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
After China and Japan, now Russia is offering 100,000 roubles to female students under 25 to have babiesRussia has introduced measures to increase birth rates by offering financial incentives to female students under 25 who give birth. This po...
09 Jan, 2025, 12.50 PM IST
4B movement: Why young South Korean women are saying NO to men4B movement: Young South Korean women are vowing to boycott men as a feminist 4B movement is sweeping the country. The 4B movement calls fo...
11 Nov, 2024, 08.37 PM IST
Japan faces shortage of almost a million foreign workers in 2040, think tank saysAt the current pace, 5.91 million foreign people will be working in Japan in 2040, almost one million short of the foreign workforce needed...
05 Jul, 2024, 12.02 PM IST
More Chinese tied the knot in 2023, lifting marriage rates for first time in nine yearsChina's new marriages increased by 12.4% in 2023 due to COVID-19 impact. Premier Li Qiang aims for a birth-friendly society amidst declinin...
18 Mar, 2024, 01.09 PM IST
UK Conservative MP Miriam Cates under investigation by parliament's standards watchdogThe inquiry falls under paragraph 17 of the updated 2019 code of conduct for MPs, which says: “Members shall never undertake any action whi...
18 Dec, 2023, 07.29 PM IST
Why China's shrinking population is a problem for everyoneChina's population decline, which will soon make India the most populous nation, will have significant effects on its economy and global br...
19 Apr, 2023, 01.19 PM IST
Japan PM Fumio Kishida under fire for linking loans to having babiesKishida has pledged "unprecedented" measures to tackle the country's perennially low birthrate, and his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is r...
04 Mar, 2023, 11.12 AM IST
Can China reverse its population decline? Just ask SwedenWith 850,000 fewer births than deaths last year, at least according to the country's official report, China joined an expanding set of nati...
13 Feb, 2023, 11.05 AM IST
Polish leader blames low birthrate on women using alcoholKaczynski, leader of the populist ruling party, Law and Justice, made his remark on the weekend as he travels around the country seeking to...
07 Nov, 2022, 05.43 PM IST
Musk tweet on Japan doomed by low birthrate provokes anger - but not just at himThe comment hit a nerve among Japan watchers and in Japan, whose population peaked in 2008 and has declined since due to its low birthrate ...
09 May, 2022, 10.48 AM IST
South Korea unveils $10 bn stimulus to boost jobs, welfareSouth Korea's economic growth, which hit 2.8 percent in both 2015 and 2016, is expected to further slow to 2.6 percent this year, according...
05 Jun, 2017, 01.04 PM IST
Europe needs baby boom to avert a population disaster: ReportSpain has one of the lowest fertility rates in the EU, with an average of 1.27 children born for every woman of childbearing age, compared ...
23 Aug, 2015, 06.22 PM IST
Mei Xiang the panda gives birth at Washington zooMei Xiang had a cub in 2005 which was sent to China, and another Bao Bao. It is two years old and lives with her in Washington.
23 Aug, 2015, 08.05 AM IST
Monkey menace reached 'epic' proportions in the country: CSE reportCSE said monkeys have been causing extensive damage to agriculture in India which was already facing low productivity due to extreme weathe...
18 Aug, 2015, 10.28 PM IST
Japan aims to keep population at 100 million 50 years laterPopulation of Japan is projected to fall to about 87 million in the year 2060 if the nation's birthrate continues to remains low.
13 May, 2014, 04.48 PM IST
- China to continue with controversial one-child policy
China has dismissed reports that the country's new leadership may ease up on the one-child policy, saying that it would continue adhering t...
15 Jan, 2013, 05.19 PM IST