UN 2023 Water Conference: 46 years after Mar del Plata, it’s time to examine the successes and failures
Access to clean water and sanitation remains a significant challenge in many parts of the world, particularly in low-income countries and …
Curtain raiser: Here is what we can expect from the upcoming UN 2023 Water Conference
Conference will focus on ensuring that countries deliver on promises already made and are designed to be action-oriented, inclusive and cross-sectoral
Malnutrition threatens 120 UN member nations, says global report
India performs well on under-5 stunting, but sanitation continues to be the biggest stumbling block
The rich are enjoying themselves at the expense of poor people's health
Karen E Smoyer of the University of Alberta, Canada, has been working on the impact of poor environment on the weaker sections of society. …
China lacks sewage facilities
An open problem
Ghana's failure to fight open defecation is an ominous sign for Africa
Flush, but don't forget
Railways pulled up over scavengers
A draft bill allows employing manual scavengers if they are provided protective gears
Reclaiming water
Bihar elections 2020: Who is talking about safai karmacharis?
The Bihar govt refuses to identify manual scavengers; the latter continue to face abuse and death threats
Urban shit: where does it all go?
India is staring at a big sanitation crisis and needs to reinvent its excreta disposal mechanism
Silent epidemic: Superbugs killing India’s newborns
Each time we use antibiotics, we allow the few superbugs—bacteria that are able to survive the antibiotic—to thrive, says an expert
An urban puzzle
India’s population and cities are set to double by 2030. Can it cope with the pressures?
India lifted 271 mln people out of poverty in 10 yrs, claims govt report
The poverty estimates used to back the claims, however, are decade old
No toilet at home? Can’t contest local body polls in Bihar, says Nitish
State government to make amendments to the existing Bihar Panchayati Raj Act
Corporation for Sustainable Development
Pune is clean
According to Report
Swachh Bharat cess: A few states may not agree on it
Except Andhra Pradesh and Uttarakhand, no other state has directly agreed to the central proposal
Meltdown
Till a couple of decades ago Bangalore was a sleepy city -- running to the rhythm of old trading networks and retired people taking their evening …
Pee for plants
Experiments explore the potential of urine as fertilizer
Banning manual scavenging in India: A long, complex passage
Union government is set to introduce The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation (Amendment) Bill, 2020, in …
Dust pollution in Sub-Saharan Africa raised infant mortality: Study
A 25% spike in local annual mean particulate concentrations in West Africa caused an 18% increase in infant mortality
COVID-19 and SDG 6 goals: All that we need to learn and do
We need political will and commitment during COVID-19 times. Our world is packed with knowledge and we can achieve SDG6 goals if we remain engaged&…
Can a cash-on-delivery model work for global aid?
As rich nations try to heal the scars of 2008 global financial crisis through deep budget cuts and protectionist policies, business models like …