January, 2021 Citizen Matters

City Buzz: Tension at Singhu Border | COVID vaccine updates | Jail tourism in Pune…and more

January 30, 2021 News Desk

A quick recap of all the major developments from across the cities.

Future of jobs: From ‘I’ to ‘T’ to [Pi] ‘π’

January 27, 2021 Ambi Parameswaran

Hybridization has now moved up a notch. It is not just hybridization of jobs; it is also hybridization of how work gets done.

Why NCR citizens are against a waste to energy plant at Bandhwari

January 26, 2021 News Desk

The landfill has poisoned groundwater in the vicinity and 50-60 people have died of cancer in the region. Residents fear the plant will only make matters worse.

How good governance can transform a city: The tale of Surat

January 25, 2021 Darshan Desai

Visitors to today’s swanky Surat would find it difficult to imagine what the city was like when plague struck in 1994.

City Buzz: PM, CMs to take vaccine? | Fire at Pune SII Campus | Ahmedabad Metro update…and more

January 23, 2021 News Desk

Catch all the key urban highlights from across the cities with our City Buzz.

Closure of Srinagar’s precarious lifeline leaves citizens without essentials

January 23, 2021 Abid Bashir Wani

No vegetables, no mutton, no LPG. Closure till March of the only surface link connecting the valley with rest of India has hit food supply and livelihoods.

Nobody’s children: Out-of-school kids in Delhi find their plates empty

January 20, 2021 Vijaya Pushkarna

Lockdown and absence of midday meals has hit child nutrition badly. Even worse-off are the very poor and street children, who are struggling to secure a meal a day.

Delhi: Kids go hungry even as foodgrains rot in overflowing godowns

January 19, 2021 Vijaya Pushkarna

The nutritional value of what the poor eat is not obtained from what they get with their ration card, but about what extra they can afford to put on the plate.

All that we know about the COVID shots from the health ministry

January 16, 2021 News Desk

When can I register for the vaccine? Should I take it if I’ve already had COVID? What if I am a cancer patient? Government answers these and other common queries.

City Buzz: COVID-19 vaccination begins | Bird flu update | Winter intensifies…and more

January 16, 2021 News Desk

Catch the latest updates from across the cities with City Buzz.

How to grow your food in your home garden: Hyderabad holds lessons

January 12, 2021 Kolla Krishna Madhavi

There is an increasing realisation among consumers that homegrown food can be a shock absorber in times of crisis such as the present.

Soon, a green city in each Indian state

January 11, 2021 Mayank Aggarwal

The concept note unveiled by the government looks at combining existing renewable energy programmes, such as those dealing with solar power, electric vehicles or waste to energy.

City Buzz: Second vaccine dry run | Farmers’ protest | New rules for visitors from UK…and more

January 11, 2021 News Desk

A recap of key urban highlights from major cities across the country.

Stay fit and keep your cities plastic free: Tips from Pune

January 9, 2021 Prachi Bari

Plogging as a practice gained momentum across the world in 2018; now, several youth volunteers in Pune have taken to it to keep plastic waste from landfills

Delhi: Super commission fiddles while air pollution turns deadly

January 8, 2021 Vijaya Pushkarna

It is still the Supreme Court that continues to drive government action towards bringing down air pollution in Delhi-NCR.