Mumbai: A large-scale power theft racket of Rs 42.4 lakhs in Mankhurd slums were exposed by the vigilance team of Adani ...

Researchers find excess mortality persists for five weeks after heavy rain with children under five and slum populations most ...

The toll is comparable to deaths due to cancer in the city, while people living in slums account for 85% of all ...

Mumbai's monsoon deaths hit the poor hardest. Slum residents face higher risks from waterborne diseases and flood injuries. A ...

India ranks ninth among countries most impacted by climate disasters since 1995, according to the Climate Risk Index 2026 ...

Extreme and erratic weather events continue to expose weak spots in India’s urban infrastructure as well as public health, leaving millions susceptible to disease and displacement.

A study estimates that over eight per cent of annual deaths during Mumbai's monsoon season are due to excess rainfall and flooding. The most affected are slum residents, who bear 80% of the burden.

Study in Nature journal says 85% of monsoon-linked deaths from 2006 to 2015 occurred in slums as they are located in ...

BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, by Katherine Boo (Random House) This book should come with a warning: Reading it may be hazardous to your rosy view that ...

As the coronavirus kept virtually everyone at home, Talat Jahan was busily crisscrossing the slums in her black-and-yellow ...