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Current levels of menstrual hygiene vary significantly across Indian states–from 34.5% to 96.6% across parliamentary constituencies.
The Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP) should adopt a new strategy regarding mass media campaigns, taking into consideration the significant increase of social media users, said speakers at a roundtable yesterday.
The Biden Administration has announced $50 million in funding- spread over five years - for five university centers to study the effects of persistent poverty on cancer.
The current projections estimate that India's population increases by just under 41,000 people a day -- one every two seconds.
India's first population clock, made up of 10 white numbered cards on a large green metal board, attracts curious passersby who watch it record the story of the world's most populous nation."We feel good when we update the board, as passersby can also see the growing population numbers," 56-year-old security supervisor Salunkhe V.V. told AFP. The current projections estimate that India's population increases by just under 41,000 people a day -- one every two seconds -- or about 15 million a year