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Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: A FAILURE?

There should have been a focus on sanitation and not on littering or garbage. Absence of sanitation affects the health of children, explains Aakar Patel. Kindly note the image has been posted only......

Gandhi Jayanti: Modi to declare India open defecation-free

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives for Arogya Manthan, organised on the first anniversary of Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (AB-PMJAY), in New Delhi, on Tuesday.......

MP: 2 Dalit kids lynched for defecating in public

A police source said that after he was arrested, Hakam Yadav said he killed the kids as God had commanded him in his dream to kill 'demons'. Two Dalit children, who did not have a toilet at......

FULL TEXT of PM Modi's I-Day address

Following is the full text of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 73rd Independence Day. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation......

Budget 2019: Social services sector gets major boost

A sum of Rs 29,000 crore has been set aside for the Women and Child Development Ministry for 2019-20, a 17 per cent increase, with the social services sector getting a major boost in the Budget.......

Over Rs 12,000 crore approved for Swachch Bharat: FM

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that Rs 3.6 lakh crore have been approved for Jal Jeevan Mission, which seeks to provide Functional Household Tap Connection to every......

'Under Mamata, Bengal grew faster than India'

'Our government has created 10 million jobs when the Indian unemployment rate is at a 45-year high.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com "During Mamata's regime, capital expenditure grew 11......

World Bank to extend $1.5 bn support to Swachh Bharat Mission

The end-use of the incentive grants will be limited to activities pertaining to the sanitation sector. The Cabinet on Wednesday approved $1.5 billion (about Rs 9,000 crore) World Bank support for......

Nadia - A district in Bengal sets example under Swachh Bharat

Historically, Nadia has always attached considerable importance to sanitation and hygiene. A number of villages in the district are home to the Namasudras, who had migrated from the Khulna,......

Success of Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan across states

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to present the NSSO report on the first anniversary of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on October 2. On June 31, the Union ministry for drinking......

Panchayat 2 Review

If at all the series can be criticised, it would be for its all-Brahmin characters and keeping out the caste problems, the misogyny and the backwardness and ugliness of rural India, points out......

Sachin visits adopted village, calls for clean, healthy India

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar spends time with kids of Navaneeta Public School located in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday. Photograph: Sachin Tendulkar/Twitter Cricket legend Sachin......

Late strike sees Churchill beat JCT

Alast-minute goal by substitute Louis Martins guided Churchill Brothers to a 4-3 win over JCT in the IIth National Football League match played at Nehru stadium in Margao on Saturday. Churchill......

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