Mumbai: With less than two months to go, the state govt has met only 25% of its target of building 1.5 lakh slum rehab tenements from 2022-25. Only 37,560 tenements were completed and occupation ...
It was historically part of a sprawling Victorian slum once described by philosopher Friedrich Engels as "the vilest and most dangerous slum" of the Industrial Revolution. But it is now the focus of a ...
PRESS REVIEW – Friday, November 7: We look at the Sudanese press as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces agree to a temporary truce. Will the world stop a genocide in Sudan? Also: Libération reports ...
BMC demolished 42 slum structures in Andheri to build a key bridge, easing traffic but leaving many families homeless amid rehabilitation disputes. MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) ...
The libertarian president’s ruling party staged a stunning comeback in pivotal midterm elections with unexpected support from the working class. BUENOS AIRES—For decades, the poor suburbs that ring ...
WSJ explains how the Trump administration is able to provide $20 billion to Argentina and why it is propping up an ideological ally. Photo: Ksenia Shaikhutdinova/WSJ BUENOS AIRES—For decades, the poor ...
Wealthy doctors, engineers and working class people all lived in the "slums" of Victorian era Manchester, new research has revealed. The study by Cambridge University Historian, Emily Chung, used data ...
Work, shopping, church and the pub kept different classes apart far more than 'residential segregation' in 1850s Manchester, undermining key assumptions about the Industrial Revolution. Historians ...
An 1838 print showing people in and outside a terraced house in Manchester, above and below street level. Work, shopping, church and the pub kept different classes apart far more than ‘residential ...
The British period piece, now streaming in the U.S., is set in Victorian England but speaks to modern experiences and attitudes. Editor’s Note: A version of this story also appeared in The Good, the ...