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Aarti Dhar, CNS Correspondent, India [First published in The India Saga , New Delhi, India] One-third of India’s population has been found to be hypertensive with 60% of these people unaware of their status, either due to lack of awareness or poor access to good screening tests, a latest survey has found. The initial findings of the Great Indian BP (Blood Pressure) Survey, conducted by the Cardiological Society of India in 24 states on September 21, 2015, found 33% of respondents to be hypertensive. This alarmingly high figure reinforces the need for aggressive cardio-preventive measures. The survey was conducted simultaneously over a period of 8 hours, in government and private hospitals across 700 sites in 100 cities, with the help of 7,500 volunteers and paramedics. More than 1.8 lakh people were studied, making this the single largest single day survey of hypertension done anywhere in the world. Initial findings based on 74,520 results indicate that more than 24,500 who were suffer...