'Dharavi Will Be An Important Address In Mumbai'

'A slum free Mumbai cannot happen with Dharavi at the centre of the city.' IMAGE: A scene from Dharavi. Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters "I don't think we need to romanticise life in Dharavi... I......

Modi Has Enormous Curiosity About The World

'From the very start, PM Modi was insistent that visiting foreign leaders should be exposed to an India beyond its capital.''Through these experiences, he felt that the full Indian narrative would......

How the world is racing to contain Coronavirus

When the novel coronavirus outbreak hit China in late December and January, the government sprang into crisis mode. Hard-hit cities like Wuhan, where the outbreak began, went into complete......

Protests across the world as women press for progress

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, women from all over the world are taking out marches to call for change. Interestingly, this year the theme is #pressforprogress. Here are......

Mumbai Metro: Cash shortfall of Rs 220 crore in 1st year

The company is expected to incur a loss of Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion) at the current fare slab of Rs 10 to Rs 40Reliance Infrastructure arm Mumbai Metro One has said that in the first year of......

Smart city challenge: Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, are you ready?

At a time when the world is talking about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of developing ‘100 smart cities’ to accommodate the burgeoning population of India, we take a......

Delhi Metro's Airport Express to open on Feb 23

Delhi Metro's Airport Express, the country's first corridor to come up on Public-Private- Partnership mode, will roll out for public on Wednesday, turning Delhiites' dream of a hassle-free ride to......

Bengaluru closes in on Shanghai in office space

Bengaluru's office stock has grown over five and a half times in the past four years, to 80 million sq ft. That has meant Grade-A office space there is now just 14 per cent less than......

Athens proved a watershed for IOC

The critics, sceptics and doomsayers were left speechless by a spectacular Summer Olympics in 2004.The Olympic efforts of Athens crippled Greek finances but at the same time put the ancient city on......

Athens Olympics proved a watershed for IOC

A spectacular Summer Olympics left the critics, skeptics and doomsayers speechless in 2004.The Olympic efforts of Athens crippled Greek finances but at the same time put the ancient city on the map......

Gods smile on "last-minute" Games

Gloomy thoughts of wet concrete and slow ticket sales were swept away by a summer wind on Monday as the "last-minute" magic long promised by Greece lined up the Olympic Games for a smooth takeoff......