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Population
Sri Lanka's only indigenous population Vedda share genetic link with ethnic populations in India
Vedda, the only indigenous population in present-day Sri Lanka, is believed to be the direct descendants of the island’s early inhabitants.
19 April 2024, 12:16 IST
Sri Lanka's only indigenous population Vedda share genetic link with ethnic populations in India
19 April 2024, 12:16 IST
India's population estimated at 144 crore, 24% in 0-14 age bracket: UNFPA report
India's population was recorded at 121 crores during the last census, conducted in 2011 and now India leads globally with an estimated population of 144.17 crore, followed by China at 142.5 crore.
17 April 2024, 05:32 IST
India's population estimated at 144 crore, 24% in 0-14 age bracket: UNFPA report
17 April 2024, 05:32 IST
Canada clocks fastest population growth in 66 years in 2023
The country added 1.27 million people in 2023, up 3.2% from the previous year - marking the highest growth since 1957.
27 March 2024, 16:39 IST
Canada clocks fastest population growth in 66 years in 2023
27 March 2024, 16:39 IST
Singapore faces shrinking population as total fertility rate falls below 1% for first time
The latest figure places Singapore among countries with the lowest birth rates globally.
28 February 2024, 11:36 IST
Singapore faces shrinking population as total fertility rate falls below 1% for first time
28 February 2024, 11:36 IST
Population can’t be ignored. It has to be part of the policy solution to our world’s problems
Economic growth is the chief culprit. We forget, though, that environmental impacts are a consequence of per capita consumption multiplied by the number of people doing the consuming. Our own numbers matter.
08 February 2024, 07:58 IST
Population can’t be ignored. It has to be part of the policy solution to our world’s problems
08 February 2024, 07:58 IST
A panel to confirm biases and prejudice?
The government should make public details of the high-powered committee to consider the challenges arising from 'fast population growth and demographic changes', which it proposes to set up. But first, it should conduct the census to get its own numbers and ideas right.
05 February 2024, 21:28 IST
A panel to confirm biases and prejudice?
05 February 2024, 21:28 IST
China’s demographic concerns heighten as population declined by 2.08 million in 2023
China’s population reported its first decline in six decades in 2022 after the birth rate hit a new low resulting in decades of the one-child policy pursued vigorously by the ruling Communist Party of China to control the population growth.
17 January 2024, 07:12 IST
China’s demographic concerns heighten as population declined by 2.08 million in 2023
17 January 2024, 07:12 IST
Semen donation contest: China's way of dealing with birth rate decline
Facing an expectation to donate 8-20 times, the participants of this contest will be given 200 yuan(Rs 2,270.98) each time they donate. Those who reach the maximum 20 donations will be awarded with an additional 6,100 yuan(Rs 69,264.88).
22 September 2023, 11:02 IST
Semen donation contest: China's way of dealing with birth rate decline
22 September 2023, 11:02 IST
A ‘shoot the messenger’ suspension
The government has also failed to conduct the 2021 decadal census, which is the mother of all surveys, and it is not known when it will be held.
07 August 2023, 22:30 IST
A ‘shoot the messenger’ suspension
07 August 2023, 22:30 IST
Sex ratio at birth up by 15 points since 2014
The govt credited the 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' scheme for the positive change.
28 July 2023, 11:37 IST
Sex ratio at birth up by 15 points since 2014
28 July 2023, 11:37 IST
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