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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In Saudi Arabia’s scaled-down plans for megacity across the desert – a warning sign for the future
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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Vinyl records, film cameras, synthesizers: What’s driving an analogue revival?
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Carbolic Smoke Ball and snake oil: Patanjali joins a long history of dubious medicinal advertising
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Thriller: A serial killer is on the loose, murdering India’s famous nuclear scientists one by one
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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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Watch: Stunning Northern Lights spotted in unexpected places around the world
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Watch: Students in Pakistan enact moments from Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding event
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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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