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Topic: Toilets

SC orders separate toilets for men, women, people with disabilities & trans people in courts, tribunals

‘Absence of adequate washroom facilities undermines equality & poses a barrier to fair administration of justice,’ the court ruled Wednesday.

Haryana village revives bid to be named after Trump. Villagers think he’s to thank for their toilets

In 2017, an NGO campaign for building toilets in Marora village had Trump as its face. In hopes for more toilets, water & roads, the villagers want Marora renamed 'Trump Village'.

Delhi NCR restaurants have a new offering. Toilets

Lavish, Instagram-worthy bathrooms are popping up. Mirror selfies are driving the new design priority.

Only 1 in every 4 public toilet seats in Mumbai available to women & 69% lack water, says NGO report

A report by the Praja Foundation paints a bleak picture of Mumbai’s public toilets, with many lacking water and electricity and only 1 seat per 752 men and 1,820 women.

SC report on district courts: Just 2.8% have sign-language interpreters, 6.7% toilets female-friendly

Report by SC’s Centre for Research and Planning calls for urgent action to improve accessibility, hygiene of district courts & their washrooms for women and persons with disabilities.

KG to PG, but no WC? Telangana has the most govt schools without toilets, 37% with no tap water

Rajya Sabha data shows Telangana, Rajasthan & UP have poorest school infrastructure. CM K Chandrashekar Rao often accused of turning a blind eye to concerns of education sector.

How my district became first in Bihar to have Menstrual Hygiene Management plan: IAS officer

Women in rural Bihar should be able to make informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive health, the MHM plan is the first step, says Purnea DM.

Swachh Bharat’s first transgender toilets in MP is a giant leap: IAS officer

For decades, policy-making in India has treated transgenders as invisible while allocating funds for creation of public facilities. But inclusivity can't be reduced to a token exercise.

No toilets in 5 lakh rural Karnataka homes, Yediyurappa govt cites lack of space as reason

Minister K.S. Eshwarappa says these 5 lakh households, mostly in northern Karnataka districts, are in areas where houses are built next to each other with no space to spare for a toilet.

On World Toilet Day, a look at India’s sanitation data and the ground realities

Every year on 19 November, the UN celebrates World Toilet Day to create awareness about the 4.2 billion people who are living without ‘safely managed sanitation’.

On Camera

Why sharp selloff in Japanese bonds has a message for India’s budget

Although its overall GDP will soon be bigger than Japan’s, on a per-capita basis India is still 12 times poorer.

India’s looking at 14 million metric tonnes of e-waste by 2030, recycling can’t keep up—NITI Aayog

Country's used lithium-ion battery problem is also set to grow sharply in next decade. India 3rd largest e-waste producer with 7% global share but currently recycles only about 10% of it.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.