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Health experts slam Pakistan's Sindh govt failing to provide safe sanitati
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], March 22 (ANI): As the number of patients, including children, are being brought to hospitals in Karachi and other parts of Sindh due to acute gastroenteritis, continues to rise, Pakistani health expert and senior gastroenterologist, Dr Sajjad Jamil slammed Karachi water
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24 sanitation workers' fatalities in 2021, down from 118 in 2019: Govt in
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): The number of deaths occurring due to hazardous cleaning of sewers and septic tanks has substantially come down in the country, said Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
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Assam Rifles holds medical camp in Mizoram
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Aizawl (Mizoram), March 15 (ANI): Lunglei Battalion of Headquarter 23 Sector Assam Rifles under the aegis of Headquarter Inspector General Assam Rifles (East), on Monday, conducted a medical camp at Siahatlang village of Siaha district of Mizoram.
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Tech-driven social enterprises in the spotlight at the Young Social Entrep
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 15 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Six social enterprises today received a shot in the arm to the tune of up to S$20,000 each to help them build their business.
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Beating the odds, sanitation worker, who won Assembly elections in UP, wan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 13 (ANI): Ganesh Chandra Chauhan, a sanitation worker, who contested on the BJP's ticket in Uttar Pradesh Assembly election from the Dhanghata assembly constituency of Sant Kabir Nagar district and won the seat, has set an example for the society.
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3 sanitation workers die while cleaning septic tank in Mumbai
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 11 (ANI): Three sanitation workers died while cleaning a public toilet in the Kandivali West area in Mumbai on Thursday, civic authorities said.
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BJP deceiving sanitation workers for past 3 decades in Delhi: AAP's Durges
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 22 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party leader Durgesh Pathak on Tuesday slammed Delhi chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Adesh Gupta over the announcement of regularisation of sanitization workers in the national capital. Stating that the BJP has been deceiving people,
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Plumbing and sanitation leader IAPMO India lends support to Woloo, an inno
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 21 (ANI/PRNewswire): The International Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Foundation (IWSH), the non-profit arm of International Association of Plumbing & Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) India, has lent support to Woloo, a start-up company whose app aims to
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Anti-govt protests in Pakistan's Quetta over non-payment of government emp
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Quetta [Pakistan], February 18 (ANI): Anti-government protest rallies were held in Pakistan's Quetta by employees of Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA), Quetta Metropolitan Corporation (MCQ) and other Balochistan Municipal Committees over the non-payment of salaries and pensions.
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Maha govt launches 'Suvidha Kendra' in Mumbai's Dharavi with 111 toilet se
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 9 (ANI): Maharashtra Minister Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday announced the launch of a 'Suvidha Kendra' in Mumbai's Dharavi, India's biggest toilet block with 111 toilet seats and said that it will benefit over 50,000 residents by providing them easy ac
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TECHIN's Global Sanitation Center of Excellence to be launched at IIT Pala
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Palakkad/ Kochi (Kerala) [India], February 7 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Global Sanitation Center of Excellence (GSCOE), a Center at the Technology Innovation Foundation of IIT Palakkad (TECHIN) and IIT Palakkad is scheduled to be launched at 11 AM on 10th February 2022 by Prof. Vijay Raghavan, Prin
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Tamil Nadu civic polls: AIADMK fields sanitisation worker's son from Madur
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 5 (ANI): In its Municipality elections, AIADMK has fielded Edwin Prabhu, son of a sanitation worker, to contest from Madurai's Subramaniapuram ward as a Councillor.
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