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Post Covid-19 Auckland tops the Economist’s Global Liveability Ranking; 8 Asia-Pacific cities make The Top 10

“One area where there has been regrettably little change is at the bottom of our rankings. Damascus remains the world’s least liveable city, as the effects of the civil war in Syria continue to take their toll. Indeed, most of the previous ten least liveable cities remain in the bottom ten this year, including Dhaka and Karachi in the Asia-Pacific region.”

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Free vaccine, foodgrains to cost govt up to Rs 1.45 lakh cr

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of providing free inoculation to all adults will entail total spending of anywhere between Rs 45,000 crore and Rs 50,000 crore. This is higher than Rs 35,000 crore that the government had budgeted.Extending 5 kg of wheat or rice and 1 kg of pulses every month to nearly 80 crore beneficiaries till November will cost between Rs 1.1 lakh crore to Rs 1.3 lakh crore.

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Building inspection for fire safety certificates begins in Delhi

The national capital last year witnessed some major fire incidents which claimed many lives.

On December 8, 2019, 45 people were killed when a massive fire ripped through a four-story building housing illegal manufacturing units in north Delhi’s congested Anaj Mandi area. Almost all the deceased were migrant laborers hailing from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

On February 12, 2019, a major fire engulfed a hotel in central Delhi’s congested Karol Bagh area, killing 17 people, including two who jumped off the building in a desperate bid to save themselves. The deceased included three Myanmar nationals, an IRS officer, and two staffers of the hotel.

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