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Gurgaon: Water-logging kills two, auto rickshaw driver leaves behind pregnant wifeGurgaon witnessed a tragic night on July 9. Shailendra, an autorickshaw driver, died after falling into an open sewer. Akshat Jain, a graph...
13 Jul, 2025, 09.22 AM IST
Is India doing enough to combat its waste management and pollution crisis?India grapples with a significant waste management and pollution crisis, evident in overflowing landfills and declining air quality. While ...
06 Jun, 2025, 10.58 PM IST
From Maha Kumbh to manufacturing, AI is slowly making its presence feltAI's impact is expanding from content creation to large-scale uses in manufacturing, logistics, and crowd control.
07 Jan, 2025, 10.13 AM IST
How Swachh Survekshan is heralding wholesome sanitation rejuvenation of India citiesIndia's cities and towns have for long seen waste lying everywhere, thanks to mindless consumption and even more mindless disposal. During ...
10 Aug, 2023, 12.18 AM IST
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...
19 Mar, 2023, 08.52 PM IST
Ensuring smooth flow of funds for water, sanitation and hygieneWhen many would have thought that India's sanitation years commencing from 2014 are behind us, with Covid and other issues vying for attent...
11 Feb, 2023, 10.52 PM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman Budget 2023 Speech: Here is the full textThis Budget hopes to build on the foundation laid in the previous Budget, and the blueprint drawn for India@100. We envision a prosperous a...
01 Feb, 2023, 05.44 PM IST
Genrobotic Innovations looking to deploy cleantech solutions in UK, Malaysia, South KoreaIn an interview with ET's Dia Rekhi, Vimal Govind MK, its cofounder and CEO, spoke about what drives the company to focus on manual scaveng...
12 Oct, 2021, 06.00 AM IST
Genrobotics to roll out more sewer cleaning robotsThe startup was among the participants of the two-day Huddle Kerala conclave, which concluded at Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday.
07 Apr, 2018, 07.23 PM IST
Despite 70 civic workers' death in 10 years, manual scavenging continues unabated in KarnatakaThe inhuman practice has been legally abolished long ago but greedy contractors and an inefficient police and judicial system make sure man...
20 Feb, 2018, 12.17 PM IST
For 25,000 citizens, housing dream turns into a nightmareOwning a house in Delhi remains a distant dream for about 25,000 people who were to be allotted plots under a DDA scheme launched in 1981.
01 Apr, 2016, 01.10 PM IST