MUMBAI (Reuters) - Three years ago an inquisitive American tourist wandered into a waterfront slum in Mumbai and met a tiny, smiley girl. Maleesha Kharwa is now 15, still tiny, and with the same ...

A new website that records the lives and evictions of slum dwellers in the Indian city of Delhi will help address the chronic ...

MUMBAI, Jan 26 (Reuters) - A firm led by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani will start in February to collect the data and biometrics of up to 1 million poor residents as part of the redevelopment of a ...

MUMBAI, INDIA — In the breathless heat, Fahim Vora begins his tour of India’s largest slum with a plea to understand its other reality. This sprawling slum of over a million, he says, is more than ...

In a decisive move to streamline urban development and ensure that the rights of citizens are protected, Union Minister for ...

Last month, researchers in one of India’s largest cities made a surprising discovery. Of the nearly 7,000 blood samples taken from people in Mumbai’s slums, 57% tested positive for coronavirus ...

Between taking orders and handing over parcels of sushi and papaya-mango salad to delivery boys, Indian restaurant manager ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - A joint-venture led by billionaire Gautam Adani is struggling to secure land to rehabilitate poor residents of one of Asia's largest slums in Mumbai, a government official said, ...

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 ...

In a video uploaded on his Facebook account, Drew took his audience inside a small but lively home belonging to Divya, a ...

A woman who recovered from COVID-19 donates blood plasma in Dharavi, Mumbai's largest slum. Indranil Mukherjee/AFP via Getty Images Slums in India are bucking the coronavirus uptick thanks to “herd ...

MUMBAI, May 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Farhana Shaikh used to recoil in disgust when she went to the communal toilet in Dharavi. But since the pandemic struck, efforts to fight COVID-19 have ...