New Rio favela skate park offers kids free lessons
The residents of Rio de Janeiro's Santo Amaro favela celebrated the inauguration of a new skate park on Saturday (March 22).
11 Little-Known Ways Prohibition Hurt The US
The Prohibition Era might have had a bigger and more negative impact than we initially thought. People weren't only losing ...
‘How India Loves’ by Rituparna Chatterjee maps changing ideas of love
Life is fluid, love even more so, writes Rituparna Chatterjee in her exploration of modern intimacies. Her book, ‘How India ...
10 Best Linear Games That Feel Open World
Sometimes, the illusion of open-ended design is enough, as shown by these 10 Best Linear Games That Feel Open World ...
Decades before Irish were Chicago political royalty, they lived in a ramshackle slum called Kilgubbin
In the 1850s and 1860s, Kilgubbin was often mentioned in the pages of the Tribune and other Chicago newspapers. The name ...
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Why are proponents of ‘smart cities’ neglecting research?
Despite the buzz surrounding smart cities in urban-policy circles, studies are lacking on the evidence for what works, what ...
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Indian slums get 'cool roofs' to combat extreme heat
In the Vanzara Vas slum in the Narol area of the city ... whose roof was painted in January. Across the world, heatwaves that, prior to the industrial revolution, had a one-in-10 chance of ...
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Delhi: CM meets residents of slum clusters, promises action against drug trade
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday interacted with the residents of slum clusters Bhanwar Singh Camp and Nepali Camp in R K Puram, as part of her meetings with the people of Delhi to seek ...
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20 shops gutted in fire at Kolkata slum
Nearly 20 shops were destroyed in a fire that broke out at Santoshpur Railway Station’s platform number 2 on Sunday, an official said. Three fire engines soon reached the spot, and after a 90-minute ...