Human Rights: Myanmar Urged to Protect Rohingya Population
A United Nations (UN) expert has called for urgent action by the Government of Myanmar to end the suffering of the Rohingya population in the country. “The magnitude of violence…
U.S. 2017: One Birth Every 8 Seconds and One Death Every 11 Seconds
The U.S. Census Bureau projected Thursday that the U.S. population will be 324,310,011 on Jan. 1, 2017. This represents an increase of 2,245,347, or 0.70 percent, from New Year’s Day…
How India Plans to Control Its Population Growth
How India Plans to Control Its Population Growth As increasing population has become a major threat to India’s economic development, the government has decided to take a few steps to…
India Has a Large Population of Illiterates: President
The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, said Thursday that achieving universal literacy is not possible without mass participation. “If we follow the principle of ‘Each one, Teach one’ success can…
World Population Day: Focus on Teenage Girls
In 1989, the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) recommended that 11 July be observed by the international community as World Population Day, a day to focus…
Half the Population of Central African Republic Faces Hunger
An emergency food security assessment by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and its partners has revealed that half the population of the Central African Republic (CAR) – nearly…