Stencilled just above the stairs, the red mark in Mumbai's Dharavi slum is tantamount to an eviction notice for residents like Bipinkumar Padaya. "I was born here, my father was born here, my ...
Mumbai: In a first, the BMC has unveiled a bustling commercial world lying behind the narrow lanes and corrugated roof-tops ...
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Covid-19 and the slum paradox

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India plans to reduce its National Polio Surveillance Network centres despite health experts' warnings. The move risks ...
Chandigarh: Punjab governor and UT administrator's strict directives on installation of a fire safety system in Dhanas ...
A Whitefield, known as the city’s tech corridor, is grappling with a crisis caused by the unchecked mushrooming of illegal layouts and unregulated buildings. Rows of poorly planned structures, narrow ...
Surgical Accredited & Trained Healthcare Initiative (SATHI) programme, a pioneering healthcare model, has emerged as a game-changer ...
According to the data furnished, BWSSB maintains 11,35,889 water supply connections across Bengaluru. Of these, thousands are held by defaulters in government and institutional circles. The largest ...
Earth in Focus is the biggest environmental film festival in Singapore. It celebrates the natural world through the cinematic ...
The first foreign trip Joel Holsinger took in 2019 after joining the board of directors at the global health nonprofit PATH convinced him that he needed to do more to raise money for charities.
Kenya's former prime minister and veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80. Widely regarded as one of the country's most influential political figures, Odinga shaped Kenya's ...