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  Toilet-Ek Prem Katha raises India’s open defecation crisis: Why it matters

  Lifestyle | August 10, 2017 19:01 IST

  Let’s talk about the ‘Open Defecation Crisis’ in India and what the numbers have to say about it.

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  DRDO developing bacteria from Antarctica to aid setting up of bio-toilets in India

  India | August 10, 2016 12:46 IST

  Bacteria from Antarctica holds the potential to solve India’s sanitation problem in the years to come, the Parliament was informed on Tuesday. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar

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  'Swachh Bharat' a positive step, but real work needed: Jairam Ramesh

  Politics | December 14, 2014 8:33 IST

  New Delhi: 'Swachh Bharat' campaign is a positive step but could turn a topic for jokes if real work is not done, former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh, who had pushed Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan sanitation drive

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  Tharoor plunges into sanitation drive, invokes Gandhi to silence critics

  Politics | October 25, 2014 19:43 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: After facing party's wrath for praising Prime Minister's cleanliness drive, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today joined the campaign on the outskirts of the state capital by invoking Mahatma Gandhi, saying he is not going

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  Sanitation drive ineffective in improving health in rural India: Lancet

  World | October 10, 2014 11:12 IST

  Washington: Total Sanitation Campaign - the world's largest sanitation initiative in India - provided almost 25,000 individuals in 100 rural villages in Odisha access to toilets but it did not reduce exposure to faecal pathogens

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  'Swachh Bharat' to be executed in mission mode, says Nitin Gadkari

  India | August 26, 2014 8:16 IST

  New Delhi: Calling for practical approach to achieve the goal of sanitation for all by 2019, Union Minister for Rural Development and Drinking Water and Sanitation Nitin Gadkari said the dream project of Prime Minister

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  Harsh Vardhan asks doctors to achieve the targets ahead of schedule

  India | June 11, 2014 23:28 IST

  New Delhi: Union Health minister Harsh Vardhan today asked the doctors to achieve the target set by the government to control and eradication various diseases ahead of their schedule.He said the Health Ministry would soon