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GREATER NOIDA: Scores of residents from urban villages as well as dozens of office bearers of different RWAs reached the office of the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) in Knowledge Park 4 sector to demand better services.Residents claimed that urban services are yet to be provided in sectors 2 and 3 of Greater Noida, where land was allocated 13 years back. Similarly, village residents carried out a hulla bol rally on Monday“Urban services are yet to be provided in sector 2 and 3 of Greater Noida. Land was allocated in these localities 13 years back. But even basic facilities are missing,” said Devendra Tiger, the president of federation of RWAs in Greater Noida.Similar sentiments were issued by Alok Bhati, a resident of Tugalpur village. “Instead of providing basic civic facilities officials are drawing up plans to turn urban villages in Greater Noida into smart villages. We have patiently waited for three years, but will resort to serious … [Read more...] about Greater Noida: Land allotted 13 years ago but no services, say residents

Waymo's move to expand service using vehicles with no attendant on board puts it ahead of rival robo-taxi companies in deploying a revenue generating service in the United States. Waymo earlier this year raised more than $3 billion, mostly from outside investors. … [Read more...] about Waymo opens driverless robo-taxi service to the public in Phoenix

The immigration bill proposes a eight-year pathway to illegal immigrants and removing the per country cap for employment-based green cards, a move that would benefit hundreds and thousands of Indian IT professionals in the US, whose current wait period for legal permanent residency runs into several decades. … [Read more...] about Biden to rejoin Paris deal, revoke Muslim ban on Day 1

It repeals Mr. Trump’s proclamations, which restrict entry into the U.S. from primarily Muslim and African countries, and instructs the State Department to restart visa processing for affected countries and to swiftly develop a proposal to restore fairness and remedy the harms caused by the bans. … [Read more...] about Biden to sign 15 executive orders on day one as president

WASHINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden will order U.S. agencies on Wednesday to revisit fuel efficiency standards as well as rules governing emissions from airplanes, and appliance and building energy efficiency standards, the transition team said.The Trump administration in March finalized a rollback of U.S. Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards to require 1.5% annual increases in efficiency through 2026, well below the 5% yearly boosts in Obama administration rules it discarded.The Trump administration said the rollback would result in about 2 billion additional barrels of oil being consumed over and at least 867 million metric tons of carbon dioxide being emitted over the life of the vehicles.During the campaign, Biden vowed to "establish ambitious fuel economy standards" and to negotiate them with workers, environmentalists, automakers and states.Biden is also directing agencies to reconsider Trump's 2019 decision to revoke California’s authority to set its own auto … [Read more...] about Biden to order agencies to revisit vehicle tailpipe emissions standards