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Don’t delay the census further
The move to a smarter census is laudable but not worth the wait for such a vital exercise
Published on May 23, 2023 08:15 PM IST
HT Editorial
Patna high court halts caste survey in Bihar
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded the resignation of chief minister Nitish Kumar, who had spearheaded the demand for the caste survey.
Updated on May 05, 2023 02:34 AM IST
Ruchir Kumar, Patna
Patna high court stays Bihar’s caste-based survey
A division bench said prima facie the state government has no power to carry out the survey and directed the authorities to secure the data collected
Updated on May 04, 2023 04:51 PM IST
Srinagar residents baffled as police distribute ‘census’ forms amid data drive
Police acknowledged the conduct of the exercise, but refused to cite the reasons for it; the economics and statistics department meanwhile census exercise in Srinagar
Updated on May 02, 2023 12:28 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Srinagar
Anand Mohan’s release as per norms: Nitish
Nitish Kumar said the release of prisoners on remission was not a new thing and it happens across the country in keeping with the provisions in the Central Prison Manual, 2016.
Updated on Apr 28, 2023 09:27 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
SC tells Patna HC to take call of petitions for stay on caste-based survey
The Court was hearing an appeal filed by organisation Youth For Equality which had approached the high court on April 18 to stay the survey
Updated on Apr 28, 2023 07:47 PM IST
Abraham Thomas
‘Census Data Research Workstation’ to come up at GBPSSI soon
The centre is being set up to make accurate micro-level data of census available to teachers, scientists, researchers, students and other users and pave way for their in-depth evaluation and advancement of all related research work on socio-economic and demographic subjects.
Updated on Apr 27, 2023 12:00 AM IST
Delhi to participate in City Nature Challenge
To take part in the challenge, one needs to simply download the GPS-enabled iNaturalist app and submit photographs between April 28 and May 1
Updated on Apr 20, 2023 12:03 AM IST
India to overtake China in population by July 1: UN
WPP projections show that India’s population will reach a peak population of 1.697 billion in 2063 . China’s population, which started declining in 2022 is expected to fall to 1.168 billion by that time
Updated on Apr 20, 2023 12:05 AM IST
Stray dog population in Pune city drops to 1.79 lakh
Stray dog population in Pune has decreased by 42.87% in the last five years, according to a recent census by the Pune Municipal Corporation. Factors contributing to the decline include changes in resource supply during lockdowns, increased urbanisation, and sterilisation surgeries. The census was conducted by QICODE SOLUTIONS using a capture-recapture method to estimate population sizes. The study aimed to control the street dog population and manage the incidence of rabies through Animal Birth Control and Rabies Control programmes.
Updated on Apr 14, 2023 01:43 AM IST
Vicky Pathare, Pune
Battle for Muslim vote bank in coastal Karnataka
According to the government data, in Udupi, only 91 Muslim girl students were enrolled in PUCs, compared to the 2021-22 number of 178 girls
Updated on Apr 14, 2023 01:46 PM IST
Arun Dev, Mangaluru
Assam govt’s reply denying anomalies in rhino census features inconsistencies
The 14th rhino census carried out in KNPTR in March last year stated that the total number of endangered animals increased from 2413 in 2018 to 2613.
Updated on Apr 13, 2023 01:58 PM IST
DCPCR: New system helped 55,000 kids resume school
Officials said that the attendance of enrolled students is updated daily through an online portal by the schools. If a student seems to have skipped school for around a week, DCPCR officials or volunteer groups contact the family to understand why the student has been skipping school.
Updated on Apr 12, 2023 11:45 PM IST
The increase in India's tiger population is no mean feat
From Project Tiger of 1973 to present-day conservation efforts, India has done well. To take this further, address systemic challenges
Assam denies allegations of anomalies in Kaziranga rhino count
In the 14th rhino census carried out in KNPTR in March last year, authorities had stated that the total number of endangered animals had increased from 2,413 in 2018 to 2,613—a jump of 200 animals
Updated on Apr 12, 2023 04:37 PM IST
Tiger Zinda Hai: Judicial Lens
Sudhir Mishra and Simran Gupta talk about Project Tiger’s 50 years, the role of the judiciary and India’s success in doubling the tiger population
Updated on Apr 09, 2023 06:02 PM IST
HC: PIL against Bihar caste survey maintainable, hearing on April 18
In the second phase, which is scheduled to begin from April 15, data pertaining to people’s castes and religions will be collected.
Updated on Apr 08, 2023 04:01 AM IST
Ruchir Kumar, Patna
Patna HC says PIL against caste survey ‘maintainable’
“The court will now examine the decision of the government of Bihar with respect to the caste-based survey and see whether it is in public interest,” said Dinu Kumar, counsel for petitioner Akhilesh Kumar, a social worker.
Updated on Apr 07, 2023 10:21 PM IST
Ruchir Kumar, Patna
Sum of us: The ancient and modern history of counting people
From ancient Babylon to the first modern-day national census, in Iceland, headcounts have been recorded on clay, in stone, as knots in cords.
Updated on Apr 07, 2023 08:49 PM IST
A booming population of feral dogs becoming major threat to wolves in Pune district
Increasing stray dog population in Pune district is threatening the ancient Indian wolf species. The wolf population is decreasing from their natural habitat due to fights and transmission of infectious diseases like rabies. The Grassland trust is working on a project for wolf conservation, and the forest department is taking measures like dog testing and awareness programmes to protect the wolf population. A census is planned to identify the exact wolf population in the region. Other threats to Indian wolves include road accidents, conflicts with shepherd communities, and habitat destruction due to infrastructure developments.
Updated on Apr 07, 2023 12:21 AM IST
Gayatri Vajpeyee
Civic poll: Political parties gear up as Prayagraj mayoral seat unreserved
Political parties in Uttar Pradesh are preparing for the upcoming urban local bodies' elections, following the state government's draft notification for reservation. The mayoral post in Prayagraj, as well as those in Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Aligarh, Bareilly, Moradabad, Ayodhya, and Mathura-Vrindavan, will be unreserved. The Bharatiya Janata Party, Samajwadi Party, Congress, and Bahujan Samaj Party have all begun preparing for the elections. The mayoral post in Prayagraj has been declared unreserved for the fourth time in five elections, following the Supreme Court's approval of a fresh census of Other Backward Classes.
Updated on Mar 31, 2023 06:20 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Prayagraj
Supreme Court to hear plea over Bihar caste census on Jan 20
There are at least two petitions pending before the Supreme Court that have challenged the June 2022 notification of the Bihar government for conducting a caste-based census.
Updated on Jan 12, 2023 05:07 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
Bihar: First phase of caste-based census begins
In the first phase, which is scheduled to end on January 21, the number of all households in the state will be counted.
Updated on Jan 08, 2023 12:55 AM IST
Anirban Guha Roy, Patna
First phase of caste-based census begins in Bihar
The second phase of the survey which is likely to be held from April 1 to April 30 will collect date pertaining to people of all castes, sub-castes, socio-economic conditions etc.
Published on Jan 07, 2023 11:31 AM IST
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Morning brief: Freezing of boundaries may further defer Census 2021
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Published on Jan 06, 2023 08:58 AM IST
HT News Desk, New Delhi
Caste survey to begin in Bihar from Jan 7, first leg to focus on house numbering
The state cabinet had given a go-ahead for a caste based survey, including gathering information of socio-economic status of households, on June 2 in 2022
Updated on Jan 06, 2023 05:52 AM IST
Anirban Guha Roy, Patna
Bihar caste-based census gets cabinet nod, to be completed by February 2023
The Bihar government will spend ₹500 crore from its contingency fund. This comes a day after chief minister Nitish Kumar said that a caste-based count will be conducted in a set times frame.
Published on Jun 02, 2022 07:25 PM IST
HT News Desk | Written by Aryan Prakash
Nitish Kumar says caste-based census to begin in Bihar, all-party meeting soon
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar further said that he had informed leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav about the same.
Published on May 16, 2022 06:32 PM IST
HT News Desk, New Delhi
Census should not merely be data-oriented: House panel
The panel has also recommended the constitution of a separate expert group by the Registrar General of India (RGI) to examine the census pattern since its commencement and suggest measures to bring qualitative change in the exercise.
Updated on Mar 15, 2022 06:05 AM IST
Neeraj Chauhan, New Delhi
Tracking numbers that form a nation waiting to exhale
Reports on the 1951 Census were issued in 17 volumes, which were divided into 63 parts
Published on Feb 12, 2022 05:47 AM IST
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