WEST BENGAL, KARNATAKA ARE MOST CITY-STARVED STATES IN INDIA

India's city starved states

Kolkata, India’s former capital and oldest operating port, is located on the east bank of the Hooghly River. The city of joy which was formerly known as Calcutta is the third most populated city, with 15.3 million people, in India. It was the most populated city in the country till 1971. Obviously, it is the largest city of West Bengal in terms of population and area covered. Do you know the second largest city in West Bengal or Karnataka? No problem if you don’t know because the fault is not…

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QUALITY OF LIVING: TOP 20 INDIAN STATES TO LIVE

Kerala tops among twenty Indian states in Niti Aayog’s Health Index Rankings. As per the report presented by Niti Aayog, fourteen out of twenty Indian states have registered an improvement in health indicators between 2014-15 and 2015-16; six states have shown a decline. Top-ranked Kerala slipped its previous mark without making any change in the rating. Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, and Karnataka are five other states among the declining ones. The worst performer of 2014-15, Uttar Pradesh, is continuing its twentieth rank even though it is among the three…

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AMARAVATI IS A PROTOTYPE FOR INDIA’S SMART CITY MISSION

Into the future: Know why the nine-theme-city is India’s most futuristic capital Amaravati, the capital city of Andhra Pradesh, is going to be the most sustainable and most futuristic capital. Neighboring Guntur, Vijayawada, and Tenali, this world-class capital is deriving its name from historical Buddhist town of Amaravathi, and becoming a template for India’s 100 smart cities project. However, the Amaravathi town located in Guntur district was the capital city of Kamma Kings and Satavahana kings. A green and blue city with citizen happiness index A smart city with biometric…

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The forgotten contributions of the Muslim community to India’s freedom fight

Muslim freedom fighters

Without the proper representation of the actual role of Muslim leaders and community of India the significance of the tremendous national freedom movement of India would be biased and incomplete. The contribution of Muslim community and people in the national freedom movement has not given due importance and significance in the Indian press or book due to propaganda against Muslim leaders that they had preached the separation right from the first revolt of India in the year 1857 to the day of independence on August 1947. The valuable contribution of…

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The service sector will remain the driver of India’s economic growth

India's service sector

Due to initial GST implementation and demonetization, India’s GDP growth saw a temporary dip in the last two quarters of 2016-17. The activity of India’s GDP growth has begun to stabilize since August 2017 which continues in the first quarter of 2017-18. The agriculture sector and the manufacturing sector are also expected to accelerate its results in 2018-19 and 2019-20. The policy reforms like energy subsidy reforms and stable balance of payment situation have helped India in improving the ease of doing business, ease inflows of foreign direct investment, and…

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Shah Jahan 2.0: The love saga which will leave you in tears

Retired post master built Taj Mahal

The extraordinary love story of an ordinary man will leave you in tears because it has the supremacy to repeat the love story of extraordinary Mughal Emperor. Backed by his building-love, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal 350 years back. An 80-year-old retired postmaster from Western Uttar Pradesh, remembering the extraordinary love saga, built a mini Taj and created history. 80-year-old postmaster in Uttar Pradesh reminds 350-year-old love saga Faizul Hasan Qadri, a retired postmaster from Kaser Kalan village around 50 km…

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The unfortunate Mughal princess was as beautiful as her fortunate mother

Did Shah Jahan sleep with his daughter

Jahanara was the real designer of Old Delhi’s signature street  Jahanara Begum Sahib, the eldest child of Mughal emperor Shahjahan and Mumtaz Mahal, was born in Ajmer, raised in Agra, and died in Delhi at the age of 67. The princess was buried in a tomb in the Nizamuddin Dargah complex in New Delhi. She then received an after death title – Sahibat-uz-Zamani (Mistress of the Age) – from her brother, Aurangzeb. Made during her lifetime and considered as a tomb of simplicity, the description on the tomb reads as…

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SMART CITY MISSION IN INDIA GETS THE UPPER HAND WITH THE GIFT CITY

By making them efficient, citizen friendly, and sustainable, the Government of India is determined to develop 100 smart cities across the country. In this agenda, the Union Ministry of Urban Development has allied with the state cabinets of the respective states. As of Feb. 28, 2018, 99 cities have been included in this mission as they have defeated other cities in the challenge. It is expected that the purpose will bring color from 2022 onwards. The cities that have selected so far CITY STATE Port Blair Andaman and Nicobar Island…

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KUMARTULI’S WORK ENTHUSIASM, FLOW OF ARTISANS IN DECLINE

In 2017, more than 4000 idols of Goddess Durga were created in 450 narrowly built studios or workshops in Kolkata’s Kumartuli (archaic spelling Coomartolly). Maybe you have visited this cottage industry and have seen half-made clay idols along with the smell of wet earth emanates. Well, this piece of write-up will also help you in knowing how male and female artisans put life into the clay idols. Kumartuli artists work 10 hours in a day to manufacture beautifully finished clay idols for various festivals held in India as well as…

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READING THE MINDSET IS PERHAPS THE BEST WAY OF CONVINCING PEOPLE

How to convince

It is doubtlessly not an easy job to convince others, but relationship consultants, business leaders, master sales associates, and motivational speakers are doing it with no trouble. How are they doing this job with ease – better than others? They are probably not following any supernatural strategy to convince others. These groups of people are trying to understand other’s mindset, which is perhaps the most useful secret of convincing people. This is the perfect video for you if you are curious to know the process of understanding other’s mind. Hence,…

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