PepsiCo Foundation announces $4.26 mn grant to NGO WaterAidIn a release, the Foundation said these solutions would help improve water security and also promote water conservation and recharge measur...
21 Jun, 2018, 04.06 PM IST
India extracts more groundwater than China-US, says studyA total of 163 million people in India have no access to clean water close to home, or 15 per cent of all rural residents and seven per cen...
05 Jun, 2018, 06.41 PM IST
Over 1 lakh villages in Kerala recieve clean drinking waterThe initiative was part of a project launched by the Mata Amritanandamayi Math that has been working towards installing water filtration sy...
22 Mar, 2018, 01.55 PM IST
63 million in India do not have access to clean waterLack of government planning, competing demands, rising population and water-draining agricultural practices are all placing increasing stra...
21 Mar, 2017, 11.49 AM IST
India has most urban-dwellers without sanitation: ReportWaterAid's Director of Programmes & Policy, Avinash Kumar, said India's rapid and unplanned urbanisation has resulted in various developmen...
18 Nov, 2016, 09.39 AM IST
India has most number of stunted children in world: StudyThe report said 48 million children in India, suffer from stunted growth, affecting their physical as well as cognitive and emotional devel...
26 Jul, 2016, 03.16 PM IST
76 million people in India have no access to safe water: ReportIndia has the highest number of --7.6 million--people in the world without access to safe water supply, followed by China and Nigeria, a Wa...
22 Mar, 2016, 06.26 PM IST
Need change in mindset for open defecation-free India by 2019: Ram Kripal YadavThe Minister also launched 'SwachhApp' which will give users access to information about number of toilets built at village-levels.
22 Dec, 2015, 06.07 PM IST
Clean India mission has made a 'promising start': WaterAidLauding the Clean India Mission for making a 'promising start' in providing eight million toilets in the first year, a global agency, has s...
22 Nov, 2015, 02.14 PM IST
India has 60.4 per cent people without access to toilet: StudyAround 60 per cent of Indians do not have access to safe and private toilets, a new study has claimed.
19 Nov, 2015, 04.46 PM IST
80% of India’s surface water may be polluted, report by international body saysEven as India is making headlines with its rising air pollution levels, the water in the country may not be any better.
28 Jun, 2015, 06.19 AM IST
- 80% of India’s surface water may be polluted, report by international body says
Even as India is making headlines with its rising air pollution levels, the water in the country may not be any better.
28 Jun, 2015, 04.42 AM IST
Singapore can offer lessons in sanitation: StudyPrime Minister Narendra Modi has launched an ambitious Clean India campaign last year to achieve total sanitation by 2019.
17 Apr, 2015, 05.56 PM IST
India Inc gifts Rs 1000 crore to PM Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat projectThese projects vary from building toilets in distant villages, running workshops on behavioral changes, waste management to water hygiene a...
30 Mar, 2015, 01.29 PM IST
UN official uses wrong India map; parts of J&K missingAn incorrect map of Jammu and Kashmir was presented by a top UN official today at a water summit here to discuss the sanitation situation i...
16 Feb, 2015, 08.30 PM IST
Researchers testing "eco-vapour" toilet system in IndiaA new "eco-vapour" toilet system being tested in India uses a breathable fabric that traps human waste & allows only water vapour molecules...
12 Jan, 2015, 02.24 PM IST
- Women economists urge policy makers to end global sanitation crisis
An international group of 34 woman economists has written an open letter to the prime ministers and presidents of various nations, includin...
08 Dec, 2011, 08.06 PM IST