Mumbai: Children growing up in India’s urban slums are no longer battling just undernutrition. By the time they reach primary ...

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 ...

Built by workers drawn to ‘city of dreams’, Garib Nagar in Mumbai survived fires, court battles & repeated eviction attempts.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020. According to researchers, people living in overcrowded slums in metropolitan areas are ...

"I'm very happy (with) myself that before I used to stay in a hut, but now I have (a) nice house for myself, and now I will take a very big house for my family on rent." “Now I'm in 10th standard. So, ...

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 ...

BHUBANESWAR/MUMBAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Once known as Temple City for its ancient Hindu temples, Bhubaneswar in the eastern Indian state of Odisha aims to reposition itself as a hub ...

Imagine having a platform to present an idea that could solve one of the major challenges facing the world. Now imagine having the opportunity to do so in front of influential people who have the ...

This is the Dharavi slum in the city of Mumbai, India. It identified its first case of the coronavirus on April 2. It is perhaps best known as the setting for the Oscar-winning film "Slumdog ...

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 ...