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 …
In what could be a significant warning for India, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that the “subdued” P. Vivax malaria virus is contributing in large proportion in India and has taken a deadly form. While the efforts have so far been focused on P. Falciparum malaria, the WHO …
On the occasion of World Hepatitis Day today, experts have called for a national strategy to address the growing burden of viral Hepatitis in India with the disease being called a silent epidemic. While jaundice and acute liver failures caused by water borne Hepatitis A and E viruses remain a …
Despite a continuing slowdown in the rate of population growth, it is “almost inevitable” that the number of people on the planet will rise from 7.3 billion today to 9.7 billion in 2050, according to the latest UN projections. Ten years ago, the world population was growing by 1.24% annually; …
Gujarat will be getting newly hatched chicks of the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard from neighbouring Rajasthan. These chicks will be kept at Nalia sanctuary for 'nature acclimatization', after which they will be released in Kutch for conservation. While Gujarat has been approved as India's only breeding centre for the …
12-year-old study shows middle-class in developing countries more susceptible. Poor diet followed by ancestors is among the reasons why people in India and other developing countries are more susceptible to obesity, type-2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Anandwardhan A. Hardikar, associate professor at the University of Sydney, along with researchers from …
Global warming-induced food and water shortages may cause mass migration, competition for resources and state failure, providing fertile ground for conflict and terrorism, analysts warned Monday. In a report entitled: “Climate Change, A Risk Assessment”, a global team of scientists, policy analysts and financial and military risk experts painted a …
The sensitivity of mosquito vector and dengue virus biology to diurnal temperature variability has been established, but this study is the first analyzing these relations with dengue occurrence. We show that Dhaka’s tropical hot monsoon climate and small variation in daily temperature enhance dengue transmission one month later. Large-scale climatic …
United Nations notes progress on Millennium Development Goals, but says challenges remain for India India has made notable progress towards realising the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including of reducing poverty by half and securing gender parity, but the achievements across the goals vary, a major UN (United Nations) report has …
Sites in Dwarka, Sultanpuri and Bhalsawa have been earmarked for the rehabilitation scheme, said sources. In a bid to keep one of its major promises to the people of Delhi, the AAP government wants to start work on its slum rehabilitation programme soon, and various government departments have already started …
Gross per capita annual income swells to Rs. 1 lakh. India’s GDP crossed the $2-trillion mark in 2014, according to data released by the World Bank in Washington late on Wednesday. After taking 60 years to reach the $1-trillion mark, India added the next trillion in just seven years. The …
RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh's disabled population has witnessed a whopping rise of 48% from 2001 to 2011 with the number of disabled going up from 4.19 lakh to 6.24 lakh during the period. These include 2.31 lakh males and 1.88 lakh females. According to the latest Census Report (2011), number of disabled …
Worryingly, about 86 per cent of rural population and 82 per cent of urban population are still not covered under any health expenditure support scheme. A health survey conducted by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) shows that more people fall ill in urban areas compared to rural India. During …
MUMBAI: Anticipating a strong protest from the public, especially after the draft development plan disaster, the BMC has decided to overhaul the hawking zone drive. The BMC had mapped out about 60,000 hawking 'patches'—one usually accommodates a single vendor—across the city and is trying to accommodate nearly 90,000 hawkers during …
Since the early 2000s, Latin America and the Caribbean has seen meaningful progress toward universal health coverage with an additional 46 million people in nine countries having at least nominal guarantees of affordable health care, according to a new joint publication by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) …
SHILLONG: The Meghalaya Cabinet on Thursday approved the implementation of the National Food Security Act, 2013 in the State. “The groundwork for implementation of the Act has already started. We will be sending the list of the beneficiaries to the Centre once the exercise of inclusion and exclusion of names …
NASHIK: Three ponds in Trimbakeshwar dating back to the Peshwa era and now full of silt and hyacinth may once again meet the residents' requirement of water. Two trustees of the main Trimbakeshwar temple — Lalita Shinde and Satyapriya Shukla — have adopted Indrakund, Gautam Kund and Bilvateerth and taken …
About one third of Earth's largest groundwater reserves are being rapidly depleted by human consumption, according to a new study led by the University of California, Irvine. This data was used data from Nasa's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites. Another study found that little is known of how …
NEW DELHI: Never mind lowering the rate of death from air pollution in India and China. Just keeping those rates steady will demand urgent action to clear the skies, according to a report published on Tuesday. The findings — gleaned from a new global model for how changes in outdoor …
Strong economic and equity market performance helped create nearly a million (920,000) new millionaires globally in 2014, as High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) grew in both number and wealth to 14.6 million and US$56.4 trillion, respectively. This reflects an increase of about seven percent, roughly half the growth rate of …
The Population Institute released a report on how population growth is affecting the development prospects of the world’s most fragile countries. The report, “Demographic Vulnerability: Where population growth poses the greatest challenges,” identifies and ranks the 20 countries facing the greatest demographic challenges with respect to hunger, poverty, water scarcity, …
