Flood update

Water strikes the poor, says report

A new approach for controlling intestinal worm infections could help millions of the world's most vulnerable people

There's a growing body of evidence that shows we could be doing more for the close to billion children at risk of intestinal worms. We simply …

Improved water supply needed to reduce child mortality linked to sanitation: WHO

The study observes a general gradual decline in malnutrition with increasing access to water soruces

Poor sanitation cost India 5.2% of its GDP

Lack of access to sanitation wiped off US $106.7 billion from India's GDP in 2015. It is almost half of the total global losses

Post-floods, Orissa's tribal districts suffer cholera outbreak

Sponsored blight?

Another monsoon. The season of suffering in India's flood plains. And of blaming upstream people for floods. Is there an end to this

Dengue - reality bites

The millions affected have many to curse -- the mosquitoes, officials and the scientific communityby Ritu Gupta

Mumbai hit with diseases after rains

Yellow River has lost one-third of its fish

Packaged water @ 10 paise/litre

Double whammy

Increasing pollution, depleting water table make groundwater in Kathmandu unfit for drinking

Unhealthy surroundings kill more than other factors do

Why India remains malnourished

Despite a fast-growing economy and the largest anti-malnutrition programme, India has the world’s worst level of child malnutrition. The …

How pure are their claims?

Market for water purifiers booms, but consumers cannot be sure of quality in absence of regulations

Science and Technology - Briefs

Kitchen strike for toilets

Women of a Maharashtra hamlet give husbands an ultimatum-build toilets or go without food

Muddy Water

@110 km/hr

In Srinagar's footsteps?

Unplanned urbanisation is killing lakes that have saved Raipur from floods for over 1,000 years

Contamination

News 360° - Briefs

Ground report: Tanzania’s sanitation battle is just half won

Part 1: CSE team finds awareness campaign for toilets is not enough, correct designs are needed as well 

Why we cannot ignore the poor

One thing is clear—the solutions must work for the poor, for them to work for the rich

Drink only bacteria?