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A man sits worried on a bridge, overlooking a busy street. — Unsplash/FileDespite significant development in healthcare services, a recent study revealed that there is a considerable difference between the mortality rate of black and…

There are more seals in and around Saint John Harbour than there were 30 years ago, and they're staying year-round. Those are the findings of researchers who recently completed the first study of the seal population in the area since the…

HONG KONG: For many of China's manufacturers of baby and children's products, painful reverberations from last year's historic decline in the country's population are already upon them. Domestic sales are shrinking and the scramble is on…

India should by 2027 ban the use of diesel-powered four-wheelers in cities with over 10 lakh population and switch to electric and gas-fuelled vehicles, according to a report commissioned by the oil ministry. Photograph: Danish…

A majority of Indians have become active internet users with 52% of the population or 759 million people accessing the internet at least once a month in 2022, according to a report published by IAMAI and Kantar Wednesday. By 2025, the…

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HONG KONG/BEIJING: As China tries to slow its demographic decline, women like Chen Luojin could be part of the solution.The divorced 33-year-old lives in Chengdu, capital of the southwestern Sichuan province, which legalised registration of…

As China tries to slow its demographic decline, women like Chen Luojin could be part of the solution.The divorced 33-year-old lives in Chengdu, capital of the southwestern Sichuan province, which legalised registration of children by…

Issued on: 29/04/2023 - 08:55 A record number of inmates were serving time in France at the start of this month, official data showed Friday, as the country battles…

India will be the world’s most populous country by the end of this month, eclipsing an aging China, the United Nations said Monday. The milestone raises questions about whether India can repeat the economic success that has made China…