Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel has set herself an agenda that every home must get a toilet, and even wants the Election Commission to ensure that every candidate follows the same to contest polls, but a recent survey by NGOs revealed that as many as 70,000 people in the state's commercial capital Ahmedabad defecate in the open. 

A review meeting at the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) chaired by Municipal Commissioner Guruprasad Mohapatra along with the NGOs found that the city needed 80,000 toilets to stop open defecation. 

At the meeting, a joint report by the World Health Organisation and Unicef was also cited which said a whopping 597 million people in India defecate in the open.

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NGOs suggested that the municipal corporation needed to construct at least 25,000 free-of-cost community toilets to make Ahmedabad defecation-free

The Ahmedabad civic body claims that open defecation sites in the city have come down from 400 in the year 2010 to around 80 during 2013, but local NGO Manav Garima asserts that the number is around 300, including in the so-called upmarket west-side areas like Thaltej, Ghatlodia, Wadaj, Kali and Vejalpur, as well as the eastern region.

The key reason for an increase in open defecation, say municipal corporation officials, is the construction of pay-and-use toilets by the civic body. 

"These toilets are accessible from around 7 am. Most slum-dwellers leave for work by that time," a municipal officer said.

And then, slum-dwellers have large families who cannot afford pay-and-use toilets, "which are generally supposed to be for public places and not daily use," he added.

"Paid toilets cost Rs 3 for each person and for an average slum family of 10 people, this could work out to around Rs 30 every morning, which would not be affordable," the officer added.

At the AMC review meeting, the NGOs suggested that the municipal corporation needed to construct at least 25,000 free of cost community toilets to make Ahmedabad defecation-free.

The chief minister would have to sanction a budget for this to achieve her goal.

As Virat Kohli has flopped tremendously in the semi final match against Australia, the twitterati have targeted his girlfriend Anushka Sharma. Anushka, who has flown down to Australia to support team India and  her beau has become the reason for ridicule yet again on social media. While we don’t intend to point fingers at anyone, here are some of the hilarious jokes which went viral on Twitter.

Zaid Hamid ‏@SirZaidHamid
Anushka Sharma should be declared National Panauti

#IndvsAus#KohliGoneYou ignored but I ‏@ImSandeshJain
Virat Kohli was just trying to show Anushka Sharma that he can try new positions.

Juno ‏@journojuno
Anushka Sharma apparently flew all the way to Sydney to cheer for her guy. The max distance I'll travel for my guy is Powai to Saki Naka lol.

Mohd Saifullah @SaifTauheed
@AnushkaSharma told u support frm outside.. #sydney jaane ke fayeda kya hua. Bade keh gaye hai nvr mix love wid wrk!

Aashish Khandelwal @ak22999
Anushka Sharma flew all the way from Mumbai to Sydney to watch her boy Virat Kohli bowl 1 over, drop 1 catch, and score 1 run! #JodiNo1

Hamza khalid butt @hamza_HKB
#Sydney golay par #Anushka_sharma k sath LOL ho gaya #AusvsInd

Chirag Bhaiya @chiragbhaiya
What did Anushka Sharma tell Virat Kohli before he went out to bat today? "Virat, I want you here in 5 minutes." :D #CWC15 #AUSvsIND

Chandu @ChanduSbkaBandu
Anushka is searching for her NH10 rod in cupboard #IndvsAus #ChaloWinItBack

Appka Chota Google ‏@Eramitgupta
Now @AnushkaSharma and @imVkohli have much time For shopping and kissing Each other

RT Utaru Kya?? ‏@Jhandgi
Breaking News :: Anushka Sharma changed her relationship status to 'Single'!

#IndvsAusSabeeh Rehman ‏@Scabbeard
Meanwhile Anushka be like, 'Pakistaniyo mera Sarfraz mujhay wapis kero' @AnushkaSharma @imVkohli #MauqaMauqa #CWC15

WhatsApp is a great app. It is fast, easy to use and a convenient to stay in touch with people now that almost everyone uses it.

But of late, WhatsApp has added a number of features that makes it a privacy risk. If you are not careful, it is even easy to figure out your daily moment and activity from the information that is displayed on your WhatsApp profile. In some cases, a person doesn't even have to chat with you. All he or she needs to stalk to you is your phone number.

So how do you ward off the stalkers and weirdos or just plain irritants? Well, there are some very simple steps:

-- Start blocking people: We are sure you already know this but it is worth repeating: block numbers of people who are irritating you. To block a contact, open the chat window for that particular contact, tap on the "three dots" on the top right, select "more" and select "block". If you think the person deserves forgiveness, you can unblock him or her later.

-- Hide you profile photo: On WhatsApp anyone can see your profile photo. To change this click on the "three dots" in the main WhatsApp  window and select "settings". In the next window, select "account" and then "privacy".

In the section "Who can see my personal info", select "Profile photo" and set the setting to "Nobody" if you are really paranoid or annoyed at strangers complimenting you, or "my contacts" if you don't mind some of your friends seeing your profile photo from time to time.

-- Turn off last seen: Hiding "last seen" is one single biggest step you can take to safeguard your privacy on WhatsApp. In the same, "Who can see my personal info", select "Last seen" and then choose the option that you want.

-- Similarly, you can also hide status message from strangers or from everyone. Though if you want to hide it from everyone, you can just use a blank status message. That will do the same thing.

-- Turn off Blue Ticks: A few months ago, WhatsApp added this read receipt feature which shows a user when the message has been read by turning the two grey ticks to blue. While it is a useful feature, it also takes away a bit of freedom you have in how and when you respond to messages from others. Once you have seen a message and once the sender of that message knows it, there is an obvious pressure on you to respond.

To turn off the Blue Ticks feature, go to section "Messaging" in the Privacy window. Clear the "Read receipt" selection or in other words uncheck it.

What if you are using an iPhone

The above mentioned tips are for WhatsApp on Android. But what if you are using it on an iPhone? Well, in that case you can access the privacy settings by clicking on the gearwheel placed on the bottom right of the WhatsApp window.

However, on iPhone it seems WhatsApp doesn't allow turning off the blue ticks. It can be done but then for that you have to "jailbreak" the iPhone. But you can change other settings.

India vs Australia is a game that doesn't require any build up. Especially, if it is a World Cup semi-final and that too Down Under. Before the big game at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday, 26th March, here are 11 memes to pump you up:

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