The world's population of seven billion is set to rise to at least 10 billion by 2100, but could top 15 billion if birth rates are just slightly higher than expected, the United Nations said on Wed

: Pakistan’s population will reach 210 million in the next nine years by 2020 – a situation that will burden its limited resources making it difficult for them to meet the requirements of additiona

The death toll from eastern Turkey's devastating earthquake rose to 596 on Sunday while bulldozers were replacing sniffer dogs as search efforts wound down.

Guwahati: The Union Rural Development Ministry has instructed Assam government to shift the focus of implementation of MNREGA scheme from building roads to other sectors like irrigation, restoratio

The death toll in eastern Turkey's devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake on Sunday passed 600, the government's emergency unit said.

The number who lost their lives in the October 23 tremor stood at 601, the unit said on its website. Officials said earlier that 4,150 people had been injured while 231 had been pulled alive from the rubble.

Apart from ensuring the immediate appointment of 18,000 panchayat development officers and as many junior engineers, the Centre has drawn up a blueprint to provide jobs to three-lakh youth in the 6

‘It will benefit people who had build houses on government land'

Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda said on Monday that the State Government would amend the Karnataka Land Revenue Act to give title deeds to people who had built houses on government land, except on the forest land, and depressed class (DC manna) land.

Minister for Panchayat and Social Welfare M. K. Muneer said in the Assembly on Thursday that the government proposed to continue the EMS Housing Scheme started by the previous government.

The Malaysian government intends to invest Tk 27,450 crore in building flats, flyover and satellite towns in Bangladesh, said ministers of both the countries at a joint press conference in Dhaka ye