United Nations: India and China will witness the largest growth in their urban populations in the next four decades, posing new challenges of providing jobs, housing, energy and infrastructure to their people, the United Nations said. The UN's '2011 Revision of the World Urbanisation Prospects' said Africa and Asia will lead the global urban population growth in the next four decades with the largest increases expected in India, China, Nigeria,...
08:46 AM, Apr 07, 2012
New Delhi: At a time when police-population ratio is abnormally low, 16,800 VIPs across the country had more than 50,000 security personnel to guard them, nearly double the actually allotted strength. According to a Home Ministry report, 50,059 policemen were deployed in 25 states and Union Territories in 2010 to provide security to 16,788 VIPs, which included ministers, MPs, MLAs, judges and bureaucrats, for more than six months. Interestingly, only...
09:33 AM, Apr 01, 2012
New Delhi: India has an estimated 25 lakh gay population and about seven per cent (1.75 lakh) of them are HIV infected, Government told the Supreme Court on Tuesday. "The population of MSM was estimated to be 25 lakhs in India," the governemnt said in its affidavit filed in the apex court, citing figures of the National Aids Control programme. The affidavit, filed by Ministry of health, said that it...
01:43 AM, Mar 14, 2012
New Delhi: India has an estimated 25 lakh gay population and about seven per cent (1.75 lakh) of them are HIV infected, Government told the Supreme Court on Tuesday. "The population of MSM was estimated to be 25 lakhs in India," the government said in its affidavit filed in the apex court, citing figures of the National Aids Control programme. The affidavit, filed by Ministry of health, said that it...
08:12 PM, Mar 13, 2012
New Delhi: India has the world's youngest internet population with 75 per cent of all users under the age of 35 years, said research firm comScore Friday. The findings were announced by comScore's co-founder and executive chairman Gian M. Fulgoni at the second edition of digital marketing event 'ad:tech' being organised here. In comparison to India, the world's average of under 35-year users stood at 52 per cent and 55...
10:55 AM, Feb 26, 2012
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04:00 PM, Nov 07, 2011
The world population touched seven billion on Monday but Germany is not part of this baby boom. ...
09:59 AM, Nov 01, 2011
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11:48 PM, Oct 31, 2011
New Delhi: In keeping with the United Nations projection that the world population would hit 7 billion for the first time, on October 31, babies from the Philippines, to Uttar Pradesh are symbolically being recognised as the seven billionth person. Though the UN on Monday announced the birth of the symbolic 7 billionth baby, it hasn't been able to pinpoint exactly where the child was born - it could be...
08:53 PM, Oct 31, 2011
As India, with a population of 1.21 billion, is catching up to China, Frederika Meijer of UN talks on the issue. ...
06:27 PM, Oct 31, 2011
New Delhi: The United Nations announced that the world population will hit 7 billion on Monday, October 31, but could not pinpoint exactly where the child will be born. Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, where an estimated 11 children are born every minute, is a likely candidate, with the NGO Plan International announcing the birth in Mal, 20 km from Lucknow. A baby girl named Nargis, born to Ajay...
10:58 AM, Oct 31, 2011
China's population will decline at about 2050, whereas India's population will only begin its decline by 2060 at 1.7 billion. ...
08:35 AM, Oct 31, 2011
Pulitzer Prize winner journalist Thomas L Friedman and UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani speak on population growth. ...
07:04 AM, Oct 31, 2011
New Delhi: All eyes are on the village of Sunheda in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district. The United Nation's Population Fund claims that the world's seven billionth baby will be born in Sunheda village on October 31. Statistics show that 51 babies are born every minute in India, of these 11 babies are born in Uttar Pradesh alone. So as per the UN body's calculations, the world's 7 billionth inhabitant will...
06:04 AM, Oct 31, 2011
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Well, Kerala had a share of this debate recently when a newly formulated Women's Code Bill was submitted to the state government. The Commission on ...
04:19 PM, Oct 05, 2011
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