Global megatrends such as income inequality, climate change, demographic shifts, technological progress, and urbanisation are shaping the future of societies. Yet, their quantitative impacts on development
The latest UNICEF report presents a hard-hitting view of the condition of poor children in urban areas. COMPARISONS between and studies of living conditions in rural and urban India are aplenty, though
Parliamentary committee is likely to go for universalising distribution of grains to cover wider range of population The much-awaited Food Security Bill, which is being vetted by Parliamentary Standing
“Population aged 60 and above will grow to 17% by 2050” The World Health Organisation (WHO) in partnership with the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has called for greater attention to the aging of India's population, its implications for health policy and for promotion of a society where the elderly can live full, enriching and productive lives.
The 2011 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) was the sixth national-level demographic and health survey designed to provide information on demographic and maternal and child health in Bangladesh.
Chandran Nair (founder of Global Institute for Tomorrow) argues that Asia's burgeoning population means that indulging in Western-style consumption is not an option. The planet's resources, from oil to
Rural common property resources represent the historically evolved institutional arrangements made by communities in dry regions (in the present case) to guard against the vulnerabilities and risks created
Councillors urged to tackle problems of the town In a bid to bring about stake holder participation in raising the standard of hygiene and sanitation in this hill station, a meeting was organised at the municipality here on Thursday. Among the participants were officials and members of the Udhagamandalam municipal council.
Cancer killed 5,56,400 people across the country in 2010. The 30-69 age group accounted for 71 per cent (3,95,400) of the deaths. In 2010, cancer alone accounted for 8 per cent of the 2.5 million total male deaths and 12 per cent of the 16 million total female deaths in this age group. These are some of the findings of a paper published on March 28 in The Lancet. The study found that 7,137 of the 1,22,429 deaths during 2001-2003 were due to cancer, corresponding to 5,56,400 cancer deaths in 2010. At nearly 23 per cent,
Besides protecting water sources, people should also make judicious use of water as it is increasingly going scarce, said V. Sampath, District Collector. He was speaking at a function held at Konthamur near here to mark the World Water Day celebrations on Tuesday. The Collector said that without water, no living being could survive. While earth consists of two-thirds of seawater and one-third of land, a lot of pressure was being put on resources found on the land owing to population explosion. It has gad an impact on water availability too.
Jaisalmer Tehsil Registers Highest Improvement In Child Sex Ratio Jaipur: The provisional population figures up to the tehsil-level released by the directorate of census operations, Rajasthan, on Wednesday showed an overall decrease in the child population in the 0 to 6 years age group and a clear divide on the social issue between rural and urban areas.
