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The biggest employers of children in Mumbai until a few years ago may have been brutal, profiteering, sweatshop owners, but the biggest users of child labour today go by a much more innocuous name: the average Mumbai householder.

With an estimated 11,000 children still working in the city, the largest single segment using child labour is considered to be domestic households. There are an estim read more »
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has proposed six multi-storeyed car-parking towers in the Zaveri Bazaar-Mumbadevi belt, one of the city's busiest commercial districts.

The towers will be 25 storeys high and will be able to accommodate 300 cars.

"This model is called puzzle parking, suited for areas where space is limited. Each floor will have space for two cars. A lift will park read more »
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110 years old bandra station will be restored to its authentic looks which we couldn't see because of hoardings and later constructions. Mumbai Heritage society after gateway and the toilet of historical importance under VT station has moved to Bandra station built in 1880. read more »
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India's urban shoppers, attracted more by wider choices than lower prices, are overwhelmingly in favour of letting in more branded retail chains, a sign of looming trouble for the nation's tens of thousands of small shopkeepers.

In a significant finding, the survey shows large, branded stores are seen by low-income shoppers as providing the largest amount of savings on their daily shopping i read more »
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SWITCH off everything that runs on electricity for an hour on December 15: that’s what Mumbai Unplug — a group of young professionals — wants the entire city to do to draw attention to global warming. read more »
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