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US sees India as key partner in Pax Silica AI pushThe US is positioning India as a key future partner in a new economic security framework aimed at securing global supply chains for artific...- China adds tax to condoms as it works to boost birth ratesChina is introducing a 13% value-added tax on contraceptives, including condoms, for the first time in 30 years. This move aims to boost bi...
- What to know about Supreme Court arguments over Trump's tariffsThe Supreme Court will decide if President Trump's use of emergency powers to impose global tariffs is legal. Lower courts have ruled again...
- The ET Startup Awards 2025: Nominees for ‘Startup of the Year’ are hereHappy Wednesday! We at ETtech have been hard at work to bring you the 11th edition of The Economic Times Startup Awards (ETSA).
- 3,600 yuan for one kid: China once fined families for extra babies, now it’s paying couples to have themChina reverses its one-child policy. Now, the government provides cash for newborns. Starting in 2025, families get 3,600 yuan annually per...
- 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...
- Privatisation doesn't guarantee quality education, govts need to spend more: Rahul GandhiRahul Gandhi advocates against privatization and financial incentives for quality education, urging for increased government spending and s...
- China's 'silver economy' is thriving as birthrate plungesIn response to China's declining birthrate, businesses are shifting focus from children to the elderly. Li Dongmei, who once ran kindergart...
- China's 'pro-birth agenda' to tackle shrinking population dismissed by women, who once saw horrors of 'one-child rule'Amid China's demographic crisis, the Communist Party's 'pro-birth agenda' faces resistance from women scarred by the 'one-child rule.' Desp...
- View: Time for hum do, hamare do 2.0?While demographic and lifestyle changes have led to this global trend, most countries have failed to acknowledge and reward their women for...
- A third child? No, thanks, say young ChineseOn Monday, the world's most populous nation further relaxed its strict family planning controls, allowing couples to have three children af...
- Can India be a toy hub of the world, as PM Modi has exhorted? It’s a tough gameIndustry experts also say the PM’s call to develop India into a toy hub and the commerce ministry’s move to make BIS certification compulso...
- Major League Baseball VP Jim Small dreams big for baseball in cricket-crazy IndiaMajor League Baseball (MLB) senior vice-president says the league is ready to invest ‘tens of millions of dollars’ in India despite no chan...
- Coronavirus pandemic leads to a bicycle boom, and shortage, around worldBicycle sales over the past two months saw their biggest spike in the U.S. since the oil crisis of the 1970s, said Jay Townley, who analyze...
- Ask the travel expert: Is it okay to travel to Singapore amidst coronavirus fears?Don't postpone your travel plans but exercise precautions like sanitising with an alcohol based rub.
- Expats face similar hardships in India and ChinaBengaluru and Chennai could be popular expat destinations over the next few years, scoring over Delhi on factors such as pollution levels a...
- Child policies across the world: From restrictions to incentivesThe BJP-led Assam govt recently made public a controversial draft population policy under which those with more than 2 children will not be...
- Home prices hit roof, but affordability near its best: HDFCThe affordability ratio equals the average property price divided by the annual income and determines how affordable a housing unit is for ...
- Budget 2014: Five changes to boost the employment in IndiaEach month a million young men and women are joining the workforce and a majority of them are those from smaller towns and cities.
- Higher education: The college shakeout is overdue, and importantWe need to raise our 3 lakh formal apprenticeships — Germany has 40 lakh million, Japan 1 crore and China has 1.5 crore.
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