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 …
Express news service Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has reiterated the need to control population even as choosing not to support efforts made during Emergency to achieve the objective. Speaking at a function in Bhopal on Sunday, Chouhan had lauded the efforts made by Sanjay Gandhi during Emergency …
Once in the late 1950s, the then prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru was to address the students of Delhi School of Economics. On such formal occasions, the head of the Delhi School, V K R V Rao, expected students to wear silver-grey, buttoned- up coats with the institution's crest. On the …
ANDREW W. LYNGDOH Ray of hope Shillong, Aug. 29: 1098. For the unacquainted, this is just a meaningless four-digit number. But for children like Bah Duh (name changed), it is a lifeline that can alleviate their misery. The number is synonymous with Childline that was instituted in June 1996 by …
Debabrata Mohanty At a ration shop in Raygada, a town in the Kalahandi-Bolangir-Koraput hunger zone of Orissa, a tribal hands over a smart ration card, a little larger than a PAN card, to the shopkeeper who swipes it in a card reader. The person then places his thumb on a …
The global future lies before us as a highly uncertain and contested landscape with numerous perils along the way. This study explores possible pathways to sustainability by considering in quantitative detail four contrasting scenarios for the twenty-first century. The analysis reveals vividly the risks of conventional development approaches and the …
Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: The mundane garbage bin has started talking. Three students of Entrepreneurship Development Centre (EDC) at Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA)
Anuradha Mascarenhas India is well on its way to eradicate the polio virus, according to health officials who show the sharp dip in the number of cases this year as against last year
This paper specifically describes the urbanization experience of Brazil, by far the largest country in Latin America, and which has attained levels of urbanization that surpass those of most European countries. Despite historical differences in timing and context, the trajectory of urbanization in Brazil holds many parallels and key lessons …
The objective of the Task Force on Sustainable Lifestyles was to explore ways to engage, exemplify, enable and encourage people, civil society organizations and governments to further sustainability in people's everyday lives. Nine Task Force projects cover activities in 43 countries across every region of the world. The projects covered …
Despite the tiger population dwindling worldwide, some good news is flowing in from Chitwan National Park (CNP) where the number of adult tigers rose to 125, a jump of 34, as compared to a count conducted about two years ago. Altogether there are 155 adult tigers in the country now, …
Zilla Panchayat president Mangamma Muniswamy has emphasised on the need to create awareness on population control in rural parts. Inaugurating a programme to observe World Population Day here on Tuesday, the ZP president said several projects launched by the government to control population growth have failed to yield desired result, …
MUMBAI: The first phase of the census drive came to an end on Thursday. The enumerators covered about 43 lakh homes, of which 2.41 lakh (5.5%) odd homes were found locked, and therefore, missed being counted. "We have finished covering all the houses. Even shops were included in this phase …
Number Of Households In State Up By 38% In 10 Yrs Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhinagar: The great Gujarati joint family may be ideal formula for K-soaps, but the state is going nuclear if preliminary figures available at Census of India office in Gandhinagar are any indication. The number of …
London: Eight Indian states, including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, together account for more poor people than the 26 poorest African nations combined, a new
