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Police in Assam, Uttar Pradesh flag concerns at demographic changes in districts bordering Bangladesh, Nepal -Vijaita Singh

-The Hindu They highlight an increase in number of mosques, seminaries and a high decadal growth in Population in these areas Flagging concerns about demographic changes in districts along the international border with Nepal and Bangladesh, at the annual police meet last year, the Uttar Pradesh Police and the Assam Police highlighted an increase in number of mosques, seminaries and a high decadal growth in Population in these areas. The annual Director...

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2 in 5 Indian children missing out on preventive vitamin A dose: Study -Priyanka Sharma

-Livemint.com Vitamin A is important for many cellular processes in the human body that are critical for eyesight, growth and development, wound healing, reproduction and immunity, among others NEW DELHI: Two in five children in India are missing out on vitamin A supplements designed to prevent health problems associated with deficiency of the vitamin, according to an analysis of representative survey data published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) Global Health. Vitamin A...

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Plight of the small peasantry in Punjab is affecting their mental health, highlights field-based study

Door-to-door and village-to-village surveys carried out by researchers of the Department of Economics and Sociology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana detected a total of 9,291 suicides that were committed by farmers in six districts of Punjab during the period from 2000 to 2018. Situated in the Malwa region of Punjab, which is known for cotton farming and the prevalence of cancer among its Population, Sangrur (2,506) witnessed the highest number of...

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India’s abortion law seems liberal but is driven by a Population control logic – not women’s rights -Mytheli Sreenivas

-Scroll.in The MTP Act disregards women’s health and rights to regulate reproduction at all costs. With its decision to end constitutional protections for abortion in the recent case of Dobbs vs Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the United States Supreme Court made that country a global outlier on abortion law and policy. At a moment when many governments around the world are liberalising their regulation of abortion care, the US has opened the...

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Census 2021 deferred till further orders due to pandemic, Centre tells Lok Sabha

-Scroll.in Experts say that this delay is impacting government schemes and programmes. The Union home ministry on Tuesday told the Lok Sabha that India’s decennial census 2021 has been deferred till further orders due to the Covid-19 pandemic. India’s first census was conducted in 1872. The census determines the country’s Population, literacy rate, migration, and demographics like age, gender and marital status along with housing and economic activity, among other key factors. The...

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