The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The city's administration aims to elevate the stature of Coimbatore so that its infrastructure can compare with the best in the country. WHEN a slew of development projects were placed before successive meetings of the Coimbatore Corporation Council in 2005-06 for its approval, the refrain at every session was
The new industrial policy, taking into account the current economic scenario and prospective developments, lays particular emphasis on further strengthening the base of the manufacturing sector besides knowledge based & high tech industries, efficient use of energy, conservation of resources and pragmatic environmental policies for sustainable development. The scope and …
Himani Kaushik Working as a major partner with the government in the infrastructure sector, multilateral financing institution Asian Development Bank is trying to clear the bottlenecks faced by the sector and improve private participation. In an interview to Himani Kaushik, ADB country head, Hun Kim said the bank is likely …
Under the Public Private Partnership(PPP) mode, 17 infrastructure development projects have been completed in Madhya Pradesh. Besides, 21 projects of Rs 5494crore are under construction while 19 projects to the tune of Rs 3070 crore are in the pipeline. There is a target to implement PPP mode projects worth Rs …
THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) on November 17 announced its decision to invest US $20 million in a private equity fund for water related infrastructure. While the bank is not new to such deals, it is the first time it has invested in an equity fund like this. The Asian …
MUMBAI: The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) is set to become the nodal agency for executing work of the Mumbai metro project in the city as part of the financial restructuring being initiated by the state government for infrastructure projects. The MMRC, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority …
The government is contemplating an overhaul of urban planning and infrastructure in two of its biggest city regions-Dhaka and Khulna-where services have struggled to keep up with booming populations. Asian Development Bank (ADB) came up with a loan of $ 120 million to supplement the government's efforts in this regard, …
Frank Lloyd Wright, the American architect, once said that to look at the cross-section of any plan of a big city is to look at something like the section of fibrous tumour. It is probably an apt description of how India
The most enduring challenge facing the world today is providing goods and services for a reasonably meaningful existence of its 6.7 billion citizens in a manner which is both sustainable and equitable. India being home to 17% of this population on a little over 2% of its global landmass has …
Forcible acquisition of land for setting up of township at Rajarhat alleged KOLKATA: Three years after Nandigram and two years after Singur, the theatre of political combat over land in West Bengal has shifted to Rajarhat on the northeastern fringe of Kolkata, where the Trinamool Congress braces itself for a …
Strict Laws, Uncertainty In Raw Material Supply Force Funds To Walk Away PRIVATE equity investments in Indian infrastructure projects look set to slow down as global investors in such funds seek details on environmental clearances and raw material supplies for new power plants, ports and roads. This scepticism on the …
Keeping in view the possible capital investment on a massive scale in industrial sector in the next few years, the State Government have launched the work of infrastructure development of international level in Madhya Pradesh. For this, new industrial growth centres are proposed to be set up in eight districts …
EVER-increasing demand for skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled workers in urban areas, availability of basic amenities, societal behaviour change for urban life, high paid jobs in IT, manufacturing and service sector trigger largescale migration of people to urban centers. As per the 2001 Census, 42.58 million Indians live in nearly 3,700 …
Europe says it is embarking on an unprecedented overhaul of its electricity system. But it must do more to convince the private sector that it is serious. (Editorial)
For the first time, Naxal groups are showing a presence in Rajarhat, Newtown, in what the state government fears is a bid to replicate the Singur-Nandigram model of agitation. The development coincides with the Trinamool Congress
More than a billion people spread across 54 countries inhabit Africa, the world's second largest continent. People from Kenya to Ghana, from Sudan to Zambia, from Uganda to Lesotho are under threat from dam building.
Government of India hosted Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference (DIREC) 2010, the fourth in the series of global Ministerial-level Conference on Renewable Energy from 27th to 29th October, 2010. DIREC 2010 was an effort to provide an important forum for international discourse on renewable energy. Accordingly, the conference was carefully …
