Population Trends
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What does the drop in China’s population mean for the rest of the world?
India is likely to have overtaken China as the world’s biggest nation in 2022.
Xiujian Peng, The Conversation
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China’s population falls for the first time in over 60 years
With China’s population on the decline, India is projected to become the most populous nation in the world this year.
Scroll Staff
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World population has hit 8 billion, says United Nations
While the seven-billion milestone took 12 years, the next billion would take 15 years.
Scroll Staff
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Evolution doesn’t need millions of years. Tiger snakes on an island have evolved over just a century
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Journalist Sreenivasan Jain quits NDTV
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What can we learn about Bengali women’s complex relationship with food from bratas?
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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Bharat Jodo Yatra is ending. What do voters think about it?
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India could surpass China as most populous country in 2023, says UN report
The global population will touch 8 billion by mid-November 2022, according to the projection.
Scroll Staff
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China’s population is about to shrink. Here’s what it means for India and the world
This is happening despite Beijing abandoning its one-child policy in 2016 and introducing a three-child policy, backed by tax and other incentives, last year.
Xiujian Peng, The Conversation
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Muslims’ fertility rate sees sharpest decline over two decades, shows health ministry survey
Fertility rate among Muslims is only 0.36 points higher than that of Hindus, according to the latest National Family Health Survey.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Eco India, Ep 212: More than a third of all carbon emissions are caused by construction. How to fix?
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‘Be like a man’: Journalist Anuradha Sharma on how women journalists in India are expected to work
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Watch: Model Kristen McMenamy falls, takes off heels to walk barefoot on Paris Fashion Week runway
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Watch: 2023 Jimmy Kimmel chats with 2003 Jimmy Kimmel for talk show anniversary
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Watch: How colleges across the country screened the controversial BBC documentary
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India’s fertility rate declines to 2 from 2.2 in five years, shows government survey
The use of contraceptives also went up from 54% in 2015-’16 to 67% between 2019-’21.
Scroll Staff
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Iran’s census claims 99.5% of its population is Muslim. Our survey reveals the truth
There has been a dramatic secularisation in Iranian society. Only 40% of citizens identify as Muslim, and only 32% explicitly identify as Shia, shows a survey.
Pooyan Tamimi Arab, The Conversation & Ammar Maleki, The Conversation
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As India turns 74, it must realise coercive two-child norm isn’t best way to stabilise population
If a women’s needs for family planning and sexual and reproductive healthcare are met, this will happen naturally.
Poonam Muttreja
The Reel
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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‘Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh’ review: Sincere, plodding effort to debunk WhatsApp myths about the Mahatma
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‘Pathaan’ review: Shah Rukh Khan lights up an entertaining spy thriller
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Oscar-nominated film ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ is cuteness unlimited
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Three Oscar nominations for India: ‘All That Breathes’, ‘RRR’ and ‘The Elephant Whisperers’
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India’s best population strategy? Ensure women have the right to limit their families
When women lack control over their own fertility decisions, they become collateral damage in the event of a coercive population policy.
Poonam Muttreja
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Modi warned about a population explosion – but demographic data show declining trend
India’s population growth rate has declined in every census since 1981. Measures to limit family sizes are unnecessary – and could even be counterproductive.
Jonathan Abbamonte
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Opinion: Why India must shift its lens from ‘population control’ to ‘population development’
India must frame policies and strategies to effectively unleash the full potential of its young people.
Devender Singh
The Field
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U19 Women’s T20 World Cup: Shafali Verma’s India vs Grace Scrivens’ England in inaugural title clash
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Women’s Premier League: Mithali Raj named mentor for Ahmedabad’s franchise Gujarat Giants
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Hockey World Cup, IND vs RSA as it happened: Harmanpreet and Co finish 9th after 5-2 win vs RSA
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Aryna Sabalenka wins the Australian Open title for her first Major: ‘Incredible resilience’
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Sophie Devine column: NZ have had plenty of cricket before the T20 World Cup, we feel prepared