Western Ghats people’s forum to launch protest
Kochi: The Western Ghats people’s forum will stage an agitation in Thiruvananthapuram in the first week of December to press its demand that residential areas, farm lands and estates should be excluded
People
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Judgement of the Supreme Court of India on providing reservation to provide reservation to the blind and low vision persons in government jobs dated 08/10/2013
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Union of India & Others Vs National Federation of the Blind & Others dated 08/10/2013 on failure of the Govt of India to provide reservation to
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World population to shoot up to 9.7b in 2050: study
The world’s population will rise to 9.7 billion in 2050 from the current level of 7.1 billion and India will overtake China as the world’s most populous nation, a French study said Wednesday. A bi-annual
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65 million people live in slums in India, says census data
Newly released census data shows families living in slums have a far better child sex ratio than the urban Indian average. Over a third of India’s slum dwellers live in unrecognised slums. Over 65 million
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The Global Gender Gap report 2013
The Global Gender Gap Report, introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006, provides a framework for capturing the magnitude and scope of gender-based disparities around the world. The index benchmarks
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Key issue before NAC: should projects displacing tribals be resisted?
Manmohan Singh’s high-level panel to examine controversial issue of mining. The Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council will examine whether developmental interventions and constitutional safeguards
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Delhi world’s second most populous city
Mumbai Ranks Seventh, Tokyo Tops The List The tions urban of agglomera Delhi and - Mumbai, which barely matched up to global cities in size in 1950, are now counted among the seven most populous mega-cities in the world, reveals the 2013 World Population Data Sheet released by the US’s Population Reference Bureau on Thursday.
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Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding street vendors/hawkers dated 09/09/2013
Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding street vendors/hawkers dated 09/09/2013 in the matter of Maharashtra Ekta Hawkers Union and Others Versus Municipal Corporation, Greater Mumbai and Others.
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Migration slowing, population growth declining
Delhi’s Human Development Report 2013 finds migrants to be better educated than before, more satisfied with their jobs Migration to Delhi is falling, and the average migrant is better-off and better educated than before, Delhi’s Human Development Report 2013 has revealed. Closely tied to this is the changed nature of employment.
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2013 World Population Data Sheet
The 2013 World Population Data Sheet offers detailed information on 20 population, health, and environment indicators for more than 200 countries. This year's data include: wealth and income disparity,