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COVID-19 not only created havoc in bringing retardation of the global economy and massive loss of humankind but also caused rapid urbanization, which unprecedentedly pressured sustainability. Smart cities, using several technologies, interfaces, software, and especially Internet of Things (IoT), deliver integrated solutions in helping achieve SDGs, especially the goal of good health, clean energy, innovation, infrastructure, sustainable cities, helping environmental protection. Intelligent cities deploy various software, interfaces, and state-of-the-art communication tools, to communicate and exchange data with the public to achieve better health. Today, smart cities can map emergencies and hazards, impeding crime in real time. Smart cities can provide efficient city systems and development by deploying a network of intelligent infrastructure. Walkability is the talk of the town because of its ability to improve the urban health economies. Walking in the urban community provides quality of life in technology-oriented modern life. Today’s communities provide facilities, including parks, amenities, stores, shops, and restaurants, civic and cultural facilities within walking distance. Baby Boomers and Millennials, representing adult communities in metro cities, prefer seeking walkable places to spend quality time with their families. Bike riding is today’s hot topic among youth, especially after community developers have developed high-quality bike infrastructure, leading to excellent mobility within the community. The solution providers and planners of smart cities using transit screen provide information to walkers who prefer to avoid involving with mobile technology. At the 93^rd Transportation Board Meeting in Washington D.C., speakers stressed that walking is vital to getting to the car, bike sharing, or even getting to transit; thus, walking has a vital role in engaging all planned transport services.

This study aims to present a great deal of interest in researching plant-based phytopharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals as a possible alternative to synthetic medication, both to avoid their side effects and for financial reasons.

Mankind has used medicinal plants since the beginning of civilization. Nature has been explored as a source of therapeutic chemicals for thousands of years, and many modern drugs have been discovered from natural sources. The primary medical care system of resource-poor areas in India has continued to rely on traditional medicine as the most accessible and reasonably priced form of treatment.

Tinospora cordifolia is a plant that is frequently used in Ayurvedic and traditional medicine throughout India. Although almost all of its parts are used in conventional medical systems, the leaves, stems and roots are the most significant ones used medicinally. All forms of existence can benefit from the versatility of T. cordifolia. It includes a wide variety of compounds that impact the body.

The goal of this review is to provide a concise summary of the knowledge about the pharmacological, phytochemistry, botanical, ethnopharmacology, toxicity study, marketed products and patents of the T. cordifolia plant.