Swachhta aur Paani Aakhir Bachani Hai Zindgani

The Mission Paani World Toilet Day event saw the gathering of some of the notable personalities who took forward the agenda of access to clean water, safe sanitation and hygiene for all.

Her renowned studies including the one conducted on Kolkata's street vendors enabled a significant understanding of core hygiene issues.

Reckitt, a British health, hygiene and nutrition product giant, has been promoting improved water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) practices in India through its various campaigns.

Narayan was the first-ever Indian professional dancer who, for a long period of time, combined a full-fledged career as a senior serving civil servant in the Government of India, before retiring from her services in 2010.

Women entrepreneurs have the potential to be the biggest force in India's economic growth story.

One of the most prevalent minerals in water is fluoride. Although this mineral has many advantages, excessive fluoride can have serious negative effects on the body, including kidney ailments. Read on to know more

Research suggests that hand cleanliness appears to be the most essential component in preventing the spread of many diseases.

Even though the central government announced the country open defecation free in 2019

Ambitious initiatives like the Swachh Bharat Mission are proving to be a game-changer in terms of access to toilets and safe sanitation.

Water borne diseases among children can be controlled by adopting improved WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) practices.

Villages in Maharashtra’s drought prone areas often struggle for water and the situation becomes worse during summer.

Inadequate access to safe drinking water and lack of hygiene at schools could result in serious health consequences for children.

Many men and women are compelled to take up cleaning jobs simply because they belong to lower castes or come from poor or marginalised families.

Discrimination based on caste makes it difficult for people from lower castes to find work other than cleaning jobs, including manual scavenging.

The lack of adequate toilets and proper hygiene in schools are major barriers to school attendance and education of children, specifically for girls.

The Mission Paani World Toilet Day event saw the gathering of some of the notable personalities who took forward the agenda of access to clean water, safe sanitation and hygiene for all.

Mission Paani’s World Toilet Day event saw the gathering of some of the notable personalities from the sanitation sector, environment warriors, industry experts among others to take forward the agenda of sustainable sanitation and water conservation.

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said, “News 18 Mission Pani initiative aligns Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of clean India and I congratulate the team for supporting the cause in every possible way."

Talking about the access to quality hygiene and sanitation facilities, Gaurav Jain said, “There is a fight which is about access to highest quality hygiene, wellness and nourishment as a right, not a privilege."

Her renowned studies including the one conducted on Kolkata's street vendors enabled a significant understanding of core hygiene issues.

Reckitt, a British health, hygiene and nutrition product giant, has been promoting improved water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) practices in India through its various campaigns.

Narayan was the first-ever Indian professional dancer who, for a long period of time, combined a full-fledged career as a senior serving civil servant in the Government of India, before retiring from her services in 2010.

Women entrepreneurs have the potential to be the biggest force in India's economic growth story.

World Nature Conservation Day 2022: The rapid industrialisation and clearing up of forests to make more space to accommodate the ever-rising population has led to several environmental implications.

The institute has appointed Prof. Mihir Kumar Purkait, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati as the first occupant of this Chair

Carbon concentrations are so high that the world has warmed quite a bit. And the warmer climate is making itself felt through water.

Balasaheb Wagh used to work as a manual scavenger due to which he had to face social discrimination several times.

Dipak Suryawanshi, a 36-year-old private contractor in Aurangabad, worked as an independent sanitation worker for 14 years.

Ratan Uttam Gaikwad joined sanitation work out of desperation after completing his graduation.

The Central government has recently rolled out Swachh Bharat Mission 2 after an unprecedented success of the first phase.

Mission Paani as a platform brings together the experts and activists across sectors including communities, corporates, NGOs, water and sanitation warriors, change-makers and celebrities to amplify all efforts towards access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene

Human life depends on clean water and hygiene. India is a country largely dominated by monsoon rainfall that gets collected as ground and surface water.

From being a dumping ground for plastic waste just a decade ago, the Thapana River now has a thriving ecosystem and is worshipped as a goddess.

Priyanka Bharti dared to take a step in 2012 which gave birth to a social revolution in Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh.

Laadi Singh Kesar Singh Ramrasi, a 32-year-old sanitation worker from Patiala, Punjab, was all set to go to college when his dreams were cut short by poverty.

In 1989, Ranchhodbhai Kabira, a resident of Transad, a village around 50km away from Ahmedabad, travelled to the city in search of work.

Vinubhai Gangadiya worked as a daily wage labourer for almost 23 years of his life.

Her family belonged to the community of people engaged in manual scavenging.

Satish, who lived in a slum, had given up the hope to leave it behind. His family and neighbours all were manual scavengers. The situation was so difficult that they didn’t have proper drinking water.

Despite being at the forefront of maintaining cleanliness in both urban and rural areas the sanitation workers face social discrimination and earn a paltry sum, usually not enough to meet ends.

Satish and his family have left the slum and moved into a better neighbourhood. His brothers, too, joined Harpic World Toilet College and have moved into different sectors for work.

Having a toilet in the household is vital for every woman and lack of it causes various difficulties including health hazards. Lack of household toilets exposes them to the risks of molestation and harassment apart from compromising their dignity.

Sayyad Irfan, a 25-year-old manual scavenger from Aurangabad, had to drop out of school to help his family.

The Twin Tower demolition in Noida resulted in 80,000 tonnes of dust and debris and such a massive havoc is bound to have an effect on the environment as well as the health of the people, read on to know more-

For a wider impact in India and across the globe, RSS-affiliated organisations working in the field of environment, as well as concerned government ministries, are participating in the campaign

While some of the bee hotels, made of upcycled wood, were placed in people's gardens, others were set up on their balconies or terraces in Bengaluru.

Exotic live species are animal or plant species moved from their original range (location) to a new one. The Supreme Court has recently upheld the June 2020 advisory, dismissing the PIL challenging it

Net Zero Co has come up with a 'washable and reusable toilet paper' for protecting the environment but Twitter is upset.

Activists suspected that there had been an attempt to burn down the majestic trees, aged 125 years and planted during the Nizam rule in Hyderabad

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for MMRCL, said some bushes on the ground were cleared and some branches trimmed so that vehicles could pass on an approach road

The average flight time of Taylor’s jet was assessed to be 80 minutes and an average distance of 139.36 miles per flight

As per International Energy Agency, about 1% of the world's electrical demand, or 200 TWh, is consumed by data centres, which accounts for 0.3 % of worldwide CO2 emissions.

The statement comes at a time when the government is considering introduction of the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2022 in the ongoing session of Parliament