If you live in developed parts of the world, beware, because this article is going to talk about two things that might make you say ew: the problem of open defecation and the use of human waste as ...

India's sanitation journey has transformed public health over the past decade. On World Toilet Day 2025, the country's ...

Traditional Indian squat toilets, while beneficial for digestion due to natural body alignment, pose cardiovascular risks, ...

The government is constructing 29,000 \"aspirational toilets\" across India to enhance public sanitation at tourist spots and ...

The Swachh Bharat mission, launched in 2014, was an ambitious effort to stop open defecation. It's far from reaching that goal. Ben Fox Rubin was a senior reporter for CNET News in Manhattan, ...

A groom leaves a toilet as brides stand ready for a mass wedding ceremony for 92 couples at Ramlila ground in New Delhi. Picture June 15, 2014, REUTERS/Adnan Abidi * Any views expressed in this ...

"It's a little smelly, you can see," he said before nodding. "It's sturdy." This story is part of A Dirty Job, CNET's look at the toilets and tech saving lives in India. One of Aggarwal's life joys is ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A lack of toilets and poor hygiene practices in India cost Asia's third largest economy almost $54 billion every year, the World Bank said on Monday. Premature deaths, treatment ...

Arnav Srinivasan, 37, works in one of Thomson Reuters' Bengaluru offices. He was born as Kalyani, a female, but identifies as a man. It was a big deal for him when the office introduced a ...

Have you ever thought that toilets are one of the most essential parts of our lives? Several notable figures like the great ...

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — The two teenage girl cousins had walked out together at night, as they did every night, into the wild bamboo fields 10 or 15 minutes from their mud-and-straw huts to relieve ...