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India's Fertility Rate Drops Below Replaceable Level

The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram

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June 11, 2025

The United Nations Population Fund's latest report predicts that India's population will reach an estimated 1.46 billion by 2025, but at the same time, the fertility rate has declined below the replaceable level.

- RAJESH KUMAR THAKUR @New Delhi

Right now, the fertility rate is precariously placed at 1.9. This means the population curve will soon start moving south. According to UNFPA's 2025 State of World Population Report, in the next 40 years, India will reach an estimated population of about 1.7 billion before it starts declining.

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1,306 clinics, 444 small hospitals shut down in state in past 5 years

KERALA’S healthcare sector is witnessing a sharp and unsettling shift, with as many as 1,306 OP clinics and 444 small hospitals shutting down over the past five years, even as large corporate hospitals expand aggressively across the state.

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JSW MG Motor unveils Majestor to take on mkt leader Toyota Fortuner

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Nurse dies as Bengal records 1st Nipah death

ONE of the two Nipah virus-affected nurses in West Bengal died on Thursday at a hospital in North 24 Parganas district where she had been undergoing treatment since the second week of January.

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Maha village comes together to declare itself caste free

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Centre tells SC violence stopped in Ladakh after detention of Wangchuk under NSA

ALSO IN TOP COURT

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More SC/ST, OBCs make it to IPS than IAS and IFS

MORE candidates from OBC, SC and ST categories have been appointed to the Indian Police Service (IPS) than to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and the Indian Forest Service (IFS) in the last five years.

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House discussions

According to the statement of objects and reasons of the proposed law, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, replaces the Trade Unions Act, 1926, the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946, and the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 relating to trade unions, industries

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BJP HAILS 'HISTORIC' LABOUR BILL, OPPN LIVID

AMID Opposition demand for a complete withdrawal of the four Labour Codes, both Houses of Parliament passed the Industrial Relations Code (Amendment) Bill, 2026, on Thursday.

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With 63 appointments since 2018, finance ministry tops lateral entry

Horizontal recruitment fills skill gaps, says govt

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Murder accused gunned down in UP encounter

AN interstate criminal carrying a reward of %50,000 was killed in a police encounter in Muzaffarnagar district of western UP on Thursday.

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