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Chandigarh Smart City Limited (CSCL) has been selected “best performer” for an open data week event which was conducted in January 2022 by Smart Cities Mission.
Kunal Kumar, joint secretary-cum-mission director, Smart Cities Mission, felicitated Anindita Mitra, CEO, CSCL, and the Chandigarh open data team at Smart Cities Smart Urbanisation Conference in Surat on Tuesday.
Mitra said that open data is machine readable data that anyone can access, use and share and the aim of the event was to engage cities in uploading and updating their data sets which will be make available in open form and anyone may use that for analysis purpose and provide feedback or suggestions to improve the issues faced in selected sector .
She added that data analytics leads to effective decision making in sectors like health, sports, education, social welfare and transport.
Pune gets another sports complex at SPPU
Pune's sports infra gets a boost as another complex of international standards for games and athletics comes up at Savitribai Phule Pune University. The sports complex, named after India's first Olympic individual medallist Khashaba Jadhav and spread over 27 acres, has synthetic athletic track, football, astroturf lawn tennis court, international standard shooting range and a state-of-the-art gymnasium. Union minister for youth affairs and sports Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurated the sports complex on Saturday.
Delhi LG asks DDA to plan ‘world-class’ nursery in Ashok Vihar
New Delhi: Two days after taking charge, Delhi lieutenant governor VK Saxena on Saturday directed the Delhi Development Authority to come up with a concrete timeline for developing a “world-class” nursery in north-west Delhi Ashok Vihar within a week. The facility is also expected to feature landscaped greens, a cafeteria, walkways, public utilities and flower display to attract visitors.
NEP 2020 is a knowledge document of the 21st century: Dharmendra Pradhan
Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said India's education system had been rigid in the past but National Education Policy 2020 has made it possible to make teaching and learning more vibrant, inclusive, flexible and multi-disciplinary. Pradhan was speaking during the roundtable on implementing National Education Policy at Symbiosis International University at Pune on Saturday.
Delhi BJP ‘terrified’ ahead of Rajinder Nagar bypolls: AAP
The Bharatiya Janata Party is “terrified” ahead of the upcoming bypolls to the Rajinder Nagar assembly seat, the Aam Aadmi Party's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said on Saturday, even as he informally announced Delhi's ruling party will field the party's MCD in-charge, Durgesh Pathak, to contest the June 23 election. Pathak's candidature is likely to be formally announced soon, even as the BJP and Congress are yet to announce their picks for the contest.
Mercury crawls past 40°C; IMD forecasts further rise
New Delhi: The relatively cool streak owing to the rainy spell earlier this week seems to have given way to warmer days ahead as the maximum temperature breached the 40-degree mark on Saturday after seven days. The minimum temperature was recorded at 26.9C. The hottest spots were Pitampura (42.4C), Sports Complex (42.2C), Mungeshpur (42.2C), and Najafgarh (417 C). At 38.9C, the weather station at Mayur Vihar recorded the lowest temperature.
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