Shocking! Did you know Bill Gates once sniffed latrine pit odour & drank water from faecal sludge?The billionaire wrote extensively on the sanitation problems we are facing today.
21 Nov, 2022, 07.26 PM IST
View: Opportunities India should leverage to make it a global post-Covid model economyIndia must view this crisis as an exercise in building institutional and governance capacity — in particular, by leveraging five opportunit...
24 May, 2020, 11.19 PM IST
Most tech can be shaped to have more benefits than negatives: Bill GatesGates is on a three-day visit to India to assess the work that his foundation is carrying out here.
16 Nov, 2019, 06.45 PM IST
Indian Bank – carrying "Your Own Bank" tag with utmost pride!Amidst the current challenging period for the banking sector in India, there is a Public Sector Bank that has outshined its peers. It is th...
22 Mar, 2019, 11.50 AM IST
IIT Roorkee launches competition to design advance bio-toiletThis contest is intended to help rejuvenate the Ganges and is being taken up as part of Cognizance 2018, the annual tech festival of IIT Ro...
23 Mar, 2018, 05.32 PM IST
India’s education system needs to be far better than it is today: Bill GatesBill Gates is known to take an active interest in sanitation, so what does he think of the Swachh Bharat programme? “Well, building toilets...
17 Nov, 2017, 11.57 AM IST
India looking to offer innovations at global level: OfficialRenu Swarup, Senior Advisor, DBT, said in an interview that India is formulating policies to provide innovative solutions to the developing...
08 Oct, 2017, 10.08 AM IST
Grand Challenges India aimed towards scientific-technological stridesThe first two grants focus on 'Achieving Healthy Growth through Agriculture and Nutrition' and 'Reinvent the Toilet Challenge, while the la...
28 Oct, 2015, 07.55 PM IST
Reinventing CSIR: New head faces the tough task of making it an innovator againBy the time Sahni took charge at the CSIR headquarters, he had some clear ideas about what to do with this chain of laboratories.
24 Sep, 2015, 05.07 PM IST
Bill Gates' brilliant poop-water machine just started rolling out in Africa, and it could change the lives of millionsEarlier this year, Bill Gates made headlines for the captivating feat of drinking water that had been raw sewage just five minutes earlier.
14 Aug, 2015, 12.45 PM IST
SMEs, startups see Swachh Bharat as an opportunity and hope for simplified paperworkThe campaign, which has roped in celebrities, politicians and business tycoonsto propagate the message,aims to cover 4,041 towns by 2019.
10 Nov, 2014, 03.33 PM IST
Bill Gates Foundation announces $ 7 lakh for Jammu and Kashmir flood reliefThe help came in response to a request from Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh, who hails from Jammu and Kashmir.
19 Sep, 2014, 06.24 PM IST
Gates Foundation announces $ 7 lakh towards J&K flood reliefThe help came in response to a request from Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh, who hails from Jammu and Kashmir.
19 Sep, 2014, 06.13 PM IST
Government should revamp green clearance processes: CSECSE has also urged the government to strengthen the process of public hearings and public participation in green clearances.
04 Jun, 2014, 04.27 PM IST
- US university develops solar-powered toilet for India
A US University has developed a revolutionary solar-powered waterless toilet to help some of the 2.5 billion people lacking safe and sustai...
13 Mar, 2014, 10.55 PM IST
- Ministry of science and technology, Gates' Foundation to invest $2 million to support development of 'Next Generation Toilet'
The department of biotechnology and the Gates' Foundation will each invest $1 million for the project.
07 Oct, 2013, 05.31 PM IST
Modern-day e-toilets can well change the sanitation landscapeModern-day, intelligent e-toilets could well change the sanitation landscape. They convert waste into electricity, water and even charcoal.
04 Nov, 2012, 08.30 PM IST