Calling all cinephiles! The QCinema International Film Festival (QCIFF) has released its full lineup of shorts and films in ...

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated the two-day 'National Urban Conclave' and 'Mayoral Summit' in Ahmedabad.

The Maharashtra cabinet on October 7 approved a cluster redevelopment scheme for slums in Mumbai, paving the way for large-scale transformation of the city’s informal settlements. The plan envisions ...

In Kawangare, one of the many “informal settlements” – or slums – in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, Jane is often worried about the weather. The droughts and flood events that hit her neighbourhood are ...

The YouTuber recorded himself exploring Mumbai’s Dharavi with an Indian friend.(Instagram/pete.zogoulas) An Australian vlogger has drawn sharp criticism on social ...

Is he a slumdog millionaire? An Australian influencer has been accused of engaging in “poverty tourism” after filming himself “surviving” in an Indian slum, as seen in a viral Instagram video. “I ...

Perhaps historical amnesia is not such a bad thing, despite George Santayana’s warning in 1905’s “The Life of Reason” that those who “cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” One reason ...

Typhoon Bualoi has hit Vietnam's coast earlier than expected, causing death and extensive destruction. Residents have been warned of flash floods and landslides ...

Local leaders in Kampala's slums have raised concerns over the rising cases of teenage pregnancies, HIV/AIDS infections, and crime, attributing the crisis to a lack of skills and access to information ...

More than a 100 slum residents and unorganised workers from across Bengaluru staged a protest on Wednesday in front of the Department of Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs. The demonstration ...

Anger is brewing among the city’s poor after hundreds of families discovered that their Below Poverty Line (BPL) status had been cancelled without notice. The protesters demanded that the government ...

An international study on container-based sanitation (CBS) systems has found that this portable toilet option significantly improves the quality of life for people living in urban slums in Kenya, Peru ...