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TopicDemographics

Topic: demographics

SubscriberWrites: India may need an agency for risk management & strategic future planning

While the future can’t be predicted, a dedicated institution that embraces future thinking may help ensure that India is not caught unprepared in case of any eventuality.

SubscriberWrites: Does the ‘end of the world’ mean a beginning for India?

With alarming demographic figures from China and an insular United States in the future, what is India's prospect in a de-globalized world? Peter Zeihan’s new book, 'The End of the World Is Just the Beginning,' maps the imminent collapse of the 21st century and discusses the various fundamentals governing it.

People over 65 will double by 2050 globally. Working lives will get longer—36 years at office

From Europe to China, longer lives and demographic changes are forcing managers and employees to think differently about retirement ages.

India to lose ‘demographic dividend’? Govt report says over-30s to outnumber ‘young’ by 2036

Share of ‘youth’ in India's population is projected to decline to 42.9 per cent in 2036, from 52.9 per cent in 2021, according to a government report.

China’s ageing population has consequences but it’s a ‘made in Beijing’ problem

Besides the Mars landing, the big news from China last week has been its decennial census whose results were announced by China’s National Bureau of...

Flattening the curve, R0, pool testing: Terms that will dominate India’s Covid-19 discourse

In episode 443 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains the flattening of coronavirus curve, demographics vulnerable to the virus and R-naught.

Indian media and policymakers should stop using the word ‘millennial’ to describe the young

If you use the word 'millennials' in India, you are guilty of leaving out and miscalculating concerns of our largest demographic — half a billion young Indians.

India’s population growth slows substantially, may ‘no longer be pressing problem’

UN report finds that population growth rate slowed considerably in the 2010-2019 period but the situation in UP, MP and Bihar still cause for concern.

America’s greatest global advantage is demographics

If the U.S. is to keep its demographic edge, it will have to find ways of reconciling two competing imperatives

India is not leveraging the incredible potential of its 16-30 year olds

Young people in India are ready to bring change, but older generations don't let them.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.