"Even in Dharavi, a densely packed area in Mumbai, a strong focus on community engagement and the basics of testing, tracing, isolating and treating... Read more »

"The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in massive reverse migration of workers and urban poor who come from rural areas or small towns seeking better... Read more »

The study of the southern Indian city of Hyderabad showed that women and new migrants, as well as vendors in poorer neighbourhoods are at... Read more »

Kerala's Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who had voiced concerns about an outbreak if people were not tested before coming back, has attributed the rise... Read more »

Dharavi, believed to be Asia's largest slum, has been hailed as a success story in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic, bringing cases from... Read more »

As a result of the lockdown, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have been the worst affected states due to reverse migration, with 30 lakh people... Read more »

"Since the past week, work has started in spurts as there is labour shortage... Most of our migrant labourers were shifted out in the... Read more »

Born in India and brought up in Britain, Sahnan now operates from Spain but still has his family in Leicester. London and Belfast, according... Read more »

The Union minister, however, says the purpose for which this scheme was launched has been fulfilled, but he himself acknowledged that due to lack... Read more »

"States deny the presence of bonded people ... it increases their work, and makes them (rescued workers) eligible to entitlements," said Suresh Kumar, executive... Read more »

"When Sukumar gave the new mobile phone to his daughter, she refused to accept it as she needed an Android smartphone for her online... Read more »

While for the public, the orders of reservation of beds and capping treatment charges for COVID-19 patients came as a huge relief; for the... Read more »

"In total, China has deployed around 24,000 soldiers more in the eastern Ladakh region," said sources, adding that a division comprises of 12,000 soldiers.... Read more »

During the crisis, when every state was combating with the disease to contain its spread, Uttar Pradesh government pushed its ASHA workers to trace... Read more »

"Instability and lack of access to critical services caused by the pandemic mean that the  number of people vulnerable to exploitation by traffickers is... Read more »

"We got Central government-funded projects for training women and unemployed youth for making toys and other household items by using pine needles and bamboo,"... Read more »

"We demand that the government of India must immediately come out with the Kashmiri Pandit Rehabilitation Policy. This should be announced before the issuance... Read more »

Regularisation must result in "physical and social infrastructure, as well as minimum necessary services and community facilities," according to the Delhi Master Plan. Read more »