After a six-year delay, India is finally set to count its population in a two-phase census that will conclude in 2027, the government has announced. India's decennial census is one of the world's ...

Trees are essential allies in the fight against desertification, pollution and climate change — and Delhi is currently conducting a massive tree census.India's Forest Research Institute is organizing ...

BENGALURU, India (AP) — It was a celebratory atmosphere for officials gathered just hours away from several of India's major tiger reserves in the southern city of Mysuru, where Prime Minister ...

NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi says India will will see a “new chapter of big decisions” in his third term in office. After claiming victory for his coalition alliance despite a lacklustre ...

Members of India's Banjara community demand reservation benefits in Mumbai [Praful Gangurde/Hindustan Times via Getty Images] Counting castes in India has always been about more than numbers - it is ...

Reliable data on migrants and the rural-urban population distribution could have helped in arriving at better estimates of the number of people who would leave cities during a lockdown, their rural ...

Counting castes in India has always been about more than numbers - it is about who gets a share of government benefits and who doesn't. The country's next national census, scheduled for 2027, will - ...