Page 3 - Indian Population

Hindu dominance must remain intact in India: VHP on population control

The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Friday said any population control measure should be considered keeping in mind that the dominance of Hindus remains intact in the country.

Former CEC Quraishi seeks to bust population myth in new book

Former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi will come out with a book next month which evaluates India's demographics from a religious perspective

Fertility rate falling, 2001-11 saw sharpest drop in 100 yrs: Census

The health ministry has emphasised India can achieve the goal of population stabilisation and at present India is knocking at the door of achieving replacement level fertility

We never mentioned we'd vaccinate entire population, says Health ministry

However, Bhushan stated that it is the responsibility of the Union and the state government to allay fears among the people regarding the vaccine

India may have crossed 6.4 mn cases in May, ahead of US: Serosurvey

ICMR report found seroprevalence in the 0.62-1.03% range across four strata of districts, from zero to high level of cases; 30,283 households were visited in 700 clusters across 70 districts

Fears about Covid-19 spread to rural India grow as cases cross 4-mn mark

An estimated 65 per cent of India's 1.3 billion population lives in rural areas

More hospitals, fewer schools: India's population trends require solutions

There will be more people in the north, but wealth will be in the south: good governance can manage such rifts, write T N Ninan

Table population control bill to make India self-reliant: BJP MP to Modi

"Arable land in the country is also continuously decreasing. If there is no population control law in time, many problems will arise," the BJP MP said

Assure if omission of 80 mn in Ayodhya speech is inadvertent: Tharoor to PM

'A correction would be reassuring,' says Congress MP about PM congratulating '1.3 billion Indians'

Heatwaves, flooding: Severe climate change in India in 80 years, says study

The enhanced warming is likely to further accelerate the snow and glacier melt over this region, with a consequent increase in flooding

Nearly half of coronavirus patients have recovered: Health ministry data

More than 95,000 people have recovered as of Tuesday morning, while 5,598 have died.

Need a cost-effective sampling strategy to estimate Covid-19 cases

A simple random sampling provides each individual comprising the population the same probability of inclusion in the sample. Such a sampling technique has been adopted in some European countries

Indians resolute against coronavirus: PM Modi's speech

In these two months, 130 crore Indians have resolutely confronted the corona pandemic and have taken necessary precautions

India may be next hotspot for coronavirus with avalance of cases: Experts

So far India has been relatively unscathed from the virus compared with other countries in Asia

After CAA, Centre might bring population control law: MoS Niranjan Jyoti

She said she believes that this issue is under the prime minister's consideration and he himself has discussed the importance of bringing this law

Implementation of NRC and CAA: Why a bureaucratic nightmare may be at hand

If the govt goes ahead with the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens, the process for the entire population may span 60-70 years - a test for India's under-staffed bureaucracy

It's advantage India as working-age population will last till 2055: Naidu

On the occasion, Naidu called upon the graduating students to work for the uplift of those who are not as fortunate as them.

Decoding India's population problem

The Prime Minister's concerns about overpopulation are misleading

I will personally act as a bridge if there are any gaps: PM Modi

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India's life expectancy rises to 68.7 years: National Health Profile 2019

NCT of Delhi has the highest population density of 11,320 people per square km, while Arunachal Pradesh has the lowest of 17 per sq km