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In 2018, The Government of India, AFD and the European Union launched the City Investments To Innovate, Integrate and Sustain (CITIIS) program, a challenge process that called on cities around India to submit their proposals of how they would become the country’s next smart cities. Here is a look at the 12 winning projects.

AGARTALA GETS A REFRESHED RIVERFRONT

AMRITSAR TAKES A STEP TOWARDS SMARTER TRAVEL

BHUBANESHWAR REIMAGINES PUBLIC PLACES

HUBBALI-DHARWAD LAUNCHED GOES GREEN

UJJAIN HAS MORE ROOM TO BREATHE

DEHRADUN GETS MORE COMMUTER- AND ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY

SURAT, FROM WASTELANDS TO BIODIVERSITY HUBS

AMARAVATI REBUILDS THE BASICS

KOCHI ENGAGED IN A DIGITAL HEALTHCARE REVOLUTION

CHENNAI’S PUBLIC SCHOOLS EQUIPPED WITH SMARTER CLASSROOMS

PONDICHERRY WANTS TO EMPOWER THE COMMUNITY

IN VISHAKHAPATNAM, A MODERNIZATION DRIVE FOR MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS

selected cities in the CITIIS program would receive a grant of €100 million from AFD as well as €6 million of additional funding from the European Union to mobilise the expertise they required.

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India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, and its growth is propelled by its cities. Evidently, Oxford Economics’ Global cities report estimates that 17 of the 20 fastest-growing cities in the world between 2019 and 2035 will be from India. Studies have also shown that Indian cities are likely to contribute to 70% of India’s GDP by 2030. All of these findings are reflected in the exponential rate of urbanization that the country is undergoing. While this is a turn towards great ..

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Reader Tim found this video from Bill Maher’s latest show in which the host attacks “progressophobia”—the claim that everything, including morality and social justice, is getting worse. This is palpably untrue, as Steve Pinker shows for many aspects of society in his book Better Angels. (Maher says the term “progressophobia” was coined by Pinker.) Yet…

“Progressophobia” demolished by Bill Maher: “Kids, there actually was a world before you got here.” — Why Evolution Is True