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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
TopicSanitation

Topic: Sanitation

Bill Gates aims to save half a million lives by reinventing the toilet

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation spent $200 million over seven years funding sanitation research.

Bangladeshis can teach Narendra Modi’s India a thing or two about using toilets

Bangladesh model is against subsidy driven construction of toilets, focusing instead on generating collective community demand.

No, Modi’s Swachh Bharat is not like earlier sanitation measures, it’s much better

ThePrint’s article on Modi’s Swachh Bharat campaign is condescending in title and content

In mad race for targets, Modi’s Swachh Bharat could fumble the same way UPA plans did

Setting ambitious deadlines for toilet construction takes the focus away from providing long-term solutions to rural sanitation.

Sanitation as government programme or social change: What works better?

Outcomes of a government programme are limited to target achievements. Once a village is declared ODF, attention towards it is likely to reduce. This creates a risk of slipping back into old habits.

Hindus are less likely to use a toilet than Muslims in India

Data reveals 25% of Hindus who own toilets don't use them, only 10% of Muslims do the same.

Data shows India’s last red state Tripura is low on development, but high on social indices

Tripura fares well on multiple social and health indicators, but has the highest unemployment percentage in India.

Drain deaths: Cheap labour, distrust of machines keep manual scavenging alive

ThePrint takes stock of laws prohibiting this dehumanising practice and finds out why they are not being enforced despite disturbing statistics. Sabah K & Vandana Menon

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.