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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.

Set up separate toilets for transgender people in offices, Delhi govt tells MCDs, departments

The Delhi social welfare department also said that transgender people shall continue to be allowed to use gender-based toilets as per their self-identified gender.

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 Camera

Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim

While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.