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Elderly in study means all those people who are of the age of 60 years and above. "According to the Report of the Technical Group on Population Projections for India and States 2011-2036, there are nearly 138 million (13.8 crore) elderly persons in India in 2021 comprising 67 million males and 71 million females," the NSO study Elderly in India 2021 said.

The National Statistical Office (NSO) also stated that elderly males have outnumbered females in the last two decades (till 2021)

When Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath chose the occasion of World Population Day on July 11 to announce a new state population policy, there normally should have been no quarrel about it. After all, the state is India’s most populous, harbouring nearly 200 million people (as per Census 2011) or 17 per cent of India’s population. If it were to become a nation, Uttar Pradesh would have the fifth largest population in the world. So instead of welcoming a policy to control the state...

Times Face-off: Do we need population control measures? © Provided by The Times of India With UP, Assam moving towards two-child policies, a debate on whether population control measures work, and do we really??need them? FOR -Sidharth Nath Singh Any change in the population policy of the country’s most populous state is bound to be a big deal, but it is not a surprising one. With 240 million people, Uttar Pradesh has 16% of India’s total population and is home to every sixth Indian. If i...

FOR -Sidharth Nath Singh Any change in the population policy of the country’s most populous state is bound to be a big deal, but it is not a surprising one. With 240 million people, Uttar Pradesh has 16% of India’s total population and is home to every sixth Indian. If it was a separate country, it would be the fifth largest in the world by population, just behind China, India, US and Indonesia, and bigger than Pakistan and Brazil. We, as a country, have already been warned of a ‘popula...

Engineers Australia Engineers who are high achievers in Australia’s rail sector have been recognised in the 2021 Railway Technical Society of Australia (RTSA) Awards. The RTSA awards have been presented at the Conference on Rail Excellence in Perth. Engineers Australia Chief Executive Officer, Dr Bronwyn Evans AM said: “On behalf of the engineering profession, warm congratulations to all award-winners. “Among many other things, the work that the winners have done has helped to increase ef...

IoT活用を軸とした製造業のデジタルトランスフォーメーション（DX）が加速している。一方、様々なシステムがつながっていく中では、生産現場を安定稼働させるセキュリティ対策の重要性が増大。この状況のもと、ファクトリーオートメーション（FA）とITの協調によってものづくり現場の安全・安心、デジタル変革を支援するのがEdgecrossコンソーシアムだ。今回は、コ�...

UNWTO European Commission meeting includes WTN Board member Aleksandra Gardasevic-Slavuljica representing Montenegro 2 hours ago Greek Prime Minister Kriakos Mitsotakis and Vice President of the European Commission Margaritis Schinas were in attendance. Saudi Arabia was invited by Greece to attend the European meeting having just opened a regional center in the Saudi Kingdom. Aleksandra Gardasevic-Slavuljica, Chair of the World Tourism Network (WTN) Balkan Interest Group, attended the UNWTO mee...

The European members of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) have met in Athens to advance the safe and sustainable restart of tourism across the...

Published: 19 May 2021 PHILIPSBURG: --- Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs said on Wednesday that St. Maarten still did not receive the NAF39M liquidity support from the Netherlands neither the loan agreement even though St. Maarten has fully complied with all conditions set forth by the Dutch Government, said liquidity support since April 2021. The country’s Prime Minister further stated that the goalposts are being moved for different reasons that have nothing to do with the conditi...