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Topic: Sanitation

Swachh Bharat Mission’s next chapter must be about unlocking the economic value of sanitation

The journey from ODF to ODF Plus Model has not been about ticking boxes, but about ensuring that households, schools, and anganwadi centres reflect the success of the rural water and sanitation missions.

2 suspended after Chandigarh civic workers caught on cam making market ‘dirty’ for Khattar to ‘clean’

Videos claim to show corporation workers in Sector 22 with a tractor trolley, with 'Nagar Nigam Chandigarh' written on it, full of dried leaves & bits of paper in the middle of the night.

Karnataka: IAS Rohini Sindhuri, IPS Roopa Moudgil’s 3-yr public spat to culminate in court face-off

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

The Great Indian Sanitation Scam. General castes bag govt jobs, Valmikis do the work

Across India, proxy, ‘badli’, or ‘ewaj’ work is rampant in sanitation jobs. ‘They want our jobs but they don’t want to do our jobs.’

Swachh Bharat Mission averted 60,000-70,000 infant deaths between 2011 & 2020, shows Nature study

Researchers analysed infant & under-5 mortality data from 35 states, 640 districts. 'Happy to see research highlighting impact of Swachh Bharat Mission,' says Modi on X.

Union govt’s drinking water department unveils two month awareness campaign on ‘Safe Water & Sanitation’

Two-month initiative aims to promote safe water and sanitation practices in rural areas.

Sanitation crisis, 950% rise in water-related grievances — Praja Foundation on Delhi civic issues

A report by the Praja Foundation looks into core issues plaguing Delhi, finds there has been a massive spike in public’s dissatisfaction with civic services between 2019 & 2023.

MoHUA launches Safai Apnao, Bimaari Bhagao Initiative

Campaign to improve sanitation, hygiene during monsoon season

‘Public health catastrophe’, WHO issues warning in Gaza amid displacement and sanitation issues

Gaza health authorities say more than 8,300 Palestinians have been killed since Israel began air strikes on the Hamas-run enclave in response to the 7 October attacks.

Every time you flush a toilet, you expose yourself to contagious diseases. Here’s the proof

Scientific understanding of the spread of aerosol plumes and public awareness of their existence has been hampered by the invisibility of these water droplets.

On Camera

Young India’s cultural assertion isn’t conservatism—it’s course correction

Indian Gen Z is assertive because boomers and millennials were docile and apologetic. We are Indian, and we are proud.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.