New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has drawn attention to India’s declining birth rate, highlighting that the country’s fertility rate has fallen below the replacement level required to maintain population stability.In a post on social media platform X, Musk said, “India’s birth rate has fallen below replacement. Among those most educated, India’s birth rate fell below replacement many years ago.”Musk was responding to data shared by media outlet AF Post, which noted that India’s tota…
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Dhaka, May 30 (IANS) Women in Bangladesh have faced mounting social, cultural and political resistance against them amid rising visibility, reflecting a troubling backlash fuelled by the active resurgence of extremist sentiments, a report has stated.Citing Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) data, Bangladeshi media outlet ‘New Age’ reported that nearly 76 per cent of women across the country experience violence at some stage in their lives.It added th…
Islamabad/New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) The United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) recent statement to Pakistan to rethink its population dynamics is timely as well as constructive, but a sustained policy action towards it is going to be the real challenge, according to a media report.An editorial published in Pakistan’s financial daily, Business Recorder, stated that the UNFPA urges the country to make a purposeful and evidence-based plan and not count the rising population as an “inevitable…
Islamabad, Jan 4 (IANS) Rapid increase in population in Pakistan has been an alarming concern as the South Asian country continues to deal with resource scarcity, mounting climate vulnerabilities, gender inequality, poverty, and illiteracy, a report stated. According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Pakistan has become the fifth most populous nation in the world. In about 80 years, the population in Pakistan has increased from 33.7 million to 255 million, according to a report in T…