Context Urban India is becoming a heat-trap. It is important to strengthen resilience through effective building materials and zone-specific master plans. Urban heat island effect The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect refers to localized areas within cities or metropolitan areas …
About the human shield effect In recent decades, increasing urbanization has led to ever more non-domesticated animals living in closer proximity to humans. Mesopredators, which include medium-sized carnivorous species, tend to move into human-dominated areas to avoid predation by larger …
About The Smart Cities Mission was launched in 2015. The main objective of the Mission is to promote cities that provide core infrastructure, clean and sustainable environment and give a decent quality of life to their citizens through the application …
About AMRUT To recast the urban landscape of the country, to make urban areas more livable and inclusive besides driving economic growth, the Government of India launched a centrally sponsored scheme namely Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) …
About AMRUT To recast the urban landscape of the country, to make urban areas more livable and inclusive besides driving economic growth, the Government of India launched a centrally sponsored scheme namely Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) …
Status of urbanisation in India According to the World Urbanisation Prospects (2018 Revision), an urbanisation growth rate of 2.4 per cent was observed between 2010 and 2018. By 2022, India’s projected rate of urbanisation was expected to be 35.9 per …
CONTEXT Recently veteran actor Kamal Haasan and his Makkal Needhi Maiam party promised salaries for housewives as a part of the party’s election manifesto. This has revived the debate on the recognition of domestic work as work. BURDEN ON THE …
Life is sometimes filled with anxiety, internal conflict, disharmony, uncertainty and fear of the unknown. These thoughts give way to extreme feelings. COVID-19 has acted as a catalyst inducing anxiety in the life of individuals who are already stressed because …
Why in News? The National Commission for Women (NCW) registered an increase of at least 1.5 times in domestic violence complaints since the nationwide lockdown. News in Detail: Between March 25 and May 31, the NCW received 1,477 complaints of …