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Of late, there have been plenty of discussions around the topic of sanitation, which have focussed on building toilets on a massive scale. These are in the aftermath of the new and recently released Millennium Development Goals Report 2014 by the United Nations that shows that India has the world's largest population that defecates out in the open, with it being as high as 66% in rural India [1

Nandatai and her 16 year old daughter Phula creep out of their houses quietly in the wee hours of the morning into the dark fields to relieve themselves before everyone wakes up. It is an everyday story as this is the only time in the day that they have privacy. “It is so shameful to go out in the fields during the day”, says Nandatai. “We have to hold our urine till it gets dark.

This introduction to the special issue on "Gender and sustainable development in the mountains- Transformative innovations, tenacious resistances" by Ritu Verma et al published in the journal Mountain Research and Development, highlights the poor situation of women as well as gender discrim

Pollution Control Board is a story of complete failure, frustration and disaster: SC

Centre chooses Odisha as a focus state for small hydel projects

NGT takes notice of waste dumping in Assam's Deepor Beel

Cyclone Nilofar makes its way towards Gujarat

Raujibhai came to Dholavira with the excavation team of the Archeological Society of India when he was 19 years old.

Government proposes new set of norms for hydel projects clearance

First 'India Rivers Week' to be held in Delhi from November 24-27