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Need population control law if we want to stand with developed nations: Gi
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Advocating for a population control law, Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Saturday said that the rising population of the country has become a challenge and added that strict laws for the same are required if we want to stand with developed nations.
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COVID-19 majorly impacted women health, need planning and recovery efforts
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): While the coronavirus pandemic majorly impacted women's health, the Population Foundation of India (PFI) has recommended timely measures to ensure women and girls remain central to COVID-19 response planning and recovery efforts.
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CEIC Research explores the impact of lockdown on employment and migrants
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 10 (ANI/NewsVoir): India has a large working population, employed in both formal and informal sectors. The largest portion of the formal workforce is engaged in the agricultural sector, 42.4 per cent in 2019.
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COVID-19: Union Health Ministry to conduct another sero-surveillance acros
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is planning to conduct a nationwide sero-surveillance to evaluate the trend of COVID-19 among the population, the Central government informed on Thursday.
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25 pc of India's high risk population witnessed 85 pc of COVID-19 linked d
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Even as India's COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 62.09 per cent, there is about 25 per cent of country's population above the age group of 45 has witnessed at least 85 per cent of coronavirus linked deaths, since the beginning of the virus pandemic, st
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Despite population of 1.3 billion, India able to manage COVID-19 relativel
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Thursday said that despite a population of 1.3 billion people, India has been able to manage COVID-19 relatively well and the cases per million of the population in the country remains among the lowest in the world.
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Delhi highest number of active, recovered COVID-19 cases per million follo
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Delhi has the highest number of active and recovered COVID-19 cases per million population followed by Maharashtra, as per the union health ministry stated on Tuesday.
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Decoding the visitation trends across India amidst COVID-19 lockdown - Rep
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI/PRNewswire): Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a nationwide lockdown on March 24, 2020, limiting movement of the entire 1.3 billion population of India as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 pandemic in the country with conditional relaxation unfolding
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US lashes out at China over forced population controls against Uyghurs
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 30 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday (local time) condemned coercive family planning against Uyghurs and said that continuous repression of minorities in Xinjiang reflects that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has no respect for human life and ba
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Elephant population rises to 2,026 in Uttarakhand
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 29 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat was informed by forest officials that an elephants' census was carried out between June 6 and June 8 and the number of elephants has risen to 2,026 from 1,839 in 2017, according to Chief Minister'
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Study links air pollution, smoking with increase risk of childhood obesity
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Barcelona [Spain], June 24 (ANI): Air pollution, smoking, and certain characteristics of the built environment--such as high population density-- may play a role in the development of obesity in children, according to a recent study.
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UP elephant population reaches 352, up from previous count
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 24 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Forest Department on Wednesday revealed that the State has recorded a surge in the population of elephant in its wildlife division.
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