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Modi says India has given world peace and not war, its voice against terro
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New York[USA], Sep 27 (ANI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that India has given the world "budh and not yudh (war)" and his government's work in the past five years in areas such as sanitation, health and banking has given an inspiring message to the world.
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Global Goalkeeper Award belongs to crores of Indians who adopted Swachh Bh
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 25 (ANI): After being bestowed with the Global Goalkeeper Award for Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the honour does not belong to him but to the crores of Indians who made the initiative a part of their daily lives.
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation honours PM Modi for Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sep 25 (ANI): The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Tuesday (local time) honoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the Global Goalkeeper Award for his contributions to the cleanliness drive and efforts to "improve access to sanitation in India through Swachh Bharat Abh
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Open defecation down by 47 pc in India between 2000-2017: WHO-UNICEF repor
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 19 (ANI): As much as 43 per cent of Indians have gained access to basic sanitation, while the practice of open defecation decreased by 47 per cent in the country between 2000 and 2017, says a WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report.
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Bihar: 4 sanitation workers suffocate to death in Muzaffarpur
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], Sept 10 (ANI): At least four sanitation workers died after inhaling poisonous gas while cleaning a septic tank in Madhuban Kanti village of Panapur OP area here on Tuesday.
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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus awarded as the best 'Swachh Iconic Pl
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 3 (ANI): Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CMST) was adjudged as the best 'Swachh Iconic Place' in India by the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation on Tuesday.
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Vaishno Devi Shrine tops list of 'Swachh Iconic Places'
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Katra (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sept 03 ANI: Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Jammu and Kashmir has been adjudged as the Best Swachh Iconic place in the country in the 'Swachh Iconic Places' list released by the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, on Tu
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Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi announces Rs 10 lakh ex-gratia to kin of workers wh
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 22 (ANI): Five sanitation workers died in Nandgram area of Ghaziabad while cleaning a sewer on Thursday.
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India's largest Rural Sanitation Survey launched
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 15 (ANI): On the occasion of 73rd Independence Day, Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Thursday launched India's largest Swachh Survekshan Grameen (Rural Sanitation Survey), 2019 in New Delhi.
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'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha' turns two, Bhumi Pednekar 'proud' of her on-ground
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 11 (ANI): Bhumi Pednekar who made heads turn with her admirable work in the 2017 film 'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha', is rejoicing over the film's two years of release.
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K'taka rains: 6 killed in Belgaum district
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Belgaum (Karnataka) [India], Aug 09 (ANI): At least six people lost their lives in Belgaum district, as incessant rains continue to wreak havoc in Karnataka.
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Water treatment cuts parasitic roundworm infections; Study
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 3 (ANI): A recent study in rural Kenya explored the effects of water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions because of the increasing rates of the intestinal worm and Giardia infections.
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