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Sunday, July 12, 2026
TopicWorld Population Day

Topic: World Population Day

India cannot leave family planning to individual motivation: Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi -
In November 1968, Indira Gandhi delivered a speech at a conference on family planning in Chandigarh, calling on citizens to regulate the size of their families for greater prosperity and economic betterment.

MoHFW organizes discussion on improving contraceptive options and youth engagement

ThePrint Team -
The experts also emphasised the importance of reaching out to young people to promote the use of newer contraceptives.

On World Population Day, a look at how we became 7.7 billion people & where India stands

Abhishek Mishra -
ThePrint takes a look at various aspects to the human civilisation’s numbers on the planet today — from carbon footprint to TFR.

Section 377 at Supreme Court’s doorstep and Mumbai’s latest local transport

Sankalita Dey -
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

World Population Day reminder: Bihar & UP produce more babies on average than rest of India

Sakshi Arora -
While declining fertility rate has slowed population growth in India, it has also created a demographic divide among states.

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Opinion

India cannot leave family planning to individual motivation: Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi -
In November 1968, Indira Gandhi delivered a speech at a conference on family planning in Chandigarh, calling on citizens to regulate the size of their families for greater prosperity and economic betterment.

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Economy

5 months after launch, Bharat Taxi has onboarded 7 lakh drivers. But rides are few & the road ahead long

+TFP Udit Bubna -
Drivers say steady bookings, better incentives & higher earnings continue to outweigh Bharat Taxi's appeal of low-cost cooperative model. 

Defence

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

Snehesh Alex Philip -
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.

National Interest

Satluj risks rekindling anger & distrust in Punjab. It’s not about the film, but the votes

Shekhar Gupta -
Diljit Dosanjh-starrer Satluj doesn’t blame any political party or individual politicians. We only know the demographic in Punjab it’s bound to trigger the most.

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