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Tuesday, December 2, 2025
TopicSwachh Bharat Abhiyan

Topic: Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Modi govt’s national integration initiative has a new task — promote PM’s pet projects

Govt now wants to promote 20 of its flagship schemes with a multimedia publicity blitzkrieg though the Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat programme. 

Pragya Thakur will wield broom to promote cleanliness — her ‘punishment’ for toilet remark

BJP leadership has reprimanded Pragya Singh Thakur for her ‘not elected to clean toilets’ remark, asked her to take part in cleanliness drives.

In images, when Parliament cleaned up trash where there was little

New Delhi: Actor-turned-politician Hema Malini may have garnered all the attention for her non-existent sweeping skills but her fellow MPs fared no better during...

Between Swachh Bharat & deaths – where is the sanitation policy for manual scavengers?

Deaths of sanitation workers are being reported even from new and high-end treatment infrastructures -- whether government-owned or hotels and malls.

By washing feet, PM Narendra Modi was honouring himself not safai karamcharis

Modi said the workers were leading the Swachh Bharat movement and yet celebrities and politicians continue to be the face of the mission.

Being Gandhian: How Narendra Modi’s career has been a series of odes to the Mahatma

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has borrowed excessively from Mahatma Gandhi's legacy, if just to corner the Congress.

In optics play, Narendra Modi addresses his second Muslim gathering since 2014

Narendra Modi addresses a gathering of Dawoodi Bohras in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, highlights govt's clean image and welfare measures. 

PM Modi writes to media houses to participate in ‘clean India movement’

In letter to ThePrint, Modi asks Swachhata be placed ‘at the top of national consciousness’, which will help nation move along path to a clean India.

Bangladesh and Tanzania have a lesson or two for India on open defecation

Like Bangladesh and Tanzania, India can adopt strategies that generate shame and disgust to trigger collective action.

World’s biggest nationwide toilet building campaign is creating new markets in India

The campaign to promote latrines has resulted in a market for toilet-related products and services predicted to double to $62 billion by 2021.

On Camera

That one sentence from US central bank changed gold prices

Central bank communication now holds as much significance as central bank action. A single clause in a press conference can move markets more than a 25-basis-point adjustment.

New cess on ‘pan masala’ to fund national security and healthcare programmes

The Health Security Se National Security Cess Bill, 2025, explained. Oppn has attacked the proposed cess as 'a new financial burden' on the citizens.

After Op Sindoor, India goes in for more Heron Mk IIs; Israel frontrunner for mega MALE drones deal

Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.