UN World Toilet Day: '600 million in India defecate in open'

With over 600 million people in India or 53 per cent of Indian households defecating in the open, absence of toilet or latrine is one of the important contributors to malnutrition, a World Bank......

Modi and Obama set out to create a model for the world

Moving ahead with their new mantra -- Chalein Saath Saath: Forward Together We Go -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to deepen cooperation in......

Awesome PHOTOS of the month: October

Here are some of the best photographs clicked across the globe in the month of October. Jiejin Qiu, who is six months pregnant with her first baby, poses underwater during a photo shoot at a local......

Full text: What Modi, Obama agreed on

This is the joint statement issued by the ministry of external affairs on the visit of US President Barack Obama to India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama assessed the......

Build toilets in the mind first

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s exhortation to end open defecation has resulted in two large donations for the cause: Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) each from the Bharti Foundation, the......

Modi, Obama's new agenda to strengthen Indo-US ties

Obama and Modi recognised that US and Indian businesses have a critical role to play in sustainable, inclusive, and job-led growth and development. Image: India’s Prime Minister Narendra......