World population touches 7 billion
Ten billionth baby likely by end of the century if population growth continues at current rate
Umbilical Discord
An estimated 8,000 babies are born with neural defects every year in Rajasthan. Most of them die within a few months of birth. They are lucky. …
Lonely twilight: Highest rate of seniors living alone in Tamil Nadu, Nagaland
5.7% senior citizens in India live alone
Nation without doctors
Shortage of medical staff is a major challenge to Kenya's healthcare sector
Third World women want smaller families
China
Grandma's recipes
Crowded house
Vanishing 'green'
Follow up
Carry on doctor
Population can’t be ignored. It has to be part of the policy solution to our world’s problems
The longer we do nothing about population growth, the worse it gets
The earth now has 8 billion humans; is the notion of a ‘finite planet’ a myth?
More than numbers, humanity needs to consider how resources are produced and distributed, what is consumed, by whom, and how much
Back after 70 years: Narendra Modi releases African cheetahs into Kuno enclosure on his 72nd birthday
Prime Minister asks wildlife aficionados to be ‘patient’ and ‘give the cheetahs some time’, thanks Namibia and South Africa
Overpopulation is not the source of all our ills
In these times of climate change, the world needs fresh ideas to get out of the logjam over whether population is a curse or a resource
Why time seems to go by more quickly as we get older
Apparently accelerated time travel is not a result of filling our adult lives with grown-up responsibilities. Research seems to show that …
Population: Has bio-politics arrived in India?
A collection of articles which re-examine the population debate in the light of the BJP-ruled Assam and Uttar Pradesh proposing population-…
Male fertility crisis: What environmental contaminants have got to do with it
The way environmental factors affect fertility and cause effects over multiple generations may involve the epigenome of sperm
South Korea has the lowest fertility rate in the world — and that doesn’t bode well for its economy
The older people population is projected to be 20% of the country by 2025 and could reach an unprecedented and astoundingly high 46% in 2067
Kenya’s population: 5 key findings in the past 20 years of research
There are huge differences in health, education & other social outcomes among residents of urban informal settlements when compared to other …
India, China share global burden of mental illnesses
The overall population growth in India explains a greater proportion of the increase in mental, neurological and substance-use disorders
Centuries of scarcity
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Parched tip
Kanyakumari stands testimony to the fact that unchecked population growth and faulty land use can lead to water scarcity even in places wallowing …
An identity crisis for the South
The developing world needs to define what the South represents, for otherwise it risks its legitimacy as a negotiating bloc
Irrigation aid for India stopped
American aid for Indian irrigation projects has been withdrawn as focus shifts to other sectors.