New Delhi, March 27 AIADMK's M Thambidurai urged the government on Friday to ensure the safe return of Kanyakumari fishermen, who are stranded in Iran due to the ongoing conflict in West Asia.Raising the issue in the Rajya Sabha, Thambidurai said that as many as 447 fishermen from Kanyakumari...
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Kohima, March 12 – The first phase of the 2027 Census, focusing on house listing and housing, will begin in Nagaland in July 2026, officials said on Thursday.Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, during a meeting in Kohima, said that the 2027 Census would be a significant and important exercise...
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New Delhi, March 12 The average young adult could be experiencing up to 50 hours a year of severe heat-related limitations in livability, while the average older adult could experience up to 900 hours a year of the same, according to an analysis of data from the European climate agency...
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Singapore, February 26 Singapore's total fertility rate dropped to a new low of 0.87 in 2025, Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong said on Thursday, adding that the island nation needs to carefully manage immigration to boost its low birth rate.The country's fertility rate fell below 1.0 for the...
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Seoul, February 25 – South Korea experienced the fastest growth in the number of babies born in 15 years in 2025, with the country's total fertility rate reaching 0.8 for the first time in four years, according to government data released on Wednesday.A total of 254,500 babies were born last...
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Quetta, February 23 – A major water crisis unfolding in Balochistan, Pakistan, along with a demographic explosion, threatens to overwhelm the province's fragile ecology, a report has highlighted."Every morning in Quetta, before the sun clears the jagged peaks of the Sulaiman Mountains, a...
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Guwahati, February 19 Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday claimed that the Assamese community will become "almost" a minority in the 2027 Census.During the Motion of Thanks on the governor's address in the assembly, Sarma also said that he is in politics amid a "very dark time"...
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Bareilly, February 18 – Following RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's statement that Muslims living in India are also Hindus and "did not come from Arabia," All India Muslim Jamiat President Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi backed the remarks on Wednesday, saying Bhagwat was correct.He further stated that it...
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Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma of Meghalaya stated that New Shillong is being developed on four key pillars: tourism, sports and culture, education and skills development, and technology. Mr. Sangma informed the State Assembly that Shillong is growing rapidly, and the New Shillong Township is...
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Patna, February 12 Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Friday claimed that the rise in population and the introduction of digital platforms for reporting crimes online have led to an increase in the number of recorded offences across the state, as reflected in the NCRB data...