News for 'First Smart Cities Council'

Over the years, India-EU ties have grown, and covered trade, investment, climate change, science and technology, space, digital, mobility, and connectivity.  IMAGE: President Droupadi Murmu,...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged ministers and bureaucrats to hold extensive consultations to ensure the effective rollout of policies, particularly social initiatives aimed at...

Lightning claims more lives in India annually than any other extreme weather event.Between April and July this year alone, 1,621 people died due to lightning strikes. IMAGE: Lightning flashes over...

'It is high time that the 'war on terror' is removed from our diplomatic toolbox.' 'Certainly, our parliamentarians have no role in it,' asserts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata...

India and Qatar on Tuesday agreed to double bilateral trade to $28 billion over the next five years and announced elevation of their relationship to the level of strategic partnership as Prime...

To redevelop cities as ‘smart’, investment of at least $10 billion is required. For 100 cities, it works out to $1 trillion Cities are defined not by their infrastructure but by their...

Tech companies from the US, Germany, Japan are already working on smart city initiativesFrance has become the first country to make a financial commitment towards the National Democratic Alliance...

  December 15 is the cut-off date to be eligible for the Centre’s funds. The National Democratic Alliance government is getting ready to scale down the size and speed of its signature...

The 'Smart city' programme is in danger of becoming cosmetic – creating showpieces instead of addressing endemic urban problems. The selection of 98 cities (two more are to follow) by the...

India's economy is likely to grow by 6.5 per cent in the current and the next financial year, an EY report said, attributing lower than anticipated expansion in the September quarter to fall in...

Jatinder Singh has played 61 ODIs and 64 T20Is for Oman. IMAGE: Jatinder Singh made his T20 debut in Dubai against Afghanistan in 2012. Photograph: ANI/X   Oman Skipper Jatinder Singh...

PSY performs during the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Asian Games at Incheon Asiad Stadium. Photograph: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images Pop sensation Psy brought the house down 'Gangnam Style' as...