The CSR has declined in 27 States and Union Territories, recording an all-time low, while the adult sex ratio has improved, though slowly. WHEN the provisional data from Census 2011 were released on March 31, the worst fears of those working in the area of women and child development were confirmed. The horror of a declining child sex ratio (CSR), which first came to light in Census 2001, returned once again,...
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PDS needs Centre's Aid, says Minister
Food and Civil Supplies Minister C. Divakaran sAid here on Friday that the Public Distribution System (PDS) in Kerala could be efficient only with the assistance of the Central government. Talking to reporters, the Minister sAid that the State was food deficit. So, the Centre should extend a helping hand in maintaining the system, he added. The Minister sAid that he had to face much difficulty in prosecuting the accused in the...
More »Witness identifies 81 accused in Mirchpur caste violence case
For the first time, SHO also identified as one of the alleged perpetrators of crime The trial in the case was shifted to the Rohini Sessions Court last December ‘Families of the accused are threatening witnesses with dire consequences' Kamla, whose physically challenged daughter and husband were killed in the Mirchpur caste violence case in which 18 Dalit houses were also burnt in April last year, has identified 81 of the 98 accused...
More »“NACP-VI should not be a cut-and-paste job”
As joint owners of the national response to HIV/AidS, civil society groups have called upon the government to take proactive steps to meaningfully involve civil society in all aspects of conceptualisation, design, planning and implementation of National AidS Control Programme-IV. They also want the National AidS Control Organisation (NACO) to put in place transparent mechanisms to inform civil society of the process in the run-up to the planning and development...
More »Global population to pass 10 billion by 2100, UN projections indicate
The world’s population is projected to surge past 9 billion before 2050 and then reach 10.1 billion by the end of the century if current fertility rates continue at expected levels, according to United Nations figures unveiled today. Most of the increase will come from so-called “high fertility countries,” mainly in sub-Saharan Africa but also in some nations in Asia, Oceania and Latin America, the figures reveal. The 2010 Revision of World...
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