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Here's how a collective is using football to empower women and bring unity in India’s largest Muslim ghetto
Football has often been acclaimed as a powerful tool for unity and healing the world. In suburbs …
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A children's newspaper in India is employing underprivileged kids to report on the COVID-19 crisis
Balaknama, or "children's journal" in Hindi, is helping to teach kids from the slums of Delhi journ…
Havovi Cooper,Brittany Stepha…
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Advisory for containment of coronavirus in slum areas
In case any positive case is detected in the locality, 'containment plan' will be put in place …
PTI
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The slums in India's financial capital are showing signs of herd immunity but it is too soon to conclude
Herd immunity occurs when a large number of people become immune to a contagious disease after bein…
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Donald Trump's India visit is leaving Motera slum dwellers homeless
Amid the city beautification drive ahead of US President Donald Trump's visit, social and labour ac…
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Fighting AIDS, decriminalising LGBTQ+, and legalising dance bars are only some of the achievements by a woman fighting stereotypes in Mumbai's second-largest slum
It's not easy to spread hope in Mumbai's second-largest slum, Malwani. But, Prabha Desai is fightin…
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Residents of an Indian slum thought they were getting vaccinated like everyone else but were unknowingly part of a clinical trial
After a white van advertised COVID-19 vaccines to a central-Indian slum, many of its residents feel…
Madison Hall
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Two more coronavirus cases in Dharavi Mumbai
Among the new patients are a 25-year-old man from Mukund Nagar locality and a 35-year-old man fr…
PTI
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Third coronavirus case in Mumbai's Dharavi
This is a third COVID-19 case where the patient has a connection with Dharavi, considered to be …
PTI
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Unnerving pics of Asia's largest slum where coronavirus claimed its first life — and can spread like wildfire
The deadly coronavirus, which already infected 1,965 people in India, has entered a dangerous ter…
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Photos show how one of the world's largest slums defied the odds and contained its coronavirus outbreak
A healthcare worker checks the temperature and pulse rate of a resident in the Dharavi slum in Mumb…
Bill Bostock
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Both BJP and AAP want votes from Delhi's 4 million slum dwellers for schemes that haven't taken off yet
Elections in India’s national capital are set to take place next month and the Bharatiya Janata Par…
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Govandi, a densely populated slum in Mumbai, adds 30 coronavirus cases in 2 days
“The number of cases shot up in just two days of testing. The slums here are more densely popula…
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Arvind Kejriwal joins the battle for slum votes as he pegs his 'guarantee' against Modi's life-size persona
Arvind Kejriwal's 'Kejriwal ki Guarantee' includes specific impetus on unauthorised colonies or jhu…
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90% of India, entire Delhi in 'danger zone' of heatwave impacts: Cambridge study
It suggested that heatwaves have impeded India's progress towards achieving the United Nations' …
PTI
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India’s tap water quality is improving but very few are confident of drinking it without purifying
While access to tap water has been improving in urban and rural households, the quality of tap wate…
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WHO chief praises efforts to control COVID-19 in Mumbai's Dharavi slum
Addressing a virtual press conference here on Friday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyes…
PTI
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In Delhi slums, people queue for drinking water — ignoring social distancing norms
Chilla village in the national capital Delhi gets to ‘fill’ water only once in four days, thanks to…
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Dharavi slum reports 94 new COVID-19 cases and 2 deaths
"Dharavi on Sunday reported 94 new COVID-9 cases fromvarious areas, taking the tally to 590 so far.…
PTI
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India hastily erected a 7-foot wall so that Trump wouldn't have to see a slum on his way to a rally
President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrive for…