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Adani Group forms joint venture to redevelop Mumbai’s Dharavi slum

Adani group won Dharavi rebuilding project in July by bidding $610 million for the project. Redevelopment of Dharavi, where 1 million people live, has been delayed for decades.

Chance encounter with American tourist transforms girl from Mumbai slum into teenage model

In March, a luxury Indian cosmetics brand Forest Essentials chose Maleesha as the face of its Yuvati campaign celebrating young Indian women.

DDA proposes tweaks in slum redevelopment policy to lure pvt players, make it more commercially viable

While the proposals increase maximum remunerative component given to developers to 50% from current 40%, minimum plot area for rehabilitation reduced to 50% from present 60%.

G20 Delhi Declaration ‘overshadows’ Russia-Ukraine conflict & ‘voice of the lunar south’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Slums aren’t just a global scale problem – they’re also a world-class opportunity

A global push to improve informal settlements would have a transformative economic impact. Some countries’ GDP would increase as much as 10.5%.

What’s the ‘Delhi model’ of slum rehabilitation & how it compares to other cities

PM Modi handed over 3,024 EWS flats in Kalkaji Extension last week as part of DDA project to rehabilitate residents of 376 slum clusters under PMAY housing-for-all scheme.

Nearly decade after Kalkaji slum rehab foundation was laid, here’s how DDA built 1st 3,000+ flats

PM Modi inaugurated over 3,000 flats Wednesday for rehabilitation of slum dwellers in Delhi. Beneficiaries paid Rs 1.24 lakh each for the flats, while rest of the cost was borne by DDA.

Modi inaugurates flats for Delhi slum-dwellers as BJP works to wrest civic poll votes from AAP

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday inaugurated 3,024 flats for families falling under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category in the capital, handing over...

Hidden agendas, corruption, tokenism—why social work and politics cannot survive together

In ‘The Slum Queen’, visual artist Rouble Nagi documents the journey of her ‘Misaal India’ campaign and how she painted slums in Mumbai.

Strict deadlines, amnesty, new developers — Uddhav govt’s plan to speed Mumbai’s slum projects

Maharashtra’s Slum Redevelopment Authority (SRA) will create a list of empanelled developers chosen through the tender route to complete projects that have been stuck for years.

On Camera

Op Sindoor awardees don’t fit traditional gallantry criteria. Redefine parameters for modern wars

The casualty list of the personnel killed or wounded during Op Sindoor has not been formally published. The public has been denied the opportunity to stand by and honour the families of the fallen.

All bets off as online gaming bill shakes industry & key players suspend ‘gambling’ on their platforms

The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation. 

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.