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Sustainable Development

Focus on sewerage system won’t clean up cities and rivers, says expert

Experts attending the third Faecal Sludge Management Conference (FSM3) in Hanoi, Vietnam, said managing sewerage is still a low priority in cities around the world, especia...

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Environment

2015 is a crucial year in fight against poverty

The Action/2015 campaign (This year is key to poverty and climate goals, stars warn world leaders, 15 January) is a welcome initiative that underlines the importance of 201...

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Health

Conditions caused due to poor sanitation the reason for large number of maternal and newborn deaths

Lack of safe water, sanitation and hygiene in birth settings is killing mothers and newborns in the developing world, shows a new study. In a flagship paper, 16 researchers...

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Sustainable Development

India to track toilet use with tablets

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is launching a nationwide online programme to check whether people are using toilets as part of his cleanliness drive. From next month, officia...

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Thought Factory

Why is the World aiming for Sustainability?

To decide the narrative for this article has been quite a task. There are so many approaches to address the issue at hand, I could have been the cynic and looked back on al...

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Thought Factory

Looking Back With Concern- Health 2014

A Snapshot of Global Health- 2014

  • Between 2000 and 2012, measles deaths worldwide have been cut by almost 80% ??from 56...

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Health

Atul Gawande: What ails India's public health system

What do you make of India's under-performing, poorly-funded, leaky public health system, smothered by high population and appalling sanitation? It is the same health system...

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Bollywood

Amitabh, Priyanka, Sonakshi sign up for Swachh Bharat

Amitabh Bachchan was appointed as the brand ambassador for the NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India initiative. In this unique 12-hour Cleanathon campaign, the aim is to create ...

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Sustainable Development

Sanitation and Sewage Disposal In India

An estimated US$ 10 billion will be spent on the Mission over the next five years. Targets identified include cleaning the environment, construction of pubic and school lat...

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Sustainable Development

Rural girls quitting education as schools lack toilets

School education minister Vinod Tawde has expressed concern over alarming increase in school dropout rate, especially for girls, and blamed it on absence of girl’s to...

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