There are an estimated 78.87 million urban households and 167.83 million rural households in India (Census of India, 2011). Out of these, almost all of the rural households and a majority of the urban households stay in residential areas having a very low height to spread ratio. A number of individual built up structures have […]
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New Delhi, June 19 (G’nY News Service): Incessant monsoon rains that have swept through Mumbai since last night has caused severe floods in the city. The waterlogged metropolis experienced even more heavy rain this morning, resulting in knee to waist deep water in many areas. A flood alert was issues by Mumbai’s Civic Body, advising […]
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New Delhi, 10 Jan (GnY News Service): The air quality in the cities in India is worsening but the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the various other governmental institutions that duplicate their work do not wish to share their findings with the general public – it seems that the data is classified. With no […]
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A gradual improvement in the overall sex ratios (computed as females per 1,000 males) in 2011 made it almost equal to what was observed in 1961. Opposed to this, the data records a further decline in child sex ratio (CSR) for children 0-6 years at 914 – a drop of 13 points from the previous […]
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