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Budget should reject proposals merely 'luring' people: Congress
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], Jan. 31 (ANI): With the Budget session of the Parliament scheduled to start from today, the Congress has firmly stated that any proposal made in the name to 'lure' the population should not be suggested in the Budget.
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IOM to launch displacement tracking system in Afghanistan as humanitarian
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jan. 28 (ANI): The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is launching a new displacement tracking system in Afghanistan to better understand population movements and needs amid concerns of a severe humanitarian crisis induced by sudden return home of hundreds o
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Pak to deploy 2,00,000 troops for census
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 28 (ANI): Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has authorised the deployment of up to 2,00,000 troops to support the national population census.
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Afghanistan: UN-backed $550 million aid plan aims to reach 5.7 million peo
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [United States], Jan. 24 (ANI): A newly-launched United Nations-backed humanitarian response plan for Afghanistan is seeking $550 million in 2017 to support the most vulnerable and marginalized population of the conflict-torn country.
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India will add 160-170 million labour force by 2020: study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): India's labour force will expand by 160-170 million in 2020, depends on various factors which includes population growth rate, labour force participation, education enrolment at higher levels etc, an ASSOCHAM -Thought Arbitrage joint study has pointed ou
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Cipla initiates campaign for a pollution free Delhi; starts #saveyourlungs
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): The World Health Organization recently reported that 13 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world are in India. National Capital Delhi also figures in the list of 13. The environmental exposure to increasing air pollutants in Delhi is so immensely affecting
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Nobel Hygiene and Lions Clubs to help more than 50,000 elderly population
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Nobel Hygiene, a market leader in adult diapers, in association with Lions Clubs International (India), the world's leading humanitarian organization, have signed a MoU to supply adult diapers to elderly people in old age homes across the country at a 50
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Population is now looked as boon: KT Rama Rao
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana)[India], Jan. 12 (ANI): Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development K T Rama Rao on Thursday lauded the strength of demographic dividend which the nation is blessed with and said that population was a challenge for the society in the past but it is now lo
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Sakshi Maharaj defiant, denies charges of promoting enmity on religious gr
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 11 (ANI): Denying charges of promoting enmity on religious grounds, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sakshi Maharaj on Wednesday asserted that his comments on population control were not meant to target any particular community.
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EC issues notice to Sakshi Maharaj for violation of Model Code of Conduct
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 10 (ANI): The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday issued a notice for 'violation of Model Code of Conduct' against Unnao Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sakshi Maharaj for blaming a particular community for the population explosion in the country.
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In a first, Pakistan to include Transgenders in national census
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 10 (ANI): The Lahore High Court (LHC) has ruled that the transgender community should be included in the national population census.
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Sakshi Maharaj's statement is continuation of BJP's divisive pol
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 8(ANI): Reacting to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sakshi Maharaj's remark that he blames Muslims for the population boom in the country, the Congress Party on Sunday alleged that the statement is a continuation of politics of division that the saffron part
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