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 …
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 …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on people living in urban slums, 06/08/2015. As per the Census figures, the slum population in the country has increased from 5.23 crores in 2001 to 6.55 crores in 2011. A Statement giving slum population as per Census 2001 & 2011 and change in population …
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 . …
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 …
