Birth Rate is a crude measure of fertility of a population and is a crucial determinant of population growth. It gives the number of live births per thousand population in a given region and year. The Birth Rate at all India level has declined drastically over the last five decades …
Mouth cancer in men, gall bladder cancer in women show highest spike The National Health Profile (NHP) 2015, released by Health Minister J P Nadda on Tuesday, has reported the same grim predictions on cancer incidence in India as last year — a 20 per cent jump over the next …
Two more deaths reported in capital While the dengue epidemic continues to rage throughout the country, school-going children and those ageing between 16 to 45 years have become the easy targets to the deadly sting this time. According to the data available with the health ministry the fever has so …
India is emerging as a major driver of wealth creation among the high net worth individuals (HNWI) and recorded the largest percentage point gains - in the Asia Pacific region and globally - in HNWI population (26.3 per cent to 1.98 lakh) and wealth (28.2 per cent to $785 billion). …
MUMBAI: The BMC has received Rs 8 crore from the state government to build public toilets in the city under the Modi-government promoted Swachh Bharat campaign. Around 11 lakh people use public toilets and the BMC already provides most of them, said an officer. In 2014, the Centre has issued …
Rapid urbanisation will have huge economic, social and environmental implications. This paper summarise the urbanisation dynamics of sub-Saharan Africa's largest cities using new data on population,GDP and carbon emissions up to 2030, to provide an understanding of the scale and pace of change in sub-Saharan Africa's cities and their contribution …
Delhi Tops List Of Deadly Cities With 1,671 Dying In 2014 India's killer roads claimed the lives of 75,000 people aged between 15 and 34 years last year. Over 82% of these victims were males, according to the Road Accident Report for 2014 prepared by the road transport and highways …
"Seismic changes" in temperatures and sea levels could create waves of refugees forced to abandon traditional homes and fight for food and water, US secretary of state John Kerry has said as he sought commitment from the international community to address the challenge posed by climate change. "Climate is not …
Britain looks set to overtake Germany as the European Union's most populous country by 2050, according to statistical agency Eurostat. If current migration and birth rate trends are maintained, the UK will number 77.2 million people at that point, compared to Germany's 74.7 million. Subsequently Britain's population will continue to …
The growth rate of the Muslim population has consistently declined or remained constant since 1971 till 2011, with the only exception being the 10-year period ended 1991. Experts believe the population growth will fall further with rising education levels among Muslims. However, the proportion of Muslims to the total population …
About 38% of male population in Madhya Pradesh smoke tobacco daily while 39% population use smokeless tobacco leading to a rise in cancer cases. These startling facts were put up by World Health Organization at a sensitization workshop against tobacco use here on Sunday. Findings of TCP India Wave 1 …
A study conducted among 2,508 children, aged between 14 to 18 years, in the National Capital Region (NCR) has found that 23 per cent of them had cholesterol levels higher than normal. The study, released on Saturday, was conducted by Dr. Raman Puri, founder and vice-chairman of Lipid Association of …
SUVA: India should support Fiji and other Pacific island countries at the climate change talks to be held in Paris later this year, the government-owned Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) said on Monday. Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama highlighted this in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he congratulated him …
Northern Tanzania's conservationists have embarked on a family planning education program to address rapid population growth for people living outside the Burunge Wildlife Management Area (WMA). Secretary of the Burunge WMA OLaisy Olekoine said on Sunday that uncontrolled population growth becomes the new threat towards managing the resource-rich wildlife sanctuary. …
Diversifying its `Bhuvan' (geospatial platform) application service which can be a key tool to implement India's smart city programmes, the Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) has tied up with the Union urban development ministry for mapping over 500 towns and cities to make a base plan for better urban planning …
This letter assesses low carbon scenarios for India at the subnational level in the passenger road transport sector. We estimate the future passenger mobility demand and assess the impact of carbon mitigation policies using the Asia–Pacific Integrated Assessment/Enduse models. This letter focuses on the transitions of energy and emissions of …
The world's population is climbing higher and higher over time. Now, the United Nations (UN) Population Division has announced that the population is likely to surpass 11 billion in 2100. Currently, the world's population is about 7.3 billion and growing each day. The primary driver of global population is actually …
Experts deliberated on several topics, including climate change, natural resource management, development and environment, on the second day of the Toppers’ Conclave today. Governor KK Paul was present throughout the lectures and provided grace and seriousness to the event. In the first session, guest speaker Prof Mangla Rai, who is …
Health authorities in the state have said the long distance from the house of a person suffering from Japanese Encephalitis (JE) to a medical centre is one of the factors behind the high fatalities, as the cumbersome journey often complicates a patient's condition. Earlier, experts had expressed concern over delay …
Urban planners in the State can leverage technology to build resilience to climate change and minimise the risks to the population, according to Usha P. Raghupathi of the National Institute of Urban Affairs, New Delhi. Dr. Raghupathi, who is in the city to participate in a training programme on Urban …
India is expected to surpass China to become the world's most populous nation by 2022, the United Nations said on Thursday . China and India remain the two largest countries in the world, each with more than 1 billion people, representing 19% and 18% of the world's population, respectively . …
