On October 16, Rajkot became the first city in the country to issue municipal bonds for the current financial year and only the 17th city in the country to raise money through bonds to fund eight water and sanitation projects.
India and Germany embark on a path of cooperation leading with trade and security
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Resettlement to housing board sites can have dire consequences for the urban poor, and the loss of welfare benefits is one of them.
This week has been one of the most eventful in recent times in the chronicles of Indian diplomacy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping signalled their intent to defuse tensions with their meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia. This development has been preceded by South Block announcing that both sides had agreed to patrolling arrangements along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).