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Wabag secures largest order under Namami Gange worth Rs 1,187 crore
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 23 (ANI): Va Tech Wabag, a water technology Indian multinational company, said on Tuesday it has secured a Rs 1,187 crore order from Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation (BUIDCO), the largest under the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) s
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Washington Times dedicates entire supplement highlighting minorities oppre
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 23 (ANI): As minorities group of Pakistan held multiple demonstrations outside the White House to protest against the oppression by Islamabad, the US media widely covered their dissent, with Washington Times dedicating an entire supplement highlighting issues that mi
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Bihar: Police, locals use boats to overcome flood woes
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], July 19 (ANI): The local administration has deployed boats to help flood-affected victims and police personnel after the overflowing Burhi Gandak river inundated urban areas of the district.
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Telangana's urban dwellers consume 20 times more 'virtual water', claims s
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 18 (ANI): Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad researchers have claimed that indirect water consumption in urban areas of the state is 20 times higher than direct consumption.
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Urban Affairs Ministry asks Delhi govt to withdraw non-bureaucratic nomina
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has asked Delhi government to withdraw its nomination of non-bureaucrats to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Board.
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Vegetation can help cool potentially deadly urban heat islands: Study
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 14 (ANI): Planting more vegetation, using reflective materials on hard surfaces and installing green roofs on buildings can help cool potentially deadly urban heat islands, recent study suggests.
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Huge disparity in health services provided in urban and rural areas: Venka
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 14 (ANI): India is facing acute shortage of qualified doctors and trained paramedical personnel, said Vice President Venkaiah Naidu while addressing a gathering at the inauguration of a hospital here on Sunday.
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Kids centric homes: A necessity of urban living in India
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 10 (ANI/BusinessWire India): It is a known fact that parents become very choosy when it comes to selecting the right school for their kids. They want their child's school to provide the best of facilities, infrastructure, safety, and security. But does this comprehe
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India has adequate number of healthcare professionals, study finds
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): India has an adequate number of healthcare professionals, albeit their distribution is uneven between rural and urban India and across different states, a recent study has found.
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SIT arrests DC in IMA ponzi scam case
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 8 (ANI): The special investigation team (SIT) probing the IMA ponzi scam on Monday arrested Deputy Commissioner (Urban) Sri Vijayshankar here on charges of receiving a bribe of Rs 1.5 crore from the jeweler.
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Telangana: CM KCR directs officials to prepare state's new urban policy
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 7 (ANI): Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday instructed officials to formulate Telangana State's New Urban Policy, giving no scope for any corruption and to help in extending services to the people with utmost transparency and to achieve planned
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The earth is running out of sand: study
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 6 (ANI): The importance of sand in the developing world cannot be neglected. We need it to build the houses we live in, make glasses we drink from and to create computers we work on, and yet it is being extracted faster than it can be replaced, say researchers.
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