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Topic: Slums

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’

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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

SRK is more Johnny Depp than Depp

SRK's impromptu party looked refreshingly ‘normal’ and as cool as the Birthday Boy himself. King of Kool could be another tag for the man who once declared himself 'the last of the stars'.

Nvidia worth $5 trillion: What does it mean for the market?

The chipmaker at the heart of the AI revolution may be the most influential stock in Wall Street history. Nvidia has been the primary driver of the market’s gains since the start of 2023.

Launch of India’s heaviest comms satellite is a level up for its soaring military ambitions. Here’s how

ISRO’s LMV3 rocket set off the CMS-03 satellite from Sriharikota Sunday. It weighs 4,410 kg, will primarily serve Indian Navy and has a life of at least 15 years.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.