheme across urban centres

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U.P. plans to run e-buses under PM e-bus scheme across urban centres

Uttar Pradesh aims to get a giant share of 1,800 e-Buses out of 10,000 under the PM e-Bus Scheme. The buses will be functional in Lucknow, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Firozabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Ghaziabad, Agra, Jhansi, Varanasi, Meerut, Prayagraj, Bareilly, Aligarh, Moradabad, Ayodhya, Shahjahanpur, Mathura, Rampur, and Saharanpur. The State government Urban Development Ministry is preparing … Read more

Urban poor most impacted in July inflation surge: Crisil

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Urban poor most impacted in July inflation surge: Crisil

Urban poor have been the most impacted by 15-month high consumer price inflation (CPI) in July, a domestic rating agency’s arm said on Wednesday. The high-income segment in urban areas faced the lowest inflation burden, as food has a relatively low share in their consumption basked, Crisil Market Intelligence and Analytics said in a note. … Read more

Denmark experts visit Rajasthan for urban water sector development

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Denmark experts visit Rajasthan for urban water sector development

A team of experts from the City of Aarhus, Denmark, visited Jaipur over the weekend to chalk out a plan of action for the development of urban water sector during the next three years in Rajasthan. The State government had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on May 19 for bringing efficiency to the water … Read more

Vision for urban transportation headlines mobility conference

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Vision for urban transportation headlines mobility conference

Navi Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, and Delhi bag awards for excellence in urban transport; Chennai awarded for Best Intelligent Transport System (ITS) Navi Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, and Delhi bag awards for excellence in urban transport; Chennai awarded for Best Intelligent Transport System (ITS) Transportation bodies from Navi Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, and Delhi bagged an award each for ‘Excellence in … Read more

Wave of Opioid Overdoses Expected to Hit U.S. Rural, Urban Areas

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Wave of Opioid Overdoses Expected to Hit U.S. Rural, Urban Areas

By Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Experts predict opioid overdoses will climb in both rural and urban areas because of the lethal practice of mixing the highly addictive narcotics with other drugs. The coming wave of opioid overdoses “will be worse than ever seen before,” said researchers from … Read more

Legacy Racist Mortgage ‘Redlining’, Fewer Green Spaces

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THURSDAY, Jan. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A racist mortgage appraisal practice used in the United States decades ago has resulted in less green space in some urban neighborhoods today, researchers say.         Those so-called “redlined” neighborhoods have higher rates of air and noise pollution, racial segregation and poverty — all of … Read more

Nitish Kumar approves Rs 4,154 crore bypass road projects in urban Bihar

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Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday approved construction of 120 bypass roads with a total length of 708 kilometres in urban areas of the state to provide smooth traffic movement. An official release said that Rs 4,154 crore will be spent on the construction of the roads. The chief minister asked officials to … Read more