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Topic: Fertility

Global peak, ageing population & low fertility rates — takeaways from UN’s revised population report

According to UN report, global population is expected to peak in 2080s before declining & 1 of every 4 individuals lives in a country where population has already peaked.

Coming soon: Accreditation norms for IVF clinics to ‘ensure quality service, best patient outcome’

National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers has for the 1st time developed specific standards for clinics offering assisted reproductive tech, which includes IVF.

South Korea’s fertility rate – already the world’s lowest – drops further, data shows

The average number of expected babies per South Korean woman over fell to 0.78 in 2022 down from 0.81 a year earlier, the official annual reading from the Statistics Korea showed.

Men have a ‘biological clock’ too — even their fertility declines with age. What you can do

From around about 40 onwards, age can impact men negatively—affecting sperm quality, greater likelihood of miscarriage and health conditions in children.

Fertility choices to home insurance—5 ways in which climate change has already affected us

You might think the biggest impacts lie far away. But global warming is already changing the way many of us live or think.

Patients recovering from cancer can become parents, says Dr Hrishikesh Pai

Dr Pai says the number of young people affected by cancer is rising. Fertility preservation gives them a ray of hope to live meaningfully.

‘Modest change’, but Indian Muslim population grew faster due to fertility differences: Study

A report by US-based Pew Research Center tracking religious change in India since Partition said migration and conversion made less of a difference than fertility.

Sperm count in men has fallen by over 50% in 40 years. Who is to blame?

Men could have little or no reproductive capacity from 2060 onwards. These are shocking claims, but they’re backed by a growing body of evidence.

More Indians now maintain age gap of 3 years between two children, shows survey

In signs of improvement, the percentage of children born after at least 36 months of previous birth fared better as compared to 2011 results.

UN report says India’s fertility rate has halved since 1980, hails achievement

Decline in fertility rate could be crucial factor in bolstering India's economic growth and have positive impact on ensuring right to health, education & jobs.

On Camera

Pakistan can’t bend Taliban with bombs. It must stop the Yemen-isation of Durand Line

This confrontation looks subcontracted—escalation to re-establish Pakistan's indispensability to outside capitals while squeezing Afghanistan back under an old paradigm.

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.