Population
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Uttar Pradesh gears up for Census 2027 in two-phase, caste count in second phase
Uttar Pradesh | May 02, 2026, 01:51 PM ISTThe second phase, scheduled for February 2027, will involve collection of individual-level data, including population details. Importantly, this phase will also include a caste census, which will be conducted in line with central government policy.
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Census 2027: Dry run states, new features, and story behind six-year gap
India | Nov 03, 2025, 01:48 PM ISTIndia is set to conduct its first fully digital Census in 2027 after a six-year delay. The government has announced a pre-test phase, new features like self-enumeration, geotagging of buildings, and inclusion of caste data at the national level.
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Assam CM claims Miya-Muslims set to become state's largest community, cites demographic concerns
Assam | Oct 11, 2025, 03:41 PM ISTAssam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed Miya-Muslims will become the state's largest community at 38% in the next census and announced new laws to protect "jati, mati, bheti."
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'Don't burden Indian women': Owaisi tells RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on 'three children' theory
India | Aug 29, 2025, 11:45 PM ISTAsaduddin Owaisi also claimed that the Muslim population growth rate is decreasing as per the census of 2011 and stood at 14.23 per cent compared to nearly 80 per cent of Hindus.
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Russia launches scheme to boost birth rate, offers money to schoolgirls for having children
World | Jul 05, 2025, 11:50 PM ISTRussia has launched a controversial scheme offering money to adult schoolgirls to boost birth rates amid a deepening demographic crisis.
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Is religious switching or conversions impacting global decline of Christian population? Explained
World | Jun 11, 2025, 03:27 PM ISTThe 10 countries with the largest numbers of Christians are home to a combined 1.1 billion, or 47% of the world's Christians.
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India's population touches 1.46 billion, fertility drops below replacement rate: UN report
India | Jun 10, 2025, 09:30 PM ISTUNFPA's 2025 State of World Population (SOWP) Report, The Real Fertility Crisis, calls for a shift from panic over falling fertility to addressing unmet reproductive goals. Millions of people are not able to realise their real fertility goals, it asserts.
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Telangana Assembly passes resolution opposing delimitation based on population
Hyderabad | Mar 27, 2025, 02:11 PM ISTDelimitation issue: Delimitation is the process of redrawing the boundaries of constituencies to reflect the latest population numbers.
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Sonia Gandhi expresses concern over population census, demands Centre to conduct it at earliest
India | Feb 10, 2025, 12:59 PM ISTIn her maiden Zero Hour intervention in the Rajya Sabha, Gandhi said beneficiaries under the NFSA are being identified as per the 2011 Census, and not the latest population numbers.
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Why is Japan's population declining for 15 consecutive years? EXPLAINED in numbers
Explainers | Jul 25, 2024, 02:48 PM ISTJapan's population has been declining since it reached 127 million in 2009, with births reaching a record low last year. The number of births in 2023 reached a record low at 730,000, while deaths in Japan also reached a record high at 1.58 million.
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Japan's population declines for 15th consecutive year, birth rates hit a record low
World | Jul 25, 2024, 10:09 AM ISTJapan's population peaked at 127 million in 2009 and has been declining ever since, with low birth rates and high mortality rates. Surveys show young Japanese are reluctant to marry and have children due to bleak job prospects and high cost-of-living.
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'UCC will be enacted during third term of Modi govt': CM Yogi tells Rajat Sharma in Aap Ki Adalat
India | May 12, 2024, 12:09 AM ISTUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in India TV's iconic show 'Aap Ki Adalat' talked about the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), remark by the niece of Congress leader Salman Khurshid, Rahul Gandhi among other issues.
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Sikhs, Punjabis must have 5 children to build stronger familial bonds, says Sikh organisation
India | May 09, 2024, 02:34 PM ISTThe cultural Sikh organisation has said that it will also help families who may find it difficult to raise bigger families economically adding having more children will contribute to society's prosperity.
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Hindu population shrunk 7.8 per cent, minorities grew in India during 1950-2015: PM-EAC study
India | Aug 17, 2026, 03:45 PM ISTAccording to a recent report by the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, the minority population in India thrived between 1950 and 2015, whereas the Hindu population saw a decline during this period.
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India’s population estimated at 144 crore, overtakes China: UNFPA report
India | Apr 17, 2024, 03:59 PM ISTThe report also detailed that an estimated 24 per cent of India’s population is aged 0-14 while 17 per cent is within the 10-19 age range. The segment aged 10-24 is estimated to constitute 26 per cent, with the 15-64 age group making up 68 per cent.
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7 countries with highest population density
Fashion | Apr 02, 2024, 02:53 PM ISTImagine living in a place where you're practically shoulder-to-shoulder with your neighbours. That's the reality for people in countries with the highest population density. These countries pack a massive number of inhabitants into a relatively small land area.
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China: Several hospitals stop newborn delivery services amid record drop in birth rate
World | Mar 19, 2024, 02:42 PM ISTAs China's population fell due to a record low birth rate and COVID-related restrictions, industry experts have warned of an "obstetric winter" due to low demand. According to latest data, the birth rate in 2023 fell to a record low of 6.39 births per 1,000 people from last year.
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China's population falls for second consecutive year amid record low birth rate, COVID-19 deaths
World | Jan 17, 2024, 10:07 AM ISTThe total population of China dropped by 2.75 million, or 0.2 per cent, to 1.409 billion last year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The data has sparked concerns about long-term effects on the growth potential of the world's second-largest economy.
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Additional 6.4 crore homes required by 2036 due to population growth: Report
Business | Jan 09, 2024, 05:03 PM ISTHousing demand remained robust, with over 19,050 RERA registrations observed nationwide, primarily dominated by 45 per cent of projects falling within the residential segment, said the report.
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Nitish Kumar's 'vulgar' birth control remark in Assembly crosses line of dignity | Video
Bihar | Nov 07, 2023, 07:28 PM ISTA video of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has gone viral on social media in which he used derogatory language to explain the role of education and the role of women in population control.