46 mn Americans live in poverty
September 13th, 2012 - 8:04 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 13 (IANS) About 46 million Americans lived in poverty last year, accounting for 15 percent of the population, the US census bureau announced Wednesday.The poverty rate was not ... Read more...
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No access to toilets for half of Jammu and Kashmir households
March 28th, 2012 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 28 (IANS) Almost half of Jammu and Kashmir's two million households don't have access to toilets and only 900,000 have water taps in their homes, revealed figures released ... Read more...
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Use of child labour in households growing: Child Rights Commission
January 30th, 2012 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) Pointing to a rise in child labour in domestic units, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is seeking to bring households under the ... Read more...
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Himachal seeks central package for health services
January 9th, 2012 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Jan 9 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Monday sought special financial assistance from the central government to strengthen health services, an official statement said here.State Health Minister Rajeev Bindal met Union ... Read more...
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Declining sex ratio attributed to misuse of medical technology
December 18th, 2011 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Dec 18 (IANS) Demographers and development specialists Sunday identified the misuse of advanced medical technology as a major factor responsible for the decline in the sex ratio in Rajasthan ... Read more...
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Implement law against sex selection stringently: Azad
September 28th, 2011 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Wednesday raised concern over gender imbalance in India and appealed to the states for a stringent implementation of the law ... Read more...
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Himachal to conduct caste census
September 24th, 2011 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 24 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Saturday decided to conduct socio-economic and caste census for 2011 in the state from next month, the government said.The census will be conducted in ... Read more...
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Teenage motherhood is ‘contagious’
August 9th, 2011 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 9 (IANS) Sister of a teenage mother is twice as likely to follow in her footsteps compared to one with no family experience of early motherhood, a study ... Read more...
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India plans better housing facilities for urban poor
July 30th, 2011 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) With an estimated 95 million people expected to be living in shanties by next year, the government has drawn up an "ambitious", but "achievable" scheme ... Read more...
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Himachal to punish internet purchase of sex test kit
June 18th, 2011 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 18 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government is considering a proposal to make purchase of sex determination kits over the internet a punishable offence, a minister said here Saturday."Procuring ... Read more...
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Fine-tuning of poor headcount required: Minister
May 21st, 2011 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) The government said Friday it would "fine-tune" the criteria for the first nationwide headcount of people living below the poverty line (BPL) with their caste ... Read more...
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Women outnumbering men with advanced degrees
April 28th, 2011 - 11:29 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, April 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Women have cleared up a massive hurdle in their quest to achieve equality with men. In the first of its kind, women have outnumbered men when ... Read more...
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Ladakh indeed has worst sex ratio, says census office
April 27th, 2011 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 27 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir census department Wednesday maintained that Ladakh's sex ratio of 583 girls against 1,000 boys, one of the worst in the country, was ... Read more...
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New York, Washington, 44 more US cities not white any more (Lead)
April 15th, 2011 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 15 (IANS) Whites in New York, Washington and 44 other metro areas in the US have been reduced to a minority, according to new census data. Hispanics account ... Read more...
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New York, Washington, 44 other US cities not white any more
April 15th, 2011 - 11:01 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 15 (IANS) New York, Washington and 44 other of America's 366 metro areas have flipped from majority white to majority populations of minorities during the last decade, according ... Read more...
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Declining sex ratio means we’ll all become gays: Farooq
April 13th, 2011 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Concerned over the latest census figures showing a decline in sex ratio, cabinet minister Farooq Abdullah says that the day is not far when there ... Read more...
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Azad reconstitutes Central Supervisory Board under PNDT Act
April 9th, 2011 - 8:09 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 9(ANI): Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has reconstituted the Central Supervisory Board (CSB) under Section 7 of the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994 ... Read more...
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Only 7 in Goa identify themselves as ‘other’ gender
April 1st, 2011 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 1 (IANS) Only seven people in Goa's population of 14.57 lakh have come forward and identified themselves as belonging to the "other" gender, a census official said Friday.In ... Read more...
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Declining child sex ratio matter of concern: Tirath
March 31st, 2011 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Concerned at India's child sex ratio declining to 914 females per 1,000 males, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath Thursday said she would take ... Read more...
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Thane most populous district of India
March 31st, 2011 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Thane on the outskirts of Mumbai is the most populous district of India with over 1.1 crore (11 million) people, according to the latest census ... Read more...
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India’s population is 1.21 billion, gender imbalance worsens (Roundup)
March 31st, 2011 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) India's population has risen to 1.21 billion - an increase of over 181 million in the last decade - but the gender imbalance is the ... Read more...
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0-6 age group population declines by five million
March 31st, 2011 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The population of children (0-6 years) in the country has recorded a decline of about five million over the previous census, according to provisional results ... Read more...
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Rise in tiger count due to new areas counted: Experts
March 28th, 2011 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The welcome increase in the number of tigers in India as seen in the latest census released Monday could be also due to new ... Read more...
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Study: Couples who have daughters are more likely to divorce
October 7th, 2010 - 8:04 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Census figures over a long period of time have shown that having a daughter makes divorce more likely. Studies have shown that couples who are blessed with sons are more ... Read more...
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Safari elephant attacks tourists at Kaziranga, five injured
March 15th, 2010 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 15 (IANS) An elephant attacked a jeep ferrying tourists from a wildlife safari and injured all five of them at the famed Kaziranga National Park in Assam Monday.
"A jeep ... Read more...
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‘Doctors overprescribe antibiotics in fear of lawsuits’
December 19th, 2009 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 19 (ANI): Doctors are overprescribing antibiotics in fear of lawsuits, a new study claims.Researchers at New York Medical College believe that medical liability concerns may be triggering the increase of ... Read more...
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Poachers trying to poison rhinos in Assam’s national park
September 18th, 2009 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Kaziranga (Assam), Sep 18 (IANS) Forest authorities in India's northeastern state of Assam have intensified patrol at a famed national park as there are fears that poacher gangs might ... Read more...
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Fiji’s military regime tightens hold on power
April 17th, 2009 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, April 17 (DPA) Fiji's military regime strengthened its grip on power Friday with the swearing-in of the interim indigenous affairs minister and former military forces commander as vice president, said news ... Read more...
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EU expresses disappointment over Fiji situation
April 16th, 2009 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Wellington, April 16 (Xinhua) The European Union (EU) said Thursday that developments in Fiji were unacceptable and called on the interim Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama to honour the commitments his government pledged ... Read more...
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Military coup was illegal, rules Fiji court
April 9th, 2009 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Wellington, April 9 (DPA) Fiji's Court of Appeal Thursday ruled that the military coup that ousted an elected government in December 2006 was illegal, according to reports from the capital Suva.
The court ... Read more...
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Dutch tourist killed by wild elephant in Kaziranga
April 7th, 2009 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 7 (IANS) A Dutch tourist was trampled to death by a wild Asiatic elephant Tuesday at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam while eight other foreigners had a miraculous escape.
A ... Read more...
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Nine tigers die at Kaziranga in three months
February 8th, 2009 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 8 (IANS) Nine big cats have died at Assam's Kaziranga National Park in the past three months, but wildlife authorities in the state say the tigers were not victims of ... Read more...
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Foreign tourists visit Kaziranga undeterred by terror
December 12th, 2008 - 11:03 am ICT by IANS
Kaziranga (Assam), Dec 12 (IANS) The renowned Kaziranga National Park, home to the one-horned rhinoceros, continues to attract foreign tourists despite travel advisories issued by several countries against visiting Assam for security ... Read more...
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Support for Catholic, but not Islamic school in Australian town
September 9th, 2008 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, Sep 9 (IANS) A proposed Catholic school near here has been supported by the residents' group, who had earlier this year rejected a plan to build an Islamic school on Sydney's ... Read more...
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Hindus in US are affluent, educated, socially stable
June 24th, 2008 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
New York, June 24 (IANS) Hindus, who comprise only 0.4 percent of the US population, are a highly educated and prosperous community, according to a new religion-wise survey in the country. Nearly ... Read more...
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