Objectives To test whether social ties play any roles in mitigating depression and anxiety, as well as in fostering mental health among young men living in a poor urban community. Setting A cohort of ...

Amid the ongoing drive against the illegal construction in Delhi, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday said that no slum will be removed in the capital without providing permanent housing. The Delhi ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — "Oh, I got something better than the Taj Mahal. I've got a toilet school in the slums of Delhi." Those are the words Tim Philpot recalled hearing his best friend and tour guide say ...

Bulldozers razes slum structures at Madrasi Camp in Jangpura amid heavy security deployment, following court demolition orders, in New Delhi, Sunday, June 1, 2024. (PTI Photo) A political storm ...

Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva on Sunday stated that the relocation of slum dwellers from the Barapullah Madrasi Camp to flats in Narela is not a routine administrative removal of a slum ...

The recent graduate led a touching event dubbed “Smile With Our Widows” in Manyatta Slums, Kisumu, a gathering aimed at bringing comfort, dignity, and hope to widows often forgotten by society.

The Dharavi Redevelopment Project, a massive undertaking across 600 acres, aims to transform the area into organized neighborhoods with integrated infrastructure. The master plan, approved by the ...

In the 21st century, slums are not anomalies at the margins of cities – they are the very frontline of urbanisation. Over one billion people globally live in informal settlements, often in the ...

The best test to determine the state of your bones is called a DEXA scan, also known as a bone density test. A bone density test is a low-level X-ray measuring important bone sites. The most commonly ...

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has announced a slum upgradation project to provide housing facilities to people who have encroached government land. Under the scheme, the civic body is ...