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TopicSwachch Bharat

Topic: Swachch Bharat

Department of Posts completes targets set for Special Campaign 4.0

New Delhi: In a nationwide effort, the Department of Posts has successfully completed its targets set for Special Campaign 4.0, contributing to the national...

Ministry of Ayush Makes Strides in Cleanliness Drive, aligns with PM Modi’s ‘Swachh Bharat’ vision, says Minister

Launched on 2 October, the Special Campaign 4.0 focused on enhancing operational efficiency and transparency across government offices.

SubscriberWrites: How the government’s welfare schemes turn into a fad?

Rather than making it a public cause, if these had been made private causes involving every citizen of the country, some positive results would have been there.

Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs to conduct Swachhata Pakhwada, 2024

The process will include the review and disposal of pending physical files by the Ministry, a PIB press release stated.

Noida’s swachhta rankings jump has a lesson for Gurugram, Faridabad — get people on board

With drain water treatment, door-to-door campaigns, and a plant that processes construction and demolition waste, Noida is setting the bar high on cleanliness.

BJP takes on #10YearChallenge ‘Modi style’, but fails

A collage post highlighting Modi government's success was first shared by Facebook page Nation with NaMo. BJP Karnataka shared the same.

The ‘c’ in Swachh Bharat is caste and Modi needs to address it

Manual scavenging is a reality and Dalit women, particularly, will be forced to shoulder the burden of cleaning dry pits.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.