Tamil Nadu Population

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday moved a resolution in the State Assembly urging the Central Government to immediately commence the census work, along with a caste-based population census this time.

Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai slammed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over his distasteful remarks on women during a debate on caste census at the state Assembly and called it "cringe-worthy."

Voters have "a right to know from where (the money for) freebies (will) come", the Election Commission said Monday morning as it announced dates for the Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram Assembly elections.

Tamil Nadu has a sizeable number of migrant worker population, with many from states like Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal among others being employed in various sectors, including construction.

Most of India's major states, be it economic powerhouses like Tamil Nadu or Maharashtra, or those with high populations like Uttar Pradesh or Bihar, have been ranked among top 100 states for climate risk in the built environment.

Lingayats are 17 per cent of Karnataka's population and remain a key in elections, due next year

The Kerala government on Thursday declared January 14 as Pongal holiday in 6 districts, where there is considerable Tamil population, switching the date from January 15.

Seventy per cent of people in Tamil Nadu have COVID-19 antibodies, the latest sero survey - the third since last year - revealed.

Tamil Nadu is ramping up its inoculation programme with a different approach: vaccination centres in colleges. With institutions reopening after months, Tamil Nadu faces the enormous challenge of vaccinating its young population.

Tamil Nadu has faced "unfair" political representation in the Lok Sabha since 1962 after the state managed to successfully bring down its population, the Madras high court said recently.

The third Tamil Nadu Cross Sectional Sero survey in July, covering over 26,000 samples revealed that at least 66.2 percent of the population has developed antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19.

Uttar Pradesh - the most populous state in India, along with economically significant states such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal have not yet reached the 'safe' levels of vaccinations, according to Oxford Economics.

Despite a robust health care system, Tamil Nadu has fallen behind in the vaccine race and is among the bottom five states in terms of vaccinating its population against coronavirus. Only 9% of the population has received the first vaccine dose.

The spread of COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu is "largely under control" due to the implementation of various government guidelines, but the contagion is "easily" spreading in Chennai due to its large population, Chief Minister K Palaniswami said today.

The exercise of the National Population Register was put on hold in Tamil Nadu today, with a minister saying the reason was that the Centre has not answered the state's queries on the subject. The E Palaniswami government had asked the Centre to remove six newly added questions, which were to be part of the exercise.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday moved a resolution in the State Assembly urging the Central Government to immediately commence the census work, along with a caste-based population census this time.

Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai slammed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over his distasteful remarks on women during a debate on caste census at the state Assembly and called it "cringe-worthy."

Voters have "a right to know from where (the money for) freebies (will) come", the Election Commission said Monday morning as it announced dates for the Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram Assembly elections.

Tamil Nadu has a sizeable number of migrant worker population, with many from states like Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal among others being employed in various sectors, including construction.

Most of India's major states, be it economic powerhouses like Tamil Nadu or Maharashtra, or those with high populations like Uttar Pradesh or Bihar, have been ranked among top 100 states for climate risk in the built environment.

Lingayats are 17 per cent of Karnataka's population and remain a key in elections, due next year

The Kerala government on Thursday declared January 14 as Pongal holiday in 6 districts, where there is considerable Tamil population, switching the date from January 15.

Seventy per cent of people in Tamil Nadu have COVID-19 antibodies, the latest sero survey - the third since last year - revealed.

Tamil Nadu is ramping up its inoculation programme with a different approach: vaccination centres in colleges. With institutions reopening after months, Tamil Nadu faces the enormous challenge of vaccinating its young population.

Tamil Nadu has faced "unfair" political representation in the Lok Sabha since 1962 after the state managed to successfully bring down its population, the Madras high court said recently.

The third Tamil Nadu Cross Sectional Sero survey in July, covering over 26,000 samples revealed that at least 66.2 percent of the population has developed antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19.

Uttar Pradesh - the most populous state in India, along with economically significant states such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal have not yet reached the 'safe' levels of vaccinations, according to Oxford Economics.

Despite a robust health care system, Tamil Nadu has fallen behind in the vaccine race and is among the bottom five states in terms of vaccinating its population against coronavirus. Only 9% of the population has received the first vaccine dose.

The spread of COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu is "largely under control" due to the implementation of various government guidelines, but the contagion is "easily" spreading in Chennai due to its large population, Chief Minister K Palaniswami said today.

The exercise of the National Population Register was put on hold in Tamil Nadu today, with a minister saying the reason was that the Centre has not answered the state's queries on the subject. The E Palaniswami government had asked the Centre to remove six newly added questions, which were to be part of the exercise.