Poor to get more money to build toilets (Lead)
June 2nd, 2011 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The very poor in India can now build toilets at their home -- for Rs.300. The rest of the money will come from the central ... Read more...
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Villagers intensify protest against POSCO
April 1st, 2010 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
Jagatsinghpur (Orissa), April 1 (IANS) Hundreds of villagers congregated in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district Thursday to rally against South Korean steel maker POSCO' steel project planned in the region, police said.
Carrying posters and ... Read more...
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Pig vaccine may eliminate fatal form of brain disorder
March 9th, 2010 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, March 9 (IANS) A pig vaccine can eliminate the spread of a fatal form of brain disease known as neurocysticercosis. Tapeworm plays a vital role in the disease.
The disease causes cysts ... Read more...
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Court notice to Delhi government on anti-scavenging law
May 8th, 2009 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday asked the Delhi government to explain its failure to implement a central law against manual scavenging that provides for elimination of dry latrines ... Read more...
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Lowly latrines, not toilets key to global sanitation
June 18th, 2008 - 1:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 18 (ANI): While the invention of water-guzzling appliances such as toilets might be considered as the pinnacle of sanitary science, a lowly latrine could be a far better solution ... Read more...
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