Your kitchen sponge, a cleaning essential, harbors billions of bacteria. Research reveals these porous tools become microbial hotspots, bre...

Science reveals that common household items like kitchen sponges, refrigerator handles, and remote controls harbor more bacteria than toile...

Your kitchen sponge may be dirtier than you think. Scientific studies reveal sponges are a breeding ground for bacteria, spreading germs li...

Researchers highlight that the underside of the toilet rim is a breeding ground for bacteria, often missed during regular cleanings. Biofil...

Is your milk safety under the scanner? Recently, milk pouches were found to have coliform levels 98 times higher than FSSAI’s prescribed li...

Cabot Creamery's parent company, Agri-Mark Inc, has issued a recall for 1,700 pounds of butter after elevated levels of coliform bacteria w...

The water quality of the Ganga river in Bihar is unfit for bathing due to high bacteriological contamination from untreated sewage. The Bih...

High faecal bacteria in Ganga at Prayagraj raises health concerns during Mahakumbh. A woman developed a severe lung infection after taking ...

Water quality in Prayagraj during the Maha Kumbh fails to meet bathing standards due to high faecal coliform levels, indicating sewage cont...

In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said of the 6,061 arsenic-affected habitati...

The guidelines specify work to be done in terms of surveillance and monitoring at the state, district, block/tehsil and village levels.

The NGT directed the Central Monitoring Committee to give its report by July 31.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had set an ambitious 2019 deadline to achieve results on nirmalta (cleanliness) of Ganga when he launched the ...

CAG highlighted its findings which show that the river water quality in eight out of 10 cities/towns (except Rishikesh and Haridwar) along ...

Sewage treatment capacity in urban areas is only 37 per cent of the total amount generated, the government said today.

If you are using a shared washroom there is a 60 per cent chance your toothbrush is covered in fecal matter from someone else, a new study ...

Water quality of the river Ganga in Haridwar is below the standards set by the Central Pollution Control Board for bathing, a recent study ...