KATHMANDU, AUG 26 - With sprawling hills covered with large swathes of green forests, Kathmandu Valley was once hailed as the enigmatic

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CHENNAI:

India has valuable lessons to learn from Brazil's urban failures as much as from its innovations. A recent report, published by the United Nations Population Fund and the International Institute for Environment Development, concludes that Brazil's urban policies over the last four decades failed because they were too slow to respond to changes and address inequalities.

The Delhi High Court has directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to prepare layout plans for urbanised villages in the Capital.A Division Bench of the Court comprising Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan passed the order on an appeal by the civic body challenging a Single Bench order allowing a resident of an urbanised village in the Masjid Moth area in South Delhi to construct his house

The unbridled growth of Coimbatore threatens the Nilgiri ecosystem
Sanjeev Sanyal /  August 11, 2010, 0:42 IST

Rotary Bangalore West, in association with Nature Forever, organised a