The monsoon belt from Southeast Asia to West Africa is the part of the planet that is urbanising fastest, and where catastrophic rainfall is set to increase most dramatically, says David Fickling for ...

The world’s fast-growing megacities are mostly in Asia and Africa—a tropical belt that’s at high risk of floods as global ...

When people hear “slum,” they imagine poverty and despair, but Dharavi, one of the largest slums in the world, tells a ...

Bangkok, Delhi, Karachi, Lagos, Luanda and Manila were are of the fastest growing among metropolises of more than 10 million.

S Ward, a former Communist stronghold, has shifted to a Shiv Sena bastion, yet faces persistent civic and environmental ...

An American travel blogger has sparked outrage with a video that shows him bargaining with autorickshaw drivers in India and mocking the country.

Referring to the national vision of a developed India @2047, the Vice President expressed confidence that NIT Kurukshetra graduates will play a key role in realising this goal. He commended the ...

Speaking on the occasion, the Vice-President expressed his privilege in joining the milestone event of one of India’s premier technical institutions. He hailed NIT Kurukshetra as an institution ...

A 17-year-old slum dweller was fatally shot by a CISF head constable during a wedding in Delhi's Shahdara. The teen had gatecrashed the event for food. Initial findings suggest an unplanned ...

Once Bollywood’s glam queen and Salman Khan’s rumored fiancée, Sangita Bijlani today embraces singlehood with fitness, spirituality, and independence.

Delhi’s notorious winter pollution has peaked, but the national capital’s urban mess has been decades in the making and an ...

The weathered, mild-mannered man juggled a folderful of photocopied documents, his theadbare jute bag stuffed with plastic containers and a ₹5 plate of the state-subsidised lunch of rice, dal, veggies ...