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Thursday, December 18, 2025
TopicHomeless people

Topic: Homeless people

Homeless people are not parasites, writes activist Harsh Mander in open letter to Justice BR Gavai

SC judge had used the term while talking about shelters for homeless people in Delhi. Mander noted he felt compelled to respond particularly to 2 words used—parasites & freebies.

‘Took me 45 years to build a house, they razed it in seconds’ — agony over Mehrauli demolitions

Started on 10 February, the DDA's demolition drive will reportedly continue till 9 March, despite a Delhi government order for fresh demarcation of the disputed area.

Delhi govt aims to vaccinate all homeless people living in night shelters within a month

Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board organised the first vaccination camp near Nigam Bodh Ghat where 150 homeless people got the jab. Another camp will operate at Dandi Park Saturday.

How a homeless high school dropout became CEO of a $1 billion company

Taihei Kobayashi's rags-to-riches story is among the most remarkable to emerge from a small-cap stock boom that’s minting fortunes in Japan.

A young Dutch designer is helping the homeless stay warm, one sleeping-bag coat at a time

The death of a friend’s homeless father, who used to sleep on the streets, was a moment that changed designer Bas Timmer’s life.

How to solve burgeoning issue of homelessness — lessons from London, Delhi and Abilene

Around 2% of the global population is homeless. But a number of innovative approaches to homelessness are creating both short-term and long-term solutions.

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.