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12 stories for “Population” · September 2026
Clear filtersIndia co-hosted the launch of OneSCD, the Global Partnership to Advance Equity and Transform Sickle Cell Care, during the 81st UN General Assembly in New York. Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder in...
The National Statistical Office (NSO) has, for the first time, published district-level labour market indicators under the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS). About 57.8% of districts had a female Labour Force Participa...
India's cheetah count has reached 56. India-born cheetah KGP12, daughter of the South African cheetah Gemini, gave birth to four cubs at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.
Four years into the reintroduction programme, India's cheetah count has grown to 52, including 32 born in the country. Of these, 49 are in Kuno National Park and 3 in Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary, both in Madhya Pradesh. By or...
Assam had 3,260 greater one-horned rhinoceroses as of September 2026, around 80% of the species' global population. Kaziranga National Park, with more than 2,600 rhinos, is its largest stronghold. The state recorded zero...
Haryana has topped India in blood donation for the third year running. In 2025–26 it collected 5.89 lakh units of blood and held 8,189 donation camps. Verified e-RaktKosh data placed it first among States in blood donati...
Assam's population of the endangered pygmy hog (Porcula salvania) has grown from 6 in 1996 to 194 through captive breeding. The world's smallest and rarest wild pig is listed Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red Li...
The 5th Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan Awards 2026 were presented on Swachh Vayu Diwas 2026 to the best-performing cities and wards under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP). Lucknow came first among cities with over 10 lakh...
The Population Enumeration phase of Census 2027 has been brought forward in four poll-bound States: Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa. Enumeration will run from November 16, 2026 to January 4, 2027, with a revis...
Maharashtra's Melghat and Pench Tiger Reserves have become India's most successful sites for releasing captive-bred vultures. Of 29 vultures freed in the two reserves between December 2025 and January 2026, survival rate...
Tamil Nadu registered 8.02 lakh births in 2025, around 45,000 fewer than the 8.47 lakh recorded in 2024, a fall of 5.3%. The State's total fertility rate dropped below the replacement level of 2.1 nearly two decades ago,...
Concerns over the striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) have highlighted gaps in population data and conservation planning in India. The species is Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, with an estimated 5,000-14,000 animals wor...
