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Filipino Who Helped Tame Insurgency and Pro-poor Indian Cancer Doctor Among Magsaysay Awardees

Filipino Who Helped Tame Insurgency and Pro-poor Indian Cancer Doctor Among Magsaysay Awardees

By Jim Gomez
The Ramon Magsaysay Awards honor "greatness of spirit" in selfless service to people across Asia. 

COVID-19 Comes to Asia’s Most Densely Populated Slum

COVID-19 Comes to Asia’s Most Densely Populated Slum

By V Yashoda
Poverty and population density intensify the race to contain the coronavirus‘ spread in India's largest slum
How Developed Is Modi’s Model Village?

How Developed Is Modi’s Model Village?

By Avinash Giri
Nagepur is one of the four villages Modi “adopted” under a new development scheme. How is it faring?

What India's Most Backward District Wants From the Election

What India's Most Backward District Wants From the Election

By Vishal Arora, Avinash Giri, and Safvana Yasmine
Voters in Nuh wonder where the government has been.

India’s Miracle Train: A Journey Like None Other

India’s Miracle Train: A Journey Like None Other

By Amruta Khandekar
The world’s first hospital-on-rails has certainly been a monumental source of inspiration.

Dying Young in Mumbai’s Slum Rehabilitation Camp

Dying Young in Mumbai’s Slum Rehabilitation Camp

By Priyanka Borpujari
Mahul was supposed to be an escape from the slums. Then the sicknesses started.

Poverty and HIV in India

Poverty and HIV in India

By Ritu Mahendru
The case for HIV-sensitive social protection programs.
India’s Biggest Shopping Mall Reflects Rich-Poor Divide

India’s Biggest Shopping Mall Reflects Rich-Poor Divide

By Rukhsar Ansari and Vishal Arora
A literal wall hides the poor from those going to the mall next door.

How to Fix India's Wealth Gap

How to Fix India's Wealth Gap

By K.S. Venkatachalam
A recent Oxfam report raises concerns about the growing gap between the rich and the poor, including in India.

India Lags Behind China in Social Wellbeing

India Lags Behind China in Social Wellbeing

By K.S. Venkatachalam
When it comes to disease, hunger, and social progress, India is far behind China.

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