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Photospeak | Welcoming harvest, Tiwa style

Edit The Hindu 14 May 2016
In the hills, they number only more than 10,000 (according to the 2001 Census of India) — there are more of them spread out in the plains ......

Press Statement : Quest for Nodal Development: Evidence from Census 2001 and Census 2011 (Stats SA - Statistics South Africa)

Edit Public Technologies 13 May 2016
Evidence from Census 2001 and Census 2011 (Report No ... Evidence from Census 2001 and Census 2011 report released by Statistics South Africa reviews progress on the Integrated Sustainable Rural Development Programme (ISRDP) and the Urban Renewal Programme (URP), launched by government in 2001. The report uses census data to look at the progress of ......

‘Gerrymandering’ to keep Dalits away

Edit The Hindu 12 May 2016
The election in the former French colony is not only about candidates, their grandiose rituals and the freebies on offer ... By the 2011 census data, Puducherry’s total population is 12.48 lakh, with the SCs constituting a mere 15.7 per cent of the figure. The delimitation of constituencies, which was based on the 2001 census, has not empowered them to elect a representative who can voice their concerns in the Assembly ... S ... Keywords....

measures to rid Maharashtra of open defecation

Edit Indian Express 10 May 2016
Out of the 7,908 families surveyed, the administration had found 2,264 that didn’t have access to toilets. (File/Reuters). Photographs on a billboard of those caught defecating in the open, a dhol-tasha band to accompany them home, or, in some cases, detention in a police chowkey ... Ramesh ... However, with the total slum population being 64.7 lakh as per the 2001 census, these toilet blocks currently serve only 37 per cent of the population....

Irish in Scotland more at risk of alcohol-related disease and death, says study

Edit BBC News 09 May 2016
Irish people living in Scotland are more than twice as likely to end up in hospital or die from alcohol-related diseases as white Scots, a study found ... The work by researchers is believed to be the first to use a reliable measure of ethnicity, taking data from the NHS and the 2001 Census, and using the rate of disease in the white Scottish population - Scotland's largest ethnic group - as the benchmark ... ....

Figures reveal ethnic variations in prevalence of alcohol-related diseases

Edit Belfast Telegraph 09 May 2016
Irish people living in Scotland are more than twice as likely to end up in hospital or die from alcohol-related diseases as white Scottish people, research has found ... Share Go To ... The study is believed to be the first to use a reliable measure of ethnicity, taking data from the NHS and the 2001 Census, and using the rate of disease in the White Scottish population - Scotland's largest ethnic group - as the benchmark ... ....

Irish in Scotland at higher risk of hospital or alcohol death

Edit Scotsman 09 May 2016
Irish people living in Scotland are more than twice as liekly to end up in hospital or die from alcohol-related diseases as white Scottish people, research has found ... READ MORE ... The study is believed to be the first to use a reliable measure of ethnicity, taking data from the NHS and the 2001 Census, and using the rate of disease in the White Scottish population - Scotland's largest ethnic group - as the benchmark ... READ MORE ... ....

From ‘Mother India’To ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ Nari Mangay ‘Azadi’

Edit Kashmir Observer 05 May 2016
The female child is so much undesired by most communities that according to 2001 census data even “non-violent” Jains were competing with Sikhs when it came to female foeticide – an uncomfortable fact around which there has been little debate ... Anyone in doubt only need to check the statistical data of the Census of India of the last three decades.If ......

Edit: Standardising prasad at temples good idea, but implementation tough

Edit Yahoo Daily News 04 May 2016
After mortals, it is now the turn of the gods ... Not that the divine need a FSSAI certificate, but given 300 million faithful—as per the 2001 Census—visit places of worship daily and partake of the food offerings, receiving it as a ‘blessing’, there is a need to ensure quality ... ....

BMC slammed for public shaming of perpetrators

Edit Indian Express 04 May 2016
A DAY after reports emerged of BMC officials publicly shaming people for defecating in the open in the Kandivli area, human rights activists and those seeking better access to sanitation facilities objected to the manner in which the BMC has chosen to act for ending open defecation ... Chandigarh ... However, these toilet blocks are currently only serving 37 per cent of the total slum population of 64.7 lakh people, as per the 2001 census....

Mumbai draft DP proposes adding storeys to public toilet blocks

Edit Indian Express 02 May 2016
With emphasis on improving public conveniences, the revised draft of the Development Plan suggests adding an extra storey to the existing pay-and-use toilets in Mumbai ... The draft DP proposes giving additional FSI to community toilet blocks ... However, these toilet blocks serve only 37 per cent of the total slum population of 64.7 lakh (as per 2001 census). “According to Swachch Bharat Mission Guidelines, each toilet seat is for 30 users....

Sheldon Pollock offers scholarly opinion on Sanskrit - a language that the government seems keen to massify

Edit The Times of India 01 May 2016
In his latest film Laal Rang, Randeep Hooda plays a cold-blooded, smooth-talking blood-bank racketeer. The story is set in Karnal in Haryana and the actor is particularly happy that the film stayed true to the culture and dialect of the place ... That is not right... For instance, according to the 2001 Census, there are roughly 14,000 people in India who speak Sanskrit. The relevant data for the 2011 Census has yet to be published....

Ofsted pulls report criticising nursery for failing to teach children about cultural diversity

Edit ITV 28 Apr 2016
Around 98% of the town's residents are white, according to the 2001 census ... ....
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