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That dusty cabin you're opening this weekend could be hiding a deadly virusSpring cleaning at cabins can be dangerous. Hantavirus, carried by mice, spreads through droppings and urine. Inhaling dust from these can ...- 2 Indians aboard cruise ship with hantavirus cases evacuated to NetherlandsTwo Indian crew members from the Dutch ship MV Hondius have been evacuated to the Netherlands. The ship reported a hantavirus outbreak. Bot...
- India faces no immediate public health threat from hantavirus: NIV chiefTwo Indian nationals aboard a cruise ship have reportedly contracted hantavirus. Indian health officials assure the public that these cases...
- After 'amavasya' tweet, Bachchan claims coronavirus spreads through flies, gets flak from netizens & Health MinistryHealth Ministry was quick to refute Bachchan's claim.
- To prevent choking, Railways plans to install dustbins in coaches with bio-toiletsThe decision was taken after plastic bags, sanitary napkins, bottles were found stuck in toilets.
- Airlines dropping poop to be fined Rs 50,000DGCA has, however, filed a review petition with the NGT saying it is impossible for flying aircraft to dump excreta.
- Railways aiming to install bio-toilets in all trains by March 2019As of May 31, 1,36,965 bio-toilets have been fitted in 37,411 coaches, at a cost of around Rs 1 lakh per toilet, as per PTI.
- Railways installed over 1 lakh bio-toilets in trains: GovernmentIn these bio-toilets, fitted underneath the lavatories, human waste is collected and processed by anaerobic bacteria that converts it mainl...
- Airlines to pay fine if their planes empty human waste mid-airThe NGT directed aviation regulator DGCA to issue a circular to all airlines, whose planes are involved, to pay Rs 50,000 as environmental ...
- Poop falling from skies! NGT orders inspectionIt also asked CPCB that if excreta was found, samples should be collected for analysis and the report placed before the tribunal.
- People in no-toilet villages indirectly consuming excreta: Government reportIn a village of 1,200 people without toilets, each inhabitant indirectly consumes through food about 3 grams of each other's faecal matter ...
- Eco-friendly paper made of jumbo dung used at TEDxEver heard of papers made of elephant dung infused with flower seeds? Interestingly, the name tags and handouts carrying speaker profiles a...
- 'Excreta Does Matter' seminar to be held in New DelhiCentre for Science & Environment (CSE) is organizing the second Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2013: 'Excreta Does Matter', on urban India's water s...
- Aamir Khan to meet PM on problems of manual scavengersAamir Khan will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tomorrow to highlight concerns of manual scavengers engaged in cleaning excreta.
- Riversutra gone all wrongWhere does our water come from and where does the sewage go? Ours is a story of mixing it all up
- Rail budget 2012: RCF Kapurthala to install 1,300 Green toiletsRCF Kapurthala will install around 1,300 bio-toilets in various trains during the current fiscal year, in line with the proposal made in th...
- Tracks as toilets: There may be hidden benefitsDon't pooh-pooh the hidden benefits of using tracks as toilets.
- Biogas can gain importance in view of rising LPG prices: PAUIn view of escalating Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) costs, biogas can gain importance, according to PAU experts.
- Eco-friendly methods to handle sanitation problemsPublic sanitation, which has been a chronic problem at most religious congregations in the country, can now be handled in a natural and eco...
- Manual scavenging continues unabatedAn estimated 13 lakh people continue to manually remove human excreta in the country, 14 years after it was prohibited by a legislation, ma...
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