Maharashtra plans to tackle parking and traffic issues in Mumbai by proposing congestion taxes, vehicle restrictions, and mandatory parking area certification. MUMBAI: In its effort to ease parking menace, traffic congestion, and air and noise pollution, the state government is considering a plan t»»»

LAHORE has traffic jams and traffic congestion in the morning and afternoon; not when offices/businesses open and close, but when school sessions begin and end. Roads are chock-a-block with cars, and vicinities around schools are almost impossible to navigate. Since most schools are located in the »»»

The second least surprising piece of recent news – the first being that yet more Tory MPs are reportedly embroiled in bizarre sexual and financial scandals – is that the Line, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s 105-mile-long (170km) vanity project in Saudi Arabia, is being scaled back. In an act of»»»

Chronicles one community’s fight against intrusive land development Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s breakthrough cinematic masterpiece, Drive My Car (2021), won him deserved critical acclaim. The film is a feat of storytelling that beautifully juxtaposes the enormity of grief with the everyday mundane. His new»»»

The , will be the greatest real estate challenge undertaken by mankind, says one of the men turning the vision of a 170-kilometre long, 500-metre tall city into reality. Once completed, it will be the largest megastructure in the world — a futuristic, mirrored residential and business block that ri»»»

The iconic couple, David and Victoria Beckham, have been granted the green light to transform a barn into offices at their £12 million Cotswolds mansion, despite facing objections from a neighboring resident. Delve into the details of this development and the backdrop of local disapproval. David an»»»

YOUNG people from rural and coastal areas face being trapped in ‘social mobility cold spots’, leaving UK companies without a truly diverse workforce. A report has found children growing up in rural and coastal regions are half as likely to go to university, and twice as likely to give up pursuing a»»»

In London’s multicultural Brixton, a sizeable chunk of the 30-foot-tall Michelle Obama mural remains painted over as Dorrell Place becomes the place for graffiti artists/taggers/scrawlers to showcase their works of art. The homage to the former First Lady of the United States that first appeared on»»»

Independent Power Producers (IPPs) are private entities that operate facilities to generate electricity and then sell it to the central government buyer and end users. In the current scenarios, the role of IPPs has become crucial in the economic growth of Pakistan. There has been an electricity sho»»»

Neighbours have already started curtain-twitching on each other for flouting the hosepipe ban which came into force today. One grandmother took a photo of her neighbour watering her flowers in Hampshire on the very first day of the ban and posted the image online. Southern Water has imposed a hose »»»

Kavitha, 18, earns a living at a clothing factory in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Like many of her colleagues, she lives in accommodation provided by the factory, where she shares a dimly lit hostel room with 16 other women. The rooms in these hostels have little in the way of home comf»»»