(2009) Religious diversity has been a defining characteristic of India's population for centuries. The country has no official state religion, but religion plays a central role in Indian daily life through its temple ceremonies, festivals, pilgrimages, family religious traditions, and the like. While Hinduism has been the dominant religion for several thousand years, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Jainism, and Sikhism have also flourished.
Are data users aware of all the resources offered by the American Community Survey? We went on the road in Texas to find out.
(2012) Every year, as a result of prenatal sex selection, 1.5 million girls around the world are missing at birth—it is as if the entire female population of Nairobi simply disappeared.
This article focuses on the demographics of the 10 countries that make up the Sahel region--Burkina Faso, Chad, Eritrea, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Sudan.
(2004) On July 23 of this year, Arati Pashi of Calcutta (Kolkata) made the news when she died after profuse bleeding at Calcutta Medical College and Hospital, a premier medical facility in that city. A doctor who was supposed to be on call was absent, and the medical college’s superintendent ordered an inquiry. The investigation revealed that Pashi had been suffering from cervical cancer.
(February 2012) Sprawling urban areas most obviously demonstrate the environmental impact of migration. Water scarcity, pollution, and lack of adequate housing are some of the more evident impacts of urban population growth.