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(Search results - 83)IndiaNov 19, 2019, 4:40 PM IST
World Toilet Day: A push for safe sanitation - a feat in which India is miles ahead
This World Toilet Day, the aim is to ensure that no one is left behind in accessing a safely managed sanitation service. According to the findings of the World Health Organisation and UNICEF, there are a whopping 4.2 billion people across the world who live without safely managed sanitation.
PoliticsNov 19, 2019, 12:07 PM IST
How Modi Government Made India Open Defecation Free
Swachh Bharat Mission has brought in a remarkable transformation and traceable benefits to the society as a whole. It is one of the largest cleanliness drives in the world.
Over 10 crore household toilets have been built across India since the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission.
Since October 2014, Over 6 lakh villages, 700 districts, 36 union territories or free states have been declared open defecation free.IndiaNov 8, 2019, 10:40 AM IST
LK Advani turns 92: PM Modi says Advani ‘toiled for decades to give shape and strength to BJP’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (November 8) wished former deputy prime minister LK Advani on his 92nd birthday
IndiaOct 20, 2019, 3:27 PM IST
The Good Fight: Tamil Nadu woman constructs 5,000 toilets for locals to fight open defecation
K Selvi, also called as Sakkimangalam Selvi, from Tamil Nadu's Madurai is the only recipient to bag the award Swachh Bharat Puraskar by the ministry of Jal Shakti. Watch The Good Fight on MyNation to know the story of this inspirational figure.
IndiaOct 3, 2019, 8:50 AM IST
PM Modi declares India open defecation free on Gandhi Jayanti
On Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared India open defecation free. He said that 99 percent of rural villages in India have declared themselves open defecation free and that 11 crore toilets were built for 60 crore people within 60 months.
PoliticsSep 26, 2019, 2:25 PM IST
Why Kashmir Has Been A Fetish For International Media?
It's officially stated in the govt records that the numbers of toilets have increased under the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' launched in 2014 under the Modi govt. It has gone up from 40% to 90% after Narendra Modi came into power in 2014.
HollywoodSep 14, 2019, 7:36 PM IST
Gold toilet seat to Swarovski encrusted fridge: 7 expensive things Kim Kardashian has purchased
Let us take a look at seven most expensive things Kim Kardashian West has purchased in her lifetime, and go green with envy
ViralAug 30, 2019, 10:23 AM IST
Madhya Pradesh: Students made to clean toilets for extra marks in Khandwa district
The district collector of Khandwa Tanvi Sundriyal says she doesn’t find anything wrong with students cleaning their school toilets. The students were reportedly promised extra marks for doing the job.
IndiaAug 26, 2019, 6:32 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh man reads book for 27 hours to set Guinness World Record
Uttar Pradesh’s Allauddin read a book for 27 hours and five minutes without taking food break or toilet break and has won an entry into the Guinness Book of World Records. He broke the record made by Yateesh Chandra Shukla of Lakhimpur Khari. He had read the book for 24 hours
IndiaJul 25, 2019, 8:50 PM IST
From Azam Khan's seductive statement to Justice V Chitambaresh's controversial speech, watch MyNation in 100 seconds
Madhya Pradesh women and child welfare minister Imarti Devi said that she saw nothing wrong with cooking food in a toilet, creating a frenzy in the country. Lok Sabha witnessed high drama when politician Mohammad Azam Khan made certain objectionable remarks against BJP's Rama Devi, who was presiding over the proceedings. He reportedly said, "I am so fond of you. I feel like looking into your eyes." Watch MyNation in 100 seconds for the top headlines from across the country.
IndiaJul 25, 2019, 12:41 PM IST
Midday meal cooked in anganwadi toilet: Nothing wrong, says Madhya Pradesh minister Imarti Devi
Imarti Devi, women and child welfare minister in Madhya Pradesh has created a stir for her comments that she saw nothing wrong in cooking food inside a toilet
IndiaJul 23, 2019, 5:14 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh: 6 girls forced to clean toilets, flee residential school
Six girls from Kasturba Gandhi Residential School fled a hostel accusing the warden of forcing them to clean toilets, and domestic work. School authorities have refuted the allegations and the girls were taken back to their hostel.
IndiaJul 23, 2019, 8:53 AM IST
BJP working president JP Nadda pulls up party MP Pragya Singh Thakur for her toilet remarks
BJP MP Pragya Thakur had commented that she was not elected to the Lok Sabha for cleaning up toilets. BJP leaders have considered it as an insult to Prime Minister Modi's Swachh Bharat campaign.
IndiaJul 19, 2019, 2:00 PM IST
Principal of school in Ayodhya forces students to clean toilets for Rs 5
Principal of a primary school in Sohawal Block, Ayodhya has been accused of forcing students to clean toilets. The guardians of students were told that she was acting according to government rule when they objected to it.
IndiaJul 5, 2019, 12:40 PM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman: Safe drinking water for every citizen priority of government
The finance minister said as much as 95 per cent of all cities have become open defecation free and 9.6 crore toilets have been constructed since October 2014.