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Amit Shah reviews support plan for panel on demographic shiftUnion Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed arrangements for a High-Level Committee on Demographic Changes. This committee, formed recently, wil...
Amazon vs Walmart: Great American race begins for $1 trillion annual sales. How will this benefit customers in rural U.S?Amazon last year invested $4 billion to bring same-day or next-day deliveries to 4,000 smaller cities, towns and rural communities.
Walmart and Amazon race to win over rural America with speedier deliveriesWalmart and Amazon are aggressively expanding online delivery services into rural America, a market previously overlooked due to logistical...
Texas shooting at Carrollton shopping centre leaves 2 dead, 3 injuredA somber day unfolded in a Texas shopping center as a man opened fire, claiming two lives and injuring three others. The perpetrator, 69-ye...
Barpeta Assembly Election Result 2026: AGP’s Dipak Kumar Das vs Uddhab Chandra Das. Who is winning?The Barpeta constituency in Assam has emerged as a closely watched electoral contest in the 2026 Assembly elections, with candidates from m...
Krishnanagar Uttar Assembly Election Results 2026 Live Updates: A battle between TMC's Somnath Dutta & BJP's Tarak Nath ChatterjeeKrishnanagar, a culturally rich city, is set to witness a key electoral battle in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections. Exit polls sugge...
Vattiyoorkavu Assembly Election Result 2026: Adv. V.K. Prasanth vs R. Sreelekha, who is winning? Check the latest updateVattiyoorkavu, a prominent Thiruvananthapuram constituency, is set for a high-stakes election. Known for its educated voters and urban issu...
PM to attend closing ceremony of Sikkim's 50 years of statehood celebrationsPrime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Sikkim from April 27 to attend the closing ceremony of its 50th statehood anniversary. He will inau...
Exiled Tibetans to elect government in vote condemned by ChinaTibetans living outside China are voting for their government-in-exile. This election holds great importance as they face a future without ...
India fixes map showing Arunachal Pradesh town as Chinese territoryAn error showing Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh as a Chinese town Medog on the government's self-enumeration portal has been fixed. The Regi...
India begins its first digital census in 16 years and this time there's a big differenceIndia begins Census 2027 on April 1, 2026. This nationwide count is the first in 16 years and will be fully digital, using smartphones and ...
No decision taken on National Population Register updation: Registrar GeneralThe National Population Register updation has no decision yet. Registrar General of India Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan confirmed this. The NPR,...
NITI Aayog to redefine urban boundaries using economic data to boost growth and infrastructureNITI Aayog is preparing a new framework to redraw urban boundaries using economic factors and current land use. This aims to help states ma...
Meghalaya government launches MGNREGS in census townsSangma, expressing his gratitude to the Government of India, Ministry of Rural Development for clarifying the status of census towns,said t...
Census unlikely anytime soon as fear of 3rd wave of COVID-19 looms largeThe data for NPR was last collected in 2010 along with the house listing phase of the Census 2011. The data was updated during 2015 by cond...
With 44% of population employed, Tirupur best for jobseekersOthers in the top five include Santipur in West Bengal, Erode and Rajapalyam in Tamil Nadu and Mangalagiri in Andhra Pradesh, all textile m...
Lack of infrastructure: Will big census towns benefit from the 'Rurban' Mission?They have distinct urban features such as dense populations & high rises, but lack basic infra & amenities. Welcome to India's Census Towns!
Census 2011 missed 5 crore slum dwellersThrough a bunch of omissions, Census 2011 appears to seriously underestimate the number of slum dwellers in India, putting it at 6.5 crore ...
- Rural India no longer an agrarian economy: Study
Rural India is not solely about agriculture anymore and has made a transition from thatched- roof houses and muddy roads to factories and c...
- Provision of Urban amenities in Rural Areas might be extended to 2,000 new towns identified by 2011 Census
Jairam Ramesh said urban development provides infra in urban areas and rural development in rural areas. PURA should do the same for r-urba...