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Mumbai tops the list as the most expensive city to Live in: Knight Frank A
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Housing affordability remains a persistent challenge for successful urban centres worldwide. The relationship between these hubs and the workforce they rely upon is threatened by the ever-widening gap between housing supply and demand.
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Pakistan records surge in street crime
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Street crime is on the rise in Pakistan, particularly in its urban centres such as Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad.
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Centre releases Rs 1,764 cr grant for urban centres in four States
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): The Department of Expenditure under the Union Ministry of Finance has released funds worth Rs 1,764 crore to four Indian States for providing grants to cities/urban centres with million-plus population strength.
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Spike in terror incidents in Balochistan leaves Pak govt in a fix
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], March 4 (ANI): As the security situation in Balochistan province continues to worsen, analysts have pointed to the spread of violence to urban centres by rebels of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
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Pakistan's Karachi among top 10 stressful cities to live in
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 30 (ANI): Pakistan's Karachi has been named among the world's top 10 most stressful urban centres to live in, according to a list by a German company VAAY.
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CJI writes to Ravi Shankar Prasad, requests him to strengthen connectivity
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): Chief Justice of India NV Ramana has written to Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad requesting to strengthen the network and connectivity beyond major urban centres, particularly in rural and tribal areas, as he said the digital divide is adversely impac
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Top trends shaping luxury home buying
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI/Mediawire): There seems to be a perceptible increase in the number of people opting to buy luxury homes globally. Sotheby's International Realty 2021 Luxury Outlook survey reveals that after one of the most tumultuous years in modern history due to the COVI
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Myanmar's civil war spreading from remote frontier areas to urban centres
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Chiang Mai [Myanmar], May 3 (ANI): Unclaimed attacks on Myanmar military airbases signal a possible spread of civil war from remote frontier areas to urban centres.
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People outside urban centres did not follow COVID-19 appropriate behaviour
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): People outside urban centres in Bihar did not follow COVID-19 appropriate behaviour properly during the election campaign in Bihar, said the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday citing the observations of the central team sent to the state during the electio
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40 pc of our population will live in urban centres by 2030: Hardeep Singh
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 18 (ANI): As per expectation 40 per cent of India's population will live in urban regions by 2030 and we will have to build six to eight hundred million square metres of urban space for it, said Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday
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RBI renews authorisation to Vakrangee for white label ATMs
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 18 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the validity of authorisation issued to Vakrangee Ltd to set up, own and operate white label automated teller machines (ATMs) in India.
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'Reactive' model for urbanisation unsustainable, leading to urban sprawl:
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 29 (ANI): The future of urban centres in India lies in creating long-term and sustainable transport infrastructure, global consultancy Knight Frank said in its latest report released on Wednesday.
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