India announced this week an initiative to develop a slum index that will provide a clearer picture of the size and makeup of the country’s informal settlements. The goal, as reported in the online ...

Jitu Vaghani said that about 5.5 lakh houses are expected to be constructed in Gujarat during the next five years under the ...

MUMBAI, IndiaMUMBAI, India — About one in six Indian city residents lives in an urban slum with unsanitary conditions that are “unfit for human habitation,” according to the first complete census of ...

The Global Social Impact Practicum is a course led by Booth's Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation and supported by Tata Trusts, one of India's oldest and largest philanthropic organizations.

Sandeep Gupta fidgets nervously in a Mumbai clinic while waiting to learn if the white patches and boils that appeared on his elbow a month ago are signs of leprosy - the disease that disfigured his ...

NEW DELHI, India — With its national side languishing at 154th place in FIFA’s rankings, India is unlikely to make an appearance at the World Cup finals any time soon. But there is a team that Indians ...

AHMEDABAD, India -- A 1,640-foot brick wall has been hastily erected in India's Gujarat state ahead of a visit by President Donald Trump, with critics saying it was built to block the view of a slum ...

To die of the coronavirus or die of hunger - many in India's slums feel like they are in a desperate predicament. Bharpai, a 54-year-old grandmother, who lives on the fringes of New Delhi is trying to ...

It’s a little after sundown, and Arun Kumar is hawking his wares in the neighborhood for the first time. He’s selling a light, just a small half-circle tied to a three-inch-wide solar panel. An older ...

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 ...

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 ...

AHMEDABAD, India — A 1,640-foot-long brick wall has been hastily erected in India’s Gujarat state ahead of a visit by President Trump, with critics saying it was built to block the view of a slum area ...