India's infant mortality rate has significantly dropped to 24 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2024. This progress is largely due to a surge...

India's birth rate has fallen below the replacement level. Most states now have fewer than 2.1 children per woman. Bihar and Uttar Pradesh ...

From chicken muck to human urine-based products and microbial solutions, growers are improvising to maintain crop yields. This shift, while...

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu announced financial incentives for families having more children. The government will pro...

US President Donald Trump said Friday he was "not satisfied" with a new Iranian negotiating proposal, as peace talks remain frozen despite ...

The United States has granted a 30-day extension for sanctions relief on Russian seaborne oil. This decision offers crucial support to Indi...

A Middle East conflict has disrupted global liquefied natural gas supply. This has caused prices to surge, impacting Asian nations heavily ...

Your kitchen sponge may be dirtier than a toilet seat. Scientific studies reveal sponges are breeding grounds for billions of bacteria. Thi...

India's energy outlook improves as a ceasefire between Iran and the US brings down crude oil prices. The critical Strait of Hormuz is reope...

ICAR is advancing conservation agriculture and climate-resilient wheat research, focusing on water-use efficiency, farmer incomes, and nutr...

The Sample Registration System report 2023 shows that India's Total Fertility Rate is now 1.9. Rural India's rate has reached the replaceme...

India's population has reached 1.46 billion in 2025, surpassing China as the world's most populous nation, even with a declining fertility ...

India remains the world's most populous country in 2025 with 1.46 billion people, but its total fertility rate (TFR) has dropped to 1.9, be...

According to the Sample Registration System (SRS) 2019, released by the Registrar General of India this month, the 13 states and two UTs ha...

In Chhattisgarh, the Muslim TFR of 2.1 was lower than the 2.2 for Hindus, and in Odisha Muslims had the lowest TFR among the three sizeable...

The community with the lowest fertility rate of 1.2 was the one with the highest level of education, especially for women, the Jains.

The average number of children born to a woman over her lifetime, or total fertility rate (TFR), has dropped below replacement for all reli...