Consultant to be appointed for better road planning, says Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde | Mumbai News

Kalyan: State deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday said the govt has directed the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to appoint a consultant to prepare a comprehensive plan to ease traffic congestion across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).Speaking at a property exhibition organised by the MCHI-CREDAI Kalyan-Dombivli unit, Shinde said, “The consultant will…

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From holiday haven to place of pause | India News

PAHALGAM: A year after the terrorist attack that shook Kashmir’s scenic hill town, tourist arrivals to Pahalgam, have fallen sharply, dimming the vibrancy of what was once among the region’s busiest holiday destinations.Before the attack, the town routinely hosted between 3,000 and 5,000 visitors a day. Today, the numbers tell a different story. Official figures,…

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Vaishali Rameshbabu: Three players, one crown: How can India’s Vaishali win Women’s Candidates at the eleventh hour? | Chess News

R-L India’s Vaishali Rameshbabu, Kazakhstan’s Bibisara Assaubayeva, and China’s Zhu Jiner (Photos by Michal Walusza) NEW DELHI: The hour of judgement has arrived. Unless a tie-breaker is forced and we have to wait for another day, it will be decided on Wednesday on the Mediterranean shores of Cyprus who will take the Women’s Candidates crown…

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Heat stress rising in Delhi since 2015, shows study based on satellite data | Delhi News

New Delhi: A new satellite-based analysis by an environmental think-tank, tracking 247 municipal wards of Delhi during the summer from 2015 to 2026, found that the city had been recording a rise in the heat level.According to Envirocatalyst, which processes Landsat imagery at 30-metre resolution, Delhi’s mean land surface temperature (LST) rose from 29.1 degrees…

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City to get AI-powered ‘digital twin’ to tackle floods, traffic woes | Chennai News

Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation is set to roll out a suite of data-driven initiatives, including an urban data observatory, asset management software and an AI-powered ‘digital twin’, in a bid to tackle flooding, traffic congestion and emergency response.The digital twin, a virtual replica of a 5sqkm pilot zone covering Nungambakkam, College Road, Greams Road and…

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