'We have to make population growth compatible with development'

DEVELOPING countries have accepted the inarguable importance of the link between population and economic and social development and natural …

CHINA

Thirsty islands

Islands in the Bay of Bengal have to contend with increasing scarcity of fresh water

Three cheetah cubs born at Kuno National Park, second litter since arrival

Cubs were likely born around a week ago

Project Cheetah: Two more cubs die, toll increases to six

Officials say the cubs died of severe dehydration caused due to extreme temperatures

Early pregnancy, under-5 mortality impact population rise in sub-Saharan Africa: UN report

World’s population is projected to reach 8 billion by November 15

Drought-hit South Africa to kill 350 hippos and buffaloes for feeding the poor

The protracted dry spell has caused a shortage of food for the animals

Migration sounding alarm bells in the West

Religious planning

Grain of truth

China will need to import foodgrain in the next 10 years

Showing the way

In the past 15 years, Mexico has halved its birth rate

In Short

Developing diversity

Isn't a good fillip to growth also cultural in nature?

Chinese aggro

India lagging behind due to bad practices

8 billion people: why trying to control the population is often futile – and harmful

Rather than trying to increase or decrease the number of people, we must build a planet that enables everyone to live their lives freely, …

Asiatic Cheetah cubs born for the first time in captivity in Iran

The cubs were delivered by C-section at the Touran Wildlife Refuge in the Semnan province east of Tehran on May 1, 2022

Sambhar tragedy: Are birds second class wildlife, ask experts

Not only are bird species not monitored properly but information about instances of their mass death is suppressed, they allege

Fertility in 91 countries insufficient to maintain population: study

The baby bust in 91 countries, including Singapore, Spain, Portugal and South Korea is happening simultaneous to a baby boom in 104 countries, …

Road salt can change sex ratios in frog populations, finds study

The researchers found that the proportion of females reduced by 10 per cent when exposed to road salt

India’s tiger population up from 2,226 to 2,500: Javadekar

Environment minister Prakash Javadekar spoke of the positive trend in tiger population at the 3rd Asia Ministerial Conference

Smokescreen

The most powerful government in the world and the behemoth tobacco industry are waging a ding-dong battle over...well, cigarettes

Women to the fore

The International Conference on Population and Development is doing more than just providing lip service to the cause of women

The magnificent 500

DNA studies suggest that a mere 500 people moving out of Africa could have populated the rest of the world

Are human beings edging out all other life forms?

Northeast India occupies 8 per cent of the country's geographic area, and supports 3.8 per cent of India's total population (2001 census figures).…

Beyond The Billion

If post-Independence leaders of India had ensured full literacy, a solution would have been in sight for a lot of problems. Population, for one. …