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Say no to tobacco: Protect health, reduce poverty, promote development
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco kills more than seven million people each year. Over six million deaths are a result of direct consumption, whereas 890 000 are the result of passive smoking. Nearly 100 million premature deaths have
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Triple talaq issue of gender discrimination: Naidu
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 21 (ANI): Reiterating that the issue of Triple Talaq was a matter of gender discrimination, Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Information and Broadcasting M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said that if necessary, the government would introduce
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OBOR will help overcome terrorism, poverty: Nawaz Sharif
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 14 (ANI): Hailing China's One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday called Beijing a "close friend and trusted ally" of Islamabad.
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Naidu to global funding agencies: Focus on inclusive urban development
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], May 10 (ANI): Placing emphasis on a five-point agenda of affordable housing, provision of other basic urban infrastructure, solid waste management, environment friendly public transport and skill development needs, newly elected president of the Governing Council of UN-Habit
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States urged to notify RERA and have full-time regulators in place expedit
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Joint Secretary Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Rajiv Ranjan Mishra on Thursday urged the states to complete the process of notification and appointment of full-time regulators at the earliest for Real Estate Regulation Act (RERA) to positive
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IITLS Summit 2017: BJP Govt.'s basic mission is eradicating poverty,
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Speaking at the India Integrated Transport and Logistics Summit 2017 here today, Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari asserted that the basic mission of the Centre is eradication of poverty.
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K'taka: Naidu to review progress of urban sector schemes
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): Urban Development and Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu will review progress of urban sector schemes in Karnataka tomorrow.
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Naidu to review urban sector schemes in Karnataka
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): Urban Development and Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu will review progress of implementation of new urban missions in Karnataka tomorrow.
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Urban Housing Mission to be implemented in NCT Delhi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 28 (ANI): Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister M.Venkaiah Naidu has approved the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement between his ministry, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) enabling implementation of the
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Haryana: Venkaiah Naidu to review progress of urban development
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 28 (ANI): Union Minister of Urban Development and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Venkaiah Naidu will review the implementation and progress of various new urban development and housing missions launched by the central government in Haryana today at a high lev
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British Airways cabin crew begin one-week strike over 'poverty pay�
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], March 3 (ANI): British Airways' (BA) Unite union, who work for its Mixed Fleet operation, have started a one-week long strike starting midnight to protest "poverty pay".
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Even after constant reminders, U.P. govt. did not respond on PMAY scheme:
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], Feb. 20 (ANI): With the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation approving the construction of 90,095 affordable houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu took at hands the Samajwadi Party-led Uttar Pradesh Government, s
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