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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicTotal fertility rate

Topic: Total fertility rate

VHP’s message to Hindus: marry by 25, have 2-3 children, ‘or become minority in next 50 yrs’

Resolution was passed by VHP’s central board of trustees in 3-day meeting held in Prayagraj; it also called attention to ‘families moving away from time-tested Hindu customs’.

How Naidu, Stalin’s call for baby boom is rooted in declining fertility rate, ageing population

Experts point to lower fertility, large dependent population and shrinking working-age population as factors that have led to concerns over demography in southern states.

India’s fertility rate plunged in last 70 yrs, population to shrink further by 2050 — Lancet study

The study predicts a divided world, with high-income nations facing ageing populations and low-income regions struggling with resource constraints amid high birth rates.

South India’s economic growth is tied to lower fertility rates. It is overhyped

The lazy argument of how the regressive North was different from the progressive South hinges on a falling fertility rate. But this was shaped by a Malthusian worldview.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

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.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

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.