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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...
- Action against contractors must to end manual scavenging: PanelStatistics before the panel showed manual scavenging exists in 194 districts of 18 states. Though India banned manual scavenging in 1993, o...
- 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.
- 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.
- DGCA moves NGT, says impossible for aircraft to dump poop mid-airThe DGCA has now moved a plea seeking review and stay of the December 20, 2016 and the January 10 order of the tribunal claiming that it wa...
- 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...
- Loo-building effort hits some hurdlesOfficials admit that the other big challenge for Swachh Bharat in rural areas is managing liquid waste, which pollutes natural water bodies.
- Impossible to dump human waste mid-air: DGCA tells NGTA bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar asked the DGCA and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to file an affidavi...
- 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.
- Soon UPSRTC may introduce 'poo bus' that runs on human and household wasteTransport officials said all cities across the 75 districts could have these buses. The poop of 100 humans, they said, can fuel a 200-km ri...
- 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 ...
- 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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