Asiatic Cheetah cubs born for the first time in captivity in Iran

The cubs were delivered by C-section at the Touran Wildlife Refuge in the Semnan province east of Tehran on May 1, 2022

How is India’s population ageing? Evidence from LASI

An integrative approach to align the needs of elderly as well as older adults in programmes and policies is the need of hour

Finally! Five experts to leave for Namibia February 17 to finalise cheetah translocation

Trip to Namibia was postponed first by floods and then, omicron; experts to return on February 23

COVID-19 pandemic can slow progress in policy making for healthy ageing in Africa: WHO

Low literacy rates among elderly made access to online health services difficult

China’s birth rate drops to record low in 2021

In 2021, China’s birth rate was 0.752% versus a death rate of 0.718%

Dementia cases in India to double by 2050, Lancet study shows

Worldwide, the caseload is set to almost triple by 2050

India's population might be stabilising, not exploding

Has this changed India's ‘population explosion’ narrative forever?

Why should India invest in its adolescent population? New study has an answer

Rate of returns for females higher than that of males; intervention to address gaps in India’s mental healthcare for adolescents needed

At least 420 million hectares forest lost since 1990: Survey

Impact of agricultural expansion on global deforestation almost 90%, says FRA remote-sensing survey

COVID-19: How Koraput's tribal women hawkers are trying to recover livelihoods

The pandemic restricted the mobility of the women street vendors, pushing them to sell their wares online.

Turmeric soaps pave way for financial independence of Koraput’s tribal women

Around 1,2000 tribal women in the area have managed to eke out a living making turmeric soaps

Kuno not ready ecologically at the moment to accept cheetahs: Faiyaz Khudsar

Down To Earth speaks to scientist Faiyaz Khudsar to get a perspective on Kuno-Palpur, where African cheetahs will be introduced first

Non-binary genders need more visibility in India’s Census 2021

Separating sex and gender in the country’s biggest socioeconomic survey is imperative

Population populism: How redundant is UP’s two-child policy?

The recent UP Population Policy aims to reduce the state’s current total fertility rate, which is 2.7, and bring it down to 2.1 

Population populism: UP bill should empower, not control people

Solution to population problem lies in ensuring socio-economic development by addressing issues of adolescent sexual and reproductive health, …

Population populism: What led to the faster decline in fertility in recent decades?

Effective delivery of family planning services, strong incentives and disincentives led to decline in fertility rates  

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-…

Population populism: Assam’s population control policy: A misguided approach?

The attempt on the part of the incumbent government, to project the Bengali Muslim community as a civilisational threat to Assam’s …

Population populism: UP has no option left but to control its population

State-led control of population might be criticised, but it will help us in the long run to stabilise the population growth in Uttar Pradesh

Population populism: UP draft population bill will impact the vulnerable, especially women

The focus must be on safeguarding women and girls’ reproductive health. Smaller families can be achieved by ensuring gender equality, …

Population populism: UP draft population bill fails tests of necessity, intrusiveness

The proposed law will lead to more abortions and adverse sex ratio at birth

China will allow couples to have three children

The new policy change will come with "supportive measures” including lower educational costs for families and step up tax and housing support

Poor health infrastructure, high population density make UP a ‘COVID-19 hell’

Health infrastructure cannot be built overnight, experts say, as the state bleeds under the viral assault

Half the women in sub-Saharan Africa don’t have any say on health, contraception: UN report

Less than 10% women in 3 west African countries have say on sex, family planning and healthcare

Elderly abuse a growing concern in India, shows LASI

Bihar records highest share of elderly persons ill treated in India