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 ...

Just before the coronavirus crisis, CNET visited New Delhi to learn about a tiny startup reinventing public health and sanitation. Ben Fox Rubin was a senior reporter for CNET News in Manhattan, ...

On a humid afternoon in May, a handful of local residents gathered at a one-room home in an unplanned housing settlement in Mumbai. The women greeted one another and then sat down on the small porch ...

Rediscovering traditional Indian toilet systems, especially the squat-style toilets once common in households, reveals more than just cultural heritage. They may actually support digestive health and ...

"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, June 12 (Reuters Life!) - A year ago, Vimla Atwal eked a living by cleaning outdoor pits used as toilets in a western Indian village. Next month, she will sashay down a New York catwalk ...

Since UNICEF and partners began community toilet clean-ups in Mumbai's overcrowded neighborhoods, 11-year-old Fiza no longer dreads going to the bathroom. Eleven-year-old Fiza and her family share a ...

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 ...