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Tuesday, December 23, 2025
TopicIndian population

Topic: Indian population

The real reason Amit Shah wants to know your mother tongue

In the absence of a proper data protection law, the NPR is an excessive centralisation of personal data waiting to be politically misused.

Niti Aayog to draft plan to address India’s growing population

Niti Aayog will work on a plan to address gaps in India's family planning programmes. More than 30% of India's population is in the reproductive age group.

Court junks plea for population control law after Modi govt silence

The Delhi High Court has disposed of a petition that sought directions to the Modi government to devise a population-control law. 

After Swachh Bharat success, Modi nudges India on population control, plastic ban, tourism

In his Independence Day speech, Modi hailed as patriots those who have chosen to keep their family size small.

Youthful Africa to overtake aging Asia in workforce

The number of 15-to-64-year-old Africans today is a quarter of the size of Asia’s working-age population. By 2100, however, Africa will surpass Asia.

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.

India’s population increased an average 1.2% annually this decade, more than double of China

India's population grew to 1.36 billion this year from 942.2 million in 1994, recording an improvement in life expectancy at birth, according to a UN report.

World Contraception Day: As more women opt for morning-after pills, doctors urge caution

Among other things, frequent use is believed to cause nausea, abdominal pain, weight gain, and a complicated conception later.

On Camera

Bondi Beach, Bangladesh lynching — once again, the elephant in the room will be side-stepped

Perhaps there is need for a moral ‘jihad’ against those indulging in the promulgation of terror in the name of religion.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Turkiye delivers second MILGEM-class corvette Khaibar to Pakistan Navy, two others in making

Contract for construction of four MILGEM-class ships was signed in 2018. PNS Bedir is to be delivered by June 2026, while PNS Tariq is due for delivery in first quarter of 2027.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.