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1,248 people died cleaning sewer and septic tanks since 1993: Government

Tamil Nadu reported the maximum number of deaths at 253, followed by Gujarat at 183, Uttar Pradesh …

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IIT Madras to deploy robot to clean septic tanks in Tamil Nadu and end manual scavenging

HomoSEP was first developed in 2019 as a final year Masters' project by Divanshu Kumar under…

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The IIT-Startup working to end manual scavenging in India wins big on Shark Tank

The Chennai-based startup provides robotic solutions for the sanitation industry, such as robots fo…

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“There will be no manual cleaning of sewers anymore,” announces Nirmala Sitharaman

Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that there will be no manual cleaning of sewer…

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There are at least 10 hot issues in India that the government has no data for

It has already been almost 10 days since the Indian parliament kicked off its monsoon session on Ju…

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A fight over sewage is preventing Long Island from solving its crippling housing crisis

Many residents in Suffolk County, Long Island, are waking up to groundwater contamination and a hou…

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Importance of wastewater surveillance higher than individualised COVID screening in preventing future outbreaks: experts

Conventional detection methods testing each and every citizen for individual testing is a highly co…

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A couple bought a 1940s house owned by a family of hoarders. They have 6 months to empty it and make it livable.

Katie and David Wolford purchased a run-down home in Portland, Oregon, in August. It was previously…

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Budget 2023-24: Continued focus on infra to enable growth, create jobs & enhance quality of life

The Indian government has announced multiple initiatives in the budget for the development of infra…

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COVID-19: Plea seeking protection of rights of sanitation workers filed in SC

Referring to a technical brief and an internal guidance issued by the World Health Organisation (WH…

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A new 'Uber for Poop' in Senegal is creating competition to pick up waste from people's homes

Manual emptying costs roughly half as much as the truck service, and residents can remove the waste…

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Here's exactly what it costs to own my 3-bedroom, 2,700-square foot home on 2.3 acres in rural New Hampshire

Our new home has a septic system and well water. At first, I was thrilled to save the $100 a month …

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If we want to keep America from collapsing, we have to do the unthinkable

My totally radical, completely sure-fire plan to blanket the country with affordable homes and clea…

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A $350 toilet powered by worms may be the ingenious future of sanitation that Bill Gates has been dreaming about

To get the worm system to market, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded at least $4.8 milli…

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Bill Gates is obsessed with redesigning the world's toilets - and he just brought a container of poo onstage to prove it

The small plants, one of which is already on the ground in Dakar, Senegal, can serve between 5,000 …

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India makes it to top 100 countries in Social Progress Index

Within the group of “Low Social Progress” countries, which includes 24 Sub-Saharan African countrie…

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I spent an uplifting day at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and discovered what it's really like to work there

Born in Rwanda, his parents fled the country when he was a baby. He became a doctor and returned to…

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Lake Erie Is Turning To Slime [PHOTOS]

While boaters and swimmers aren't likely to become seriously ill from touching or swimming in the g…

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