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No Slum Will Be Demolished In Delhi, Says Chief Minister Rekha Gupta The government has a budget of Rs 700 crores to build drains, toilets, bathrooms and parks for children in slums, said Rekha ...
BENGALURU: As monsoon clouds gather over Bengaluru, thousands of slum dwellers in the city live in fear of flooding. Many residents, especially those living in low-lying and flood-prone areas like ...
Cambodia had hoped to be mine-free by the end of 2025, but that plan is now wishful thinking. There are nearly 700 square miles of known minefields yet to be cleared, and new areas that are ...
Behind bales of trash eight feet high in a slum in one of the poorest parts of Phnom Penh — home mainly to ragpickers — is an evangelical Christian school that has transformed the lives of thousands ...
Cambodia-based scammers are also increasingly targeting Westerners. Last September, the US Embassy in Phnom Penh estimated that Americans had lost at least €90 million to scams originating in ...
Scott Neeson's life in Hollywood was dreamy - he had the million-dollar salary, the yacht, the A-list contacts and a packed social calendar. But after he stepped into a nightmare in Cambodia's Steung ...
According to government sources an estimated 35 percent of Cambodians live under the poverty line. In 1975 the Khmer Rouge emptied the cities in an attempt to create an agrarian communist society ...
Cambodia is home to 13 million people, 46 percent of whom live in poverty with 100,000 living in slums. Jean Gong, Senior Manager – Internal Communications and Administration for Kohler Co.’s Asia ...
Cambodia set a new monthly minimum wage for the country's garment, footwear and travel goods industry at 208 U.S. dollars for 2025, up 1.96 percent from the current 204 dollars, Labor and ...