Hygiene

MoHUA sanctions ₹860 crore for Urban Swachhata in West Bengal

Representative Image KOLKATA, West Bengal: The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has sanctioned ₹860 crore for improving urban…

5 months ago

Largest Suvidha Centre to be set up by HUL and HSBC with BMC

Representative Image NEW DELHI: In collaboration with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) and HSBC India established…

3 years ago

India strives towards attaining SDG 6: Clean water and sanitation

Representative Image NEW DELHI:  India fell back on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as planned by the 2030 agenda of Unite…

3 years ago

Indore is now country’s first ‘water plus’ city

Representative Image INDORE: Under the Swachh Survekshan 2021, Indore has been declared as the first ‘water plus’ city. Indore city…

3 years ago

Tamil Nadu Government to spend Rs 44 crore on menstrual hygiene

Representative Image CHENNAI: The Government of Tamil Nadu has decided to spend Rs 44.15 crore to distribute free of cost…

4 years ago

India’s low hygiene improves immunity against COVID-19: CSIR study

Representative Image NEW DELHI: A new paper by Centre of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) states that the country’s minimal…

4 years ago

Tamil Nadu government augments ISS scheme in remote areas of Trichy

Representative Image CHENNAI: With the aim of enhancing that state’s performance in fighting COVID-19, the Government of Tamil Nadu is…

4 years ago

NGOs support women’s sanitary needs during pandemic

Representative Image SIRSA: To help underprivileged women during these testing times, Nari Shakti Club, a NGO set up in Haryana’s…

4 years ago

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe offers support to Swachh Bharat Mission

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe has offered his government’s support to the ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’. In a…

6 years ago