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Thursday, April 9, 2026
TopicBirth control

Topic: birth control

China’s method to boost birth rates in country – adding tax to condoms

Under the revised value-added tax law, consumers will pay a 13% levy on items that had been exempted since 1993, when China enforced a strict one-child policy.

Nitish’s ‘birth control tips’ in Bihar assembly spark row, NCW says ‘apologise to all of India’s women’

CM was talking about his efforts towards improving girls’ education & linking it with population control. Deputy CM Tejashwi says Nitish was talking about sex education.

Birth control pill & the women workforce — 2023 Economics Nobel awardee Claudia Goldin’s seminal work

One of 2 authors of 'Power of the Pill', Goldin received Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for advancing 'our understanding of women’s labor market outcomes'.

Muslims in India embrace birth control measures, priests play a role

Muslims are India's second largest religious community and accounted for 14.2% of the 1.2 billion population, according to the once in 10 years census in 2011.

How India’s birth control battle falters in rural district

The national fertility rate, or the number of children a woman has on average, fell to 2.0 in 2019-21, just below the replacement rate of 2.1, official data shows.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Too early to draw lessons from US-Israel & Iran war, India monitoring like a hawk—Navy chief

Indian Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said that the ongoing conflict in West Asia illustrates that speed is no longer merely an enabler of warfare but a distinct capability.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.