As Singapore, New York and Melbourne have shown, cities can mitigate the impact of heatwaves if they have the will to create green infrastructure, explain Amit Kapoor & Bibek Debroy. IMAGE:......
Six decades and more later, we are now captives of our identities. Every poll is based on elaborate calculations of electability of candidates on the basis of their castes and other narrow......
'Indians are basically liked because they are educated, they are intelligent.' IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes. Photograph: Reuters Captain Peter......
Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has rejected the Aam Aadmi Party government's proposal for Arvind Kejriwal's Singapore visit to attend a summit on August 1, even as the chief minister asserted......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong on Friday agreed to deepen the bilateral economic ties and build on defence cooperation as the two sides signed eight......
We cannot turn Ghaziabad, Muzaffarnagar, Rajkot, Solapur, Tumkur or even Gurgaon into Shanghai or Singapore. But we can make these cities liveable models for others to emulate. Smart is as......
Singapore has identified the new capital city of Andhra Pradesh for development as a smart city in collaboration with the government as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's agenda to create 100......
The government of Singapore has sought clarity on India’s concept of smart cities, even as it expressed keenness to invest in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s grand plan of creating 100......
Government has announced Rs 48,000 crore or Rs 480 billion for development of 100 Smart cities out of which 98 names were declared and rest two will be nominated in due course. Image: Image:......
Last July, in its first Budget, the NDA government announced making of 100 smart cities, allocating over Rs 7,000 cr for the project. The proposed 100 smart cities are likely to be selected......
It's difficult to get A R Rahman out of your head. No, you needn't be a die-hard fan, though it's impossible to imagine how anyone with an iota of music sense and a fondness of music can ignore......
Beautiful movies, from across the world. The year 2014 was big when it came to foreign language films, as many film festival award winners played in theatres in New York City. This year 83......
IMAGE: Flags in hand, fans heading towards the Narendra Modi Stadium for the ICC World Cup final between India and Australia in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Photograph: Kind courtesy Phil Long/X The buzz......
No American city will bid for the 2016 Olympic Games unless there is stronger commitment from all levels of government, U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) chairman Peter Ueberroth said on Monday.......
IMAGE: Brazil's Douglas Costa (left) celebrates a goal against Peru during their 2018 World Cup qualifying match in Salvador on Tuesday. Photograph: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters An inspired......
Arun Krishnan is having a hard time trying to explain why his son should not buy the bright blue-and-yellow jersey he wants. "Because, beta, it's the wrong," he reasons, trying hard to sway the......
Uruguay's Luis Suarez. Photograph: Claudio Villa/Getty Images Luis Suarez returned for Uruguay for the first time since his infamous World Cup biting incident and scored in a 1-1 friendly draw......