In both cases, the victims, children of slum families living on footpaths, were crushed to death by motorists. The families, while talking to mid-day, expressed their disappointment and anger ...

The best all-inclusive resorts in Jamaica make it easy to enjoy the country’s turquoise waters and verdant hills. At these resorts, food, drinks and activities are all rolled up into one rate ...

The mass of shanties on the sixth floor of a landmark is no Tower of David, the skyscraper that Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez gave slum-dwellers, but it is home to many families for decades The City of ...

Mumbai: State housing board Mhada and the SRA (Slum Rehabilitation Authority) will expedite work on 17 slum redevelopment projects involving 25,000 homes being undertaken in joint partnership.

VIJAYAWADA: Om Shanti Charitable Trust, Vijayawada, an NGO, has become a lifeline for the underprivileged, particularly in slums. Founded by Chartered Accountant Sri Lakshmi Pinnamaneni ...

Fuller said Jamaica will become the first Small Island Developing State in the Caribbean with a UNESCO GO-SPIN Science, Technology, and Innovation (ST&I) country profile, which will guide the ...

MANCHESTER, Jamaica – Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has refuted claims that Jamaica is in a recession. “By all accounts Jamaica is not in a recession. We are very cognisant of the fact ...

She lives in Korail, where 50,000 people live in less than half a square kilometre. It’s one of five slums in Dhaka. Also squeezed into the alley is a communal cooking area, where women huddle ...

Luxury on wheels: Bringing hygiene and dignity to women in slums Posted: February 14, 2025 | Last updated: February 14, 2025 The bus runs 12 hours a day, supporting the Swachh Bharat mission and ...

Of particular concern was the loss of the one-up-one-down cottage – better known as a 'slum house' – on the Garden Street side of the site. It is thought the slum house was one part of a wider ...

The Ugandan government requires over Shs 1 trillion to construct affordable and decent housing in slum areas nationwide, according to Judith Nabakooba, minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development ...

Both in real life and in many video game stories, large cities have slum districts where the downtrodden, disenfranchised, and generally down-on-their-luck live. These districts can range from ...