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CJI writes to Ravi Shankar Prasad, requests him to strengthen connectivity
Updated : 4 years, 8 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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Bhubaneswar wins two awards in smart city contest
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 26 (ANI): As India celebrated the sixth anniversary of the Smart Cities Mission on Friday, Bhubaneswar bagged two more awards in the India Smart City Awards Contest (IASC) organised by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).
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Centre to celebrate 6th anniversary of Smart Cities Mission, AMRUT, PMAY-U
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is organising an online event on Friday to commemorate 6 years of the launch of three transformative Urban Missions namely Smart Cities Mission (SCM), AMRUT and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY
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Odisha govt directs urban local bodies to spend 25% of budget on slum deve
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 25 (ANI): The Odisha government on Thursday directed all urban local bodies (ULBs) to spend 25 percent of their budgetary allocation on the development of slum areas.
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Work on Central Vista Project going as per schedule, says Hardeep Singh Pu
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri said that work on the Central Vista Project is going as per the schedule after a visit to the site on Thursday.
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Andhra: COVID vaccination process slowed down after Sunday's special drive
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 22 (ANI): After a special vaccination drive held in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, the state is running low on COVID-19 vaccine doses which has led to the slowing down in vaccination drive, officials said.
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GMR Infra Q4 loss lowers to Rs 725 crore
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Diversified conglomerate GMR Infrastucture has posted a consolidated loss of Rs 725 crore for the January to March quarter as compared to a loss of Rs 1,127 crore in the year-ago period.
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Top trends shaping luxury home buying
Updated : 4 years, 9 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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Odisha CM announces Rs 1690 crore Covid assistance package for socially we
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 18 (ANI): Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced a COVID package of Rs 1690.46 crore for the assistance of landless farmers, construction workers, urban poor, Tribal peoples, state food security beneficiaries, National Rural Employment Guarante
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COVID-19 vaccination drive running full swing at rural, urban areas of Pun
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], June 16 (ANI): Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Wednesday said the vaccination in the 18-44 age group has been expanded to include students studying abroad, foreign employed persons, shopkeepers, workers of the hospitality industry and delivery boys.
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Chinese villagers facing widening income inequality despite modernisation
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 14 (ANI): Beijing's push to modernise rural areas of China claiming to improving lives and reducing poverty, Chinese villagers across the nation are facing an even wider gap in income inequality against their urban counterparts as an economic opportunity in the countrys
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BJP to train woman, youth workers in 2 lakh urban, rural areas, expand COV
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): As part of its 'Sewa hi Sangathan' programme to provide relief to people in the situation created by COVID-19, the BJP plans to train a woman and a youth worker in two lakh urban neighbourhoods and villages.
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