The Home Affairs Ministry has published the schedule for Census 2027: 1st Apr – 30th Sep will be for house-listing and housing census, Feb 9 – Feb 28 for population enumeration. The exercise will cost approx Rs. 11,718 crore.
India will showcase 161 agri products from 25 States, in the Gulfood 2026, which is the world’s biggest food show.
16.67% of bacterial infections are globally resistant to standard antibiotics: Study.
Delhi is among 38 cities across the world that have extremely high water stress, with water withdrawals nearing available supplies, and 6 out of 9 treatment plants non-functional or operating below capacity: Study.
India has only 0.5 psychiatrists per 1 lakh population, as compared to WHO guidelines of 3 per lakh population. At the current rate of 1,000 psychiatrists entering the workforce every year, it will take 27 years to reach the goal: Study.
USA has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organisation, after 80 years of membership. USA was WHO’s biggest funder at 1.3 billion$ for the 2022-23 period.
