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Nitish Kumar apologises for remarks on birth control after backlash from women’s panel
Scroll Staff
· Nov 08, 2023 · 10:35 am
Population control law will be introduced soon, says Union minister Prahlad Singh Patel
Scroll Staff
· Jun 01, 2022 · 10:49 am
Muslims’ fertility rate sees sharpest decline over two decades, shows health ministry survey
Scroll Staff
· May 09, 2022 · 06:52 pm
The big news: Union Cabinet approves withdrawal of farm laws, and nine other top stories
Scroll Staff
· Nov 24, 2021 · 10:56 pm
India’s fertility rate declines to 2 from 2.2 in five years, shows government survey
Scroll Staff
· Nov 24, 2021 · 08:34 pm
How 15th Finance Commission is trying to manage South India’s anger over tax division – and failing
Shoaib Daniyal
· Feb 10, 2020 · 09:00 am
94% of women in Bihar know about contraception. Yet only 20% of them use it
Kumar Das, IndiaSpend.com
· Jul 24, 2019 · 08:30 pm
Why young people in South Korea are staying single despite government’s efforts to spark dating
Yue Qian, The Conversation
· Feb 26, 2019 · 11:30 pm
Fertility rates are dropping across the world – and could soon become a cause for concern
Joseph Chamie
· Jul 29, 2018 · 09:30 pm
Indian population is growing much faster in the north – and the south is paying the price
Shoaib Daniyal
· Jan 19, 2018 · 06:30 am
