Exiled Tibetans to elect government in vote condemned by ChinaTibetans living outside China are voting for their government-in-exile. This election holds great importance as they face a future without ...
26 Apr, 2026, 10.24 AM IST
India’s tech hiring opens FY27 on a cautious note with fresher roles under most pressure: ReportEntry-level openings, i.e. roles targeting candidates with up to two years of experience, are flat at 15,000 for the second consecutive mon...
02 Apr, 2026, 03.02 PM IST
Study estimates 900 square kilometres of land across five Indian megacities subsidingVast areas in New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Bengaluru are sinking. This land subsidence puts millions of people and thousands of...
28 Oct, 2025, 06.58 PM IST
ED attaches Rs 696.21 crore assets from Haryana in PACL caseThe Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth Rs 696.21 crore in Haryana. This action relates to the PACL fraud case. The fraud inv...
18 Sep, 2025, 09.32 PM IST
Four from India in top 20 water vulnerable megacitiesA Study Of 400 Cities With Over 10 Million People Revealed That The Top 20 Comprised Those With High Scarcity And Those That Saw Floods
25 Jun, 2019, 10.52 AM IST
How cool is your city? Are we ready for the future?Hopefully, state authorities would by then have taken note of the needs of such a fast-growing city—a beefed-up infrastructure.
21 Dec, 2016, 12.43 AM IST
Tata Trusts and UCLA host two-day global forum “Innovating for a Sustainable Energy Future”The forum is to address issues and challenges to making megacities sustainable, the integration of solar power into smart-energy grids.
11 Jan, 2016, 12.57 PM IST
Governing mega-cities to become more challenging: Richard VermaGoverning the world's mega-cities will only become more challenging in the coming decades, US Ambassador to India Richard Verma said.
23 Nov, 2015, 09.03 PM IST
Pakistan, ISI "biggest threat" to India & Bangladesh: Bangladesh diplomatWali-ur Rahman, said Pakistan is an epicentre of terrorism and not only India, but his country has also been a victim of its terror activit...
23 Nov, 2015, 08.47 PM IST
Social media platforms enabling radicalisation: US Ambassador Richard Verma"Social media platforms are enabling radicalisation, recruitment, and networking among like-minded individuals from afar," Verma said.
23 Nov, 2015, 06.17 PM IST
Two-day Megacity Security Conference begins in MumbaiThe conference organized at the Hotel Vivanta by Taj, Cuffe Parade, would be attended and addressed by US Ambassador to India Richard Verma...
23 Nov, 2015, 12.12 PM IST
India-US partnership in governance part of new paradigm: Arun K SinghTo meet the challenges of modern-day policing in megacities, India has undertaken Megacity Policing Initiative with focus on building the t...
09 Oct, 2015, 03.41 PM IST
India-US partnership in governance part of new paradigm: Arun K SinghThe cooperation between India and the US in meeting modern-day governance challenges is part of a "new paradigm" of collaboration between t...
09 Oct, 2015, 02.45 AM IST
- On Urbanity and Change
By 2025, the average population in cities will be three million, and there will be 29 megacities worldwide.
12 May, 2014, 04.14 AM IST
India, US top cops meet to evolve plans against terrorTop security experts of India and US met to discuss various measures, including exchange of technologies, to help each other face challenge...
04 Dec, 2013, 01.10 PM IST
Delhi world's second most populous mega-cityMumbai, in terms of its Mumbai Metropolitan Region (including Navi Mumbai, Thane and Vasai-Virar among other satellite belts), houses aroun...
13 Sep, 2013, 09.51 AM IST
- Half of world to live in cities by end '08
By the end of 2008, for the first time in history, half of the world's population will live in urban centers, according to a report unveile...
27 Feb, 2008, 11.59 AM IST