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SATO Tap, an award-winning handwashing solution, primed to improve hygiene
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 15 (ANI/NewsVoir): Nearly 10 crore families in rural India do not have tap water connections in their homes. According to NSS data, only 35.8 per cent households in India wash hands with soap before a meal. Hygiene assumes greater significance in the context of th
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"When men can share the load with other men, why not with their wives" ask
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 15 (ANI/NewsVoir): Over the last 7 years, Ariel India has continuously sparked conversations around the unequal division of domestic chores within households and urging more and more men to #ShareTheLoad. In the spirit of keeping this conversation going
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Karnataka cabinet approves two drinking water projects worth Rs 825 cr
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 10 (ANI): The Karnataka Cabinet on Wednesday approved two major drinking water projects worth Rs 825 crores to provide pure drinking water for households via taps in Ramanagara and Magadi taluks of Ramanagara district.
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Hitachi Cooling and Heating offering real-time solutions to customers in C
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI/NewsVoir): While the city of Chennai does not face extreme variation in seasonal temperature, it does face extreme heat and humidity, with the mercury level regularly touching 35 to 40, pushing many households to purchase air conditioners.
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Budget: Rs 60,000 crore allocated to provide tap water under Har Ghar, Nal
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): An allocation of Rs 60,000 crore has been made to cover 3.8 crore households in 2022-23 under Har Ghar, Nal Se Jal Scheme, informed the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday.
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40 new Indians enter billionaire club in 2021 while incomes of 84 per cent
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): During 2021, 40 new Indians became billionaires, taking the total count to 142, while 84 per cent of households in the country suffered a decline in their income in a year marked by tremendous loss of life and livelihoods, according to an Oxfam report rel
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Japanese household assets mark record high on less spending, rising stock
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Assets held by Japanese households reached a record at 1,999.8 trillion yen (17.62 trillion U.S. dollars) at the end of September, the highest since comparable data became available in 2005, Bank of Japan (BOJ) data showed Monday.
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Agriculture sector functioned smoothly during lockdown: Narendra Singh Tom
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, answering a question on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the agricultural households in Lok Sabha, said that the agriculture sector functioned "smoothly" adding that the government took all necessary
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Ladakh: Umla becomes 12th village of Leh to get water supply in each house
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Ladakh [India], November 30 (ANI): Umla village became the 12th village of Leh that has tap water supply in each of its 25-odd households even in sub-zero temperature under Jal Jeevan Mission.
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Vietnam: Binh Dinh relocates people from areas at risk of landslide, flood
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], November 15 (ANI/VOVWORLD): Nearly 100 households in areas at risk of landslide and flooding in Quy Nhon city and Phu Cat district of Binh Dinh province were relocated to safer places on Sunday evening as torrential rain on Saturday and Sunday has caused flooding.
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UN warns food insecurity to worsen in Somalia by May 2022
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], November 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Food insecurity is likely to worsen significantly through May 2022 in Somalia, with many households experiencing widening food consumption gaps and erosion of their coping capacity, the United Nations relief agency warned on Sunday.
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Cong MP Ripun Bora urges PM Modi to continue free ration scheme beyond Nov
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): Congress MP Ripun Bora on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to not discontinue Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) as it provided relief to several thousands of poor households.
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