January 2024

Chinese cities buy housing with PBOC-tied loans, says report

Chinese cities buy housing with PBOC-tied loans, says report

Some Chinese cities have started to take advantage of low-cost funds from the central bank to purchase unsold homes and convert them to rental housing, a local media report showed, several months after the policy was introduced to help address the nation’s property crisis. Skyline of Hong Kong's luxury housing area (Bloomberg)(Bloomberg) Major cities including Qingdao and Fuzhou have...

Swachh Survekshan Awards 2023: Indore, Surat ‘cleanest cities’ in India | Latest News India

Swachh Survekshan Awards 2023: Indore, Surat ‘cleanest cities’ in India | Latest News India

Indore and Surat were declared the joint cleanest cities of India as part of the Swachh Survekshan Awards presented by President Draupadi Murmu on Thursday. President Droupadi Murmu presents the ‘All India Clean City - Rank 1’ award to Indore, Madhya Pradesh. (PTI photo) This was the seventh time that Indore won the accolade of the cleanest city in India. Wrap up the year gone by &...

From blueprint to reality: 21.8km Atal Setu connects dreams of Third Mumbai | Latest News India

From blueprint to reality: 21.8km Atal Setu connects dreams of Third Mumbai | Latest News India

From the skies, the 21.8-kilometre-long sea-link appears like an umbilical cord that binds the island city of Mumbai to the hinterland – which is apt, for if all goes to plan, the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) or the Atal Setu, to be declared open by Prime Minister Modi on Friday, will help birth a Third Mumbai. A night view of the MTHL- Mumbai Trans Harbour Link Road.(Satish Bate/...

Swachh Survekshan Awards 2023: Shimla’s rank fell from 56th to 188th

Swachh Survekshan Awards 2023: Shimla’s rank fell from 56th to 188th

Despite winning the cleanliness survey state award, Shimla lagged badly in the ranking. The ranking fell from the 56th to 188th in the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2023. Shimla lagged badly in the ranking. The ranking fell from the 56th to 188th in the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2023. In the cleanliness survey of the year 2023, five different teams from the Centre surveyed the city of Shimla. During...

Swachh ranking: Noida ranked cleanest in Uttar Pradesh, 14th in country

Swachh ranking: Noida ranked cleanest in Uttar Pradesh, 14th in country

Noida has been judged the 14th cleanest city in the country in Swachh Survekshan 2023, the annual cleanliness survey conducted by the Union ministry of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA), in coordination with the Quality Council of India, under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U). The results of the survey were announced on Thursday. Also, among 342 cities with a population of 300,000 or...

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