Currently, the Muslims are getting a 4 per cent reservation in the state.
India has emerged as a leading global wealth hub, with a current population of 85,698 High Net-Worth Individuals (HNWIs), a recent report has said.
India stands at a demographic crossroads. While much attention has been given to its youthful population, the country is also witnessing a significant rise in its elderly demographic.
The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to categorize all police stations in the state to enhance policingefficiency.
Tokyo saw a net population inflow of approximately 79,000 people in 2024, marking an increase of over 11,000 from the previous year, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
With the exponentially growing elderly population worldwide, the number of people with dementia is also rising, warranting the need for more trained caregivers to support them. With changing demographics, one wonders if schools will one day get converted into elderly day-care centres.
In a bizarre move to address the country’s declining population, the Japanese government launched a new initiative to support single women moving out of Tokyo to rural areas to get married and thus fill the gap of a shrinking female population in the countryside.
At the moment, India's working-age population is around 961 million and the unemployment rate is at a five-year low.
At the moment, India's working-age population is around 961 million and the unemployment rate is at a five-year low.
Since the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), a non-governmental organisation based in Geneva, started collating data on persons displaced by disasters in 2018, this set of the population has been increasing.
