Articles for Cities & Local Government

Dentsu India Forays into Smart City economy with Indeed Smart City

The initiative is in line with India’s aspirations for economic modernization, which are fundamentally linked to the country’s Smart City Mission.

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Pushkar Singh Dhami takes oath as Uttarakhand Chief Minister

Dhami who is in his 45 is the youngest Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, has completed his post-graduate in human resource management and industrial relations and earlier served as Vice-Chairman of the Urban Monitoring Committee with the rank of state minister in the cabinets of previous chief ministers Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Maj Gen (retd) BC Khanduri.

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Ministry of Commerce unveils plan for Freight Smart Cities

Minister of Commerce and Industry Hardeep Singh Puri launched a portal on 'Freight Smart Cities' and released a handbook outlining 14 guideline initiatives that can be adopted for Freight Smart Cities.

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15-Minute City: Utopia or Reality?

The idea entails phasing out vehicles and creating a 15-minute city in an effort to encourage more self-sufficient urban communities with grocery shops, parks, cafes, sports facilities, health centers, schools, and even workplaces just a walk or bike-ride away.

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Leveraging Covid-care with Awareness

“JICA has launched a campaign of Achhi Aadat (Good habit) with support of the Japanese companies, including LIXIL, Kai India and Unicharm, who have joined hands with the campaign as sponsors. They have a strong will to contribute to the people of India where the business has been developed. Many more Japanese companies are echoing the Campaign and joining the circle and promoting the concept to their staff and clients”, confirmed Dr. Katsuo Matsumoto, Chief Representative, JICA India in conversation with Poulami Chakraborty of BW Businessworld. Excerpts below:

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Ushering Smart Cities to the Next Level

As a part of their transformational journeys, cities are strengthening their geospatial infrastructure to unleash the power of spatial analytics, Internet of Things (IoT), big data and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the quality of life for their citizens and strengthen resilience.

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With unified insights, resilience can be the new normal

Thanks to cloud computing and artificial intelligence, data-powered insights will deliver resilience and shape a more sustainable future in tomorrow’s Smart Cities, explains Rashesh Mody, Head of Monitoring & Control for AVEVA.

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The Future Smart Cities is directly proportional to Digital Innovation, empowering citizens

In an IEEE survey of Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) regarding the most important technologies for 2021 overall, AI and ML (32%), and IoT (14%) were noted as the most important technologies in 2021.

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