City: Jaipur Citizen Matters

Can online coaching help Kota revive its local economy?

July 28, 2020 Kavita Kanan Chandra

Kota, a reputed hub of coaching for competitive entrance exams, is tottering as students have gone back home and ancillary businesses catering to them have had to shut shop.

Despite MSME package, Jaipur’s buzzing bazaars lie silent, textile sector steeped in gloom

May 31, 2020 Kavita Kanan Chandra

Barely 30-40 per cent of the MSME units in industrial clusters in and around the pink city are functional, and working to less than half their capacity. Lack of any monetary relief is their main grievance.

Five steps that enabled Bhilwara to defeat COVID-19 and become a model containment zone

April 14, 2020 Kavita Kanan Chandra

With hotspots and containment zones on the rise across the country, how Bhilwara, the first such hotspot, handled the situation deserves to be highlighted.

Jaipur Rural candidate list: Global sportstars wage poll war in semi-rural constituency

May 6, 2019 Revathi Siva Kumar

BJP’s Olympian shooter hit home in Jaipur (Rural) in 2014, riding on the back of a strong Modi wave. But 2019 is another ball game; will Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore hold fort against fellow Olympian discus star and recently elected MLA, INC’s Krishna Poonia?

Jaipur Lok Sabha candidates: Sitting MP locks horns with former female Mayor

May 5, 2019 Revathi Siva Kumar

The parliamentary constituency of Jaipur votes on May 6th. Will the BJP MP be able to win his seat a second time, even after a strong anti-incumbency wave cost his party the Assembly elections last year? His main rival: former mayor and Jaipur’s first woman candidate in 48 years, fielded by the Congress.

Solar rooftop connections: Why are city homes lagging?

December 19, 2018 Garima Prasher

A recent study conducted in Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Jaipur and Nagpur reveals various challenges that the residential rooftop solar sector is facing in India, posing a risk to its target of achieving 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022. Some key findings here.

Everything you need to know about Zika fever in India

October 13, 2018 Shree D N

It has symptoms similar to Chikungunya and Dengue, but is not deadly. But it can hit you bad and have scary outcomes, especially in certain conditions. More about the Zika virus and how to stay protected, as India experiences one of its worst outbreaks ever.

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