Severe stress on food, water and jobs

The International Water Management Institute shares these concerns, predicting that by 2025 about 1.8 billion people will live in places suffering from severe water scarcity. According to demographers, the world's population didn't reach 1 billion until 1804, and it took 123 years to hit the 2 billion mark in 1927. Then the pace accelerated 3 billion in 1959, 4 billion in 1974, 5 billion in 1987, 6 billion in 1998.

The State Government will kick-start the new Socio Economic Task Census (BPL census) from December 1.

The Centre on Saturday termed the action of anti-Kudankulam nuclear power plant activists in preventing scientists and employees from going to work at the unit as “unfortunate” and appealed to them

Stepping up their protest against the Koodankulam nuclear power plant, agitators on Thursday staged a roadblock in front of the plant site, preventing entry of scientists and workers into the compl

The world’s population will reach the seven billion mark on October 31 and with the increase in population, Sri Lanka too will face a number of challenges, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA

Suggests Policy Change To Address Low Female Participation

KOLKATA, 12 OCT: The state government has framed terms of reference for state Apex Committee on Public Distribution System (PDS) Reforms.

NEW DELHI, 12 OCT: A World Bank flagship report today lauded India for bringing down the fertility rate in the country from almost six children per woman to around 2.3 in 35 years saying it’s “much

Taking serious note of the increasing number of child labourers in the Bt Cottonseed farms of North Gujarat, a team from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), led by Dr Yo

A day-long Bhopal bandh observed by all the five gas survivors organisations on Tuesday for demanding adequate compensation, based on the actual number of persons killed and affected in the 1984 ga