CNN — New Delhi (CNN) — 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 ...

Largest slums in India explained with key facts, population, and living conditions. From Dharavi in Mumbai to Basanti in ...

Hazeena looked pale and hungry when she came to a kindergarten managed by Catholic nuns in a southern Indian state. A few months earlier, the 7-year-old girl was seen helping her parents in the ...

A narrow lane in Mumbai city's upmarket Colaba area opens up to a patch of land filled with small concrete cubicles - nooks washermen use to clean and dry the city's laundry. Surrounding the area are ...

The British Government has announced plans to pump millions of pounds into improving the life of India's slum-dwellers. Under the scheme, £14.5 million will go towards alleviating the plight - ...

When Masoom Ali Shaikh arrived in Mumbai in 1974 as a young man from northern India, the patch of land where he set up shop was “just a creek with no proper road and garbage all around,” he said.

In a significant advance for adolescent mental health in India, researchers have successfully demonstrated a scalable, community‑based care model through Project ARTEMIS, showing measurable reductions ...

TORONTO — A new study from the University of Toronto shows that where a mother lives in an Indian city – in a slum or a non‑slum neighbourhood – is linked to how she breastfeeds her baby.