Swacch Bharat
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Bhubaneswar Polytechnic installs 12-foot 'plastic eater tap' to spread awareness on Gandhi Jayanti
Education | Oct 02, 2024, 11:58 AM ISTAccording to Dr Rajat Kumar Panigrahy, Principal of Bhubaneswar Govt Polytechnic, the initiative inspires the students and the community to be proactive in creating sustainable solutions, apart from raising environmental concerns.
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PM Modi inaugurates Gobar-Dhan plant: In 5 points, know about Asia's biggest Bio-CNG unit in Indore
India | Feb 19, 2022, 05:07 PM ISTPM Modi inaugurated a solid waste-based Gobar Dhan plant in Indore. It is said to be Asia's biggest Bio-CNG plant. Here is everything you need to know about the unit.
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Indore is India's cleanest city for 4th year in a row; Surat 2nd, Navi Mumbai 3rd
India | Aug 20, 2020, 01:00 PM ISTSwachh Survekshan 2020 awards have been announced and Indore became India's cleanest city for the fourth year in a row. Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced the Swachh Survekshan 2020 result at the Award Ceremony ‘Swachh Mahotsav’ in the national capital being organised by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoUHA).
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Didn't get house under PMAY, but got toilet under SBA: UP family turns toilet into kitchen
India | Jan 19, 2020, 12:36 PM ISTThe house of a family in Uttar Pradesh's Akanpur village in Barabanki district is made of mud walls and a thatched roof that needs to be replenished every few months.
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Amitabh Bacchan at Swacch Bharat Pradarshini
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VIDEO:We bet this ‘Publicity Stunt’ by Akshay Kumar is going to hit your heart real hard!
Bollywood | Mar 24, 2017, 04:50 PM ISTAkshay Kumar and philanthropy are synonymous to each other. Though, he is one of the busiest actor in Bollywood, making 3-4 films in a year.
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Centre plans to 'totally clean' 50 cities under Swacch Bharat Mission
India | May 04, 2016, 10:48 AM ISTNew Delhi: Consolidating its effort under Swacch Bharat Mission , the Narendra Modi government has prepared a list of 50 cities which will be cleaned by March 2017, the Economic Times reports. Interestingly, among the
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Now, toilets at home mandatory for contesting elections in Maharashtra
India | Mar 31, 2016, 08:15 AM ISTMumbai: Now, poll aspirants who don't have toilets at home, will no longer be eligible to contest corporation and local body elections in Maharashtra. The state Legislative Council on Wednesday has passed a bill making
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Over 50 pc people in India defecate in the open: Govt
India | Feb 25, 2016, 08:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: Over fifty per cent of the population defecates in the open in India which has highest number of people in the world indulging in the practice, Lok Sabha was informed today.Replying to a
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Swachh Bharat cess garners Rs. 329 crore in 1 month
India | Dec 23, 2015, 12:01 AM ISTNew Delhi: The government has collected Rs. 329.6 crore in a month's time from the 0.5 per cent Swachh Bharat cess which is imposed on all taxable services, the Parliament was informed on Tuesday.“The provisional
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Swachh Bharat cess: PAN card gets costlier by Re 1
India | Nov 15, 2015, 01:37 PM ISTNew Delhi: With the imposition of the Swachh Bharat cess on all services from today, getting a new Permanent Account Number (PAN) card for income tax purposes has become costlier by a rupee to Rs
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Raju Srivastav wields the broom, nominates Mayawati, Azam
National | Nov 24, 2014, 01:01 PM ISTKanpur: Stand-up comedian Raju Srivastav, who was nominated for Swachhta Abhiyaan by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, wielded the broom here today and nominated Mayawati and Azam Khan among 11 persons for the cleanliness challenge. Srivastav,
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Salute to these 5 Indians who are yet to get their due...
India | Dec 05, 2014, 11:41 AM ISTHalf of our nation is busy with follow-up on Indian PM Narendra Modi's next agenda on his trip to 'Down Under', while the other half is obsessed with the ongoing wedding ceremonies of Bollywood actor
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Kailash Satyarthi compliments Narendra Modi for Swacch Bharat initiative
National | Nov 05, 2014, 11:48 PM ISTNew Delhi: Nobel Peace Prize winner and child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi today lent his support to the Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan and complimented Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking up the issue of cleanliness.Satyarthi, at
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Railway Minister brooms at New Delhi station
National | Oct 02, 2014, 06:36 PM ISTNew Delhi:Railway Minister D V Sadananda Gowda today broomed a foot overbridge, a platform and a car parking slot at New Delhi railway station in a symbolic start to ‘Swacch Bharat'.Gowda broomed the overbridge, platform