Topic: Slums
Nobody will be evicted until final decision taken, Centre tells SC in Delhi slum removal case
The top court on 31 August had directed the removal of around 48,000 slum dwellings along the railway tracks in Delhi within three months.
Supreme Court order on slums removal brings focus back on Delhi’s ‘jhuggi politics’
Both AAP and BJP had used the tagline, 'Jahan Jhuggi, Wahan Makaan', while campaigning for the 2015 assembly elections and the 2017 municipal elections in Delhi.
SC directs removal of 48,000 slum dwellings along Delhi railway tracks within 3 months
The top court also restrained any court from granting any stay on removal of encroachments in the area and said there shouldn't be any kind of political interference.
‘New class of poor’ emerging after job losses in lockdown, 95.8% BPL slum families hit: Study
Covid lockdown affected primary source of income and led to job losses among poor, finds a survey by National Institute of Urban Affairs in slums in 12 cities.
Job loss, rent and exodus — Covid-19 crisis tells us migrants need housing security
Practising social distancing and staying home to fight the coronavirus is not possible for migrant workers without housing security.
Small pharmacies to private GPs: India must engage informal economies in fighting coronavirus
Indian cities have shown resilience in overcoming challenges. Yet, resilience has not always resulted in improving urban governance and improving lives of urban poor.
Hand washing is a luxury — govt should give soaps to urban poor during the Covid-19 crisis
Government should provide WASH services in informal settlements during the Covid-19 pandemic as they lack the infrastructure to fight this pandemic.
Hand washing to stop coronavirus — 78% of toilets in Mumbai slums lack reliable water supply
Water and sanitation concerns of Indian slums need to be addressed in the fight against coronavirus, otherwise it can have a nationwide impact.
Political parties battle each other in Indian slums by using rumours and violence
In Demanding Development, Adam Michael Auerbach writes on the competition between different party workers in slums and how it fragments leadership.
Delhi municipal councillors care more for performance ratings in newspapers: Study
Scholars from American universities informed some municipal councillors in Delhi that a newspaper would report on their performance just before elections. This is what happened.
Listen to Mohan Bhagwat’s Dussehra speech. You won’t say RSS lacks intellectual bandwidth
Mainstream Indian media used to denigrate and ridicule RSS. But it is now publishing its chief Mohan Bhagwat’s statements as front-page news.
Iraq PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi bets big on economic reforms
Kadhimi's govt is pushing a soup-to-nuts overhaul in the next three to five years. The path of least resistance would have been to wait until the general election next summer.
Defence
India & US agree on deeper cooperation in Indo-Pacific as Rajnath meets Mark Esper
The hour-long meeting between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his US counterpart Mark Esper came a day before the bilateral 2+2 ministerial dialogue in Delhi.
Trump or Biden? Doesn’t matter to India-US ties as they’re in a full, strategic embrace
Pompeo & Esper’s visit to India for the 2+2 talks is proof that old hypocrisies are history, and supreme national interest has again driven a strategic choice.