Country buoyed by vibrant business world but hamstrung by corrupt government. Television cables and a receiving dish are seen on the roofs of the makeshift homes in a slum in Mumbai, India. MUMBAI, ...

The remote town of Musiri in the Tamil Nadu state has hit upon a unique idea to teach its residents proper hygiene: Pay them money each time they use the toilet. Users can make up to $0.14 a month to ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Building toilets in rural India, where hundreds of millions are still defecating outdoors, will not be enough to improve public health, according to a study published Friday. India 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 ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — The World Bank has approved a $1.5 billion loan for a state-led sanitation program in India, where millions of people have no access to toilets, the bank said Wednesday. The loan, ...

Not enough toilets – and the ones there are often dirty. Beds crammed together. The only way to shower is with water from a bucket that everyone has to share. No soap or hand sanitizer. People who've ...

NEW DELHI, Dec 20 (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, ...

MUMBAI, India — The Mumbai slum of Rafiq Nagar has no clean water for its shacks made of ripped tarp and bamboo. No garbage pickup along the rocky, pocked earth that serves as a road. No power ...