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NEWSLETTER: India File: Youth crisis beyond the protests - Reuters
NEWSLETTER: India File: Youth crisis beyond the protests Reuters
July 28, 2026What one country's experiment says about attempts to boost birth rates
Why did Hungary’s pronatalist approach deliver an early rise in births only then to fall back? And what lessons does it offer to other countries desperate to lift fertility?
June 15, 2026Switzerland votes on proposal to cap population at 10 million - Reuters
Switzerland votes on proposal to cap population at 10 million Reuters
June 14, 2026India begins counting more than a billion people in massive census
The two-phase exercise - the world’s most ambitious - will see three million officials count every Indian.
April 1, 2026Italy's population stops shrinking after 12 years, thanks to migration - Reuters
Italy's population stops shrinking after 12 years, thanks to migration Reuters
March 31, 2026AI boom will be no free pass for debt-laden major economies - Reuters
AI boom will be no free pass for debt-laden major economies Reuters
February 27, 2026South Korea's birthrate, the world's lowest, rises again amid signs of easing demographic crisis - Reuters
South Korea's birthrate, the world's lowest, rises again amid signs of easing demographic crisis Reuters
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Census 2026: Will live-in couples be considered married? Govt releases FAQs If a live-in couple considers their relationship a stable union, they will be treated as a married couple for the Census By Vinod V K Updated: March 30, 2026 13:13 IST
“My spouse is temporarily away. Will we still be considered a couple?” and “Will a couple in a live-in relationship be recognised as a married couple?” These are some of the questions included in the
Census 2027 explained: What you need to know about the two phases, questions, key dates The Census will be conducted digitally in two phases. Enumerators will use a specially developed mobile application to collect data By Vinod V K Updated: April 01, 2026 08:56 IST
The first phase of Census 2027, delayed partly due to the Covid-19 pandemic, will begin on April 1, with nearly 30 lakh officials tasked with counting the world’s largest population. The Census will b
India’s first digital census starts April 1: What changes and why it matters?
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Census 2027 begins from April 1, 2026; World’s largest population count goes digital with self-enumeration facility
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Billion-plus people, three million officials, 33 questions - India begins huge census
Does your house have a concrete roof or a thatched one? What is your main cereal? Do you have internet access - or just a basic mobile phone? And how many married couples live under your roof? These
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What AI windfall? Debt will still weigh on big economies
Business LONDON, Feb 27 : An AI productivity boom, if it materialises, may help buy major economies more time to clean up their strained public finances, economists say, although it won't do the heav
What AI windfall? Debt will still weigh on big economies
By Yoruk Bahceli LONDON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - An AI productivity boom, if it materialises, may help buy major economies more time to clean up their strained public finances, economists say, although it
Childbirths grow at fastest pace in 15 yrs; total fertility rate rebounds to 0.8 in 4 yrs
URL is copied. SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- The number of babies born in South Korea grew at the fastest pace in 15 years in 2025, with the country's total fertility rate rising to 0.8 for the first ti
China issues dual-use blacklist of 20 Japanese entities
South Korea’s fertility rate rose for a second consecutive year in 2025, a rare bright spot for a country that has long struggled with the world’s lowest birth rate. The number of babies a woman is e
South Korea's birthrate, the world's lowest, rises again amid signs of easing demographic crisis
East Asia South Korea's total fertility rate, the average number of babies a woman is expected to have during her reproductive life, stood at 0.80 in 2025, up from 0.75 in 2024, according to prelimin
South Korea's birthrate, the world's lowest, rises again
SEOUL - South Korea's birthrate rose for a second straight year in 2025, government data showed on Wednesday, in a further sign that a country facing a demographic crisis for nearly a decade may be st
South Korea’s birthrate, the world’s lowest, rises again amid signs of easing demographic crisis
Sign up now: Get insights on Asia's fast-moving developments New births in South Korea started to rebound in 2024 on a post-pandemic boost and supported by government policies. PHOTO: REUTERS Publi
S. Korea's total fertility rate hits 4-year high in 2025
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's total fertility rate hit a four-year high in 2025 due to a continued growth in births, statistical ministry data showed Wednesday. The total fertility rate, o
Why is Korea’s birth rate, once the lowest, now inching up?
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South Korea’s birthrate rises for second year with experts saying ‘echo boomers’ behind boost
Rebound in the country – which has been having demographic crisis – said to be partly because of 3.6 million born between 1991 and 1995 having children South Korea recorded 254,500 births in 2025, th
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