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Aadhaar is free, but enrolment centres fleece applicantsIn the Lal Kuan area of Badarpur, South Delhi, Laxmi, who earns Rs 150-200 a day selling momos, was charged Rs 200 to update her address an...
11 Sep, 2017, 11.07 AM IST
How Right to Privacy can be a life-changerIn this new glow of freedom, the citizen stands tall, holding the inviolable right to wear what she wants, eat what she wants, live where s...
27 Aug, 2017, 10.28 AM IST
Human beings are not numbers or data: Activist Bezwada WilsonWhatever Bhim Rao Ambedkar established in the Constitution has been reinstated by this judgment, said activist Bezwada Wilson.
27 Aug, 2017, 12.01 AM IST
For 1.8 lakh manual scavengers, swachh life is a distant dreamThe 'Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers, 2013' law bans manual cleaning of night soil, septic tanks and sewers.
04 Apr, 2016, 11.52 AM IST
Safai karamcharis to appeal to PM Modi for eradication of manual scavengingBhim Yatra — a countrywide tour undertaken by safai karmacharis to campaign for eradication of manual scavenging — will culminate at Jantar...
22 Mar, 2016, 04.01 AM IST
An orange bus carrying hope for manual scavengersThe bus stops at various bastis of safai karamcharis and other places suitable for corner meetings where they talk about the humiliation of...
15 Feb, 2016, 12.50 PM IST
India's green policy puts growth over environment: ExpertSpeaking on the theme 'Justice' during a seminar on Nehruvian ideals, Bhushan, the Deputy Director General of Center for Science and Enviro...
07 Nov, 2015, 06.18 PM IST
- Now, bio-toilets in 50 train coaches
In a bid to get rid of manual scavenging on railway tracks, bio-toilets have been installed in 50 coaches of various trains, the Railways i...
28 Apr, 2011, 09.23 AM IST
- Manual scavenging continues unabated
An estimated 13 lakh people continue to manually remove human excreta in the country, 14 years after it was prohibited by a legislation, ma...
21 Nov, 2007, 10.05 AM IST