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Population
India will have fewer children and more of elderly people by 2050, says study
Scroll Staff
· Aug 23, 2018 · 01:39 pm
New Delhi will overtake Tokyo to be world’s most populated city around 2028, says UN report
Scroll Staff
· May 17, 2018 · 01:19 pm
Does saving lives mean an overpopulated world? Watch Bill Gates answer this controversial question
Scroll Staff
· Feb 28, 2018 · 10:00 pm
India’s so-called demographic dividend could easily end up becoming a nightmare: Jairam Ramesh
Jairam Ramesh
· Jan 26, 2018 · 06:30 pm
India’s rising inequality is taking the shine off its growth story even in the world’s eyes
Riaz Hassan
· Dec 23, 2017 · 07:30 pm
Bhutan: Population set to decline as fertility rate falls to 1.9
Scroll Staff
· Dec 14, 2017 · 12:49 pm
India’s public policy is failing to help its exploding elderly population
Shone Satheesh Joel George
· Oct 27, 2017 · 09:15 am
Watch: How India helped Australia end up with the world’s largest population of Arabian camels
Ramakrishnan M Joel George
· Oct 02, 2017 · 09:00 am
India is set to become the world’s most populous country by 2024. But is it ready?
Joseph Chamie Barry Mirkin
· Aug 12, 2017 · 07:30 pm
Why the problem of homelessness is unlikely to go away any time soon, despite interventions
Joseph Chamie
· Jul 15, 2017 · 07:30 pm
'It doesn't work': Why Assam's two-child policy plan is being criticised by public health experts
Arunabh Saikia
· Apr 12, 2017 · 10:30 am
Who is Pakistan's enemy number one?
Pervez Hoodbhoy
· Mar 26, 2017 · 06:30 pm
Video: Can the entire human race fit inside one building (and why is that even important)?
Scroll Staff
· Feb 01, 2017 · 10:00 pm
Watch: The first billion people took 200,000 years. The next 6 billion came in just 200 years
Scroll Staff
· Nov 06, 2016 · 04:00 pm
Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are India's youngest states
Shreya Shah, Indiaspend.com
· Sep 27, 2016 · 08:30 pm
The global climate crisis calls for fewer children
Travis N. Rieder, The Conversation
· Sep 15, 2016 · 05:30 am
Watch: The video that the RSS is showing Hindu couples to make them have more children
Scroll Staff
· Aug 22, 2016 · 07:00 pm
"We're lost between both worlds:" Sikhs and Hindus leave Afghanistan but aren't at home in India
Scroll Staff
· Jul 05, 2016 · 10:00 pm
For India's population growth to slow down, more babies should survive
Prachi Salve, IndiaSpend.com
· Jun 07, 2016 · 09:30 pm
Five charts show how the elderly in India are growing – as is their dependence on young people
Mayank Jain
· Apr 24, 2016 · 08:30 pm
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