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J-K admin approves Housing Policy-2020
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 17 (ANI): The Administrative Council (AC) on Friday sanctioned the proposal of Housing & Urban Development Department for adoption and notification of J&K Housing, Affordable Housing, Slum Redevelopment and Rehabilitation and Township Policy
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Dharavi emerged as global role model of COVID management: Maharashtra CM
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 11 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Saturday said that Dharavi slum in Mumbai has emerged as a global role model for controlling the spread of novel coronavirus.
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Locals, doctors credit joint efforts for Dharavi getting praise from WHO
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 11 (ANI): With World Health Organization (WHO) praising the efficient COVID-19 management in Mumbai's Dharavi, one of the largest slums in the world, local medical practitioners and the administration have said that results have been achieved due to work do
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SRA relaxes premiums and approvals timeline to fast track slum housing in
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] July 10 (ANI/PRNewswire): The Maharashtra State Housing Ministry today announced a series of relaxations in its slum redevelopment policy to ensure faster availability of housing for slum dwellers in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).
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Tamil Nadu: Transgender Community NGO conducts awareness campaign against
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 8 (ANI): The transgender members of a Chennai-based non-government organisation (NGO) have joined hands with Chennai corporation to conduct coronavirus awareness campaign in slum areas of Teynampet, Chennai.
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Chennai Corporation launches Programme to screen residents in slum areas f
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai [Tamil Nadu], July 2 (ANI): Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner G Prakash has started the Community Intervention Programme in Tondiarpet area for screening the residents in slum areas amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Books, food distributed in unique way to Mumbai slum areas children
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 28 (ANI): Mumbai's Sion friends circle group has come forward with a helping hand in this lockdown by distributing books and foods to needy people in Mumbai.
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Air passenger markets remain close to a standstill while air cargo weakens
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], June 26 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic continued to weigh heavily on international air passenger and cargo markets in May with the travel and tourism sectors crippled by widespread lockdowns and travel restrictions, preliminary traffic figures released by the Associati
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Lumax Q4 revenue falls by 10 pc due to slump in auto sales
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Automobile lighting major Lumax Industries has reported 10 per cent fall in its revenue at Rs 387 crore during the fourth quarter of fiscal ended March as against Rs 433 crore in Q4 FY19.
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Karnataka directs random COVID-19 testing to ensure effective surveillance
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 18 (ANI): The Karnataka Government has directed random testing using RT-PCR pooled sample technique, for slum dwellers, vendors/bill collectors, delivery boys of food chains and couriers, to ensure effective surveillance in view of recent increase in COVID
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Fire breaks out in Saket slum area in Maharashtra's Thane
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Thane (Maharashtra) [India], June 17 (ANI): A fire broke out in the Saket slum area of Thane, Maharashtra, on Wednesday night.
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Dharavi's COVID-19 tally reaches 2,068 with 25 new cases
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 15 (ANI): Dharavi, Asia's most populated slum area, on Monday, reported 25 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally of people infected with the virus in the area to 2,068.
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