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 …
AIZAWL: With the number of cancer patients rising in Mizoram, the Lal Thanhawla government is seriously putting its effort to establish a cancer hospital and research institute in Mizoram. The rising cases of cancer patients in Mizoram has been caused by the excessive use of tobacco products by the people, …
India is expected to see a substantial jump in the number of millionaires in the next five years as the total tally for the super rich in the country is likely to touch 242,000 by 2017, a report says. According to a Credit Suisse Research Institute’s Global Wealth Report, the …
The government should only in exceptional cases permit acquisition of farm land for non- agriculture purposes like setting up of industries and housing projects, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said on Tuesday. Mr. Pawar, who heads the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on Land acquisition bill, said there is a pressure …
On a day when the Supreme Court directed the Union and State governments to provide basic infrastructure, including drinking water and toilets, in all schools within six months, a survey conducted among parents (low-income group) in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore said that “toilets remain the single-most commonly voiced …
Now it is official. There is a general perception that birth defects among the population in the high level natural radiation areas of Kerala are more than those in areas of normal background radiation. Scientists from the Departent of Paediatrics, Victoria Hospital, Kollam, Directorate of Health Services, Government of Kerala …
Ahmedabad: The traditional middle-range housing and migrant population are going to set the rules for Ahmedabad’s real estate market in the coming years. A report on housing demand in eight big cities of India, suggest that Ahmedabad will see a fresh demand of 173,394 units for 2012-16. The report pegs …
Involving the community at keeping a vigil on “high risk families” with an open preference for the boy child and giving the girl child a fighting chance at being born, non-government organisation Centre for Social Research with support from the German Embassy has in the South-West District of Delhi (which …
New Delhi, 2 Oct: The government is planning to develop two “smart” cities with a host of modern features like intelligent transport and carbon neutral status in each of the states in the second phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal mission. “We have an urban renewal mission which …
Cited as the most significant trend of the 21st century, ageing population is expected to reach a two billion mark by 2050. A new International report has projected that ageing population will reach one billion in less than 10 years and double by 2050. According to the report — “Ageing …
There has been a sharp decline in groundwater levels in several parts of Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan over the years, the government said on Friday. According to the data released here, which is part of country’s first ever aquifer atlas, Himachal Pradesh has the best groundwater level …
ITANAGAR: Five more deaths reported from remote Anjaw district bordering China took the toll to nine while another four persons still remained traceless in the wake of devastating floods that left over two lakh people affected spread over six districts. Four persons were missing from worst affected Lohit district, official …
One of the resolutions the Coimbatore Corporation Council passed at the Monday’s meeting urged the State Government to sanction a mono rail project for the city. The Mayor proposed the resolution and the Council unanimously accepted it. The Council resolution comes after various associations urged the civic body to take …
New Delhi The government is unlikely to take up the National Food Security Bill in the winter season of Parliament as the panel examining the proposed law had to be reconstituted as its tenure had lapsed. The National Food Security Bill, 2011, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha by …
PANJIM: After taking to the road in last year’s protest, mining truck owners have now given a green signal to Manohar Parrikar-led government over closure of the mining industry with a rider -- the All Goa Truck Owners Association (AGTOA) has asked that state government to work out a rehabilitation …
Ahmedabad: A comprehensive ban on production and sale of gutka will come into effect in Gujarat on Tuesday, as per the notification issued by the state government. Chief minister Narendra Modi, during his Independence Day address, had announced complete ban on gutka from September 11. However, there is a catch …
The aim of the presented paper is to demonstrate environmentally-induced displacement as an increasingly important category of population movement that represents a new set of challenges to the international community and to public international law as well . There are three basic objectives that this work intends to achieve: 1) …
There are only 35 rhinos left in one wild population, and none in captivity. But conservationists hope they can increase the numbers of what is possibly the rarest large mammal on Earth For most people in south-east Asia, the Javan rhino is effectively already a relic from the past. The …
Monorail will occupy less space, can be completed comparatively early using pre-fabricated structures: RAAC At a meeting recently, the Residents Awareness Association of Coimbatore (RAAC) asked the Coimbatore Corporation to take up with the State Government the need for a monorail for the city. A presentation made on the occasion …
World leaders must take swift, coordinated action to ensure that food price shocks do not turn into a catastrophe that could hurt tens of millions of people in coming months, the United Nations' food agencies said in a statement on Tuesday. Global alarm over the potential for a food crisis …
SILCHAR: The exploitation of environment by man is nothing new. This has reached its nadir in the 20th century all over the world. Man exploits natural resources, plants and trees but substitutes nothing to maintain balance. The environmental backlash of humanity for its own advancement and natural destruction has landed …
