Metropolitan touch to Metro corridors

Edit The Hindu 02 May 2016
he Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has finalised its Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) policy which will allow intensive development around Metro corridors ... In a major departure from the previous norms, which said that TOD norms would not be applicable to areas such as the Lutyens’ Bungalow Zone, Civil Lines Bungalow Area, Yamuna riverbed and Monument Regulated Zone, the new norms appear a little relaxed....

Andrew Little visits Zaatari refugee camp

Edit Scoop 02 May 2016
Andrew Little Leader of the Opposition MEDIA STATEMENT April 30 2016 Andrew Little visits Zaatari refugee camp Leader of the Opposition, Andrew Little, has visited the largest Syrian refugee camp in the world, Zaatari in Jordan, a day after seeing ... ....

A Streetcar Named Desire review – Gillian Anderson haunts in vital staging

Edit The Guardian 02 May 2016
Benedict Andrews’ poignant new staging of Tennessee Williams’s play, imported from London, feels utterly contemporary ... Tennessee Williams’ play has travelled a rather more circular route in Benedict Andrews’ new staging, which is flashy, canny, poignant, and imported from the Young Vic to St Ann’s Warehouse ... Like Ivo van Hove, whose work Andrews’ ......

Trombone Shorty puts in work at New Orleans Jazz Fest 2016

Edit The Times Picayune 02 May 2016
The opening "Do To Me" got the band off to a hot start, with Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews working as hard as front man and lead singer as he did on his energy-first solo ... One of Andrews' gifts has been to make whatever he does look effortless, and Sunday, it looked like he was impervious to the elements as well....

CommSec: Victoria’s Economy The Fastest Growing In The Nation (Premier of Victoria)

Edit Public Technologies 02 May 2016
As outlined in the Victorian Budget 2016/17, this is consistent with the continued return of confidence to the Victorian economy, with more than 112,000 new jobs created since the Andrews Labor Government was elected in November 2014 ... confidence has returned, with more than 112,000 new jobs created since the Andrews Labor Government was elected.'....

NSW Advocate for Children and Young People releases surprise findings

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 02 May 2016
Today’s young people want to see everyone in society getting a fair go.  Andrew Johnson, NSW Advocate for Children and Young People ... Advertisement ... "Young people across the state are keen to have a voice and to have the government take their concerns into consideration," the NSW Advocate for Children and Young People Andrew Johnson said ... ....

Coal mines bracing for floods

Edit Otago Daily Times 02 May 2016
The stakes could be high ... "We learned a lot of lessons ... And most mining companies should now be better prepared, said Andrew Musgrave, group manager of sales for Dowdens Pumping & Water Treatment, which helps companies mitigate flood risk ... A replay of 2011 - one of the worst years for floods on record - is not guaranteed, but ominous similarities are emerging, said Andrew Watkins, the bureau's head of climate prediction services....

Labour antisemitism crisis has crossed red line, says Israeli ambassador Mark Regev

Edit Topix 02 May 2016
Mark Regev, Israel's ambassador to Britain, has said the antisemitism crisis engulfing the Labour party has "crossed a red line". In his first television interview since arriving in London, Mr Regev told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that modern antisemites were targeting "the collective Jew" ... ....

Civility is Stylish and Kindness is Fashionable: Global Civility Awareness Month

Edit The Examiner 02 May 2016
May is Global Civility Awareness Month designated in the 2016 Chase’s Calendar of events ... The Power of Civility ... Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images ....

What kind of president can repair America's deepest divisions?

Edit The Washington Post 02 May 2016
The newest Presidential podcast episode examines lessons we can learn from Andrew Johnson's presidency after the Civil War ... ....

Halliburton and Baker Hughes abandon merger deal: U.S. Justice Dept

Edit Yahoo Daily News 02 May 2016
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S ... (Reporting by Peter Cooney; Editing by Andrew Hay)Baker Hughes IncU.S....
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