The Supreme Court of India has directed the Centre and states to take measures to eradicate manual sewer cleaning and improve the condition...

The Supreme Court of India has ruled that government authorities will have to pay compensation to the families of those who die while clean...

Bandicoot, a robotic machine with “limbs”, HD vision cameras and gas sensors, can enter manholes and clean sewage. It is the flagship produ...

"Nurturing a thriving deep-tech ecosystem is one of the priorities of Zoho and the investment in Genrobotics is part of that commitment," c...

Genrobotics has been working with the Centre and state governments with a mission to eradicate manual scavenging from the entire country an...

Water-borne diseases appear to be a quintessential problem in the country. A simple solution lies in cleaning large water bodies, which are...

The amount of work which usually takes three to four hours and at least three manual scavengers, Bandicoot finishes it in just 45 minutes.

Several manual scavengers have died while cleaning sewer lines in Delhi in the recent years.

The inhuman practice has been legally abolished long ago but greedy contractors and an inefficient police and judicial system make sure man...

The competent authority has approved premature repatriation of Prakash, a 1994-batch IAS officer, to his cadre, an order issued by DoPT sai...

Now that you are going to build some 10 crore more toilets by 2019, this means you will build some 10 crore more septic tanks.

Krishna has gone on record saying he wants a Dalit to break into the Brahmin-dominated Carnatic world and win the top honour of Kalaimamani.

Bhim Yatra — a countrywide tour undertaken by safai karmacharis to campaign for eradication of manual scavenging — will culminate at Jantar...

The government today approved amendments to a bill that seeks to eradicate manual scavenging.

Jairam Ramesh apologised to the nation on the issue of manual scavenging and added that the PM must too do the same.

To eradicate dry toilets from urban areas, the government has decided to provide financial support to states under a centrally sponsored sc...

The Union Cabinet is expected to take up for approval a bill that deals with manual scavenging and rehabilitation of scavengers.