A petition has claimed that the state government was not taking any action against people practicing open defecation. In response, the High Court has instructed the...
Coimbatore has been declared as an Open Defecation Free city. This declaration was verified by the Quality Council of India which is currently conducting the Swacch...
Open defecation is one of the concerns flagged by officials in West Midnapore district, where accidental deaths do occur when villagers, who come to relieve themselves...
Bollywood actor Salman Khan, who had agreed to become a brand ambassador for the civic body's drive against open defecation, today visited a slum in Mumbai's...
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) today claimed the number of major open defecation spots across the city have been reduced significantly in last two years due to...
Around 450 million people, which is half the world's population defecating in the open are in India, a top government official said today, but exuded confidence...
As many as 8,582 villages have so far been declared 'open defecation free' in Chhattisgarh, which is targeting to becoming an ODF state by October 2018....
Women in India who use open defecation are prone to sexual violence and infrastructure improvements can provide them with some level of protection, a US university...
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar declared Kurukshetra and Sirsa (both rural and urban) as open defecation free districts.
Mizoram would soon be declared as open defecation free state, Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla said here today. He said the government had begun campaign for cleanliness...
As many as 362 urban local bodies across the country have been declared open defecation free (ODF), with Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra being the top...
Nearly 43 per cent of India's rural population defecates in open, according to the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. According to a report published in...
34-year-old Dr Swaminathan Chandramouli runs “Doctor on Wheels”, a mobile-healthcare initiative to provide at-home medical services to senior citizens in...
70-year-old Dr Arunoday Mondal, a Padma awardee has been providing healthcare services for free to rural Sundarbans for over two...
Padma awardee Dr. Neelam Kler highlighted the importance of having a holistic healthcare approach to reduce neonatal and maternal mortality...
Dr Indira Chakravarty, who is a Public Health Specialist, said that the Banega Swasth India campaign has helped people understand...
Currently working as the Chairman of the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and AIG Hospitals in Hyderabad, Padma awardee Dr Nageshwar...
