If more than half of people in Mumbai’s slums had contracted coronavirus, could they be approaching herd immunity – without a vaccine? One expert thought so.

More than half of residents living in Mumbai’s crowded slums may have contracted coronavirus and are likely being infected at a much higher rate than those not living in slum areas, a new study ...

Although slums cover only about 8 percent of Mumbai's total area, they are home to some 40 percent of Mumbai's population of more than 20 million. People live in cramped quarters and share dirty ...

Explore Dharavi, Mumbai, a unique slum where 2 million people thrive as small business owners. Discover the contrasts and the sources of happiness within this community.

A 2018 Bombay High Court verdict quashed Maharashtra government’s land acquisition in Kurla area for slum rehabilitation ...

A joint-venture led by billionaire Gautam Adani is struggling to secure land to rehabilitate poor residents of one of Asia's largest slums in Mumbai, a government official said, posing a fresh ...

Slums in India are bucking the coronavirus uptick thanks to “herd immunity,” according to a new study. About 57 percent of the nearly 7,000 people surveyed in the crowded slums of Mumba… ...

Middle-Class Slum Dwellers There are over 2,500 slums in Mumbai and over 40 percent of the city’s population resides in them. To many people, slums are the sites of extreme poverty and chaos.

The Dharavi slum in central Mumbai, for example, has some 97,000 residents per square mile, compared to 11,500 people per square mile elsewhere in the city.

By Dhwani Pandya MUMBAI, Jan 26 (Reuters) - A firm led by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani will start in February to collect the data and biometrics of up to 1 million poor residents as part of the ...

MUMBAI, India (AP) - India's film industry celebrated Thursday as "Slumdog Millionaire" lived up to its rags-to-riches theme with 10 Oscar nominations, though impoverished protesters complained ...

In its heyday, over 50 people — typically caddies at the club — used to congregate on their days off on Monday to play slum golf.