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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
TopicSwacch Bharat

Topic: Swacch Bharat

‘Dynasty, casteism & regionalism’ — Modi takes aim at Congress, other parties on BJP foundation day

In virtual address to party workers, PM slams Congress for 'feudal mentality' & 'mocking' the poor and downtrodden. He says BJP's culture is to take everyone along.

Modi govt must mend its act, else the rising ‘Pink Tide’ may sink the BJP juggernaut

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Safe waste disposal, street sweeping at night: Take a look at how Indore became ‘cleanest city’

ThePrint brings you pictures from Indore which retained the 'cleanest city' tag for the fifth consecutive year.

Human rights activists angry with Gates Foundation award to ‘butcher of Gujarat’ Modi

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced it will honour PM Narendra Modi with the ‘Global Goalkeeper Award’ for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

What Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speeches in his first term were all about

Modi's speeches over last 5 years covered govt plans and achievements — from Swacch Bharat and Jan Dhan Yojana to Kashmir outreach and surgical strikes.

Eco Survey praises Modi’s Swachh Bharat, says child deaths due to diarrhoea, malaria down

Economic Survey says emphasis on sanitation led to dip in diarrhoea cases among kids aged below 5, similar improvement in malaria, stillbirths cases.

2 girls hanging in Badaun led to Modi’s toilet drive. 5 years on, open defecation continues

Residents of Katra Sadatganj village say they continue to fear for their women as the village is far from being open-defecation free.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.