India must boost manufacturing, FDI and AI-ready jobs to become developed nation: CEA NageswaranIndia needs to strengthen its manufacturing sector while attracting foreign investment to support economic growth. Chief Economic Adviser V...
24 Sep, 2026, 05.45 PM IST
A costly policy error by China should be a cautionary tale for IndiaIndia’s fertility rate has fallen below replacement level, prompting an EAC-PM working paper to argue that population control should no lon...
22 Sep, 2026, 05.15 PM IST
'Loneliness' in China is now a $1 trillion 'singles economy' in the world's second most populous country with 1.4 billion peopleChina’s growing number of people living alone is driving a $1 trillion singles economy, with businesses offering products and services tail...
17 Sep, 2026, 02.56 PM IST
A 75-year-old Chinese woman spends Rs 4.3 crore of her life savings on beauty treatments, including a Rs 5.7 lakh lip tattoo; forced to sell jewellery to pay rentAn elderly woman in China spent her entire life savings on beauty treatments. She paid approximately Rs 4.3 crore for various procedures at...
15 Sep, 2026, 01.31 PM IST
Wealthy elderly woman seeks new daughter, offers shocking inheritance? Here's complete truth and all details about mysterious searchWealthy elderly woman seeks new daughter, offers shocking inheritance? The woman from Henan plans to give a flat, savings and monthly incom...
29 Nov, 2025, 04.31 AM IST
China to use AI in elder care as population ages: officialChina said Sunday it will accelerate the use of artificial intelligence and big data in elderly and social care as it bets on new technolog...
10 Mar, 2025, 08.15 AM IST
After blind dating, mass weddings to boost birth rates, China now plans special trains for its growing elderly populationChina will launch tourist trains with medical and elder-care facilities by 2027. This initiative aims to tap into the spending power of its...
11 Feb, 2025, 12.35 PM IST
India starts preparing for a China-like population problemFalling fertility rates have left India staring at the spectre of looming demographic challenges that have caused big problems for other As...
24 Jun, 2024, 04.21 PM IST
China to improve childbirth policies, boost support for elderlyThe measures come after China's population fell for a second consecutive year in 2023, with new births dropping to about half of those in 2...
05 Mar, 2024, 07.37 AM IST
Planning for the elderly must be an important part of any population policy rethink: ExpertsIndia’s current population policy—the government’s second--was designed in 2000. The policy states its immediate objective as addressing "u...
07 Nov, 2022, 05.03 PM IST
A look at the robots that are transforming the global elder care industryJapan is funding the development of elder care robots to fill a projected shortfall of 380,000 specialised workers by 2025.
01 Dec, 2018, 11.00 PM IST
Xi Jinping holds review as China's old age population crosses 220 mnThe meeting was held as the latest figures showed that the population above 60 years has crossed 220 mn people constituting 16% of the tota...
29 May, 2016, 04.46 PM IST
Beijing's population greying rapidly: GovernmentThe Beijing local government expects 30 per cent of the city's population to be aged 60 or above by 2030.
05 May, 2016, 05.39 PM IST
China officially ends three-decade-old one child policyChina today officially junked its one child policy, allowing couples to have a second child amid deepening demographic crisis of shrinking ...
27 Dec, 2015, 05.20 PM IST
Health care: India owes Rs 1.75 lakh crore a year to its stay-at-home momsThe study found that women's contribution to healthcare was over $3 trillion, which is 2.35% of global GDP for unpaid work and 2.47% of GDP...
18 Jun, 2015, 11.24 AM IST
- 323 million Indians to be above 65 years by 2050
There will be 323 million in India by 2050 in the 65-plus age group as per a report by The Economist Intelligence Unit.
05 Oct, 2012, 08.08 PM IST
- Quake leaves nearly 5,500 orphaned in China
The worst earthquake in three decades has left nearly 5,500 children orphaned in southwest China's Sichuan province.
25 May, 2008, 09.55 PM IST