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Total sanitation across the country by 2012

The government on Friday declared it would achieve total sanitation across the country by 2012 as part of its nationwide programme aimed at eliminating the practice of open defecation. Union Rural......

SC grants protection from arrest to actor Siddique in rape case

The Supreme Court on Monday granted interim protection from arrest to Malayalam film actor Siddique in a rape case and directed him to cooperate in the investigation. IMAGE: Malayalam film actor......

Syringes, drugs found on premises of MCD-run schools

Some of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi-run schools are 'horror houses', the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) remarked after it conducted surprise inspection and found them without adequate......

UN World Toilet Day: '600 million in India defecate in open'

With over 600 million people in India or 53 per cent of Indian households defecating in the open, absence of toilet or latrine is one of the important contributors to malnutrition, a World Bank......

PM praises bio-toilets developed by DRDO

Bio-toilets developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation on Tuesday earned praise from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who said that these could go a long way in solving the problem......

The FORGOTTEN task the freedom movement set itself

The government should step up its efforts to improve rural sanitation, for the sake of the children who die as a consequence of cultural apathy.In 1927, Mahatma Gandhi described Katherine Mayo's......

Govt hikes scholarship amount for ST students

The government on Thursday decided to substantially hike the post-matric scholarship amount and other benefits given to students from scheduled tribes and those disabled.Aiming at extending the......

Can 'Toil-o-preneurs' solve India's sanitation woes

On the one had are sanitation oriented social enterprises and on the other are awareness raising campaigns by government, writes Rajni Bakshi. A law that bans toilets where human excreta has......

PM for revamp of urban governance

Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched for revamping urban governance while linking it to the 'Digital India' mission and 'Swachh Bharat' campaign. Chairing a meeting on urban development in New......

'Adani affair overshadowed Budget's stability, prudence'

'That is the one headline the world is reading about India, and it is a potentially damaging story...''I don't think a panic mentality has set in, but this story is one that investors and market......

Youngistaan review: I wouldn't vote for It

Youngistaan neither says something new nor does it reinforce time-tested wisdom in a way that you actually want to pay attention to it, feels Paloma Sharma. The civilisation is ancient, the......

Tendulkar takes strike with UNICEF for total sanitation

Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar became UNICEF's first brand ambassador for South Asia on Thursday and vowed to work towards promoting hygiene and sanitation in the region. "Thanks for allowing me......

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