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Billionaire Bill Gates Enters Sewer In Brussels On World Toilet Day, Shares Video
A video shared by Mr Gates on Instagram showed him going down a sewer and exploring the hidden history of Brussels' sewage system.
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India Strengthens Its Resolve Of Toilets For All On World Toilet Day: PM Modi
India has seen an "unparalleled achievement" of providing hygienic toilets to crores of people in the last few years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today on the occasion of World Toilet Day.
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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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IIT-Delhi Students Gift Women 'Stand And Pee' Device, Costing Only Rs. 10
Students at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in the city have developed a "stand and pee device" for women to avoid dirty public washrooms. The device, "Sanfe (Sanitation for female)", was launched on the World Toilet Day today. It is priced at Rs 10 and has been tried and tested at the AIIMS.
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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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World Toilet Day 2018: IIT Delhi Students Launch Stand And Pee Device For Women
On the occasion of the World Toilet Day, 'Sanfe', an IIT Delhi incubated startup has launched a stand and pee device for women.
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PM Modi Praises India's Increased Sanitation Coverage On World Toilet Day
India is proud of the remarkable speed with which sanitation coverage has increased in the last four years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today and reiterated his government's commitment to enhancing sanitation facilities.
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On World Toilet Day, PM Modi Says Committed To Improving Sanitation Facilities
On World Toilet Day on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated his government's commitment towards improving sanitation facilities across the nation.
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On World Toilet Day, Some Worries
Jayanti, a mother of four, lives in Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh. Her eyes well up as she speaks about her loss because of an absence of toilets in her village.
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World Toilet Day 2014 Celebrated With Cake Shaped Like an Indian Style Toilet
A super-sized toilet that's edible! Yuck? Er, no actually - it is a cake that weighs nearly 700 kg
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International Toilet Festival Begins in Delhi
With an aim to spread the message of total sanitation and to put an end to the scourge of open defecation, a three-day International Toilet Festival began today, on the eve of World Toilet Day.
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53 per cent of Indian households defecate in open: World Bank
With over 600 million people in India or 53 per cent of Indian households defecating in the open, absence of toilet or latrine is one of the important contributors to malnutrition, a World Bank report has said.
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Singapore champions sanitation on first World Toilet Day
Singapore called on Tuesday for greater efforts to improve sanitation in developing countries as it celebrated the inaugural UN World Toilet Day, an initiative by the cleanliness-obsessed island republic.
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Billionaire Bill Gates Enters Sewer In Brussels On World Toilet Day, Shares Video
A video shared by Mr Gates on Instagram showed him going down a sewer and exploring the hidden history of Brussels' sewage system.
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India Strengthens Its Resolve Of Toilets For All On World Toilet Day: PM Modi
India has seen an "unparalleled achievement" of providing hygienic toilets to crores of people in the last few years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today on the occasion of World Toilet Day.
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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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IIT-Delhi Students Gift Women 'Stand And Pee' Device, Costing Only Rs. 10
Students at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in the city have developed a "stand and pee device" for women to avoid dirty public washrooms. The device, "Sanfe (Sanitation for female)", was launched on the World Toilet Day today. It is priced at Rs 10 and has been tried and tested at the AIIMS.
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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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World Toilet Day 2018: IIT Delhi Students Launch Stand And Pee Device For Women
On the occasion of the World Toilet Day, 'Sanfe', an IIT Delhi incubated startup has launched a stand and pee device for women.
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PM Modi Praises India's Increased Sanitation Coverage On World Toilet Day
India is proud of the remarkable speed with which sanitation coverage has increased in the last four years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today and reiterated his government's commitment to enhancing sanitation facilities.
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On World Toilet Day, PM Modi Says Committed To Improving Sanitation Facilities
On World Toilet Day on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated his government's commitment towards improving sanitation facilities across the nation.
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On World Toilet Day, Some Worries
Jayanti, a mother of four, lives in Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh. Her eyes well up as she speaks about her loss because of an absence of toilets in her village.
-
World Toilet Day 2014 Celebrated With Cake Shaped Like an Indian Style Toilet
A super-sized toilet that's edible! Yuck? Er, no actually - it is a cake that weighs nearly 700 kg
-
International Toilet Festival Begins in Delhi
With an aim to spread the message of total sanitation and to put an end to the scourge of open defecation, a three-day International Toilet Festival began today, on the eve of World Toilet Day.
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53 per cent of Indian households defecate in open: World Bank
With over 600 million people in India or 53 per cent of Indian households defecating in the open, absence of toilet or latrine is one of the important contributors to malnutrition, a World Bank report has said.
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Singapore champions sanitation on first World Toilet Day
Singapore called on Tuesday for greater efforts to improve sanitation in developing countries as it celebrated the inaugural UN World Toilet Day, an initiative by the cleanliness-obsessed island republic.
