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 public health engineering department will continue to distribute raw water to the people. Many sections are ridiculing the way the department is distributing water to undisclosed places with just 20 water tankers. The state has a population of nearly 28 lakh population. Manipur is passing through a drought like …
PANAJI: The slums in the state are located in Ponda, Margao and Mormugao, but the area with the port town holds 90% of the slum population in the state. According to the Economic Survey 2014-15, there are 5,497 households with a population of 26,247 persons, comprising 13,826 males and 12,421 …
Population growth could cause global demand for water to outpace supply by mid-century if current levels of consumption continue, according to a new study. Using a delayed-feedback mathematical model that analyses historic data to help project future trends, the researchers identified a regularly recurring pattern of global water use in …
VADODARA: With surface water becoming insufficient for consumption, ground water is the only option left to meet the city's demand. However, a recent study suggests that the quality of ground water is degrading considerably. The study by city-based hydrogeologist Dr Jayendra Lakhmapurkar says that the quality has gone below the …
Even though the government has selected 100 districts across the country where various measures are being taken to improve the child sex ratio, discrimination against the girl child still remains a matter of concern in Kurukshetra. In Haripur village, Kurukshetra, the sex ratio is a dismal 250 girls per 1,000 …
Amid apprehensions that the new pictorial warnings on all tobacco products may be disregarded by various players, Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI) on Thursday said the tobacco industry is making attempts to scuttle the implementation of the new health warnings. “The industry is falsely claiming that livelihoods of workers …
The golden motifs and shimmering silk often eclipses the perennial risk of tuberculosis Varanasi silk weavers live with. Though considered highly vulnerable to TB, health officials do not have a clear idea of the extent of the problem. But these residents in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency will get …
Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday launched a scheme for girl child - 'Aapki Beti Humari Beti' - with an aim to combat the problem of declining child sex ratio in the state. The scheme was announced at a state-level function on the occasion of International Women's Day …
Combating criticism from Opposition parties on the Shanta Kumar committee’s recommendation that suggested cutting down the coverage of the Food Security Act to 40 per cent from the existing 67 per cent, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today specified that his government intended to stick with the coverage decided by the …
Rural-urban migration continues to attract much interest, but also growing concern. Migrants are often blamed for increasing urban poverty, but not all migrants are poor. In many cities, however, migrants form a large proportion of the urban poor with whom they share income and non-income disadvantages, including difficulties in finding …
There is no difference in the percentage of smokers among women in rural and urban areas (0.7 per cent each) in the State, but more men in rural areas (17.2 per cent) smoke as compared to their counterparts in urban areas (15 per cent). The percentage of men and women …
About a fortnight ago, when the nationwide tiger count was released, Sonoka Sarkar, 31, was trying to come to terms with her husband’s disappearance and death. Srinivas Sarkar, 40, was dragged away by an adult tiger while he was catching crabs. The body could not be recovered, and Sonoka became …
Nine of 10 people with diabetes believe their blood sugar is under control even though it's not, a survey conducted by the Association of Physicians of India (API) has found. The survey, the results of which were announced on Wednesday, involved 1,500 adults with diabetes, 302 caregivers and 60 doctors …
About 30 crore people still live in extreme poverty in India even as the Millennium Development Goal (MGD) programme will expire in December, a United Nations report has said. "Still nearly 300 million people live in extreme poverty in India and face deprivation in terms of access to basic services, …
Gone are the days when steady and gradual decrease in temperature used to show signs of perfect weather for snowfall on western Himalayas. Weather now changes its patterns so rapidly that snowfall sometime occurs few hours after the temperature was many notches above freezing point, claim scientists. Increasing human activities …
The carrying capacity of the Indian Sunderbans has been exceeded, and the increased population is exerting pressure on the fragile and richest ecosystem of the world, a World Bank report has said. “The population is growing and exerting even greater pressure on fragile and recovering natural systems. As a result …
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has released the Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2014. The annual Yearbook provides a statistical overview of the social, economic and environmental development processes in the region, to support comparative analysis of Latin American and Caribbean countries …
Himachal Pradesh has made great strides in reducing poverty and attaining best human development outcomes, but female child sex ratio, under-nutrition in children and an ageing population still remain issues of concern, says a new World Bank report. “One of the main achievements of Himachal was its success in raising …
Urbanization is transforming the developing world. However, understanding the pace, scale, and form of urbanization has been limited by a lack of consistent data. East Asia’s Changing Urban Landscape aims to address this problem by using satellite imagery and other data to measure urban expansion across the East Asia and …
The said there were 991 females to 1,000 males in Chhattisgarh. Sex ratio in Chhattisgarh is highest among all the states in the country with women taking lead to have a greater share. "It is a matter of pride and honour for the entire State that ratio of women to …
