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FIR lodged against contractor, Noida Authority over worker's death while cleaning sewerAn FIR has been filed against a contractor and the Noida Authority after the tragic death of a sanitation worker during sewer cleaning. Rep...
Stray dogs strike again: 4-year-old mutilated, neighbours arrive just in time to save herA young girl suffered severe injuries after a pack of stray dogs attacked her in Sahakarnagar, Bengaluru. The incident highlights ongoing c...
Women are the first caregivers in this Ebola outbreak and the most at riskEastern Congo faces a rapid Ebola outbreak. Women are primary caregivers, increasing their infection risk. Many lack protective gear, forci...
Ebola virus in India? Here's the latest update on the Bengaluru scare, symptoms and precautions explainedEbola virus in Bangalore: A woman returning from Uganda was quarantined in Bengaluru with Ebola-like symptoms. Her tests have come back neg...
How Congo is battling an Ebola outbreak complicated by aid cuts, armed rebels and angerEbola treatment centers in eastern Congo are being attacked. This violence stems from deep-seated issues like rebel conflict and displaceme...
Attacks on Ebola treatment centers are one of several problems affecting Congo's outbreak responseIn the Eastern Congo, a troubling surge of Ebola is compounded by deliberate attacks on medical facilities, igniting frustration among the ...
Manual scavenging persists despite legal ban: Economic SurveyThe Economic Survey 2025-26 flags concerns over workers in sanitation roles. It points to deep socio-cultural issues despite laws. The surv...
Super contamination league jolts Indore locality's residentsIndore, a recent entrant to the elite Super Swachh League, faces scrutiny after a tragedy claimed 10 lives due to contaminated water. The i...
UP CM Yogi Adityanath announces compensation of Rs 35-40 lakh in case of sanitation worker's deathUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced significant reforms for sanitation and contractual workers. Compensation of Rs 35-40...
Man buried alive under garbage by municipal workers in Bareilly, FIR filed for negligenceIn Bareilly, a 45-year-old vegetable vendor, Sunil Kumar Prajapati, tragically died after being buried alive by municipal workers who unkno...
Manual scavenging: HC pulls up Guj govt over non-payment of compensation to 16 dead workers' kinThe Gujarat High Court rebuked the state government for delayed compensation to 16 families of deceased sanitation workers involved in manu...
NHRC notice to Gujarat, Haryana governments over death of 7 sanitation workersThe National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo moto cognisance of media reports about the deaths of seven sanitation workers in ...
Delhi: Civic staff go on strike against non-payment of duesTeachers, engineers, sanitation workers, horticulture department employees, clerical staff, nurses and paramedic staff, fourth class employ...
Priyanka Gandhi detained, later allowed to meet kin of 'killed' workerThe development came on the heels of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident which also saw Gandhi Vadra in the lead in reaching out to families of th...
Plea to treat ration dealers as front line workers: HC seeks Delhi govt standA bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice to the Delhi government and sought its response to the plea which ...
Gujarat: Sanitation worker dies hours after getting COVID-19 vaccineWhile the family members of the deceased said they suspect that the COVID-19 vaccine was the reason behind his sudden death, officials said...
DJB, electricity dept employees to be included in frontline staff list for vaccination: Satyendar Jain"DJB and electricity department employees had worked day in and day out during the lockdown. Yesterday, the Delhi government issued an orde...
Over 20,500 manual scavengers identified in India: SurveyThe latest survey has revealed that manual scavenging is prevalent in many states.
Two days before Gorakhpur deaths, CM Adityanath called for early vaccination in 2018The Yogi government carried out a massive vaccination drive for Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in UP from May 29 to July 15 covering nearly 92 ...
UP to recruit 40,000 sanitation workers, says Akhilesh Yadav"The state government will act on the recommendations of the committee and ensure better life to sanitation workers", he said.