China lacks sewage facilities

Bihar elections 2020: Who is talking about safai karmacharis?

The Bihar govt refuses to identify manual scavengers; the latter continue to face abuse and death threats 

20 साल में समुद्र में तीन गुणा बढ़ जाएगा कचरा, मछलियों से ज्यादा होगी प्लास्टिक

अनुमान है कि 2040 तक समुद्र में मौजूद कुल प्लास्टिक वेस्ट बढ़कर करीब 60 करोड़ टन हो जाएगा

कोरोनावायरस: खतरे में है महिलाओं-बच्चों का जीवन, स्वास्थ्य सेवाओं में 20 फीसदी की कमी: यूएन

संयुक्त राष्ट्र संघ की नई रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक, कोरोना महामारी के चलते महिलाओं, नवजात शिशुओं, बच्चों और किशोरों तक स्वास्थ्य सुविधाएं नहीं पहुंच रही ...

An open problem

Ghana's failure to fight open defecation is an ominous sign for Africa

Urban shit: where does it all go?

India is staring at a big sanitation crisis and needs to reinvent its excreta disposal mechanism

Silent epidemic: Superbugs killing India’s newborns

Each time we use antibiotics, we allow the few superbugs—bacteria that are able to survive the antibiotic—to thrive, says an expert

Railways pulled up over scavengers

A draft bill allows employing manual scavengers if they are provided protective gears

Reclaiming water

An urban puzzle

India’s population and cities are set to double by 2030. Can it cope with the pressures?

Flush, but don't forget

ऐसे मिलेगी प्लास्टिक कचरे से निजात, फेंके गए पीपीई से बनाया जा सकता है बायोफ्यूल

भारतीय वैज्ञानिकों द्वारा किये एक नए शोध से पता चला है कि कोरोनावायरस की रोकथाम में इस्तेमाल किये जा रहे व्यक्तिगत सुरक्षात्मक उपकरण (पीपीई) ...

India lifted 271 mln people out of poverty in 10 yrs, claims govt report

The poverty estimates used to back the claims, however, are decade old

Swachh Bharat cess: A few states may not agree on it

Except Andhra Pradesh and Uttarakhand, no other state has directly agreed to the central proposal

No toilet at home? Can’t contest local body polls in Bihar, says Nitish

State government to make amendments to the existing Bihar Panchayati Raj Act

Pune is clean

According to Report

Corporation for Sustainable Development

Meltdown

Till a couple of decades ago Bangalore was a sleepy city -- running to the rhythm of old trading networks and retired people taking their evening …

Banning manual scavenging in India: A long, complex passage

Union government is set to introduce The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation (Amendment) Bill, 2020, in …

Dust pollution in Sub-Saharan Africa raised infant mortality: Study

A 25% spike in local annual mean particulate concentrations in West Africa caused an 18% increase in infant mortality

लाखों बच्चों को मजदूर बना देगा कोरोनावायरस

अनुमान है कि कोरोनावायरस से आया आर्थिक संकट बाल मजदूरों की संख्या में इजाफे का कारण बनेगा| इससे पहले 2000 से लेकर अब तक ...

COVID-19 and SDG 6 goals: All that we need to learn and do

We need political will and commitment during COVID-19 times. Our world is packed with knowledge and we can achieve SDG6 goals if we remain engaged&…

Can a cash-on-delivery model work for global aid?

As rich nations try to heal the scars of 2008 global financial crisis through deep budget cuts and protectionist policies, business models like …

Blind spot in Namami Gange

By 2019, when Swachh Bharat Mission comes to an end, some 30 million septic tanks and pits would have been dug along the Ganga. It's time the …