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'I’m my biggest critic the whole year — but today, I pause to say: You did a decent job. You deserve this day off,' CEO Prabhkiran Singh said.

India's opposition parties protest against Adani's Mumbai slum overhaul plan

Opposition-led protesters marched in Mumbai against Gautam Adani's $614 million Dharavi redevelopment, displaying banners like "Remove Adani Save Dharavi."

Cryptocurrencies slump again amid fallout from FTX sale

Bitcoin traded around $17,645, and overnight fell to its lowest level since December 2020. Just a year ago, bitcoin hit an all-time high of $68,990. Ethereum, the second most actively traded digital currency, fell 10%.

Elon Musk says Twitter saw revenue slump as activist groups pressured advertisers

"Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists," he tweeted.

SC stays proposed demolition of jhuggis at Sarojini Nagar, asks Centre to deal humanly

The law officer, who wanted the protection against demolition to be confined to the two petitioners who have come to the court, assured the bench that no coercive steps would be taken against all the residents till the next date of hearing.

SC to hear plea against proposed demolition of 200 jhuggis at Delhi's Sarojini Nagar

A bench of justices KM Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy will hear the plea filed by a minor, Vaishali, a jhuggi resident whose 10th board examinations are starting on April 26, that homes in the area not be demolished for the time being.

Bombay HC: Mumbai is the only city where encroacher is given free housing

The bench noted the June 9 collapse of a residential building in suburban Malwani was an outcome of "pure greed" and suggested the state authorities should draw inspiration from the 'Singapore model' of housing for the poor.

Think tank suggests housing scheme for slum dwellers

"The heart and soul of a thriving city are its drivers, cleaners, plumbers, gardeners.. The primary need of this group is affordable housing within city limits," MIPR President, Shiv Kumar said in a press release here. MIPR is an urban policy think tank launched with the initial support of India Cements Ltd, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, N Srinivasan, who is the Chairman of the Governing Council of MIPR.

Maha govt plans for slum rehab under housing policy

As part of the first stage of rehabilitation, the SRA will conduct a comprehensive survey of all slums in the Greater Mumbai region within six months of the launch of its new policy.

In slum of Chavez's political birth, tomb, baseball diamond

Slum dweller Juan Carlos Villamizar bid farewell to Hugo Chavez on Friday, crediting the late Venezuelan leader with saving his life in the same poor district where Chavez saw the birth of his own political rise.