Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A healthcare worker reacts as she receives a dose of COVISHIELD, a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India, ...

MUMBAI, India (AP) — A new census report says one in six people in Indian cities live in some 100,000 sprawling slums with conditions “unfit for human habitation.” The statistics are India’s first ...

In a significant advance for adolescent mental health in India, researchers have successfully demonstrated a scalable, ...

In a significant breakthrough for adolescent mental health in India, The George Institute for Global Health India, has successfully demonstrated a scalable, community‑based care model through Project ...

The bulldozers and government officials arrived just before dawn, tearing down the row of shanties as its bewildered residents watched inconsolably nearby. “We were so frightened,” said 56-year-old ...

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 ...

Before they were provided with white paint, women in Badi Bhil Basti used to dampen the curtains inside to try and keep cool (Credit: Mitul Kajaria) Extreme heat is having a detrimental impact on ...

Is he a slumdog millionaire? An Australian influencer has been accused of engaging in “poverty tourism” after filming himself “surviving” in an Indian slum, as seen in a viral Instagram video. “I ...

As the people living in a densely populated slum here begin their morning chores, drawing water for their animals and sweeping out the dust that has settled overnight, hundreds of student volunteers ...

India is home to the world's largest adolescent population of 253 million, with about one in every five experiencing mental ...

A large-scale study in India’s urban slums has shown that a community-based, digital mental health care model can significantly reduce depression, self-harm, and suicide risk among adolescents.

KOLKATA, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It's not easy giving directions when you live in a slum. All his life, Dipak Roy had identified his home as the one on the corner, down the third by-lane, ...