population
- India
CM Stalin seeks urgent meeting with PM Modi over delimitation concerns
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has requested an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to voice concerns over the proposed delimitation exercise. He has sought to meet the Prime…
- Health
Fluoride in drinking water linked with impaired childhood cognition: Study
London: Exposure to fluoride during the foetal stage or early childhood may impair cognition in children, a new study has warned. Published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, the study from Karolinska…
- India
Don’t penalise south by determining parliamentary seats based on population: TN CM
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin called upon the Centre not to ‘penalise’ the southern states by determining the parliamentary constituencies based on population alone and warned such an attempt…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad becomes more crowded than Delhi as population density surges
Hyderabad: Hyderabad has become more crowded than Delhi as the city has overtaken the national capital in population density. According to the Telangana Statistical Abstract (ATLAS)-2024, Hyderabad now has a population density…
- Telangana
Telangana to re-conduct caste census for left-out population
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Wednesday, February 12 announced plans to re-conduct the caste census survey for those who missed furnishing their details earlier. This aims to ensure comprehensive data collection, covering…
- India
Sonia Gandhi demands govt to conduct population census at earliest
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Monday asked the government to complete a population census at the earliest, claiming that around 14 crore people in the country are being deprived…
- Andhra Pradesh
Only candidates with over 2 kids will be allowed to contest local body polls in AP: Naidu
Tirupati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said that an individual can become a sarpanch, municipal councillor or a mayor only if he/she has more than two children, hinting that it…
- India
Society will perish if population growth rate goes below 2.1: Bhagwat
Nagpur: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday stressed the importance of family and said if the population growth rate of a society goes below 2.1, then that society will perish by itself.…
- Telangana
Caste survey to provide reservations in proportion to population: CM
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Thursday clarified that the ongoing caste census survey in the state is being carried out to provide reservations in proportion to the population of…
- Hyderabad
Owaisi agrees with TN, AP chief ministers’ call for more children
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday, November 2 said he agrees with Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh chief ministers MK Stalin and N Chandrababu Naidu about the…
- World
Immigration sustains Finland’s population growth
Helsinki: Current immigration levels will keep Finland’s population growing until 2070, according to the latest population forecast by Statistics Finland. However, the number of children and working-age individuals will decline after mid-century,…
- World
Canada reduces immigration to witness population decline
Ottawa: The Canadian federal government announced an immigration levels plan to pause population growth in the short term which will witness a population decline in 2025 and 2026. The population of Canada…
- World
Singapore’s population crosses 6 million mark
Singapore: Singapore’s population has reached a record high of 6.04 million, rising two per cent from last year, as the manpower-constrained city-state took in more foreign workers, according to an official report.…
- India
India to add 179 million people to its working age population by 2025
New Delhi: India’s demographics are in a sweet spot, and the country is projected to add at least 179 million people to its working-age population by 2045, which can be a significant…
- India
Elderly population in India expected to double by 2050: UNFPA India chief
New Delhi: India’s elderly population is expected to double by 2050, UNFPA India chief Andrea Wojnar said, stressing that more investment in healthcare, housing and pensions is needed, especially for older women…
