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54 years, 11 months ago

Almaty, Kazakhstan: How a drab Soviet metropolis became Central Asia’s capital of cool

CNN

Almaty, Kazakhstan CNN — Several cities around the globe have reinvented themselves in recent years, but none more successfully than Almaty. “It’s an incredibly livable city,” says long-time American resident Dennis Keen, a historic preservation advocate and founder of Walking Almaty. And it’s very much the center of contemporary art and dining in Central Asia.” Keen adds that whenever he …

Art Restaurant City Museum Kazakhstan Metro Central

3 months ago

Qingdao city holds advanced motion capture, anchors AI event

China Daily

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: September 23, 2024 The 2024 Artificial Intelligence Innovation Application Conference for Film and Television took place at the Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis in Qingdao West Coast New Area – in East China's Qingdao city – on Sept 21-22. During the event, the Dison VICON-Oriental Movie Metropolis Motion Capture Creation Center – a collaborative initiative between Oriental Movie …

Film Television Ai Qingdao Movie Metropolis

7 months, 3 weeks ago

A tornado in southern China kills 5 people and damages factories in the metropolis of Guangzhou

Associated Press

BEIJING — A tornado struck the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Saturday, killing five people and damaging more than 140 factory buildings, state media said. The China Meteorological Administration said the tornado struck about 3 p.m. in the Baiyun district of Guangzhou, a sprawling metropolis and manufacturing center near Hong Kong. Authorities said that another 33 people were injured …

China Tornado Guangzhou

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Tianjin takes action to build socialist modern metropolis

China Daily

The fifth session of the 12th CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee was held from Feb 27 to 28, during which the decision to solidly promote high-quality development and comprehensively build a socialist modern metropolis was approved. Focusing on economic development and high-quality development as the top priority, Tianjin will further embrace the coordinated development of the Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei region, …

Innovation Development Beijing Opening Hebei Tianjin Takes

2 years, 9 months ago

KTR confident that Hyderabad would emerge as the second-largest metropolis

Deccan Chronicle

Rama Rao expressed the confidence that Hyderabad would emerge as the second-largest metropolis in the country after Delhi due to the steps taken by the TRS government for the overall development of the Telangana capital. These include setting up of integrated vegetable and meat markets and integrated vaikunta dhamams with all facilities, 100 per cent water supply, master plan for …

Hyderabad Rao Municipal Rama Rao Trs

3 years ago

Polling begins in 144 wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation

India Today

Polling in all the 144 wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation began at 7 AM on Sunday with strict adherence to Covid-19 protocols amid tight security arrangements. State Election Commission Secretary Nilanjan Sandilya said that all necessary measures have been taken to ensure free and fair elections. Around 23,000 Kolkata Police personnel have been deployed across the city, and route marches …

3 years, 1 month ago

Column: Your ISP says it cares about your privacy. Not so much, actually, says FTC

LA Times

Given Big Tech’s rapacious appetite for consumer data, more legislative and regulatory safeguards are needed to protect people’s privacy. Among the FTC’s findings: “While several ISPs in our study tell consumers they will not sell their data, they fail to reveal to consumers the myriad of ways that their data can be used, transferred or monetized outside of selling it, …

Industry Data Information Google Legislation Online Parking

4 years, 3 months ago

Nearly 1.5 cr people walk to work in Mumbai, but metropolis doesn’t prioritise pavements

Firstpost

Historically, large infrastructure projects in Mumbai like the Coastal Road or Bandra-Worli Sea Link have governed state imagination. “What’s not taken into account is that people also walk, cross, rest, run businesses, and celebrate festivals on the street,” Dhawal Ashar, manager, Urban Transport And Road Safety, World Resources Institute India Sustainable Cities, says. “There was an endless blame-game from BMC …

Space Mumbai Work Projects Road Public Bmc

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