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Population control law needed in country: Union Minister Giriraj Singh
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 19 (ANI): Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Wednesday said that a population control law that applies to all citizens is needed in the country and hoped that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will enact it.
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Bharat.live: This Uttarakhand startup has made a Zoom alternative, in just
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 4 (ANI/BusinessWire India): More than a third of world population is under lockdown and India with its 1.3 billion people tops the list. The government is controlling the movement of its citizens to avoid the spread of the coronavirus.
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Coronavirus pandemic could last till 2022: US researchers
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [USA], May 2 (ANI): The coronavirus pandemic could continue into 2022 and will not be under control until most of the world population becomes immune, said a report released by experts.
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Obesity associated with greater greenhouse gas emissions: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 20 (ANI): A new analysis suggests that the increasing average body size of people on Earth in addition to the growing world population may further challenge attempts to reduce man-made carbon dioxide emissions.
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Giriraj Singh expresses concerns about India's rising population
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Union Minister Giriraj Singh seems to have courted controversy again on Thursday when he expressed concerns about the rising population in the country and linked it to religion.
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World must work harder to secure sexual, reproductive rights for all: UNFP
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 10 April (ANI): The world has a long way to go before reproductive and sexual rights are claimed by all, said the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in a report released here on Wednesday.
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HealthSoul: empowering healthcare, empowering lives
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): With the Internet becoming the way of life, people today find most of their answers on this greatest gift of technology. Studies show that almost half of the world population are ardent internet users and the number is growing incessantly. And, with the com
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World Senior Citizens Day: AMD, leading cause of chronic blindness in elde
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 21 (ANI): Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is one of the important causes of severe visual loss in the elderly population. It constitutes to 8.7% of the world population.
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Population Day: Measures without discrimination must, says Adityanath
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 11 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said that measures without discrimination should be taken up to stabilise population.
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Vodafone partners with Harvard Model United Nations India for students to
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 10 (ANI-NewsVoir): In 2015, the United Nations laid down a set of 17 goals called the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which require action from all sections of society for their success by 2030. India, with over 17 percent of the world population and one of the f
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Nadda launches new family planning initiative on World Population Day
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J.P. Nadda on Tuesday launched a new family planning initiative on the World Population Day at an event organised by the Jansankhya Sthirita Kosh (JSK).
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Disruption of trade in India-Pacific region to have adverse effect on glob
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb. 15 (ANI): The India-Pacific region which covers 60 percent of the world population is confronted with both traditional and non-traditional challenges, adding the fact that any disruption of trade in the region will have an adverse effect on both regional as
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