Hindu population dip nearly 8% between 1950-2015 in India, Muslims surge 43%: PM Economic Advisory Panel's researchA recent working paper by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister revealed significant demographic shifts in India between 1950...
09 May, 2024, 04.57 PM IST
Young India will turn into rapidly ageing society in coming decades: UNFPAIndia is set to become a rapidly ageing society, with the elderly population projected to surpass the children's population by mid-century,...
27 Sep, 2023, 04.23 PM IST
India's population expected to rise for next three decades before starting to decline: UN projectionsChina now has a population of 142.57 crore, thus being the second most populous country, the UN world population dashboard showed. Accordin...
19 Apr, 2023, 11.08 PM IST
Rising imports from China draining Bhutan’s forex reservesAccording the data provided by the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan in July 2022, foreign exchange reserves in the country shrunk to $970...
26 Aug, 2022, 07.41 PM IST
China steps up construction along disputed Bhutan border, satellite images showThe images and analysis supplied to Reuters by U.S. data analytics firm HawkEye 360, which uses satellites to gather intelligence on ground...
12 Jan, 2022, 02.37 PM IST
World's smallest hog released into wild in India by conservationistsThe pygmy hog, which has the scientific name porcula salvania, lives in tall, wet grasslands and was once found along plains on the Himalay...
27 Jun, 2021, 01.52 PM IST
World's smallest hog released into wild in India by conservationists27 Jun, 2021, 01.33 PM IST
Bhutan king treks across mountains to hold down COVID-19 fatality countFor 14 months, King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, has been travelling by foot, car and horse to remote hamlets to oversee measures to pro...
25 Jun, 2021, 01.49 PM IST
Pak with annual fertility rate of 3.6 among top two fastest growing South Asian nations: ReportAt Pakistan's growth rate — 3.6 — a population doubles in 19.4 years. A country needs to bring its growth rate down to 2 per cent a year to...
20 Jul, 2020, 04.52 PM IST
View: Doubling tiger population laudable but India needs to do moreIndia may have achieved its target of doubling tiger population by 2022 but the approach enshrined in the St Petersburg declaration focuses...
29 Jul, 2019, 06.39 PM IST
Pakistan is ready to host 19th SAARC Summit: FS JanjuaThe Foreign Secretary said South Asia being home to 1.7 billion talented, energetic and educated human resource and abundantly blessed with...
07 Dec, 2018, 08.37 PM IST
Myanmar delegation visits RTR to learn how to increase tiger density in given landscape13 Jan, 2018, 07.42 PM IST
Tiger, tiger burning bright: Number of wild tigers in the world rises 22%India alone recorded an increase of over 500 tigers during this six-year period and continues to be home to the highest number of wild cats.
11 Apr, 2016, 11.14 PM IST
Tiger population has gone up worldwide: Wildlife groups"The number of wild tigers has been revised to 3,890, based on the best available data," said WWF and the Global Tiger Forum (GTF).
11 Apr, 2016, 03.33 PM IST
Vultures face extinction in Indian subcontinent: United Nations reportThe vulture population has, in fact, witnessed one of the "most dramatic declines" of a wild species in human history, it said.
08 Oct, 2014, 08.27 PM IST
- China churning cream out of roaring warm clothing market in Indian foothills
Gradually decreasing mercury in Himalayan foothills has already started increasing warmth in non-branded winter clothing market in the regi...
26 Nov, 2012, 05.41 PM IST
Nepal records increase in tiger populationNepal has witnessed a jump in tiger population over the last two years during which the numbers of the wild cat went up from 155 to 176.
29 Jul, 2012, 07.02 PM IST