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The usage of toilets is 100% in five states including Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala. More than nine out of every 10 households having access to toilets use them in rural areas and little over 62% of rural homes have individual toilets, according to a government-sponsored survey. This survey

Safdarjung Hospital has witnessed a record drop in the number of patients who acquire infection at its intensive care unit (ICU). According to a survey conducted at the central government hospital, 39 patients per 100 acquired infection at the ICU units in 2017. This is a sharp drop from 2015, when

In a major push to competitive, cooperative federalism, NITI Aayog, on Tuesday announced partnership with three states each to radically transform their Health and Education sectors. NITI Aayog has selected Uttar Pradesh, Assam, and Karnataka to improve healthcare delivery and key outcomes in these

17 States / Union Territories have imposed complete ban on manufacture, stock, sale and use of plastic carry bags, through directions/notifications and executive orders. Further, use of plastic carry bags has been partially banned in some pilgrimage centres, tourist and historical places located in

In order to make National Highways green, clean and pollution free, the National Highways Authority of India has planted 2.59 lakh plants in last one year. It has also been decided to institutionalize plantation as an integral part of highway development. A PMIS portal is also being developed for

Five years ago, Nerul resident Mabiya Mandal's world collapsed in an instant while she was sleeping, following a gruesome acid attack by her husband. However, she found support from several quarters in the form of contributions from well-wishers and a local hospital that has treated her free of cost

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS as it is commonly called, is training its doctors and nurses to convince families of patients who are either declared brain dead or dead to donate organs. A living donor can donate only a kidney, a portion of pancreas and liver to his or her

The Union Textiles Minister Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani has announced that weavers will henceforth be able to avail a wide array of Government services from Weavers’ Service Centres (WSCs). Speaking o n the eve of 3 rd National Handloom Day at Bijoynagar in Assam on Sunday t he Minister said that

Archana Rai, who got her initial education in an Ekal Vidyalaya between 2004 and 2007 has excelled in football and has been selected in the national talent hunt too. एकल की पूर्ववर्ती छात्रा फुटबॉल चैम्पियन बनी यह कहानी कुमारी अर्चना राय की है जो 2004 से 2007 वर्ष तक एकल विद्यालय की हुशियार छात्रा

This is the story of a Mogia tribal Ganpat Chouhan who never went to college but has a 40-page booklet on the Francolins and Quails — commonly known as Teetar and Bater — to his credit. Once an avid bird hunter, this 40-year-old tribal from Madhya Pradesh has become a conservationist and compiled

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) will launch its own portal on 9th August to sell books online. Through this portal students and schools will be able to place orders directly to NCERT for its books, which will be delivered at home or the school. Talks are also in

A group of ten village women in the Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan started a manufacturing unit for sanitary pads, bringing a hygienic practice among thousands of women. Within less than a year of starting production, Anandi -- the sanitary pad brand – has become a household name among women of