'Era of Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao, Beti Badhao': Delhi CM Rekha Gupta backs Nari Shakti Vandan AdhiniyamParliament will convene for a special session to advance the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam. This move introduces a 33 percent reservation fo...
Why Sloths Risk Their Lives Just to Poop on the GroundSloths undertake a perilous weekly journey down trees to defecate. This act cultivates moths and algae in their fur. The algae offer vital ...
94 local bodies stand in the way of Open Defecation Free IndiaOf the 4,378 urban local bodies, 4,284 have been declared and certified as open defecation free.
Mamata Banerjee declares rural Bengal open defecation freeAround 1.35 crore households in rural Bengal have been covered by the 'Mission Nirmal Bangla', which aimed at making all villages open defe...
Family fined Rs 75,000 for defecating in the open in Madhya PradeshThe panchayat of Rambhakhedi village also served notices to 43 other families there to stop defecating in the open.
Jharkhand to be open defecation free by 2018: Raghubar DasStating that the state is rich but the people are poor, the chief minister said that the government was making efforts to develop basic ame...
Centre aims 200 open defecation free districts by November next yearSo far, 61 districts and more than 1,14,332 villages have been declared Open Defecation Free
5 towns in Maharashtra, Telangana declared open defecation freeA total of 141 towns in 7 states have claimed to have become Open Defecation Free including 100 in Maharashtra. These claims are under veri...
Swachh Maharashtra Mission: 19 cities become free of open defecationNineteen cities in the state have achieved the status of being free of open defecation under the government's 'Swachh Maharashtra Mission'.
India has made 'moderate' progress in reducing open defecation rates: UNIn India's case, there has been a reduction by 31 per cent in open defecation, a progress termed as "moderate" by the report.
'Swachh Bharat sentinels' fight open defecationIt has been noticed that even after having access to toilets, many villagers still prefer to defecate in the open.
West Bengal: 'Wall of shame' planned to stop open defecationThe 'wall of shame' is a novel method in which names and photos of those who defecate in the open would be pasted on a village wall.
India has highest number of people practising open defecationUNICEF said the call to end the practice of open defecation is being made with growing insistence as the links with childhood stunting beco...
60 per cent of people defecating in the open in world live in India: ReportAbout 60 per cent of people in the world practicing open defecation live in India, a joint report published by the WHO and UNICEF has estim...
- Left Parties should focus on open-defecation: Amartya Sen
Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen today urged Left parties to fight for eradication of the practice of open defecation and open toilets, in additi...
India will get rid of open defecation in 10 years, says Jairam RameshJairam Ramesh today launched the 'Nirmal Bharat Yatra' to make the country free from open defecation, in Sewagaram Ashram.
People of 67% households in rural India defecate in openPeople of 67 per cent households in rural India defecate in the open and several states "fudge" data on building of toilets.