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No Menstrual Hygiene Products At Schools Causes Girls' Absenteeism: Report
A report on menstrual hygiene management in India released on Monday found that girls are "fearful" of using school toilets during menstruation owing to lack of water, soap, sanitation and due to missing doors.
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PM Hails Bindeshwar Pathak For Invaluable Contribution In Field Of Cleanliness
"The demise of Bindeshwar ji, the Sulabh International founder who was simple and polite, is an irreparable loss," the Prime Minister said.
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Usha Chaumar's Journey From Manual Scavenger To Padma Shri Awardee
Once a manual scavenger, Usha Chaumar from Alwar has won the Padma Shri award this year, inspiring one and all with her journey full of adversity, where she emerged as a winner.
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On World Toilet Day, A New Machine Aims To End India's Sewer Death Shame
Hundreds of "manual scavengers" die each year cleaning out sewers in cities across India but a machine unveiled for Monday's World Toilet Day could help to end that tragic record.
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Hope Machine To End Woes Of Manual Scavengers Involved In Cleaning Sewer
Hundreds of "manual scavengers" die each year cleaning out sewers in cities across India, but a machine unveiled on World Toilet Day today could help to end that tragic record. Thousands of people, especially below poverty line, are employed in one of the world's dirtiest jobs unclogging human waste from underground pipes.
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Rajasthan Village To Be Named After Trump? Government Says No Proposal
A village in Rajasthan's Mewat region will be named after US President Donald Trump, a top Indian sociologist and social worker has said, prompting the state government to rule out any such plan.
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Indian Village To Be Named After Donald Trump, Says Sulabh International Chief
In an effort to further India-US relationship, top Indian sociologist and social worker said that an Indian village will be named after US President Donald Trump. The village is being developed in Mewat region of Rajasthan.
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Vrindavan Widows, Outcasts Tie Rakhi To Priests
In a one-of-its-kind event, hundreds of widows from Vrindavan and liberated manual scavenger women on Wednesday publicly tied Rakhi to 50 upper caste sages, Sanskrit scholars and priests at the century-old Gopinath temple in Vrindavan.
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Sulabh International Founder Asks NRIs To Invest In Toilets In India
India could become open defecation free by 2019 if the nearly 2 crore non-resident Indians (NRIs) each contributes to building six toilets over a span of three years, the founder of Sulabh International said today.
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Maharashtra's Pandharpur Gets World's Largest Toilet Facility
Maharashtra's temple town Pandharpur is all set to get the world's biggest toilet facility to serve to the needs of over three lakh pilgrims who throng the shrine to seek the blessings of Lord Vitthal, the state's presiding deity.
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Sanitation Pioneer Activist Bindeshwar Pathak to Get Top US Humanitarian Award
Social activist and founder of 'Sulabh International' Bindeshwar Pathak was selected today for a top US humanitarian award for his contribution to sanitation and enhancing the quality of life for millions of manual scavengers.
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Woman Who Put Her Foot Down for Toilet Becomes 'Cleanliness Ambassador'
A 20-year-old woman, who left her husband about a year-and-half ago demanding a toilet facility, has been made Betul's 'Swachhata Doot' (cleanliness ambassador).
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Project to Beautify Ghats, Clean Ganga Soon: Centre
With an aim to fulfil the wishes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Mahesh Sharma today announced introduction of a project for restoration and beautification of ghats and cleaning of the Ganga river in Varanasi.
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Sulabh to Provide Financial Assistance to UP Labourer's Sons Who Cleared IIT Entrance Test
Sanitation NGO Sulabh International today announced financial assistance and support to two brothers of Pratapgarh to pursue higher studies in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT).
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Soon, Varanasi to Get Drinking Water at 50 Paise Per Litre
Varanasi will soon get a drinking water plant at the historic Assighat, after which the people would be able to buy drinking water at 50 paise per litre.
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No Menstrual Hygiene Products At Schools Causes Girls' Absenteeism: Report
A report on menstrual hygiene management in India released on Monday found that girls are "fearful" of using school toilets during menstruation owing to lack of water, soap, sanitation and due to missing doors.
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PM Hails Bindeshwar Pathak For Invaluable Contribution In Field Of Cleanliness
"The demise of Bindeshwar ji, the Sulabh International founder who was simple and polite, is an irreparable loss," the Prime Minister said.
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Usha Chaumar's Journey From Manual Scavenger To Padma Shri Awardee
Once a manual scavenger, Usha Chaumar from Alwar has won the Padma Shri award this year, inspiring one and all with her journey full of adversity, where she emerged as a winner.
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On World Toilet Day, A New Machine Aims To End India's Sewer Death Shame
Hundreds of "manual scavengers" die each year cleaning out sewers in cities across India but a machine unveiled for Monday's World Toilet Day could help to end that tragic record.
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Hope Machine To End Woes Of Manual Scavengers Involved In Cleaning Sewer
Hundreds of "manual scavengers" die each year cleaning out sewers in cities across India, but a machine unveiled on World Toilet Day today could help to end that tragic record. Thousands of people, especially below poverty line, are employed in one of the world's dirtiest jobs unclogging human waste from underground pipes.
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Rajasthan Village To Be Named After Trump? Government Says No Proposal
A village in Rajasthan's Mewat region will be named after US President Donald Trump, a top Indian sociologist and social worker has said, prompting the state government to rule out any such plan.
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Indian Village To Be Named After Donald Trump, Says Sulabh International Chief
In an effort to further India-US relationship, top Indian sociologist and social worker said that an Indian village will be named after US President Donald Trump. The village is being developed in Mewat region of Rajasthan.
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Vrindavan Widows, Outcasts Tie Rakhi To Priests
In a one-of-its-kind event, hundreds of widows from Vrindavan and liberated manual scavenger women on Wednesday publicly tied Rakhi to 50 upper caste sages, Sanskrit scholars and priests at the century-old Gopinath temple in Vrindavan.
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Sulabh International Founder Asks NRIs To Invest In Toilets In India
India could become open defecation free by 2019 if the nearly 2 crore non-resident Indians (NRIs) each contributes to building six toilets over a span of three years, the founder of Sulabh International said today.
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Maharashtra's Pandharpur Gets World's Largest Toilet Facility
Maharashtra's temple town Pandharpur is all set to get the world's biggest toilet facility to serve to the needs of over three lakh pilgrims who throng the shrine to seek the blessings of Lord Vitthal, the state's presiding deity.
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Sanitation Pioneer Activist Bindeshwar Pathak to Get Top US Humanitarian Award
Social activist and founder of 'Sulabh International' Bindeshwar Pathak was selected today for a top US humanitarian award for his contribution to sanitation and enhancing the quality of life for millions of manual scavengers.
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Woman Who Put Her Foot Down for Toilet Becomes 'Cleanliness Ambassador'
A 20-year-old woman, who left her husband about a year-and-half ago demanding a toilet facility, has been made Betul's 'Swachhata Doot' (cleanliness ambassador).
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Project to Beautify Ghats, Clean Ganga Soon: Centre
With an aim to fulfil the wishes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Mahesh Sharma today announced introduction of a project for restoration and beautification of ghats and cleaning of the Ganga river in Varanasi.
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Sulabh to Provide Financial Assistance to UP Labourer's Sons Who Cleared IIT Entrance Test
Sanitation NGO Sulabh International today announced financial assistance and support to two brothers of Pratapgarh to pursue higher studies in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT).
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Soon, Varanasi to Get Drinking Water at 50 Paise Per Litre
Varanasi will soon get a drinking water plant at the historic Assighat, after which the people would be able to buy drinking water at 50 paise per litre.
