The report of the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) revealed that the total fertility rate of India has declined from 2.2 to 2.0 indicating the significant progress of population control measures.

India's total fertility rate declines from 2.2 to 2.0: National Family Health Survey

Driven by its ever-growing population, India is facing rapid urbanisation. Unsustainable migration is pushing cities to the limit, creating a demand-supply gap in housing and employment. How can this be tackled? We look for solutions on 'Mission Sustainability - Population Vs Planet: Housing, Jobs and Migration in the Growing World.

Mission Sustainability: Population vs Planet: Housing, Jobs and Migration in the Growing World

Mission Sustainability - Population Vs Planet: Housing, Jobs and Migration in the Growing World

'Mission Sustainability - Population Vs Planet: Housing, Jobs and Migration in the Growing World

Segregation at source is the key to effective solid waste management. Watch how our Waste Warriors are doing this in urban India on 'Mission Sustainability: Population Vs Planet'

Mission Sustainability: Population Vs Planet- Waste Warriors

A wing under the US Department of Agriculture has stoked the fury of conservation groups after a report revealed that they were responsible for killing 1.75 million animals across the country in 2021— at a rate of around 200 creatures every hour, reported The Guardian.

A ‘barbaric’ federal programme killed 1.75 million animals in US in 2021: Report

Watch 'Mission Sustainability: Population vs Planet' : The right to breathe clean air.

Mission Sustainability: The right to breathe clean air

Watch 'Mission Sustainability: Out of Breath- Population and Air Pollution.

Mission Sustainability: Out of Breath- Population and Air Pollution

Watch 'Mission Sustainability: Population vs Planet' : How can air pollution be tackled?

Mission Sustainability: How can air pollution be tackled?

Watch 'Mission Sustainability: Population vs Planet' : Rising population is responsible for air pollution.

Mission Sustainability: Rising population is responsible for air pollution

Water is one of the most important natural resource for the existence of life. Almost 70% of the Earth is covered with water, but only 2.5% of it is fresh water. Less than 1% is available for human consumption. The unsustainable growth of human population has increased the demand for fresh water and the planet is running out. Watch 'Mission Sustainability: Population vs Planet' - Running Dry: Population and Water Crisis

Mission Sustainability: Running Dry- Population and Water Crisis

The government and several NGOs are struggling to ensure healthcare for the Rohingyas who have been relocated to Bhasanchar from the Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camp in Bangladesh.

As govt aims to vaccinate the entire population, two-third Rohingya living in Bhasanchar already vaccinated

The current world population is 7.9 billion and counting. The human population produces over 2 billion tonnes of Municipal Solid Waste every year. It is estimated that global waste generation will cross the 3 billion tonne mark by 2050. The unsustainable population growth, combined with reckless consumption and improper waste management, has led to a global waste crisis. What can be done to reduce and manage waste?

Mission Sustainability: Population, Over-Consumption and Waste

Russia has now reported a record decline in population by more than one million people. Now the massive population fall has been intensified by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Russia: Population falls by more than a million as demography woes exacerbate by the COVID pandemic

The bees are tiny insects but they play a big role in keeping the balance in the ecosystem. However, excessive use of pesticides have now put them under threat.

Habitat loss & pesticides decimate bees as their population collapses by 40% in last 30 years

Mission Sustainability | Running Dry: Population and Water Cricis

Access to clean air has become a global challenge. The human population is growing unsustainably, and it has a direct bearing on the declining air quality. As per the World Health Organisation, air pollution causes an estimated seven million deaths per year globally, and children are among the most vulnerable. How can air pollution be tackled? Watch 'Mission Sustainability: Population vs Planet' - Out of Breath: Population and Air Pollution.

China's birth rate dropped to a record low in 2021, despite the country's efforts to increase the young population. The number of births dropped for the fifth consecutive year in 2021 and as compared with 12 million births in 2020, there were 10.62 million births last year. The 2021 rate of 7.52 births per 1,000 people was the lowest since 1949 when the National Statistics Bureau (NBS) began collating the data. Data of the population of China's 31 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities have been analysed. It excludes foreigners and also does not include Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan.

Low birthrate: A new headache for China

Several European countries like Finland, Norway and Sweden are culling wolves in order to control their population. While hunters in Sweden have already shot 27 wolves, which is most of their annual target, Finland is to authorise the killing of 20 wolves as a part of its first “population management cull.

Several European nations are culling wolf population, here is why

The national symbol of the US, bald eagle, has been in dire straits nowadays. The population of the bird has been facing slump due to the lead poisoning, said a new study.

US national symbol bald eagle’s population takes a hit, all thanks to lead poisoning

No doctors. No restaurants. No churches. And worst of all for some: no pubs. Life on a remote island in the Scottish Hebrides is not for everyone. But Alex Mumford, one of the approximately 40 people living on the Isle of Rum, says he loves it, although he admits getting a drink could be an adventure, with the nearest pub on the neighboring island of Skye.

As its population soars to 40, Rum Isle glimpses a future in the mist

In a first, Jilin province in northeast China is asking banks to provide an amount of up to $31,400 of “marriage and birth consumer loans” to married couples. The move comes as an attempt to tackle the problem of the shrinking population in China.

This Chinese province is now offering baby loans to tackle declining population

The world’s population is set to decline for the first time ever in the next century, a new study published in the Lancet journal has revealed. Currently, there are about 7.

For the first time in centuries, world’s population set to decline: Study

In what comes as a new milestone, India has vaccinated 50 per cent of its adult population against the deadly coronavirus by administrating 1,04,18,707 vaccine doses in 24 hours.

India achieves new milestone as over 50% of adult population now vaccinated against Covid

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