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Alibag: A second wave is about to hit

Alibag's population has surged to 6 lakh since 2011, driven by infrastructure changes and urbanization, raising concerns about resource management and planning.

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Published on Mar 12, 2025 09:06 AM IST

ByPinakin Patel

Delimitation row: Stalin takes ‘lip service’ jibe at BJP

According to the CM, Tamil Nadu's success in controlling its population through family planning and women empowerment could lead to a loss of seats.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin arrives to participate in an all-party meeting to discuss the proposed delimitation of Lok Sabha seats in the state, at the Secretariat in Chennai, on Wednesday.(PTI)

india news

Updated on Mar 05, 2025 12:12 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Mary Ellen Iskenderian: Why the financial inclusion of women matters

One billion women around the world are estimated to be out of the purview of the financial sector.

Bringing it home: Under the Maharashtra State Rural Livelihoods Missions and mentored by Women’s World Banking, a woman agent provides door-to-door banking services(WWB)

opinion

Published on Jan 26, 2025 07:30 AM IST

ByNamita Bhandare

China population falls again, sparking concerns over future workforce

China's population stood at 1.408 billion at the end of 2024, a decline of 1.39 million from the previous year.

People walk in front of billboards in a metro station in Shanghai, China, January 16, 2025. (REUTERS)

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Published on Jan 17, 2025 10:02 AM IST

PTI |

Optimism, with a dose of caution

India has held strong in the bleak global milieu of war and climate crisis, but there are challenges in the new year that it must deftly navigate

Puri, Dec 31 (ANI): Sand artist Manas Kumar Sahoo makes a sand art wishing New Year 2025, at Puri beach in Puri on Wednesday. (ANI Photo) (Prahlad Mahato)

editorials

Updated on Dec 31, 2024 08:01 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

CRED founder's 'bizarre' speculation: ‘Data speed related to decline in births’

CRED founder Kunal Shah has speculated that high speed internet has led to decline in the number of babies being born in India.

CRED founder Kunal Shah posed a hypothesis that the high speed internet date availability in India is leading to low fertility rate.(Instagram/@kunalb11)

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Published on Nov 25, 2024 10:19 AM IST

ByMuskaan Sharma

Bengaluru’s first digital population clock to be launched today: Report

Bengaluru launches digital population clock at ISEC, providing real-time population estimates for Karnataka and India to boost awareness on demographic changes.

The clock, prominently located at ISEC’s entrance, updates Karnataka’s population estimate every minute and 10 seconds, while India’s total ticks up every two seconds.

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Published on Nov 08, 2024 10:42 AM IST

ByYamini C S

India's population likely to reach 152.2 crore by 2036: Govt report

The sex ratio (women per 1000 males) is projected to increase to 952, from 943 in 2011, when the previous national census was held.

The previous census, conducted in February 2011, found that India's population at the time was a little over 121 crore (1.21 billion)

india news

Published on Aug 13, 2024 03:40 PM IST

ByHT News Desk, New Delhi

PMC sets water budget for 2024-25 at 21.48 TMC

Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has placed before the water resources department demand of 21.48 TMC (thousand million cubic feet) water for 2024-25

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Updated on Aug 07, 2024 07:34 AM IST

BySiddharth Gadkari

India's elderly population expected to double by 2050: UNFPA

UNFPA India's chief Andrea Wojnar stated that India's elderly population will likely double by 2050 and more investment in schemes for the elderly was required

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(AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

india news

Published on Jul 21, 2024 01:17 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Demography and its discontents

India's official population data is outdated, with the 2021 Census on hold. UN report estimates 2024 population at 1.45 billion, highlighting demographic challenges and opportunities.

India is believed to have become the world’s most populous country sometime between January and July 2023 / AFP PHOTO / ARUN SANKAR (AFP)

editorials

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 09:02 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

India's population to peak in early 2060s to 1.7 billion before declining: UN

world news

Published on Jul 12, 2024 09:58 AM IST

PTI |

World Population Day 2024: Date, history, theme, significance

World Population Day 2024: From date to theme, here’s all that you need to know about the special day.

Every year, World Population Day is observed on July 11.(HT Photo)

lifestyle

Published on Jul 11, 2024 01:16 PM IST

ByTapatrisha Das, Delhi

World Population Day: Is overpopulation is affecting public health in India?

From affording healthcare facilities to a drop in fertility rate, here’s how overpopulation is affecting public health in the country.

Since India gained independence in 1957, the population of the country has grown three times, which has triggered concerns such as public health, poverty, infections and access to healthcare.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 11, 2024 12:30 PM IST

ByTapatrisha Das, Delhi

Will ensure enough water for Pune: Dy CM Fadnavis

On Wednesday, MLA Ravindra Dhangekar raised a question about Pune city’s water supply in an Assembly session

The city is provided with 11.7 TMC of water, and the sanctioned amount is 14.61 TMC, giving a surplus of about 3 TMC. (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jul 04, 2024 06:40 AM IST

BySiddharth Gadkari

Telugu now 11th most-spoken foreign language in the US: Report

Telugu has become the 11th most spoken foreign language in the USA. It is the third most spoken Indian language in the US as well, behind Hindi and Gujarati.

Representative image: Telugu now 11th most spoken foreign language in the US, community grows larger (AP)

india news

Published on Jun 27, 2024 10:42 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

New Delhi: Population and congestion bother this aristocrat constituency

A high-profile constituency, New Delhi has sent stalwarts like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Lal Krishna Advani, Sucheta Kriplani and Rajesh Khanna to Lok Sabha

The Lutyens Bungalow in the heart of New Delhi. (HT File Photo)

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Updated on May 22, 2024 08:41 AM IST

ByParas Singh

2024 Lok Sabha elections: Spanning 166 km, vast Mohanlalganj the “ring” around Lucknow’s “pearl”

Touching five districts, besides Lucknow, the extensive constituency has a mix of urban and rural voters and the issues range from agrarian and welfare-oriented ones in the villages to civic concerns in the city areas

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Published on May 15, 2024 04:08 PM IST

ByRohit Kumar Singh, Lucknow

Indonesia to relocate entire island population amid volcanic eruption threat

Mount Ruang, in Indonesia, erupted spectacularly last month and has been spewing ash that forced nearby airports to close and flights to be cancelled.

Evacuees board an Indonesian naval vessel on Tagulandang Island in Sitaro, North Sulawesi, as Mount Ruang volcano spews smoke in the background. Eruptions at a remote Indonesian volcano forced more than half a dozen airports to close with ash spreading as far as Malaysia, officials said, while authorities rushed to evacuate thousands due to tsunami fears. (Photo by Ronny Adolof BUOL / AFP)

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Published on May 06, 2024 01:41 PM IST

Bloomberg | | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz

India’s neonatal burden and the challenges ahead

This article is authored by B. K. Agarwal and Shubhangi Misra, associate, research and content, Ardent Co.

ht insight

Published on May 06, 2024 11:35 AM IST

ByB. K. Agarwal, Shubhangi Misra

Won’t let majority population feel victimised: Khattar

Speaking on the occasion, Khattar, also BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate from Karnal, said, “Modi ji is ready to sacrifice everything for the welfare of the poor. He believes that the first right over the country’s resources is of the poor

Former CM Manohar Lal Khattar speaking at “Parshuram Mahasammelan” at Old Sabzi Mandi in Karnal. (HT Photo)

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Updated on May 06, 2024 05:06 AM IST

ByBhavey Nagpal, Karnal

Baramati’s Pawar tussle is on issues, not personal

With a week left for polling in Baramati constituency, where a high-pitched battle is being fought, HT spoke to two key candidates – three-term MP Supriya Sule from NCP (SP) and Sunetra Pawar, NCP nominee and wife of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar — on their campaign trail. Following are the edited excerpts from the interviews

For Baramati LS candidates – three-term MP Supriya Sule from NCP (SP) and Sunetra Pawar, NCP nominee and wife of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar — fighting the polls is on development issues and not personal. (HT)

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Updated on May 01, 2024 05:16 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

India in an ageing world: Many shades of grey

This article is authored by Mark Chataway, international health expert and managing partner, Finn Partners, New York.

ht insight

Published on Apr 30, 2024 09:41 AM IST

ByMark Chataway

Forest dept set to conduct leopard census at Delhi’s Asola

Delhi forest dept. to conduct leopard census at Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary, using camera traps over 3 months to estimate population.

After the Asola Bhatti census is complete, the department plans to carry out a similar exercise across Delhi’s biodiversity parks under the jurisdiction of DDA. (HT Archive)

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Updated on Apr 13, 2024 06:10 AM IST

ByJasjeev Gandhiok

Desperately seeking water: An old Bengaluru story

Water security, not just for agriculture but also for drinking, became a serious priority for the Mysore government in 1880s

Residents of Ambedkar Nagar collect potable water from a private tanker in Bengaluru amid a severe water crisis in the city. (AP)

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Updated on Mar 28, 2024 07:31 AM IST

ByRoopa Pai

72% stray dogs sterilised, but still another decade for efforts to pay off

Surveys carried out by an NGO showed that the dog population density has grown by a meagre 1% in the last three years.

Official data suggests that 71.9% or around 73,000 stray dogs had been sterilised by December last year in Lucknow.

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Updated on Mar 28, 2024 07:08 AM IST

BySreya Deb, Lucknow

SCR will check imbalanced growth of the region

“On the lines of the national capital region (NCR), the SCR will encompass six districts: Lucknow, Sitapur, Barabanki, Rae Bareli, Hardoi, and Unnao. Covering an area of approximately 28,826 square kilometres and with a population of around 2.3 crore, the SCR is poised to become a development hub,” said an official spokesperson.

At the global investors’ summit (GIS) organised by the state government in February 2023, Lucknow received 6.79 per cent of the investment proposals. However, the six adjoining districts of the state capital received only 3.77 per cent of the proposals. (Sourced)

cities

Published on Mar 05, 2024 10:20 PM IST

ByPawan Dixit

Genetic study reveals the ancestry of Indians

Three ancestral populations make up the majority of Indians: farmers with Iranian ancestry, hunters and gatherers, and herders from the central Eurasian steppe.

The team sequenced over 2700 modern Indian genomes(Rep image)

science

Published on Mar 05, 2024 02:43 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

The countdown begins: What the coming dip in global population means for us all

Nations around the world are facing population declines. The projected global dip is a first for humans, in recorded history. Can we do more to prepare?

lifestyle

Updated on Mar 01, 2024 11:15 PM IST

ByRachel Lopez

At 1.08% annual growth rate, leopard population in India is 13,874: Report

Union minister of environment, forest and climate change Bhupender Yadav while releasing the report said Project Tiger’s conservation legacy expands beyond tigers, evident in the leopard status report, showcasing broader species protection efforts

Central India shows a stable or slightly growing population of leopards (Representative Photo)

india news

Published on Feb 29, 2024 12:23 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

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Alibag's population has surged to 6 lakh since 2011, driven by infrastructure changes and urbanization, raising concerns about resource management and planning.

According to the CM, Tamil Nadu's success in controlling its population through family planning and women empowerment could lead to a loss of seats.

One billion women around the world are estimated to be out of the purview of the financial sector.

China's population stood at 1.408 billion at the end of 2024, a decline of 1.39 million from the previous year.

India has held strong in the bleak global milieu of war and climate crisis, but there are challenges in the new year that it must deftly navigate

CRED founder Kunal Shah has speculated that high speed internet has led to decline in the number of babies being born in India.

Bengaluru launches digital population clock at ISEC, providing real-time population estimates for Karnataka and India to boost awareness on demographic changes.

The sex ratio (women per 1000 males) is projected to increase to 952, from 943 in 2011, when the previous national census was held.

Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has placed before the water resources department demand of 21.48 TMC (thousand million cubic feet) water for 2024-25

UNFPA India's chief Andrea Wojnar stated that India's elderly population will likely double by 2050 and more investment in schemes for the elderly was required

India's official population data is outdated, with the 2021 Census on hold. UN report estimates 2024 population at 1.45 billion, highlighting demographic challenges and opportunities.

India's population to peak in early 2060s to 1.7 billion before declining: UN

World Population Day 2024: From date to theme, here’s all that you need to know about the special day.

From affording healthcare facilities to a drop in fertility rate, here’s how overpopulation is affecting public health in the country.

On Wednesday, MLA Ravindra Dhangekar raised a question about Pune city’s water supply in an Assembly session

Telugu has become the 11th most spoken foreign language in the USA. It is the third most spoken Indian language in the US as well, behind Hindi and Gujarati.

A high-profile constituency, New Delhi has sent stalwarts like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Lal Krishna Advani, Sucheta Kriplani and Rajesh Khanna to Lok Sabha

Touching five districts, besides Lucknow, the extensive constituency has a mix of urban and rural voters and the issues range from agrarian and welfare-oriented ones in the villages to civic concerns in the city areas

Mount Ruang, in Indonesia, erupted spectacularly last month and has been spewing ash that forced nearby airports to close and flights to be cancelled.

This article is authored by B. K. Agarwal and Shubhangi Misra, associate, research and content, Ardent Co.

Speaking on the occasion, Khattar, also BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate from Karnal, said, “Modi ji is ready to sacrifice everything for the welfare of the poor. He believes that the first right over the country’s resources is of the poor

This article is authored by Mark Chataway, international health expert and managing partner, Finn Partners, New York.

Delhi forest dept. to conduct leopard census at Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary, using camera traps over 3 months to estimate population.

Water security, not just for agriculture but also for drinking, became a serious priority for the Mysore government in 1880s

Surveys carried out by an NGO showed that the dog population density has grown by a meagre 1% in the last three years.

Three ancestral populations make up the majority of Indians: farmers with Iranian ancestry, hunters and gatherers, and herders from the central Eurasian steppe.

Nations around the world are facing population declines. The projected global dip is a first for humans, in recorded history. Can we do more to prepare?

Union minister of environment, forest and climate change Bhupender Yadav while releasing the report said Project Tiger’s conservation legacy expands beyond tigers, evident in the leopard status report, showcasing broader species protection efforts

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