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Rohingya refugees in B'desh suffer from lack of food, medicines, clean wat
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], September 15 (ANI): The Rohingya Muslims, who have taken refuge in Cox's Bazar and Teknaf border areas in Bangladesh after they fled the barbarous persecution in Myanmar's Rakhine State, are now suffering due to an absence of food, shelters, medicines, sanitation facil
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Unicef India lauds Centre's approach in solving drinking water, sanit
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): A Unicef India official on Wednesday lauded the Centre's approach towards solving issues concerning lack of drinking water and sanitation, saying the transparency and openness with stakeholders will be beneficial towards undertaking innovative measures.
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2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home, more than twice as ma
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland]/New York[United States], July 13 (ANI): Some three in ten people worldwide, or 2.1 billion, lack access to safe, readily available water at home, and 6 in 10, or 4.5 billion, lack safely managed sanitation, according to a new report by WHO and UNICEF.
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Delhi Court slams MCD over poor sanitation, garbage management
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday slammed Municipal Corporation of Delhi (north, south and east) in failing to manage the sanitation and garbage management in the national capital.
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Jetting machines launched to prevent manual scavenging in Hyderabad
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad [India] June 8, (ANI): In order to prevent manual scavenging in Hyderabad, the Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI) has launched jetting machines for sanitation workers. These machines were launched on World Environment Day
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Dengue, chikungunya menace: Delhi HC summons MCD commissioners
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notices to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (north, south and east) for violating court orders in matters relating to sanitation.
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Increasing community awareness can reduce spread of Ebola
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 17 (ANI): Encouraging the sick individuals to remain at home, increasing community awareness, ensuring safe burials and providing household sanitation kits can be some effective strategies for reducing the spread of deadly communicable disease.
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UP, Bihar needs substantial improvement: Naidu
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Union Minister for Urban Development M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday while announcing the results of the Swachh Survekshan 2017 survey said Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Punjab and Kerala need to substantially step up efforts to improve sanitation standards i
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Microfinance organisation Grameen Koota receives ISC-FICCI 2017 Sanitation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 28 (ANI-BusinessWire India): Grameen Koota, a Bengaluru-based microfinance organisation on Thursday received the ISC-FICCI 2017 award for Best Financial Accessibility for Sanitation for its efforts in providing access to affordable credit to its customers to build toil
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Japan infrastructure, sanitation and health dominating S.E. Asia landscape
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia]/Bangkok [Thailand]/Singapore City [Singapore], April 22 (ANI): Japan's Shimizu Corporation has a history of over 200 years in building safe and reliable infrastructure, protecting these structures against natural disasters, and promoting the concept of environmental
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Here is how Amitabh Bachchan's films became 'cleanliness rage�
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 12 (ANI): In a bid to promote sanitation program in Varanasi, the Municipal Corporation has come up with a filmy idea by putting up posters of Amitabh Bachchan films with a cleanliness message on it .
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Agitated sanitation workers continue strike for eighth day outside EDMC
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 12 (ANI): The strike called by the sanitation workers demanding payment of pending salaries of the last three months entered its eighth day on Thursday.
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