India’s fertility rate has now fallen below the replacement level and it is raising fresh concerns and questions about the country’s long-term growth trajectory. For those unaware, the replacement rate refers to the number of children needed per woman to maintain a stable population. While India still benefits from the demographic momentum due to its…

NEW DELHI: Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a welcome ceremony in Pyongyang on Monday as Xi began his first state visit to North Korea in seven years.Ahead of his meeting with Kim, Xi reiterated Beijing’s commitment to strengthening ties with Pyongyang and said he looked forward to exchanging…

Pakistan has heightened security across PoK At least seven people were killed and dozens injured in clashes between police and members of a banned protest group in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), officials said on Monday. The clashes broke out in the city of Rawalkot, AFP reported. Commissioner Sardar Waheed, Rawalkot’s top civilian official, said three civilians…

Microsoft has announced new human rights and security measures after completing an internal inquiry into how the Israeli military used its cloud technology for the surveillance of Palestinians. The company said it will strengthen oversight of projects linked to national security agencies and review how employees handle security clearances issued by foreign governments. The move…

Operation Sindoor demonstrated how a supersonic weapon flying at a speed of nearly Mach 3 (3,700 kmph), or five times the speed of sound, is nearly impossible to stop. A missile flying at low level would be detected by a ground-based radar at a distance of 15 km and, at Mach 3, this would provide…

Jamli (Mhow): “Forest Man” Jadav Payeng toiled decades to single-handedly turn a once-barren Assam sandbar along the Brahmaputra into a lush 1,360-acre woodland. Over 2000km away, retired college principal SL Garg has pulled off in 10 years a feat with echoes of Payeng’s tenacity — transforming a barren hillock in Madhya Pradesh’s Mhow into a…