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S Korea's total fertility rate hit record low of 0.81 last year
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], February 24 (ANI/Global Economic): South Korea's total fertility rate hit a record low of 0.81 last year. Korea is the only country with the birth rate below 1 among OECD members.
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S Korea's childbirth hits record quarterly low in Q3
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], November 24 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea's childbirth hit a record quarterly low in the third quarter, boosting concerns about a so-called demographic cliff, statistical office data showed Wednesday.
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UP Population Control Bill violates Article 21, says Asaduddin Owaisi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 15 (ANI): Slamming Uttar Pradesh government over the proposed population control bill, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday pointed out that the Centre in its December 2020 affidavit had stated that due to declining Total Fertility Rate (TFR), there
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China announces 3-child policy amid declining birthrate, ageing population
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 31 (ANI): In a major shift, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Monday announced that it will allow all couples to have three children, ending a two-child policy that has failed to boost the country's declining birthrate and ageing population.
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Chinese millennial couples reluctant to have children due to lack of affor
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 31 (ANI): As the 2020 census shows a falling fertility rate in China, Chinese millennial couples are reluctant to have children as the lack of affordable public healthcare, rising living costs and grueling hours are worrying the world's most populous country.
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Chinese military faces significant challenge as fertility rate falls in 20
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 30 (ANI): After the new census showed a fall in the fertility rate of China, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) is facing a significant challenge as it seeks to fill the need of hundreds of thousands of new recruits each year, being the world's largest military.
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Fertility crisis makes China nervous
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 26 (ANI): China's plummeting fertility rate and dropping marriage rate have become the two biggest challenges for the country of 1.4 billion people.
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National Family Health Survey: India's population stabilising as total fer
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, on Tuesday, released the factsheets of key indicators on population, reproductive and child health, family welfare, nutrition and others for 22 States/Union Territories (UTs) of the First
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Pune to get First Advanced Technology Fertility Solution Centre - Oasis Fe
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 23 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Dropping Fertility rates in Maharashtra is a concern now, in 2005 Maharashtra used to have a fertility rate of 2.8 which has gradually come down to 1.7 in 2020.
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Study focuses on research that reverses reproductive clock in mice
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 12 (ANI): In a breakthrough, researchers have lifted fertility rates in older female mice with small doses of a metabolic compound that reverses the ageing process in eggs, offering hope for some women struggling to conceive.
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Study finds impact of lead exposure on fertility
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 23 (ANI): Exposure to lead has an effect on fertility rates, finds a study.
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Bariatric surgery may reduce fertility in men
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 09 (ANI): Beware! Men undergoing bariatric surgery may be at increased risk of sperm aberrations and lower fertility rates despite improvements in weight, androgen levels and sexual quality of life.
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