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Features6 years agoHow Yamuna Went From One Of India’s Holiest To One Of World’s Dirtiest
Delhi's wastewater drains are the primary source of effluents in the Yamuna, making the river's water completely unusable. Though these drains nearly half of Delhi's sewage...
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Features6 years ago
This Village Had No Clean Drinking Water, Toilets For Nearly Half A Century
For 45 years, villagers in Assam’s Gandhigaon had no access to safe drinking water and toilets. It was common for villagers to spend most of their...
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Features6 years ago
The Great Ganga Cleanup: A Timeline
Considered to be one of the endangered rivers of the world, river and flood experts have raised concerns over the contamination of River Ganga. As the...
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Features6 years ago
‘Not Having A Toilet Barely Affects Men,’ Women Sarpanches Fight For Swachhta
Women seem to be taking the lead in helping achieve the dream of a 'Swachh' Bharat. Here's how women sarpanches are pushing for cleaner villages
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Features6 years ago
Scuba Diving Off Kerala Coast To Spread The Swachh Message
Women from different walks of life turned scuba divers for a day to create awareness on ocean pollution and it's environmental impact at Kerala's Kovalam beach
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Features6 years ago
A Workshop On Tackling The Problem Of Arsenic Contaminated Water In The Ganga Basin
High levels of arsenic have been found in groundwater around the Ganga basin in several parts of India, which can only be countered by technological solutions,...
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Features6 years ago40 Steps To A Toilet, Yet She Defecates In The Open
30-year-old Santara Devi has access to 2 mobile toilets and 1 community toilet both of which are 40-steps away from her, but she still prefers to...
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Features6 years ago
Why ‘Swachh India’ Is The Biggest Women’s Movement At The Moment
About 300 million women in India do not have access to toilets and defecate in the open. A study showed that women who use open defecation...
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Features6 years ago
Employment, Education, Empowerment: The Ragpickers’ Collective Changing Women’s Lives
With a poor technique of waste composition there is a rise in landfills and contaminated land in Indian cities. Municipalities are struggling to effectively handle the...
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Features6 years ago
5 Women Who Inspired Us With Their Innovative Fight For A Swachh India
From driving out waste, cutting down on river pollution to building toilets, these five women contributed their bit to the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Read on to...
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Features6 years ago#MyCleanIndia: These Celebrities Are Spreading The Swachh Message
India is the seventh-largest country in the world by area but is also among the dirtiest country’s in the world, with more than half the population...
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Features6 years agoThis Is Asia’s ‘Cleanest Village’ And It Is In India
Mawlynnong in Meghalaya has earned the distinction of being the ‘Cleanest Village in Asia.’ Regular community cleaning programmes, a strict ban on plastic and tobacco and...
National Transgender Awards 2023: Here Are The Winners
A Pathway From Hygiene To Wellness: Reckitt Launches A Coffee Table Book Focusing On India’s Journey Towards Universal Hygiene
Durex ‘The Birds and Bees Talk’ Partners With 23rd Hornbill Festival 2022
Durex The Birds And Bees Talk Programme Brings A Lesson On Health At The Hornbill Festival
Bengaluru’s Meghana Narayanan Is Helping Daily Wage Workers Avail Medical And Life Insurances
Meghana Narayanan’s project ‘Abhaya’ covers issues related to financial burden, lack of insurance coverage, monetary implications due to unprecedented events,...
Bengaluru’s Aniketh Is On A Mission To Address The Effects Of ‘Perfectionism’ On Youth’s Mental Health
Through his Project Ridere, Aniketh Kalagara works towards raising awareness among young children and their parents about the issue of...
Meet 15-Year-Old Ananya Who Is Raising Menstrual Health Awareness Among Rural Girls
Ananya Malde has formulated a comprehensive curriculum on menstrual health. She conducts awareness sessions among the girls in rural areas...
Meet ‘Appa’ Who Runs A Shelter For HIV Positive Children In Chennai
World AIDS Day 2022: Solomon Raj runs Shelter Trust, a home for the HIV positive people and by the HIV...
Replace Paper-Based Registry, Now Healthcare Is Just A Click Away With ‘Khushi Baby’ App
Khushi Baby works towards providing villages with digital health solutions. Their mission is to monitor and motivate community health, especially...
