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12th Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF12)

The 12th session of the World Urban Forum (WUF12) occurred in Cairo from 4–8 November 2024. This event gathered 37,000 delegates to discuss pressing urban issues in Africa....

November 11, 2024

Ukraine’s Odesa designated as World Heritage in Danger site

The UNESCO of the United Nations presents the tag of World Heritage in Danger. World Heritage Sites face several problems such as development in tourism, war, natural disasters,...

January 27, 2023

World Bank: Financing India’s Infrastructure Needs Report

The report titled “Financing India’s Infrastructure Needs: Constraints to Commercial Financing and Prospects for Policy Action” was released recently by the World Bank. What are the key findings...

November 16, 2022

October 31: World Cities Day

World Cities Day is observed on October 31 to promote international cooperation in the promotion of global urbanization and address related challenges. What is the theme for World...

November 1, 2022

Second Phase of Urban Environment Improvement Programme launched in Punjab

Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister of Punjab has virtually launched the phase-II of Rs. 11,000 crore Urban Environment Improvement Programme (UIEP). He has launched the programme from Bachat Bhawan,...

October 27, 2020

Ordinance on Water Issues

The Punjab Government approved the legislation of “The Punjab Water Resources (Management and Regulation) Ordinance 2019”. This has come against the backdrop of Overutilization of groundwater for the...

January 10, 2020

2019 edition of World Cities Day (WCD)

The World Cities Day (WCD) is observed every year on 31 October to promote the international community’s interest in global urbanization, push forward cooperation among countries in meeting...

November 1, 2019

Rapid spread of Dengue fever in Telangana

In the last 10 days, around 1,700 cases of Dengue were reported in multiple districts of Telangana. The state received rains for few days that washed away the...

October 5, 2019

United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

The first session of the UN-Habitat Assembly has started at the headquarters of UN-Habitat in Nairobi, Kenya on May 27, 2019. In it, India has been elected to...

May 28, 2019

United Nations for 2018 World Cities Day (WCD)

The United Nations (UN) has designated every 31st of October as World Cities Day (WCD) to promote the international community’s interest in global urbanization, enhance cooperation among countries...

November 3, 2018

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