To promote family planning, the Health Ministry has planned to provide free condoms in 146 districts where fertility rate is high
Union Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Giriraj Singh today kicked up a controversy pitching for a rise in Hindu population in the country, saying that religion can only protect us if we do the same for.
In an attempt apparently aimed at making lonely people stay happier, Toyota Motor Corp on Monday unveiled a doe-eyed palm-sized robot, named Kirobo Mini, which can double as a baby companion for those left wanting.
Despite the considerable increase in tiger population in India and globally, the big cats are still not out of the woods due to shrinking forest land which are getting converted into motorways and other infrastructure
In a shocking case of cruelty against animals, over 700 stray dogs have been poisoned to death by officials in southern Karachi in Pakistan. The move has been dubbed as an effort to curb their
The central government today informed the Delhi High Court that necessary steps were being taken to address the issue of population explosion in the country.
New Delhi: For a country with a population of 1.25 billion plus, education has been touted as a key driver for development and the upliftment of the poor. Moreover, with India sitting on a huge
Stockholm: Acknowledged for its attempts to keep men and women on an equal level, Sweden broke it's 267 years long record as it experienced a surprise shift in gender balance with number of men surpassing
New Delhi: Amid growing population of SC/STs in the country, government today said it is mulling over providing reservation benefits to backward classes in proportion to their population. To concerns over losing of SC/ST status
Beijing: Couples in China are now allowed to have two children as the new family planning law came into effect from today, ending the world's most populous country's controversial one-child policy amid concerns over an
Ranchi: Stoking a fresh debate over religion and demograpics, the RSS on Saturday sought a review of the population policy to counter “severe demographic changes” in India, flagging what it considers a high rate of
Nagpur: Calling for the need to rise above vote bank politics, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief, Mohan Bhagwat today said that a holistic approach to population policy should be formulated that is equally applicable
Mumbai: The just-released Census figures are "disturbing" and the rise in the Muslim population is because of "politics of religion", the Shiv Sena has said.The party, a constituent of the NDA governments in Maharashtra and
Islamabad: Heavy rains over the weekend have triggered flash floods in various parts of Pakistan, a media report said on Monday.The Chitral valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was the worst-affected as the floods snapped most
As much as 86% of the rural population and 82% of the urban population is without health-expenditure support. The average medical expenditure for treating one ailment without being admitted to hospital was Rs 509 in rural
New Delhi: On World Population Day, Indians numbered 1,274,234,538 at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday, constituting an estimated 17.23 percent of the overall global inhabitation of humans, as per data available with an independent socio-economic statistical organisation.According
New Delhi: The government today said the birth rate in India is greater than that of China and said the country's population will cross China's by 2028. “Yes. As per World Population Prospects - the
Washington: Hindus will become the world's third largest population by 2050, while India will overtake Indonesia as the country with the largest Muslim population, according to a new study.According to the Pew Research Center's religious
New Delhi: The Hindu population in India has for first time dropped below 80 percent, according to 2011 religion census that is yet to be released officially.According to the data available, Hindus now constitute 78.35
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