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On World Toilet Day, A New Machine Aims To End India's Sewer Death Shame
Hundreds of "manual scavengers" die each year cleaning out sewers in cities across India but a machine unveiled for Monday's World Toilet Day could help to end that tragic record.
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Hope Machine To End Woes Of Manual Scavengers Involved In Cleaning Sewer
Hundreds of "manual scavengers" die each year cleaning out sewers in cities across India, but a machine unveiled on World Toilet Day today could help to end that tragic record. Thousands of people, especially below poverty line, are employed in one of the world's dirtiest jobs unclogging human waste from underground pipes.
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World's Biggest Toilet Pot Model Unveiled In Haryana's 'Trump Village'
The world's biggest toilet pot model was unveiled at Marora, popularly known as the "Trump village", in Haryana on the World Toilet Day today in a bid to create awareness towards sanitation and use of toilets.
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Days After Gurgaon Horror, 9-Year-Old Molested In Panipat School Toilet
Less than two weeks after the horrific murder of Pradyuman Thakur at Gurgaon's Ryan International School, a nine-year-old was molested in the toilet of a private school in Panipat. The man, the girl told her relatives, was one of the five sweepers of the school, who had been dressed in a green T-shirt.
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As Ryan International School Reopens, Students Avoid Toilet Where Pradyuman Was Killed
Attendance was wafer thin at Gurgaon's Ryan International School, which reopened after 10 days today after seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur was found murdered on the premises. Around one-fifth of the school's 1,200 students attended classes. Only four of Pradyuman's classmates came - two of them to quit the school.
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Gurgaon Student Murder: Probe Team Points Out Serious Lapses - 10 Facts
A report by a three-member Special Investigation Team has pointed out numerous security lapses at Gurgaon's Ryan International School, where a seven-year-old child was found murdered inside a toilet on Friday. Around 50 policemen, two fire engines and a water cannon were stationed at the school today after three days of continuous protests by paren...
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Principal Suspended, Protests Continue At Gurgaon School Where 7-Year-Old Was Killed: 10 Points
Amid calls for action by angry parents against a school in Gurgaon where a seven-year-old child was killed allegedly by a bus conductor inside a toilet, the acting principal of Ryan International School has been suspended. The services of the private agency which provided security to the school have also been suspended. There have been angry protes...
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International Toilet Festival Begins in Delhi
With an aim to spread the message of total sanitation and to put an end to the scourge of open defecation, a three-day International Toilet Festival began today, on the eve of World Toilet Day.
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Men's toilet 'captured' to mark International Women's Day
A group of plucky women marched and "captured" a men's public toilet on the eve of International Women's Day on Wednesday to highlight the abysmal lack of sanitation for women not just in this Maharashtra town but also in the rest of India.
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Madhya Pradesh woman awarded for leading 'toilet revolution'
An Indian woman has been rewarded for her "bold" decision to leave her marital home within days of the wedding to protest the lack of a toilet in the household, an official said on Thursday.
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On World Toilet Day, A New Machine Aims To End India's Sewer Death Shame
Hundreds of "manual scavengers" die each year cleaning out sewers in cities across India but a machine unveiled for Monday's World Toilet Day could help to end that tragic record.
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Hope Machine To End Woes Of Manual Scavengers Involved In Cleaning Sewer
Hundreds of "manual scavengers" die each year cleaning out sewers in cities across India, but a machine unveiled on World Toilet Day today could help to end that tragic record. Thousands of people, especially below poverty line, are employed in one of the world's dirtiest jobs unclogging human waste from underground pipes.
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World's Biggest Toilet Pot Model Unveiled In Haryana's 'Trump Village'
The world's biggest toilet pot model was unveiled at Marora, popularly known as the "Trump village", in Haryana on the World Toilet Day today in a bid to create awareness towards sanitation and use of toilets.
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Days After Gurgaon Horror, 9-Year-Old Molested In Panipat School Toilet
Less than two weeks after the horrific murder of Pradyuman Thakur at Gurgaon's Ryan International School, a nine-year-old was molested in the toilet of a private school in Panipat. The man, the girl told her relatives, was one of the five sweepers of the school, who had been dressed in a green T-shirt.
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As Ryan International School Reopens, Students Avoid Toilet Where Pradyuman Was Killed
Attendance was wafer thin at Gurgaon's Ryan International School, which reopened after 10 days today after seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur was found murdered on the premises. Around one-fifth of the school's 1,200 students attended classes. Only four of Pradyuman's classmates came - two of them to quit the school.
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Gurgaon Student Murder: Probe Team Points Out Serious Lapses - 10 Facts
A report by a three-member Special Investigation Team has pointed out numerous security lapses at Gurgaon's Ryan International School, where a seven-year-old child was found murdered inside a toilet on Friday. Around 50 policemen, two fire engines and a water cannon were stationed at the school today after three days of continuous protests by paren...
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Principal Suspended, Protests Continue At Gurgaon School Where 7-Year-Old Was Killed: 10 Points
Amid calls for action by angry parents against a school in Gurgaon where a seven-year-old child was killed allegedly by a bus conductor inside a toilet, the acting principal of Ryan International School has been suspended. The services of the private agency which provided security to the school have also been suspended. There have been angry protes...
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International Toilet Festival Begins in Delhi
With an aim to spread the message of total sanitation and to put an end to the scourge of open defecation, a three-day International Toilet Festival began today, on the eve of World Toilet Day.
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Men's toilet 'captured' to mark International Women's Day
A group of plucky women marched and "captured" a men's public toilet on the eve of International Women's Day on Wednesday to highlight the abysmal lack of sanitation for women not just in this Maharashtra town but also in the rest of India.
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Madhya Pradesh woman awarded for leading 'toilet revolution'
An Indian woman has been rewarded for her "bold" decision to leave her marital home within days of the wedding to protest the lack of a toilet in the household, an official said on Thursday.
