Growing population

DNA: Increasing population a burden or a boon for the earth?

Today around 1:30 pm, 8000 millionth child was born in the world. The UN Report on Population had already estimated that on November 15, the world's population would touch 8 billion. But now the question is, is the increasing population a disaster or an opportunity?

Nov 15, 2022, 23:02 PM IST

Growing population good or bad? PM Narendra Modi's view

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that a growing urban population is both an opportunity and a challenge and listed a vision for the growing cities of the country where the government is committed to providing increasingly more green transport, electric buses, electric cars and electric two-wheelers.

Mar 06, 2022, 22:14 PM IST

Farmers in Asia must increase cereal yields by 50-75% to meet demands of increasing population in next 25 years: Report

Without pesticides, 70% of the world's food crop would be lost. At present, even with pesticide use, 42% of our planted crops are destroyed by insects and pathogenic fungi.

Jun 08, 2021, 13:45 PM IST

Bizarre! These three 'super fertile' Pakistani men fathered almost hundred kids

"The more Muslims grow, the more their enemies will fear them. Muslims should go for more and more children," the father says.

Jun 10, 2017, 20:53 PM IST