No access to toilets for half of Jammu and Kashmir households
March 28th, 2012 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 28 (IANS) Almost half of Jammu and Kashmir's two million households don't have access to toilets and only 900,000 have water taps in their homes, revealed figures released ... Read more...
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Men’s toilet ‘captured’ to mark International Women’s Day
March 7th, 2012 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, March 7 (IANS) A group of plucky women marched and "captured" a men's public toilet on the eve of International Women's Day Wednesday to highlight the abysmal lack of ... Read more...
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India’s Sulabh gets top UN consultative status
November 3rd, 2011 - 11:17 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, Nov 3 (IANS) Recognizing Sulabh International's pioneering work in developing low-cost, environmental-friendly public toilet system, the United Nations has accorded its highest consultative status to the Indian NGO.The ... Read more...
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Manual scavenging a dark blot, must end: PM (Lead)
June 17th, 2011 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday asked states to help eliminate manual scavenging within six months, saying the success of inclusive growth would be measured ... Read more...
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End manual scavenging in six months, PM tells states
June 17th, 2011 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Calling it one of the "darkest blots" in India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday asked states to pledge to eliminate manual scavenging within six ... Read more...
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‘Shelters for Leh’s homeless should be ready before winter’
September 11th, 2010 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Actor Rahul Bose, the ambassador for Oxfam India, Saturday said it was the responsibility of the government to build safe shelters for those affected by the Aug ... Read more...
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Delhi set for major sanitation drive ahead of Games
July 1st, 2010 - 1:05 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) With the Commonwealth Games drawing near, civic authorities in the capital are Thursday set to launch a sanitation drive, which would include disinfecting railway stations, bus stops ... Read more...
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Boer War description of ex-POW Churchill part of Christie’s sale
June 2nd, 2010 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 2 (ANI): A disparaging Boer Police description of former British Prime MInister Sir Winston Churchill following his 1899 escape from a prisoner of war camp is among the items going ... Read more...
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Heavy Rains Return To Terrify Haiti
March 22nd, 2010 - 8:29 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
March 22, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): In Haiti, one of the most torrential rains ever since the catastrophic January 12 earthquake inundated the dispossessed camps on Friday. These rainfalls have pushed ... Read more...
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Jolie-funded Afghanistan school to welcome 800 girls
March 17th, 2010 - 1:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 17 (ANI): The primary school for girls, which Angelina Jolie funded in Tangi, Afghanistan, is all set to open its doors to 800 students, according to a UNHCR statement. ... Read more...
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57 million more toilets needed to end manual scavenging
March 11th, 2010 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) India needs 57,847,217 more hygienic toilets to counter the practice of manual scavenging, attributed mainly to use of dry latrines, especially in rural areas, the government said ... Read more...
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‘Will work to eradicate manual scavenging by year-end’
February 5th, 2010 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) There are officially 676,000 manual scavengers in India and the Safai Karmachari Sanghatana is working towards eradicating the inhuman practice by the end of this year, said ... Read more...
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Rajasthan town free from manual cleaning of toilets (Nov 19 is World Toilet Day)
November 19th, 2009 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Till a few years ago Dalits in Alwar, Rajasthan were employed in inhumane manual scavenging practices. But thanks to social activism and NGO Sulabh International, the town ... Read more...
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Brit soldiers ‘made Iraqis dance like Jacko
July 14th, 2009 - 5:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 14 (ANI): British soldiers manipulated the cries of pain of Iraqi prisoners and made them dance like Michael Jackson, an inquiry into the death of Baha Mousa has heard. ... Read more...
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Global crises threaten progress on MDGs
July 7th, 2009 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Progress made in earlier years to achieve the millennium development goals (MDGs) in the fields of health, education, sanitation and women empowerment in India and South Asia ... Read more...
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Access to Sri Lankan refugee camps restricted: UN
May 20th, 2009 - 1:23 pm ICT by IANS
United Nations, May 20 (Xinhua) Humanitarian organisations have been barred from entering some Sri Lankan government-controlled camps that house thousands of civilians who fled heavy fighting between troops and the Tamil Tigers ... 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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India’s scavenger women find new jobs - and dignity (For International Women’s Day)
March 6th, 2009 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Rani Bai, a Dalit woman in her late 20s in Madhya Pradesh, has thrown away the shoddy cane basket and hand shovel with which she would clean ... Read more...
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Indias shantytowns are result of incompetence, not poverty: Report
February 4th, 2009 - 12:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 4 (ANI): Indias shantytowns depicted in critically acclaimed film Slumdog Millionaire are an outcome of the planners failed attempt to build low-cost alternatives, according to a new report.The film, ... Read more...
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Haryana village councils earn Rs.112 mn in award money
January 22nd, 2009 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 22 (IANS) Nearly 800 'Gram Panchayats' (village councils) in Haryana have earned Rs.112.9 million in award money under total sanitation campaign (TSC) for ridding their villages of open ... Read more...
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US to send 20,000 more troops to Afghanistan
December 6th, 2008 - 6:59 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 6 (DPA) The US military is preparing for a build-up of as many as 20,000 troops next year in Afghanistan to step up the fight against the Taliban and Al ... Read more...
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Manual scavengers given cold carts to sell vegetables
October 3rd, 2008 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) In an attempt to give manual scavengers a better life, the Delhi government in collaboration with an NGO and a technology major has given them carts that ... Read more...
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Gandhis legacy in Champaran drifting into oblivion, a task fit for taking up by INTACH
September 24th, 2008 - 7:38 pm ICT by ANI
By Pawan Shah
Bhitiharva Village (Bihar), Sep.24 (ANI): As the nation is getting ready to pay tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his 139th birth anniversary on October 2, a historical Ashram founded ... 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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Complete the conversion of dry latrines into water seal latrines in rural areas by March 2009: Meira
June 13th, 2008 - 10:10 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 13 (ANI): Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Meira Kumar has urged the Minister of Rural Development, Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh to take urgent steps to ensure that ... Read more...
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Achieve the target of rehabilitation of remaining manual scavengers by March 2009: Meira Kumar
June 13th, 2008 - 8:07 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 13 (ANI): Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Meira Kumar has emphasized the need to complete the conversion of dry latrines into water seal latrines by March 2009. ... Read more...
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Centrally sponsored scheme of integrated low cost sanitation scheme approved
January 17th, 2008 - 5:08 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Jan 17 (ANI): The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for implementation of the revised guidelines for converting individual dry latrines into pour-flush latrines of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of ... Read more...
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