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TopicOverpopulation

Topic: overpopulation

HC gives Odisha’s cooperative two-child policy a thumbs up as it compares overpopulation to H-bomb

In January, same bench similarly upheld a gram panchayat member's disqualification, quoting Bertrand Russell as it said 'population explosion is more dangerous than hydrogen bomb'.

Population causes poverty is the devil’s philosophy. It causes prosperity: Sauvik Chakraverti

Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.

Report assessing India’s urban sprawl links slums to ‘low floor space ratio’ limits allowed for buildings

The India Infrastructure Report 2023, released by former vice-president M. Venkaiah Naidu, calls for radical reforms in urban planning and development to address the issue of slums and sprawl.

World population just passed 8 billion. Here’s what it means

India will be the world's most populous country by 2030. It will bring challenges like equal opportunities, access, and gender disparity.

Rajya Sabha MP to move bill to penalise MPs, MLAs with more than 2 kids

Rajya Sabha MP Rakesh Sinha proposes to move a private member bill in the upcoming Monsoon session. The bill comes on the heels of UP's population control bill.

Pakistan chief justice Mian Saqib Nisar expresses concern about overpopulation

An all-girl team builds a Formula car and a PML-N candidate says voting for women is 'haram'.

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Maharashtra, Odisha women cash schemes drive financial autonomy, alter household spending—EAC-PM paper

Paper finds male relatives of women getting cash transfers in Maharashtra spend 49% less, save 23% more monthly, while women’s own spending is up 46%. Odisha also shows dip in men's spends.

DIA effect: Canada steams ahead with TKMS for new submarines, India’s P 75I still in works

Ottawa has handed over execution functions of critical defence projects to a CEO-led organisation for reducing procurement timelines and making it solely accountable for outcomes.

Congress is ceding ground to BJP on nationalism. It’s pushing India towards one-party system

The Congress party’s abandonment of nationalism is the most intriguing aspect of its post-2014 politics. The real Congress was never a party of bleeding heart pacifists.