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Editorial: Raise a stink
A slew of even more damning statistics emerged from the state when the Centre for Women’s Development and Research (CWDR), reported that toilets in...
IIT-M’s students, faculty, staff clean Besant Nagar beach
Around 150 students, faculty and staff took part in this initiative, undertaken as part of the ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’ campaign. Officials from the...
Amitabh Bachchan: 'Superstitions' misguides people, must not be...
Big B has been involved in many social causes like he was the UNIFEF Goodwill Ambassador for the Polio eradication campaign India in 2002
Phase II of Swachh Bharat Mission launched
The second phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen), which has a total outlay of Rs 1,40,881 crore, was launched by Union Jal Shakti Minister...
ODF status is still a far cry in TN
India’s drive to be Open Defecation Free (ODF) has met with only partial success, as problems with respect to design, usage and maintenance of toilets...
Policy changes at grassroots: The neglected water and sanitation...
As we all know now, hand washing is considered as one of the best frontline defence mechanisms against the virus that causes COVID-19. Yet, three...
Ooty BDO gobbles up Rs 29L Swachh subsidy to villagers
A block development officer (BDO) and a panchayat overseer in The Nilgiris are being probed by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC)...
Cleanest city tag lost, Tiruchy on warpath to regain its glory
The city has plunged to as low as 262nd rank in the recent Swachh Survekshan 2022 ranking as it was performing worse to worst in due course of time.
