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Features6 years agoSwachh Rail-Swachh Bharat: Why The Big Push To Bio-Toilets?
To meet the target of 100 % sanitation by 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is coming up with new ways to boost ‘Swachhta’ or cleanliness....
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Features6 years ago14-Year-Old Village Boy Has A Toilet At Home Now, Thanks To His Friends
14-year-old Agathian would often fall sick and not show up at the school for several weeks. When his friends checked on him at his home in...
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Features6 years agoWhen Big B Was Left Speechless By A Young Boy
When Amitabh Bachchan decided to re-connect with his alma mater, the Sherwood College in Nainital, as part of the NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India 12-hour Cleanathon, he...
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Features6 years agoSwachh Campaigns That Caught Our Attention
From celebrities to politicians picking up the broom, even if for a photo-op, to various initiatives that aimed to provide basic amenities like toilets to millions...
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Features6 years ago
Can Mumbai Save Its Dahisar River?
The magic of the monsoon is in its full glory at Mumbai's Sanjay Gandhi National Park where the 12 km long Dahisar river originates. As the...
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Features6 years ago
Felt I’d Die When I First Got My Period: Every Second Indian Girl’s Story
Lack of information, compounded by the lack of infrastructure, leads to major hygiene-related issues. India accounts for 27% of the world’s cervical cancer deaths, which is...
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Features6 years ago
In This Unauthorised Corner Of Delhi, Rain Makes A Bad Situation Worse
Sangam Vihar is one of India’s largest unauthorized colonies, with a population of nearly two million, and has existed for more than four decades now. It...
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Features6 years ago
Manage Solid Waste The Mahabalipuram Way
Reports suggest the town produces some 6 tons of waste every day, however still it’s in news for all the right reasons. Well that’s because of...
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Features6 years agoMeet The ‘Garbage Man’ From Hyderabad Who Gets Award For Not Taking A Single Leave In 16 Years
Meet T Venkataiah, for 16 years he has worked virtually every single day to keep the streets of Hyderabad clean. The 49-year-old sanitary worker will come...
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Features7 years ago
Paathshala School: We Must Treat Our Waste Ourselves
These ‘Swachh Warriors’ are the students and the management of ‘Paathshala,’ a school just outside the city of Chennai.
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Features7 years ago
Meet The Real Swachh Warriors – Manual Scavengers
One such set of ‘Swachh Warriors’ are those who come from the lowest strata of the society, i.e. the manual scavengers. They are also addressed in...
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Features7 years ago
From A Ragpicker To The Helm Of A Cleaning Cooperative With Rs 1 Crore Turnover
Working long hours on the streets of Ahmedabad for mere Rupees 5 per day, Manjula has shown an everlasting commitment to her country by trying to...
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...
