The Iran-Israel conflict has intensified with both nations launching fresh strikes. Israel has targeted military bases in Iran, including Tehran, while Iran has fired missiles at Israeli cities. Casualties are reported on both sides, with over 900 deaths in Iran. The United Nations Security Council meeting failed to resolve the issue. Emergency meetings are scheduled,…
Several US cities witnessed massive anti-war protests on Sunday, with demonstrators carrying banners with slogans “Hands off Iran” and “No US-Israel war on Iran”, after the US bombed three Iranian nuclear strikes, causing a major escalation in the Middle East crisis. Visuals flooding the X showed demonstrators holding up banners and chanting anti-war slogans as…
Amazon India on Sunday announced the launch of at-home diagnostics services across six major cities, marking an expansion of its healthcare offering under the Amazon Medical umbrella.The new service, called Amazon Diagnostics, allows users to book lab tests, schedule appointments, and access digital reports through the Amazon app. It is being launched in collaboration with…
NEW DELHI: The next phase of central assistance (seed funding) for states to take up transformative projects under the Rs 1 lakh crore Urban Challenge Fund (UCF) will focus more on revitalising core areas of cities and fixing legacy infrastructure gaps, such as bad drainage, sanitation and polluted water bodies.Officials said the focus of this…
State-owned telecom firm BSNL has entered the 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) space, launching its home broadband service in Hyderabad, the company said on Friday. The move pits BSNL against private sector giants Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, which are already offering similar services using their 5G spectrum.“Quantum 5G FWA demonstrates how Indian engineers can…
NEW DELHI: The affordable housing segment in India’s 15 major tier 2 cities witnessed a sharp 54 per cent decline during the January-March quarter (Q1) of 2025, according to the latest analysis by real estate data firm PropEquity, quoted by ANI. Overall new housing supply in these cities dropped by 35 per cent year-on-year to…
US-based companies have emerged as the single-largest contributors to India’s office space demand in recent years, accounting for over one-third of gross leasing across the top seven cities between 2022 and 2024, according to data from real estate consultancy JLL India.During the three-year period, total office leasing across Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and…
The ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on Tuesday issued a detailed advisory to repurpose the Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) created under the Smart Cities Mission, aiming to leverage their institutional capacity for long-term urban transformation even after the scheme’s closure on March 31. The advisory encourages states and Union Territories to identify pressing urban…
NEW DELHI: Housing sales in India’s tier-II cities witnessed a mixed performance during the January-March quarter of 2025, with a decline in volume but an increase in value, according to data from real estate consultancy PropEquity, as reported by PTI.A total of 43,781 housing units were sold across 15 tier-II cities in Q1 2025, marking…
Property prices increased in 48 out of 50 cities during the fourth quarter of the financial year 2024–25, according to data released by the National Housing Bank (NHB). The NHB’s RESIDEX report revealed that only Howrah and Thiruvananthapuram recorded a decline in property values among the surveyed cities.The Housing Price Index (HPI), which tracks residential…