Nearly one-third of India’s 1.4 billion plus population descended on the Maha Kumbh Mela, a six-week Hindu gathering held in ...

Hundreds of cleaners battled through pollution at India's bathing festival - setting a new world record for the world's ...

Private and government agencies have used over 1 crore litres of cleaning solutions for sanitation in the Mela region, ...

At a time when many national and international media report on the atrocities committed against women in India, the stories ... gain more than men from better sanitation and hygiene.

Economic losses were in the billions. Pollution takes many forms in India, including the use of poorly-ventilated stoves and open fires for cooking inside dwellings. Photo by Mark Katzman. Air ...

Growing urban populations, more public awareness of pollution and ambitious redevelopment plans propel big drinking water and wastewater treatment investment in two key cities.

As a result, according to India’s Central Pollution Control Board, fewer than half of them work effectively. 3 What’s more, India’s smaller towns cannot afford to build such systems. The good news is ...

A yoga event in Indore's dried-up nullah aimed to promote pollution-free water bodies. The programme, attended by local mayors and residents, highlighted the city's cleanliness achievements and ...

In 2021, air pollution was a major global killer, contributing to 8.1 million deaths worldwide. India and China bore the brunt of this crisis, with staggering death tolls of 2.1 million and 2.3 ...

A recent report by Lancet on the impact of air pollution in India in 2019 says that 1·67 million deaths were attributable to air pollution, accounting for 17.8% of the total deaths. It also ...

However, spiritual leaders in India used the festival to champion environmental sustainability.Nearly one-third of India's ...