World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
The preparatory work for Census 2011 began around the end of 2008. The first step was to unambiguously establish and finalize geographical boundaries for all administrative entities, viz., town, wards,
Study says natural growth of urban population added largest chunk of 40m people to urban areas & sees rapid urbanisation of villages as challenge Rapid urbanisation of villages and expansion of urban
India’s IT hub Bangalore has left behind four metros — Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata — to emerge as number one in quality of living, according to a global survey. Chennai tops the list among Indian
Tamil Nadu, the most urbanised among the large States in India, has witnessed uneven urban growth. The recently released 2011 census data on urban agglomerations shows that, in the last decade, about half
The urban population figures of Haryana and Punjab present a study in contrast. While Punjab, with a population of 1,03,87,436 (37.49 per cent) has more urban population than Haryana, which is 88,21,588
The Orissa government has prepared a Rs 662-crore plan to bring 13 primitive tribal groups (PTGs) on the verge of extinction in 12 districts in the State to the mainstream. The five main components
“The HIV/AIDS Bill that is still pending with the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry should be tabled and passed in the ongoing winter session of Parliament.” This was a sentiment echoed by social
New Delhi:National Advisory Council member N C Saxena has accused rural development minister Jairam Ramesh of betraying the understanding reached with the Sonia Gandhi-led panel and diluting the proposed
After creating a storm over demand for CBI probe into the irregularities in implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in Uttar Pradesh, Union minister of rural development
India, which has one of the highest population of HIV-infected people in Asia, has witnessed a decline in new infections by a significant 56 per cent from the epidemic's peak in 1996, with other Asian