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India begins its first digital census in 16 years and this time there's a big differenceIndia begins Census 2027 on April 1, 2026. This nationwide count is the first in 16 years and will be fully digital, using smartphones and ...- Manhole vs Machine: Can manhole-cleaning robots eradicate manual scavenging?Bandicoot, a robotic machine with “limbs”, HD vision cameras and gas sensors, can enter manholes and clean sewage. It is the flagship produ...
- Census not to seek bank account info, will list cereals eatenSources said information on main cereal consumed in the household, being sought for the first time as part of Census exercise, has been inc...
- Badruddin Ajmal is using religion to further his political business: BJPAssam cabinet has recently decided that from 2021 government jobs will be available only to those having two children.
- Men more likely to defecate in open: StudyToilets have been built, but we found that several misconceptions and measures have to be addressed to ensure that they are used.
- Include safe sanitation issues in poll manifestos: ASCIAhead of the polls, ASCI has come out with several suggestions under 'Right to Safe Sanitation for All and At All Times'.
- Railways 'pay and use' toilets to get cheaperOfficials said the move follows observations revealing very few used the toilets installed at small railway stations; open defecation was p...
- Government attacks UN Special Rapporteur over insensitive comment on Mahatma GandhiHeller had called on India to incorporate a human rights perspective in its national programmes on water and sanitation.
- Amrut fund for sewerage upgradeAuthorities have also drawn up projects aimed at rejuvenating the city's lakes by reducing the inflow of sewage and effluents discharged in...
- Swachh Bharat Mission a lost opportunity, reduced to toilet counting: ExpertThe Prime Minister's effort is "sincere" but SBM has remained "just a government scheme", he said addressing a FEJI and UNICEF organised WA...
- SWM a lost opportunity, reduced to toilet counting: Expert"Lots of people say sanitation was discovered in India two years ago but that is not true. The country's sanitation programme was developed...
- Would mindlessly building toilets lead to an environmental harakiri?Over four lakh individual household toilets have been constructed in urban India since SBM was launched.
- BJP uniting Hindus with hatred against minorities: Sitaram YechuryThe Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) member of the Rajya Sabha said the BJP, following the RSS ideology, was doing the dirtiest vot...
- 80% of India’s surface water may be polluted, report by international body saysEven as India is making headlines with its rising air pollution levels, the water in the country may not be any better.
- 80% of India’s surface water may be polluted, report by international body saysEven as India is making headlines with its rising air pollution levels, the water in the country may not be any better.
- Swachh Bharat: Behavioural change of citizens a tough task aheadEvery panchayat, however small, will get at least Rs 17 lakh in the next five years and this can be used to treat solid and liquid waste.
- Centre gives free hand to states to push Swachh Bharat drivePM Narendra Modi government has given a free hand to states and municipalities in implementation of Swachh Bharat scheme in urban areas.
- Swachh Bharat: Why India needs a Sanitation and Water PolicyClean water, sanitation, personal hygiene and good nutrition are the four foundations of good public health policy.
- From plastic portable loos to Sanitary Bonds, India needs a latrine policyAlmost 65 years after India won Independence, some 600 million Indians in the 21st century continue to use open skies as their latrines.
- Pak to take India's help in sanitation technologyPakistan is keen to borrow some sanitation technics from India and Bangladesh.
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