More than half of residents living in Mumbai’s crowded slums may have contracted coronavirus and are likely being infected at a much higher rate than those not living in slum areas, a new study has ...

Mumbai's BMC has identified nearly 8,000 commercial units operating within slum areas, generating approximately Rs 21 crore ...

(CNN) — The white van arrived in slum areas of Bhopal, a city in central India, blasting a message over the speaker system that seemed too good to refuse: “Come and take the coronavirus vaccine and ...

Started in 2015, Pehchaan-The Street School is a 800-strong volunteer-led organisation that provides education and life ...

MUMBAI (Reuters Life!) - Trading their Blackberries for scrubbing brushes and their mansions for huts, a group of wealthy youth are gluing Indians to their TV screens in a country struggling to bridge ...

ISpiice a non-profit organization is promoting education and sustainable development in slums of India DHARAMSALA, HIMACHAL PRADESH, INDIA, November 25, 2023 ...

Up to 37 million households - a quarter of India's urban population - live in informal housing including slums due to a critical shortage of affordable housing KOLKATA, India, March 7 (Thomson Reuters ...

One of India's most squalid slums sits on extremely valuable property. The government has a plan to let private developers build projects for the rich in exchange for free housing, schools and health ...

KOHIMA, India (AP) — There are no secrets in the tightly packed lanes of Dharavi, India’s largest slum. Everyone knows when an alcoholic husband turns violent, when children are scolded, or when a ...

The opening scenes of "The Avengers" -- showing Hulk's alter ego Dr. Bruce Banner in hiding in Kolkata's slums helping cure lepers -- has faced some criticism in India. “Kolkata has a rich culture and ...

KOLKATA, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It's not easy giving directions when you live in a slum. All his life, Dipak Roy had identified his home as the one on the corner, down the third by-lane, ...