Andhra plans third-child sops to tackle population imbalanceAndhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said the state's fertility rate has declined to 1.5 from 3.0 in 1993. According to 2023 f...
07 Mar, 2026, 11.25 PM IST
China to build 'birth-friendly society', refine social security systemChina plans a "childbirth-friendly society" in five years. Policies will boost employment, income, and social security. Marriage and childb...
05 Mar, 2026, 09.45 AM IST
Italy to issue half million non-EU work visas over next three yearsItaly plans to issue nearly 500,000 new work visas for non-EU nationals between 2026 and 2028, addressing labor shortages and expanding leg...
01 Jul, 2025, 07.08 AM IST
'Three more please': Elon Musk wants parents to volunteer to make up for the ones with noneElon Musk is worried about falling birth rates. He suggests people should have at least three kids. This is to balance out those who have f...
26 Jun, 2025, 09.25 PM IST
2050 is just 25 years away, is it time to Budget for India’s declining population?India and other nations face significant economic and social challenges as birth rates decline dramatically, leading to aging populations a...
02 Feb, 2025, 11.46 AM IST
More countries, including China, are grappling with shrinking and aging populationsCountries grappling with population decline and aging issues offer financial incentives to encourage childbirth. China, Japan, Italy, and S...
17 Jan, 2025, 10.06 AM IST
Not just Singapore. Elon Musk has also warned three other countries are in danger of becoming extinct from EarthElon Musk has voiced concerns about declining birth rates, in Singapore, where the fertility rate has dropped to a historic low of 0.97. He...
09 Dec, 2024, 03.11 PM IST
Italy's demographics are worst in Europe for growth, Scope Ratings saysItaly faces major economic challenges due to the worst demographics in Europe, with a rapidly ageing population and declining birth rates. ...
09 Oct, 2024, 11.31 AM IST
Some 3 million COVID vaccine doses to expire in Germany by end of JuneAfter a shortage in vaccine doses at the beginning of the vaccine campaign in early 2021, Germany stepped up its deliveries to meet growing...
11 Apr, 2022, 09.18 PM IST
Pandemic upsurge goes on, but deaths fall by a fifthThe average number of global daily cases increased over the week by 12 percent to 1.8 million, after taking a new turn for the worse the we...
18 Mar, 2022, 10.20 PM IST
Only 1.8% of India's population infected till now: Health ministryAs per health ministry statistics, 10.1% of the population in the US has been infected, 9% in France, 7.4% in Italy, 7.3% in Brazil, 6% in ...
19 May, 2021, 07.39 AM IST
The world's population by the end of this century could be two billion below UN projectionsMore than 20 countries - including Japan, Spain, Italy, Thailand, Portugal, South Korea and Poland - will see their numbers diminish by at ...
15 Jul, 2020, 08.54 AM IST
Major economies to slow down, India's demographics favourable: DBSAccording to DBS, India's potential GDP growth will fall by only six-tenths of a percentage point (60 basis points) over the coming decade.
28 Feb, 2016, 04.38 PM IST
China ends one-child policy to boost populationMany countries are worried at an aging population and its effects - a decreasing workforce and increased spending on pension and social sec...
01 Jan, 2016, 12.32 PM IST
India may be third largest economy after 2030: UK think tankIndia's projected GDP in 2030 was $10,133 billion, behind America's $32,996 billion and China at the top with a projected GDP of $34,338 bi...
27 Dec, 2015, 04.11 PM IST
- Asian immigration growing fast in Australia: Census
Australia's Asian population is growing rapidly as more regional immigrants pour into a country once despised for its racially exclusive po...
29 Jan, 2009, 01.58 PM IST
- India tops worldwide online population growth
People in India are taking onto the world wide web in a big way outpacing anyone else across the globe - including big brothers like the US...
16 Aug, 2006, 01.45 PM IST