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Home2021January

Month: January 2021

Civic

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.

Infrastructure

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.

Health

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.

Health

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.

Health

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.

Civic

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.

Civic

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.

Governance

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.

Civic

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.

Environment

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

A smoggy Delhi neighbourhood
Environment

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.

Economy

COVID has changed tourism. Will it also make it more responsible?

January 6, 2021 Rishabh Shrivastava

This is the time for the government to identify early stage start-ups practising sustainable tourism and help them scale up and create best practices to be replicated.

Society

The new mantra of Ahmedabad’s art world: Going hybrid

January 5, 2021 Binita Parikh

2021 will see more innovative ways of creative expression, as artists take to digital platforms for display and marketing.

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

Closure of Srinagar’s precarious lifeline leaves citizens without essentials

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

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

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

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

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

Soon, a green city in each Indian state

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

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

A smoggy Delhi neighbourhood

Delhi: Super commission fiddles while air pollution turns deadly

COVID has changed tourism. Will it also make it more responsible?

The new mantra of Ahmedabad’s art world: Going hybrid

Adieu 2020

“Vaccines will help those who get it, as well as those who can’t”

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