Two viral Telugu newspaper clippings claim that CM Revanth Reddy directed HYDRAA to demolish slums in Jubilee Hills; the ...

Sprawling urban areas in Brazil, Nigeria and Bangladesh are all seeing COVID-19 infections rise rapidly. Yet, our research finds, many residents of slums and squatter settlements are not getting the ...

About a sixth of the world's population — nearly 1 billion people — live in slums, and that number could double by 2030 if developed nations don't reverse course and start giving the issue serious ...

In a guest blog post, Indian journalist Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar argues that, contrary to their reputation for squalor and crime, slums provide a critical low-cost way for the rural poor to ...

F rom a modest upbringing in Tughlakabad’s slums to commanding stages with global icons, Sunil Tulsiani’s story is anything ...

A terrible mix of unemployment, poverty, crime, and the climate crisis is making life unbearable for those living in the ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): In most of the recent child abduction cases in Bhopal, victims have come from slum settlements, ...

Mumbai Fire Brigade launches LPG safety campaign after deadly Kandivali fire, targeting slums ahead of Diwali to educate on ...

When Alejandro Velásquez recently used a job-search website to look for work, he was asked to locate his house on a digital map. He couldn’t do it, because his house didn’t appear on it — he lives in ...

The MMRDA plans to construct a 12.955 km long, 40-meter wide Eastern Freeway at an estimated cost of Rs 2,662 crore. The ...

Middlemen sell water from illegal connections to the city water supply. Dec. 13, 2010— -- In the slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh, even the simple act of giving your child a glass of water requires an ...

In Rio de Janeiro, police and military on Sunday successfully retook one of the city's largest and most dangerous favelas, or slums, from drug lords. The military-style invasion involved more than ...