Clean India Mission
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In Uttar Pradesh village declared Open Defecation Free, most households don’t have toilets
Semra’s residents say the vigilante-style Swachh Bharat campaign has only stigmatised them without providing an alternative.
Khabar Lahariya
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Open defecation has fallen after Swachh Bharat campaign but not as much as government claims
A study on open defecation from 2014 to 2018 reveals the good and the bad of Swachh Bharat implementation in north India.
Aarefa Johari
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Swachh Bharat’s urban-toilet plan is running 76% behind schedule
The ambitious toilet-construction programme to make India open-defecation free is slipping.
Prachi Salve, IndiaSpend.com
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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Swachh Bharat: Centre asks banks to help rural India build toilets at home
The Ministry of Finance has included water and sanitation as new fields for priority-sector lending by commercial banks.
Scroll Staff
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70% of urban India’s sewage is landing up in its rivers and seas
The treatment capacity of the country's sewage plants is nowhere near enough. And that's just one of the problems.
Chaitanya Mallapur, IndiaSpend.com
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This amazing trash can for the sea could be the answer to the Ganga's garbage problem
Australian surfers built the machine after being fed up with all the rubbish in the sea.
Scroll Staff
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Corporations ignore Modi’s call to donate to the treasure chest for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
So far, the largest donation for the Swachh Bharat Kosh has come from Mata Amritanandmayi, a spiritual guru in Kerala.
Anumeha Yadav
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How India's refusal to shed caste prejudices is undermining Swacch Bharat
There are strong links between widespread open defecation and rural Indians' views on purity and untouchability. How can these be addressed?
Sangita Vyas