MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court (HC) on Tuesday held that slum dwellers cannot be denied basic sanitation facilities and directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to provide and maintain ...

Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has opened up 26 slum pockets across the city for redevelopment by inviting expressions of interest from developers. The 26 pockets include some ...

The Supreme Court is scrutinizing a Bombay High Court ruling that green-lights slum rehabilitation on land designated for parks and recreational areas. Critics contend that this encroachment ...

An Indian teacher and activist known for creating hundreds of learning centres and painting educational murals across the walls of slums won the US$1 million Global Teacher Prize on Thursday. Rouble ...

Residents of Delhi's JJ clusters will soon see improved living conditions. The Delhi government, with NBCC, plans to refurbish 18,000 flats. This initiative aims to address long-standing issues and ...

Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan presented the award alongside Sunny Varkey Indian teacher Rouble Nagi receives the $1-million Global Teacher Prize at the World Governments Summit 2026 in Dubai, ...

Nagi also paints murals that teach literacy, science, math and history, among other topics An Indian teacher and activist known for creating hundreds of learning centers and painting educational ...

Nagi was recognised for her work bringing education to slums and rural communities Also In This Package Indian teacher who taught on slum walls wins $1 million Indian teen wins $100k Chegg.org Global ...

Kennedy Odede knows what poverty is. He grew up in Kibera, the largest slum in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. It's a place filmmakers and aid organisations visit to capture images of extreme poverty. A ...

A tour guide (in a black-and-red striped T-shirt) leading tourists through the Rocinha favela in Rio. — Photos: AP As record numbers of tourists descend upon Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, many are looking ...

Lagos, Nigeria – Tunde Agando was paddling his way back to Makoko floating settlement in his canoe on a January afternoon, after taking his mother to the market, when he saw an amphibious excavator ...